Mediawatch
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Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.
Mediawatch
3d ago
Stuff is taking over Newshub's 6pm TV news. A bold move for an outfit that's never been a broadcaster before. Will it work? Also: Mediawatch talks to two editors about the latest survey showing another alarming slump in New Zealanders' trust in the news ..read more
Mediawatch
1w ago
Midweek Mediawatch - Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Stuff leaping into uncharted waters by taking on Newshub at 6. Also: TVNZ going 'beyond broadcasting,' NZ Post and NZME add to predictions of print's demise; recognition for a one-man band in Southland - and Colin's mistaken identity mix-up . . .again ..read more
Mediawatch
1w ago
End of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back ..read more
Mediawatch
2w ago
TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a proposal to close Newshub in June is expected tomorrow from its owner Warner Brothers Discovery ..read more
Mediawatch
2w ago
We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government’s new political action plan gets the media’s attention ..read more
Mediawatch
3w ago
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's new chunked-out action plan, a new channel coming to the ThreeNow app - and why media companies chasing online engagement risk alienating their users ..read more
Mediawatch
1M ago
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the dolphin drama that divided the nation (and the media) last weekend - and royal revelations that overshadowed a terrorist atrocity in Moscow. Also: the PM and party leaders drop hints about upcoming policy to help cash-strapped news media. ..read more
Mediawatch
1M ago
Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech ..read more
Mediawatch
1M ago
What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news ..read more