Episodes

  • Mediawatch for 14 July: Trump shot shock & Mediawatch live

    Mediawatch for 14 July: Trump shot shock & Mediawatch live
    Jul 13 2024
    Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and media live on Sunday Morning with Hayden Donnell - including how it panned out in the first week of Stuff’s ThreeNews, a change for TVNZ’s Re:News, a significant change in the government's stance on affordable housing - and horoscopes in the news.
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    31 mins
  • Midweek Mediawatch - false gods of sport

    Midweek Mediawatch - false gods of sport
    Jul 10 2024
    Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's financial reprieve. Also: the unhealthy obsession with the world's most famous footballer - and Emile gives Mediawatch the (remixed) gift of music.
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    26 mins
  • Mediawatch - TV3's phoenix from the ashes

    Mediawatch - TV3's phoenix from the ashes
    Jul 6 2024
    Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place. Mediawatch takes a look at its debut - and asks the question: what do people want from the 6pm TV news these days anyway?
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    36 mins
  • Midweek Mediawatch - Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures

    Midweek Mediawatch - Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures
    Jul 3 2024
    Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the government backing a law change - which they once slated in opposition - to help the media get more money from Big Tech. Also - the end of Newshub coming closer - and another round of concerning closures in the media in local newspapers, the once-mighty Sunday News and at Newstalk ZB.
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    23 mins
  • Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma

    Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma
    Jun 29 2024
    While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It’s the same in Australia - and this week our friends at the ABC ask if public interest journalism can survive on these online networks - or without them. And if serious news outlets slip into obscurity, what would that mean for our public life?
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    33 mins
  • Midweek Mediawatch - a PM forced to dish his own plaudits

    Midweek Mediawatch - a PM forced to dish his own plaudits
    Jun 26 2024
    In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the prime minister becoming his own hype man, a strange malfunction in RNZ's push notifications, and a grab bag of media business news.
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    22 mins
  • Mediawatch

    Mediawatch
    Jun 22 2024
    Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here.
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    39 mins
  • Midweek Mediawatch - Plaintive plane complaints

    Midweek Mediawatch - Plaintive plane complaints
    Jun 19 2024
    In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on RNZ - and a huge few months at Stuff.
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    26 mins