{"id":615982,"date":"2026-09-30T03:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615982\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:46:17","slug":"new-rnz-boss-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615982\/","title":{"rendered":"New RNZ boss named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ&#8217;s new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He will replace Paul Thompson, who is leaving the organisation at the end of the year after 13 years as\u00a0CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Winstanley&#8217;s start date and transitional arrangements are still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>After a radio career spanning more than 25 years, Winstanley is currently the chief audio officer at NZME.<\/p>\n<p>He has also worked as head of talk at Newstalk ZB, assistant content director at ZM, and content director of The Hits.<\/p>\n<p>RNZ board chair Brent Impey said there was a very strong field for the chief executive role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jason combines a deep understanding of radio audiences with proven experience leading teams and delivering results in a fast-changing media environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He brings energy, ideas and a real passion for audio, while also understanding the importance of strong public service media and the trust audiences place in RNZ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/1654040\/jason-winstanley-named-as-rnz-s-next-chief-executive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790739977_43_copy-of-rnz_banner-new_0-jpg.webp\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"narrow-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><img alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790739977_43_copy-of-rnz_banner-new_0-jpg.webp\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wider-format\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover;display:block;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;width:100%;height:100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Winstanley has been named as RNZ&#8217;s new chief executive and will take up the role in 2027.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-615982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615982","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=615982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}