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Public media policy put out of its misery
1:48 PM.The PM has confirmed what pundits have predicted for weeks: the plan for a public media entity has been scrapped – before they even settled on a name for it. It’s the second time in five years… Read more Audio
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Communications recriminations after the deluge
9:12 AM.The communications failures following the downpour - now under review - weren’t all Wayne Brown’s fault, but the mayor’s antagonistic and arm's-length management prolonged a media pile-on which… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 5 February 2023
9:08 AM.Communications recriminations after the deluge; rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age; public media plan proclaimed a dead duck by other media. Read more Audio
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Rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age
9:07 AM.When the heavens opened last weekend, some channels of official information closed. Emergency management agencies and the news media both copped criticism for lagging behind events - and behind social… Read more Audio
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Midweek Drongowatch: A woeful week in Wayne's world
7:41 PM.In this week's rebranded Midweek Drongowatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a flood of criticism for Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, a pair of polls that perked up the political press pack -… Read more Audio
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Political pressure on media merger pumped up
9:10 AM.Legislation for a new public media entity due by March has been reviewed and is due to be debated in Parliament soon. But pundits and opposition politicians alike are urging the government - now under… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 29 January 2023
9:08 AM.PM's exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer; political pressure pumped up on media merger; mixed messages on state of the highways. Read more Audio
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Mixed messages on state of the highways
9:07 AM.Anger over the state of our highways deepened this summer - along with the potholes at the heart of constant claims the roads are “the worst they’ve ever been.” But political pressure and a startling… Read more Audio
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PM’s exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer
9:12 AM.Along with the politicians, the media were caught on the hop when Jacinda Ardern suddenly called it quits last week. This week, more than a summer's worth of rain in a few hours blew away the 'slow… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - suprise demise of a PM
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights - back for 2023.
Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media response to Jacinda Ardern’s surprise demise. Also: big job cuts… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: The year in review
10:10 AM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell recaps the big stories of 2022 and the questions they raise for 2023, and delivers his own personal worst of and best of list for the year… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch December 21
10:16 PM.A roundup of the weeks & the years happenings. There's even an awards slot! Audio
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Turning a more sceptical eye on the tech titans
9:10 AM.For years, Silicon Valley's stars have been able to drum up positive media headlines with their visions of a future tech utopia. In 2022, several of them ran into the hard wall of reality. Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 18 December 2022
9:08 AM.Mediawatch's mash-up of 2022 in review; reversal of fortunes for Silicon Valley moguls in the media. Read more Audio
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Mediawatch's mashup of 2022 in review
9:00 AM.Mediawatch says goodbye - and good riddance - to 2022 in the media. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - more media merger manoeuvres
9:51 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the government’s media merger under the spotlight again - along with top brass of TVNZ and RNZ. Also: the death of two much-admired… Read more Audio
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Stuff’s regional rejig - and staff strife
5:00 PM.Why has our biggest and only truly national news publisher Stuff just rejigged its regional reporting to have fewer reporters in its local newsrooms - and none at all in some at certain times of the… Read more Audio
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Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks
9:12 AM.The PM’s hints this week reforms will be pared back in 2023 - and an untidy interview by the broadcasting minister - added to skepticism about the government’s public media plan. But while the media… Read more Audio
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Newspaper deserts - and some green shoots - replace rivers of gold
9:10 AM.American newspaper editor turned academic Kenton Bird traveled this country in 2010 to see if the ‘news deserts’ caused by newspaper closures in the US could happen here. 12 years on, he’s back - and… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 11 December 2022
9:08 AM.Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks; Stuff's regional rejig of news - and staff strife; local papers: from rivers of gold to news deserts - and some green shoots. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: A good news story gone bad
8:51 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a media tussle with Pharmac, a so-called 'trainweck' interview by the broadcasting minister and two interesting… Read more Audio
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Anti-vax parents create media conundrum
4:00 PM.One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit kicked off a wave of social media scorn this week - and even criticism and international headlines about sexism. But media made a better… Read more Audio
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Programme-makers anxious about public media project
9:10 AM.For more than 30 years the nation's independent producers have been able to bid for money from the public purse to make programmes via New Zealand on Air. But from next year, the new public media… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch: 4 December 2022
9:08 AM.Handling awkward questions; programme-makers anxious about public media project; why Stuff journalists walked off the job. Read more Audio
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Why did Stuff journalists walk off the job?
9:07 AM.Journalism’s never been an especially well-paid job, except for a few bosses and stars in big jobs at the top end. But industrial action is rare - and no journalists at major news media have gone on… Read more Audio