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Midweek Mediawatch - major scrutiny for minor parties
11 Oct 2023Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about minor parties under the microscope and more heated head-to-head election debates. Also: and the horror in Israel/Gaza gives media a…
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Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines
This week political reporters seized on fresh figures showing the National Party overstated the benefits of its tax cut policy - and accused its leaders of misleading the public. Yet some of them had…
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Murdoch's real life succession becomes reality
After seven decades up to his neck in media - and having a profound and world wide influence on them - now nonagenarian mega mogul Rupert Murdoch’s starting up the succession plan for his empire. Or…
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What are the political parties' plans for media?
The media have been a political football this year - and now some politicians are complaining the media are against them in this election. But hundreds of millions of dollars of public money is spent…
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Midweek Mediawatch - a sacred shield soiled
4 Oct 2023In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about an outcry over the soiling of the sacred Ranfurly Shield, a rancorous interview with Winston Peters, and media…
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Giving young people an election voice
The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into what had been a relatively subdued election campaign. Its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better…
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Mediawatch for 1 October 2023
1 Oct 2023The undecided could decide the election; giving youth a voice in the election; ZB's 'straight talking' subscribers' service.
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A new paid-platform for news and opinion
A new subscriber service offering "straight talking" reporting and opinion was launched this week by talk radio network Newstalk ZB. Owner NZME has several other services putting content behind a…
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Midweek Mediawatch - The state of debates
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the ever-growing volume of election campaign coverage - and the latest TV (and off-TV) debates putting party leaders under the…
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Debate stalemates fuel election fatigue
The election campaign went up a gear in the media this week as party leaders lined up on live TV for the first time. But while the public tuned in in numbers, the pundits reckoned the debates failed…
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Current and future state of Stuff
Three years ago Sinead Boucher took over the country’s biggest publisher of news from Aussie owners who gave it away “like a set of steak knives.” In the absence of big backers and the government…
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Mediawatch for 24 September 2023
24 Sep 2023Debate statemates add to election frustration; the current and future state of Stuff; some good - but overdue - news for Dunedin.
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Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.
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TVNZ tightens its belt citing ad revenue slump
TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending in response to commercial clients’ reduced spending on advertising. Future projects are under review and…
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Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy
The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update lifted the lid on the nation’s finances this week - and Treasury's projections for the foreseeable future. This dropped some ‘un-spun’ numbers into…
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Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length
New Zealand's biggest publisher of news this week joined big global names in blocking Open AI from using its content to power generative artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. Stuff says it is being…
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Mediawatch for 17 September 2023
17 Sep 2023Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy; Stuff keeps AI at arm's length; medical school row - and a made-up university.
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Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane & sporting flops
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of two huge disasters in North Africa; a little local political difficulty in Dunedin - and political party leaders under…
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AI coming ready or not for our news and music
10 Sep 2023Business is booming in artificial intelligence technology and new applications appear in the news almost daily. At an AUT symposium this week, experts said it’s already being deployed in creative…
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Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially
The Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this week - but it was far from the first time ads like it have appeared in print. Meanwhile…
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Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus
6 Sep 2023In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about National's attempt to weather a storm of journalistic scrutiny of its tax plan, Patrick Gower's unusual…
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Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle
As National announced its long-awaited tax plan, some journalists took a hard look at its numbers, while others focused more on political strategy and impact.
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Mediawatch for 3 September 2023
3 Sep 2023Mongrel and maths collide as campaigns launch - and media ponder National's tax plan; scrutiny of candidates' online footprints prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'.
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Scrutiny of candidates prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'
Scrutiny of political parties' policies intensified this week - and so did the scrutiny of some candidates for seats in Parliament. When TVNZ reported some election candidates’ controversial past…
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