Media Insider: Jim Grenon, Julian Batchelor ordered to pay costs of more than $230,000 to TVNZ, academic after failed defamation case
Batchelor – the Stop Co-Governance campaigner who was adamant he had been wronged by TVNZ in an August…
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: TVNZ signals it may pursue costs from businessman Jim Grenon following Julian Batchelor’s failed defamation case
“Prior to the conference, counsel for the defendants filed a joint memorandum signalling both defendants [TVNZ and Hattotuwa]…
Media Insider: Major NZME shareholder Spheria Asset Management explains selldown of shares; Jim Grenon now media firm’s biggest shareholder
“As you may be aware, the major superannuation funds in Australia are swallowing smaller ones, which is affecting…
Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation case – Jim Grenon funding and website story in spotlight
“There’s no evidence to support the submission that Mr Grenon has assumed control of these proceedings or that…
Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation hearing – the 9-minute call at centre of case
TVNZ and former Disinformation Project research director Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa are being sued by Batchelor following the August…
Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation case – former TVNZ presenter Peter Williams takes stand in support of Jim Grenon-funded Batchelor claim
TVNZ is defending its work and Hattotuwa is defending his comments in the story. TVNZ’s story focused on…
Media Insider: NZME shareholder Jim Grenon lifts investment in media firm
The moves further cement Grenon’s position as a substantial shareholder of NZME, sitting just behind the company’s biggest…