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Midweek Mediawatch: A right royal deluge of Queen coverage
9:18 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the deluge of coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth - and the not exactly full and frank release of an… Read more Audio
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Platforms under pressure to pay for news
9:12 AM.There’s mounting pressure on tech titans Google and Facebook to pay local news media to carry their news online. Google has already done deals with some for its News Showcase, but other big names in… Read more Video, Audio
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Sketchy survey ruffles feathers in the capital
9:10 AM.A headline in the Dominion Post this week claimed there was “a clear favourite” among the candidates for Wellington’s Mayor in a “straw poll” capital’s daily itself had run online. But it acknowledged… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 18 September 2022
9:08 AM.Pressure on the platforms to pay for news; a sketchy political poll that ruffled feathers in the capital; photographers recall the Queen. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - more monarchy and Mike McRoberts
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the continuing coverage of the Queen’s death as her funeral approaches. Also: a primetime and publicly-funded documentary about a star… Read more Audio
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Queen's death was planned for - but still stressed the press
9:13 AM.The media planned for the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second for many years, but when came it still upended the media - and the audience - in a way no other news could. And it also forced media to… Read more Audio
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Suddenly, a strategy for Maori media
9:10 AM.After four years, two reviews and one big false start, a long-awaited strategy for the future of MÄori broadcasting has been agreed by Cabinet, following substantial boosts to its budget in the last… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 11 September 2022
9:08 AM.This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second. He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media -… Read more Audio
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Lifting the lid on Lotto
9:12 AM.Lotto has a lot of players, but not a lot of media scrutiny in the media compared to forms of gambling - even at a time when our spending on it is soaring. A new investigation shows people who can… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Housing coverage contradictions
11:02 PM.Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talked to Bryan Crump about a TVNZ emergency housing expose that also raised questions about coverage of the issue - and how the Herald set the record straight on a… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch 7_9
10:35 PM.Midweek Mediawatch Sep 7 Audio
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On the outside of the public media push
3:09 PM.Commercial media companies fear the new public media entity replacing RNZ and TVNZ will be greater than the sum of those two parts. The draft legislation obliges Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media to… Read more Audio
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Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip
9:13 AM.The GST tweak to Kiwisaver fees that hit the headlines this week was a not bad idea, according to some experts. But the change that was buried in a dense Bill of tax tweaks got dumped in less that a… Read more Audio
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Taking a more sceptical stance for business
9:10 AM.While many big businesses are still posting big profits, workers and consumers are being squeezed by the economic downturn - and industrial unrest is on the rise. One business journalist tells… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 4 September 2022
9:08 AM.Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip; taking a more sceptical stance for business; Stuff's Sinead Boucher - on the outside of the public media push; rugby media stuck in a rut by repeated defeats.
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Stuck in a rugby rut by repeated defeats
9:07 AM.The All Backs' win in Hamilton on Saturday will have steadied the nerves of the players, the coach and NZ Rugby - not too mention overwrought fans, pundits and commentators who reacted badly in the… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Pumapocalypse and witch-hunt worries
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately.
Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about yet another All Black rugby-pocalypse playing out in the media; conspiracy candidates under… Read more Audio
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'Funny Boy' Williams caught up in current affairs
6:00 PM.The comedy current affairs of self-styled ‘volunteer journalist’ Guy Williams made real news recently when his now-notorious interview with Auckland mayoral hopeful Leo Molloy aired on TV. He’s also… Read more Video, Audio
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Pushback on public media legislation
9:12 AM.The legislation for our new public media entity is now before Parliament - but the clock’s ticking on public input. This week media executives, experts and some legal eagles cast their eye over it -… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 28 August 2022
9:08 AM.Pushback on public media legislation; Guy Williams - comedian caught up in current affairs; radio interview opportunities for PM go begging. Audio
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Interview invitations fall on PM's deaf ears
9:06 AM.Today FM’s Tova O’Brien said recently - tongue in cheek - it was easier to get President Zelenskiy in Ukraine on her show than our own leader. Her colleague Lloyd Burr got no response when he wanted… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Storms and Sharma
9:20 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about wild weather reporting, and a political conclusion of sorts to what media called the 'Sharma drama' - which also… Read more Audio
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A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists
6:10 PM.This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded… Read more Audio
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Dr Sharma's drama plays out in the press
9:13 AM.He's said plenty in the media, they've said as little as possible (on the record, at least). That's left media weighing up whether MP-gone-rogue Dr Sharma has really lifted the lid on serous bullying… Read more Audio
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Media zero in on candidates from the fringes
9:12 AM.A notorious white supremacist hit the headlines this week by seeking a spot on his local school board. Amid reports of a shortage of candidates for some local bodies, media have begun probing the… Read more Audio