Media Insider: RNZ National radio ratings – listener numbers ease back as broadcaster faces budget and political pressure
The gap between the two stations is now 164,500 listeners, after RNZ National had closed the difference to…
Media Insider: TVNZ confirms closure of Re: News youth platform, top journalist loses role after winning top video award
She said she was proud to accept her prize at the New Zealand Media Awards on Friday night,…
Media Insider: RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson resigns
“In December last year, Paul informed us that he had decided he would leave the role at the…
Media Insider: The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive’s new digital music venture Lume – backed by big names such as Lorde, Hamish McKenzie and Karl von Randow
Launching in June, it’s a sparkling new app that confronts several major issues in the local music industry:…
Media Insider: TVNZ political editor role – who’s in line to replace Maiki Sherman? The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive’s new start-up; Financial high-flyers turn to journalism studies
But it’s also a major problem that the state broadcaster has no immediately obvious internal candidate to permanently…
Media Insider: Mike Hosking and Newstalk ZB snare biggest audience in almost three years; The Breeze is top music station
The GFK numbers released today confirm ZB as the country’s biggest commercial radio station, followed by MediaWorks’ The…
Media Insider: Sky TV removes Married at First Sight UK from ThreeNow following women’s rape allegations
In New Zealand, Married at First Sight UK was available on ThreeNow, Sky TV’s free-to-air streaming platform, up…
Media Insider: Farewell, NZR+ – NZ Rugby ditching streaming platform for new all-in-one All Blacks and Black Ferns app
The new-look All Blacks-Black Ferns app is coming in the next few weeks. Image / NZR NZR has…
Media Insider: Magazine publishers take on NZ Post over huge increase in delivery costs, call on Commerce Commission to step in
“The cost of mailing a magazine (depending on weight) has risen from 63 cents in 2014 to $3.68+GST…
Society Insider: Whangārei National candidate Lloyd Budd has the backing of Sir John Key and Paula Bennett
“Lloyd brings a real-world experience and a load of energy,” Key says. Sir John Key and Lloyd Budd.…
Media Insider: NZ Cricket hunts media leaks; Goodbye NZR+; RNZ financials; TVNZ loses legal costs case; Magazine publishers target NZ Post fees; PR firm expands
The Herald understands law firm Simpson Grierson, acting as an adviser for NZ Cricket, has called in a…
Society Insider: Geeling Ching on finding love on Bumble at 65 and her return to Auckland dining institution Soul
Ching, formerly known as Geeling Ng, is planning her wedding to fiancé, North Shore anaesthetist Dr James Woodfine.…