{"id":529978,"date":"2026-07-17T02:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/529978\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:16:16","slug":"media-insider-the-hits-radio-content-director-leaves-nzme-abruptly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/529978\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Insider: The Hits radio content director leaves NZME abruptly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Insider approached Anderson for comment today, asking if concerns had been raised about alleged behaviour involving substance use on the evening of the Radio Awards, in early June.<\/p>\n

Anderson responded: \u201cI have no comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MattMatt Anderson had been The Hits content director for almost five years.<\/p>\n

It is understood Anderson has been working from home in recent days.<\/p>\n

Boggs, in his full statement, said: \u201cWe\u2019re unable to comment on individual employment matters for privacy reasons. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we can say is that we\u2019re committed to our people feeling safe and supported in raising concerns. Any complaint is taken seriously and addressed promptly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson has been the content director for The Hits for almost five years. He joined NZME in 2022 after a similar-length period at MediaWorks, including as More FM content director.<\/p>\n

As content director for The Hits, he carried responsibility for the station\u2019s talent, content and ratings performance. <\/p>\n

On his LinkedIn page, Anderson outlines his leadership capabilities over the past 13 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 2013, I\u2019ve led high-performing content, programming and brand teams through fast-moving, high-pressure environments where strong judgement, clear communication and calm decision-making matter. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy experience spans live broadcasting, talent leadership, crisis communications, stakeholder management, audience strategy, commercial integration and cross-platform content development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at my best when leading people, shaping strategy and turning insight into action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson\u2019s departure is unrelated to NZME\u2019s independent review launched after the exit of three other senior leaders from the media company late last year.<\/p>\n

One of the three managers was an NZME executive \u2013 OneRoof boss Greg Hornblow, who was sentenced in March to 10 months\u2019 home detention<\/a> after admitting to receiving commercial sex services from a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

NZME said last month that a further staff member had left NZME<\/a> following issues identified in the subsequent independent review, and a second matter remained under investigation.<\/p>\n

Editor-at-Large Shayne Currie is one of New Zealand\u2019s most experienced senior journalists and media leaders. He has held executive and senior editorial roles at NZME including Managing Editor, NZ Herald Editor and Herald on Sunday Editor and has a small shareholding in NZME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Media Insider approached Anderson for comment today, asking if concerns had been raised about alleged behaviour involving substance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[34506,9539,3936,4508,2936,7973,1073,111,139,69,26263,4965,213,223],"class_list":["post-529978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-abruptly","tag-content","tag-director","tag-hits","tag-insider","tag-leaves","tag-media","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-nzme","tag-radio","tag-sports","tag-the"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}