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Australian govt tells Facebook and Google to pay for news
20 Apr 2020The Australian government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news media companies.
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Covid-19: Iwi radio stations hoping for rethink for Māori media
16 Apr 2020The iwi radio network hopes there will be a change in the way Māori media are resourced after the nationwide lockdown.
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Boredom busting games to play during the lockdown
17 Apr 2020Find yourself with a lot of spare time on your hands during the Covid-19 lockdown? Here are some video games to keep you occupied.
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Stuff employees asked to take a 15 percent pay cut
Stuff has become the latest media company to announce major cost cutting, asking staff to take a pay cut for 12 weeks because of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Media rescue package needed to save 'industry on its knees'
15 Apr 2020The government says a "triage" rescue package for corporate media will be announced within the next week - focusing on immediate needs to help them survive the Covid-19 crisis.
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How Covid-19 has affected the media
Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee is hearing from media companies and the Broadcasting Minister as it discusses the impact Covid-19 is having on the media.
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NZME to cut 200 jobs as advertising revenue plummets
The media company is reducing its workforce by about 15 percent and asking staff to take pay cuts, as its advertising income looks to have been halved.
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Media beat the drum to roll back lockdown - and sound the alarm
Mediawatch: Even before the first hints we had "turned a corner" with Covid-19, pundits were calling to loosen the lockdown. Others weren't so sure. Audio
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Major magazine publisher Bauer Media closing down
The publisher's chief executive says the Covid-19 lockdown has stopped magazine production and put the business in an untenable position. Audio
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Mediawatch: ‘Essential service’ exclusion riles local papers
The government backtracked a bit on its classification of community newspapers as non-essential, but many local papers are still in limbo - and out of pocket. Audio
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Mediawatch: Why did Bauer blow up the business so soon?
2 Apr 2020Analysis - After the sudden closure today of New Zealand's most popular magazines, Mediawatch asks Bauer Media's former chief executive why it swung the axe so brutally.
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Without the tech, isolation would look very different
1 Apr 2020What would the world have looked like if the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2005, and people were kept in their houses for weeks at a time without the technology of today? Video
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Government rolls back Covid-19 rules for local papers
31 Mar 2020The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Mediawatch: NZME warns of job losses as Covid-19 hits revenue
31 Mar 2020The NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB owner has warned job losses and major changes to the company's scope and scale are coming as Covid-19 cuts into advertising revenue.
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'A huge blow': Radio Sport host
30 Mar 2020With Radio Sport off air indefinitely, Jim Kayes, a semi-regular host on the station, feels for the journalists whose jobs are now on the line.
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Coronavirus lockdown: New Zealand setting internet traffic records
29 Mar 2020New Zealand has been setting new all-time internet traffic records, as people hunker down during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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'High chance of negative response' to RNZ Concert changes
11 Mar 2020Mediawatch: Documents released under the Official Information Act by RNZ reveal more about its plans for controversial changes to its music services, which prompted a big backlash.
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BusinessDesk follows the money - and wants yours
Mediawatch - The small outfit has shifted its model from supplying business news to other media companies, to offering a subscriber-only selection of original content. Will it work? Audio
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RNZ Concert and new RNZ music station documents revealed
10 Mar 2020Fresh details have come to light detailing RNZ's multi-media youth radio station that had been proposed to replace RNZ Concert on FM.
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Australian newswire AAP to close after 85 years
3 Mar 2020The AAP newswire service is to close by the end of June after 85 years, with 180 staff - including several dozen New Zealanders - losing their jobs.
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MediaWorks TV channels back on air
4 Mar 2020Three and Bravo channels have resumed programming after displaying no signal on screen.
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TVNZ profit boosted by Rugby World Cup coverage
28 Feb 2020Television New Zealand has reported a strong increase in first half profit, driven up by an increase in advertising revenue.
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Broadcasting merger: Cost is the great unknown for RNZ boss
13 Feb 2020Both RNZ and TVNZ's chief executives see merit in a proposed merger of the two public broadcasters, but RNZ's chief executive warns a culture change would be needed.
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Funding for Māori Television 'inadequate', board chair says
13 Feb 2020Ahead of a major Māori media review, Māori Television has reminded MPs the network hasn't had a funding increase in 11 years.
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