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March 3, 2024
For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ... <a title="RNZ Mediawatch: NZ media facing an apocalypse now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/rnz-mediawatch-nz-media-facing-an-apocalypse-now/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Mediawatch: NZ media facing an apocalypse now?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
RNZ News The Mediaworks’ radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer. Broadcasters told their audience they were going off air and had been instructed to play music. Today FM hosts Duncan Garner and Tova O’Brien told listeners before 9am the station and staff ... <a title="Today FM hosts abruptly taken off air and told ‘play music’ in radio shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/today-fm-hosts-abruptly-taken-off-air-and-told-play-music-in-radio-shock/" aria-label="Read more about Today FM hosts abruptly taken off air and told ‘play music’ in radio shock">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Commercial broadcasting company MediaWorks has agreed to sell its television channels to Discovery Inc. The US-based global entertainment company will become the biggest privately-owned player in New Zealand free-to-air TV industry in 2021. MediaWorks has been trying to sell its television arm – including the free-to-air channel Three ... <a title="Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/global-media-giant-set-to-be-nzs-biggest-private-tv-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
New Zealand’s MediaWorks headquarters on Flower Street in Auckland central. Image: Google Maps/RNZ By RNZ News New Zealand’s MediaWorks has confirmed it will sell its television operations to US company Discovery Inc. The deal includes channels Three and Bravo, streaming service ThreeNow, and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub, as well as the further ... <a title="NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/nzs-mediaworks-confirms-sale-of-tv-operations-to-discovery-inc/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The thin veneer of a seemingly robust New Zealand media was ripped off like a plaster on a scab in front of Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee today exposing its frailties. The heads of all New Zealand’s media companies appeared via Zoom and all spoke of the ... <a title="NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/nz-media-chiefs-warn-desperate-times-ahead-faced-with-advertising-nadir/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
By Michael Andrew International and Pacific reporting are among the first casualties of struggling New Zealand newsrooms as they try to cut costs to make up for decreasing advertising revenue. This was the bleak message from Dr Mel Bunce, a media academic speaking at Auckland University of Technology earlier this week. Discussing her latest book, ... <a title="Pacific reporting among first casualties of NZ media crisis, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/pacific-reporting-among-first-casualties-of-nz-media-crisis-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific reporting among first casualties of NZ media crisis, says academic">Read more</a>
