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Melissa Lee has been replaced as Minister of Media and Communications after just seven months in the role in which she promised new policy to address the media’s acute problems. Paul Goldsmith now…

The future of news on TV is still in the balance after news of planned cuts at TVNZ and the complete closure of Newshub. The government’s working on a policy but the PM has warned that media companies…

Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball… Audio

RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort… Audio

Big tech platforms have failed to tackle the misinformation and toxicity they spread - and their dominance of the market for digital media revenue is becoming increasingly obvious. Australia's… Video, Audio

When Jacinda Ardern changed her media schedule earlier this year, it raised heckles from commentators who felt she was ducking scrutiny. But what have the changes actually meant? Audio

Last month the government announced $55m of public money will be made available for “at risk” public interest journalism over the next three years. But a recently-released cabinet paper has another… Audio

Documents released under the Official Information Act by RNZ on Tuesday revealed more about its plans for controversial changes to its music services which prompted a  big public and political…

Over the past four years, a small  team of local journalists at multimedia outlet Vice has published New Zealand and Pacific stories watched and read around the world over the past four years. A new… Video, Audio

The media marked this week’s 125th anniversary of votes for women with an extensive array of content. The nation’s biggest-selling paper even put the PM in charge for one special edition. But among… Audio

Big personalities clashed over a proposed charity concert in Auckland and both claimed other agendas were in play. The media reported the row with relish and some took sides. But there were bigger… Audio