Colin Peacock
Media under the sinking lid in 2024
Mediawatch talks to two media bosses who've had the media's economic headwinds blowing their hair back in 2024. What's the state of the media now - and how might the state intervene in 2025? Also: how… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 15th October
Mediawatch talks to two media bosses who've had the media's economic headwinds blowing their hair back in 2024. What's the state of the media now - and how might the state intervene in 2025? Also: how… Audio
Midweek - Kiwi Clasico, BoJo v KiHi, Stuff split?
Could Stuff could split itself up; media hype local football fever; Kim Hill vs BoJo; RIP Hutt Valley stalwart Nicholas Boyack. Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 8th December
Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s was cheered on by many media - including some of ours. But it's also highlighted their own dependency on big tech. Meanwhile one TV broadcaster… Audio
If you can’t beat social media, join it. Or ban it?
Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s was cheered on by many media - including some of ours. But it's also highlighted their own dependency on big tech. Meanwhile one TV broadcaster… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 1st December
The tale of two towns - Taupō and Westport - which face losing their only local newspaper.
Two towns’ news under pressure, copyrights and wrongs
The tale of two towns - Taupo and Westport - which face losing their only local newspaper. Also: new bid to change the law so parody and satire doesn't run the risk of breaking it - and to clear up… Audio
Hikoi hoha, news deserts, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast
This week's Hikoi mo Te Tiriti harvested heaps of headlines, hours of airtime and piles of print and pixels - media copped plenty of criticism for the coverage. Also: a deep-dive podcast that needed… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 17th November 2024
Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 17th November 2024
Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers…
AudioAaron Smale’s ban from Crown apology & papers on the block
Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers… Audio
Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident. Audio
Trump’s triumph, making social media accountable
"It's their media world now. We just live in it" - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry Audio
TVNZ plans to cut 50 jobs
Broadcaster TVNZ says it's consulting with staff around proposed changes. RNZ Mediawatch presenter Colin Peacock spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
He's back
Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 3rd November 2024
Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic… Audio
Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold strategy
Could the boss of the country's biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic… Audio
Hitting the ground reckoning in the US
Midweek Mediawatch - Kiwi journalists in the US ramp up election reflections - and some politicians here too. US papers cop it for u-turns on backing Harris; TVNZ backtracks on its 1 News website -… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 27th Oct 2024
How US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and how our media fared covering the election here one year ago. Audio
A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago. Audio