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Mediawatch for 22 October 2023
9:08 AM.Take me to your leader - political press pack gets off on wrong foot with our new political leaders; media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims; World Cup fever - and Irish anguish. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - PM's parlour game claim peeves press pack
10:52 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about how media handled the claims and counter-claims that followed the deadliest incident yet in the Gaza conflict. Also - friction between… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch special - campaign culminates in a 'bluenami'
7:32 AM.Mediawatch looks back on how the media covered a long, long campaign - and how election night played out across the media after the polls finally closed on Saturday. Hayden Donnell in Auckland - and… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - major scrutiny for minor parties
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about minor parties under the microscope and more heated head-to-head election debates. Also: and the horror in Israel/Gaza gives media a… Read more Audio
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Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines
9:11 AM.This week political reporters seized on fresh figures showing the National Party overstated the benefits of its tax cut policy - and accused its leaders of misleading the public. Yet some of them had… Read more Audio
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Murdoch's real life succession becomes reality
9:10 AM.After seven decades up to his neck in media - and having a profound and world wide influence on them - now nonagenarian mega mogul Rupert Murdoch’s starting up the succession plan for his empire. Or… Read more Audio
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What are the political parties' plans for media?
9:10 AM.The media have been a political football this year - and now some politicians are complaining the media are against them in this election. But hundreds of millions of dollars of public money is spent… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 8 October 2023
9:08 AM.Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines; political parties' policies for the media; Rupert Murdoch steps down and starts up the succession - or does he? Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - a sacred shield soiled
10:00 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about an outcry over the soiling of the sacred Ranfurly Shield, a rancorous interview with Winston Peters, and media… Read more Audio
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Giving young people an election voice
12:12 PM.The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into what had been a relatively subdued election campaign. Its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 1 October 2023
9:08 AM.The undecided could decide the election; giving youth a voice in the election; ZB's 'straight talking' subscribers' service. Read more Audio
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A new paid-platform for news and opinion
9:07 AM.A new subscriber service offering "straight talking" reporting and opinion was launched this week by talk radio network Newstalk ZB. Owner NZME has several other services putting content behind a… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - The state of debates
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the ever-growing volume of election campaign coverage - and the latest TV (and off-TV) debates putting party leaders under the… Read more Audio
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Current and future state of Stuff
12:00 PM.Three years ago Sinead Boucher took over the country’s biggest publisher of news from Aussie owners who gave it away “like a set of steak knives.” In the absence of big backers and the government… Read more Audio
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Debate stalemates fuel election fatigue
9:12 AM.The election campaign went up a gear in the media this week as party leaders lined up on live TV for the first time. But while the public tuned in in numbers, the pundits reckoned the debates failed… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 24 September 2023
9:08 AM.Debate statemates add to election frustration; the current and future state of Stuff; some good - but overdue - news for Dunedin. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises
8:59 PM.In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.
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TVNZ tightens its belt citing ad revenue slump
1:45 PM.TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending in response to commercial clients’ reduced spending on advertising. Future projects are under review and… Read more
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Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy
9:12 AM.The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update lifted the lid on the nation’s finances this week - and Treasury's projections for the foreseeable future. This dropped some ‘un-spun’ numbers into… Read more Audio
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Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length
9:10 AM.New Zealand's biggest publisher of news this week joined big global names in blocking Open AI from using its content to power generative artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. Stuff says it is being… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 17 September 2023
9:08 AM.Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy; Stuff keeps AI at arm's length; medical school row - and a made-up university. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane & sporting flops
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of two huge disasters in North Africa; a little local political difficulty in Dunedin - and political party leaders under… Read more Audio
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AI coming ready or not for our news and music
4:30 PM.Business is booming in artificial intelligence technology and new applications appear in the news almost daily. At an AUT symposium this week, experts said it’s already being deployed in creative… Read more Video, Audio
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Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially
9:12 AM.The Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this week - but it was far from the first time ads like it have appeared in print. Meanwhile… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 10 September 2023
9:08 AM.Angst over advocacy adverts and content as official election period begins; AI - coming ready or not for news and music. Audio