Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin responds to the sudden resignation of RNZ senior manager Carol Hirschfeld; Stuff's latest diversification scheme - Stuffpix - which takes it into the already crowded market for streamed video… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Mindfood celebrates its 10th birthday this month with a 320-page issue. And Gavin has an example of good newspaper journalism. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
This week, Gavin has been looking into the curious case of Alberic Whale - and the efforts by the Spinoff and Stuff to pin down this mercurial entrepreneur. Also, the demise of New Music Express - had… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin joins Kathryn and asks should the politically-connected be banned from media commentary? And he also looks at the latest readership figures - and NZME rightly trumpeted an increase for the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis joins Kathryn to talk about the upside of Stuff Media's mass sell-off or closure of titles, the lack of follow follow ups on big stories from main stream media and bouquets to Sharon… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin joins Kathryn to talk about the two new political editors at TV1 and TV3. More generational change at Parliament? Also a media trust has been set up to augment weakened mainstream media in the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis joins Kathryn to talk about Seven Sharp's new presenter, Jeremy Wells, who has yet to find his comfort zone. Could Hilary Barry fly the show solo? Also did NBR make the right decision in… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Could the appointment of new political editors at TVNZ and TV3 produce an all-female line-up in mainstream media's press gallery leadership? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
A brief look forward to the year of RNZ Plus, the death of Paperboy: a lively, interesting publication that couldn't succeed financially and The Spinoff's Duncan Grieve hands over the editorial reins… Audio
Reflecting on 2017
Siouxsie Wiles, Rod Oram, Gavin Ellis and Lara Strongman look back at some of the biggest stories of 2017 in the media, science, business and entertainment fields. Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The High Court rejection of an NZME/Fairfax merger and the BSA finding against Seven Sharp on voting for the Maori Party.
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Media commentator - Gavin Ellis
Australia's major newspaper groups are boycotting official access to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in a stand-off over the use of video clips on websites; a new book on photojournalism in the… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
The latest New Zealand media ownership report highlights the number of privately-owned outlets. Could our largest newspaper groups go the same way? The Pacific Media Centre which has established… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin looks at a new Australian Press Council decision has prompted media to ask why it is permissible to publish pictures of people being pulled from the rubble in a foreign earthquake but not to… Audio
Media commentator - Gavin Ellis
Gavin looks at Fairfax's move to replace Sydney suburban newspapers with a magazine and TVNZ falling foul of a 'comment for hire' set up. Gavin is a media commentator and former editor of the New… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
With the protection of sources being tested by Winston Peters' court application to secure the records of two journalists in relation to his superannuation over payments, Gavin Ellis asks how far does… Audio
Winston Peters comments on legal action for first time
Reporters in Vietnam tried to ask Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters about his legal moves to find out who leaked his pension overpayments. He's served papers on four National MPs, their staff and a… Audio
Peters' legal action to have 'chilling effect on democracy
Media freedom advocates say Winston Peters' attempt to obtain the emails and phone records of two journalists is outrageous and will have a chilling effect on democracy if successful. The deputy Prime… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin asks should the Broadcasting Standards Authority apply its western standards to foreign language ethnic broadcasts - after a small Auckland-based Sikh radio station falls foul of its codes. Also… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn about the new broadcasting minister's plans for public broadcasting as well as traditional media telling stories in new ways. Gavin is a media commentator and former… Audio