Gavin Ellis

How media startup website the Spinoff is filling a gap by attracting an impressive list of contributors, and New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham's passing led to a legion of tributes that… Audio

Is the British press ruing it's support of Brexit? And why newspaper readership is rising while circulation continues to fall? Audio

Native advertising, or sponsored content in media speak, is creeping further up websites and news apps. Audio

Gavin Ellis on a damning report on kickbacks in the U.S. advertising industry is leading to calls for greater transparency in our part of the world; The PWC outlook for New Zealand media over the next… Audio

Gavin Ellis on the print media's breach of privacy at the unveiling of Jerry Collins' headstone. Audio

Gavin discusses Hilary Barry's replacement at TV3, what the application to the Commerce Commission for a merger of NZME and Fairfax NZ has revealed, and Mark Jenning's plans for a new website. Audio

There are moves on the hyper-local news front with Fairfax New Zealand signalling changes to its delivery of community news, the NZME/Fairfax New Zealand merger is proceeding apace, and NZ on Air has… Audio

Gavin Ellis discusses TV3's Maori-oriented current affairs show The Hui, how suicide is covered by New Zealand media, and NZ on Air gives a boost to multi-media regional news with grants to a number… Audio

The prospect of New Zealand once again having a media company listed on the stock exchange is drawing a guarded reaction from investors. Audio

Gavin Ellis will look at the collaborative effort on the New Zealand dimension to the Panama Papers. And he'll also examine whether Fairfax will follow APN in carving off its New Zealand assets. There… Audio

The resignation of MediaWorks chief executive, Mark Weldon, has created some uncertainty about the company's future direction. Audio

The resignation of Mediaworks Chief Executive, Mark Weldon has just been announced this morning. It follows speculation earlier this week that Mr Weldon might step down, after Newshub newsreader and… Audio

Hilary Barry is the latest departure in a haemorrhaging of news talent from MediaWorks but has the company hit a femoral artery this time? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the… Audio

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

Gavin Ellis looks at the Reserve Bank's decision to end embargoed lockups following a breach by MediaWorks. He says it's an unwarranted over-reaction that punishes the innocent. Gavin Ellis is a media… Audio

Media Commentator, Gavin Ellis on the Paul Henry tv and radio show, one year on,. The RNZ Charter and what the amendment may mean for the future of the Public Service Broadcaster, and the Dominion… Audio

Media Commentator, Gavin Ellis will talk about Radio New Zealand's new Charter that recognises it operates in the digital age. Also, the death of two more industry stalwarts, Ross Jennings and Whai… Audio

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

NZME's integrated newsroom is showing its muscle with the announcement of a new daily online video news programme starting in mid-April. Like Radio NZ, the company is demonstrating how media companies… Audio

Gavin Ellis discusses the media merry-go-round that keeps spinning with the resignation of NZME's CEO Jane Hastings. She achieved the integration of the New Zealand Herald and The Radio Network but… Audio