Colin Peacock
Droning on about flying pizza - again
This week the prospect of pizza by drone from store-to-door hit the headlines again - seven years years after a similar PR fly-by prompted stories insisting this was just around the corner for needy…
AudioMediawatch for 16 April 2023
Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip. Audio
Mediawatch for 16 April 2023
Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip.
AudioThe Dominion Post to drop the 'Dominion'
The capital's last daily paper The Dominion Post is dropping the word "dominion" from its name - and its parent company is signaling further change.
The Dom, which was started 21 years ago as a… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch
How the media reacted to the sudden announcement about tighter rules for lobbying politicians, an investigation lifting the lid on health spending; and how the LA Times enraged fans of the series… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about how the media reacted to a sudden switch of rules for those who lobby politicians. Also - an… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about how the media reacted to a sudden switch of rules for those who lobby politicians. Also - an…
AudioMediawatch: Turning off the news?
Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us… Video, Audio
Mediawatch: Turning off the news?
Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us…
Video, AudioBig budget boost for RNZ after failed public media plan
The government has boosted the annual budget of RNZ by more than 50 percent for the next four years after the recent collapse of the plan for a new public media entity. The broadcasting minister also…
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Big budget boost for RNZ after failed public media plan
The government has boosted the annual budget of RNZ by more than 50 percent for the next four years after the recent collapse of the plan for a new public media entity. The broadcasting minister also…
AudioRNZ to recieve $25m funding boost
RNZ will receive an annual increase of 25-point-seven million dollars ($25.7million) in a funding boost just announced by the Broadcasting Minister.
Willie Jackson says the boost will deliver what he… Audio
Power outage - TVNZ’s top boss quits after a year
TVNZ’s chief executive Simon Power has resigned and will leave in June after just 15 months in the role - during which a new public media entity to replace TVNZ was scrapped. He’s the second media…
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Power outage - TVNZ’s top boss quits after a year
TVNZ’s chief executive Simon Power has resigned and will leave in June after just 15 months in the role - during which a new public media entity to replace TVNZ was scrapped. He’s the second media…
AudioToday FM turned off - and erased
Why did MediaWorks kill a network launched with heavy hype only a year ago - which was also the source of news for half the country's commercial stations? The major media company also scrubbed the… Audio
Today FM turned off - and erased
Why did MediaWorks kill a network launched with heavy hype only a year ago - which was also the source of news for half the country's commercial stations? The major media company also scrubbed the…
AudioMediawatch for 2 April 2023
The untidy end of Today FM - and 30 years of talk radio history; further fallout from coverage of the short-but-sharp visit of provocateur Posie Parker - and the protest that drowned her out. Audio
Mediawatch for 2 April 2023
The untidy end of Today FM - and 30 years of talk radio history; further fallout from coverage of the short-but-sharp visit of provocateur Posie Parker - and the protest that drowned her out.
Audio'They've f--d us': Today FM hosts blast management
Broadcasters on Mediaworks radio station Today FM let rip just before abruptly being pulled off air - as staff have been told they have the end of the day until it's confirmed they have lost their… Audio
Today FM goes up in flames after on-air explosion
The future of MediaWorks talk network Today FM and its news service are in doubt after a proposal to close the station prompted an on-air staff revolt. Today FM abruptly cut to pop music after… Audio
