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April 17, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas The announced closure of Television New Zealand’s last primetime current affairs programme seems to be the final nail in the coffin for New Zealand’s television credibility. Coming a day after the announcement of the closure of Newshub, it shows that Kiwis have the worst television and video media in the Western ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/myles-thomas-newshub-tvnz-job-cuts-we-now-have-the-worst-tv-in-the-western-world/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2024
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Warner Bros Discovery has done a deal with Stuff to provide news to replace Newshub. It will keep news on TV channel Three from July 6 and help Three retain some viewers. It also means important income for Stuff, but it will also stretch the company’s staff, finances and ... <a title="Stuff to provide news bulletins to replace Newshub on Three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/16/stuff-to-provide-news-bulletins-to-replace-newshub-on-three/" aria-label="Read more about Stuff to provide news bulletins to replace Newshub on Three">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2024
This week the two biggest TV broadcasters in Aotearoa New Zealand confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear – and the jobs of a significant proportion of this country’s journalists. Many observers said this had been coming but few seemed to have a plan for it, including the government. Mediawatch looks at what viewers ... <a title="RNZ Mediawatch: End of the news in NZ as we know it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/14/rnz-mediawatch-end-of-the-news-in-nz-as-we-know-it/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Mediawatch: End of the news in NZ as we know it?">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The day the news axe fell: Presenters, insiders fear ‘huge blow for democracy’ The future of New Zealand’s media landscape is becoming clearer by the day, with confirmation that it will no longer feature one of the country’s big two TV news networks. Warner Bros. Discovery ... <a title="Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s Newshub" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/12/geopolitical-reasons-why-warner-bros-were-always-going-to-mutilate-nzs-newshub/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s Newshub">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2024
Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed its plans to shut down Newshub in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its website and all TV news shows by July 5 — 294 staff will lose their jobs. The company says no deal is in place yet with any third party to supply daily news. Newshub staff learned of the ... <a title="‘Economic headwinds’ force Newshub shutdown, media jobs cut in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/11/economic-headwinds-force-newshub-shutdown-media-jobs-cut-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Economic headwinds’ force Newshub shutdown, media jobs cut in NZ">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
RNZ News All of Newshub operations — part of New Zealand’s second largest television news network channel Three — are to be shut down and 250 people will lose their jobs. The shutdown includes the company’s website, Warner Bros Discovery announced today. The last 6pm news bulletin will air on July 5. Warner Bros Discovery ... <a title="NZ media: All Newshub operations to be shut down, 250 jobs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/nz-media-all-newshub-operations-to-be-shut-down-250-jobs-to-go/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media: All Newshub operations to be shut down, 250 jobs to go">Read more</a>
