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The good, bad and weird media in 2024
Biggest flip-flop; best leading media by the nose; the Billy Connolly prize for breaking news about a single animal - Mediawatch's not-very-prestigious and not-at-all coveted annual media awards. Video
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From Tradwife to Brat: The ways we were told to be women in 2024
16 Dec 2024Tradwife doesn't go to work. Brat turns up late and hungover. Demure is on time and appropriately dressed. Can you keep up? Audio
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Tech giants to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan
12 Dec 2024The government's plan is trying to encourage Facebook, Google and TikTok to establish funding agreements with news organisations.
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Legislation paves way to relax advertising rules for media
10 Dec 2024The government is moving to open up Sundays and public holidays for advertising on traditional media outlets.
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TikTok will be banned in six weeks in US unless it's sold
A US federal appeals court says China, through its relationship with TikTok parent ByteDance, threatened to distort US speech and "manipulate public discourse".
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What is Brain Rot, the Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year?
3 Dec 2024Technically, yes, it's two words. But who wants to risk getting pedantic with an Oxford dictionary?
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RNZ reaches goal of engaging with 80% of New Zealanders
26 Nov 2024The public broadcaster had given itself till 2027 to achieve it.
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Wairoa Star's iwi owner on how to save local media
25 Nov 2024Community newspapers facing closure across the motu are asking Tātau Tātau O Te Wairoa for help. Audio
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US proposes partial break-up of Google
21 Nov 2024The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company's Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year found Google had violated US antitrust law with its search…
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Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will introduce the movie at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, northern Poland.
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Council deal threatens Westport News
19 Nov 2024One of New Zealand's smallest newspapers is fighting for its life after the local council decided to move most of its advertising to an out-of-town publication.
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Who is Australian 'shock jock' Alan Jones?
Commentators say the former broadcaster - who has been charged with 24 indecent assault offences - rose to power after dominating Sydney airwaves for decades.
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NZ should copy Oz social media ban for kids - expert
Under the new Australian law, platforms like X, TikTok and Instagram would be responsible for blocking children under 16. Video, Audio
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How many media jobs have gone, and where?
24 Oct 2024Cuts continue at most of the country's major media outlets and there is a warning new legislation could be a killer blow for many.
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ABBA's Bjorn among 11,500 artists to issue AI warning
Stars of music, literature, screen and stage put their names to statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial intelligence.
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Roblox a 'hunting ground' for child sex offenders
21 Oct 2024The warning comes as police say predators contact children through gaming platforms, then groom them to go into private chat rooms. Audio
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'A giant of Australian journalism': George Negus dies aged 82
Last month, Negus's son Ned posted on LinkedIn that the broadcaster had been diagnosed with dementia five years previously.
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Remember the old social pages?
13 Oct 2024Before social media and the age of influencers, grabbing a coffee and the Sunday paper was an adrenaline-filled moment to see if you'd made the cut.
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Miriama Kamo: 'I am going through a little bit of trauma'
11 Oct 2024The veteran journalist sat down with Anika Moa to talk about her career and not-never move into politics.
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Miriama Kamo: 'I am going through a little bit of trauma'
11 Oct 2024The veteran journalist sat down with Anika Moa to talk about her career and not-never move into politics.
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Tui's 'yeah right' billboards are back and 'there's nothing funny about it'
9 Oct 2024The brewery has kicked off with a sign that relates to the Phillip Polkinghorne trial. Marketing expert says " they just got it wrong" but DB has doubled down. Audio
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TVNZ seeks to buy new technology to help it sell more ads
8 Oct 2024The aim is to boost advertising on TVNZ's linear and on-demand platforms.
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How did TVNZ end up shrinking?
7 Oct 2024Analysis - Mediawatch looks at the background to the state broadcaster reducing scope and scale and asks if the scrapped media merger was a missed opportunity.
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Review: This is the F#$%ing News
'Paddy' Gower is most impressive in this memoir when he's most vulnerable, David Hill writes.
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Whakaata Māori job cuts another attack on te reo - Jackson
27 Sep 2024Government ministers have yet to say how many jobs will go at the Māori television channel. Audio
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Mediawatch: Turning point for ABC
29 Sep 2024Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia's public broadcaster about what it's up to - and up against - across the Tasman.
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Polkinghorne trial spotlights mental health in the media
29 Sep 2024Coverage of the trial blurred the lines on reporting suicide - and raised questions about how mental health can be aired in a healthy way.
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Is there a Polkinghorne documentary coming?
25 Sep 2024With a not-guilty verdict still reverberating around the country, at least one film crew is working on a documentary. Is that a good thing?
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