Media Insider: TVNZ financial results – state broadcaster’s operational loss, statutory profit and surprise dividend
In an interview with Media Insider, TVNZ chief executive Jodi O’Donnell revealed that the Football World Cup generated…
Media Insider interview: Paul Henry on his new political stand – inside the broadcaster’s bombshell move to the Act Party
Henry’s wife, Diane Foreman, was also “very supportive – she’s a political animal”, but he had only told…
Media Insider: Mark Sainsbury’s new business venture – with a personal twist; TVNZ’s forecast $48.8m losses; Inside Sky’s ‘super intense’ NRL rights win
Devastatingly, the heart attack was fatal – by the time Sainsbury arrived, his father, Robert Sainsbury, had died.…
Media Insider: RNZ shake-up: New board chair, directors revealed; Who’s in line to be CEO?; PR boss: ‘All the big ad agencies are morphing into PR stunt agencies’
Incoming RNZ chair (and current board member) Brent Impey. Photo / Photosport Two new directors – Paula Browning…
Media Insider: PM Christopher Luxon pulls out of weekly TVNZ Breakfast show interview with Tova O’Brien
“After a review of regular media engagements late last year, we have decided to update our approach,” said…
Media Insider: RNZ chief audio officer Pip Keane – the executive charged with rebuilding RNZ’s radio fortunes
“The bird is staying!” Keane, who was appointed RNZ’s first chief audio officer last year, taking up the…
Media Insider: 6pm news story fallout – TVNZ board chair Andrew Barclay’s phone call with Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith
“On a day that the Government announces 49,000 fewer victims of violent crime and a 22% decrease in…
The Listener’s 20 most-anticipated international TV shows of the year
The Bennet sisters and mother of Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice including Emma Corrin (at left) and Olivia Colman…
Media Insider: Revealed – TVNZ’s new chairman is a no-nonsense corporate dealmaker
In a surprise move revealed by the Herald last week, Carruthers is leaving the role eight months early.…
Jimmy Kimmel show to return this week: Disney
Trump had celebrated Kimmel’s removal, calling it “great news for America”. Opponents saw it as the latest step…