Colin Peacock

As local media companies scrambled to stay in business this week, the giant German publisher of our most important magazines pulled the plug on them - and about 250 jobs - with no warning.  It… Audio

This week the government tweaked a controversial call that meant some local newspapers couldn’t be delivered during the lock-down. But some are still unable to print important local news at a time… Audio

Mediawatch looks back at a week in which the Covid-19 crisis hit the media hard. Radio Sport went off air, a government ban on magazines angered publishers - and one of them pulled the plug on our… Audio

The sudden closure today of New Zealand’s most popular magazines shocked the media industry and the government - not to mention the company's own customers, many of whom have bought its magazines…

The publisher of some of the country's best-known magazines has shut its doors. Audio

The publisher of some of the country's best known magazines, including the Listener, North and South and Women's Weekly, has folded, with 237 people losing their jobs.

Bauer Media has announced it… Audio

NZME's stock has plummeted as the Covid-19 crisis cuts into the media company's advertising revenue. As a result the company has warned staff that jobs are on the chopping block at the NZ Herald and… Audio

The government has revised last week's sudden suspension of the printing and distribution of community newspapers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Publishers had protested it might leave people without…

Our media have plenty of ‘emergency journalism’ experience after several major disasters and crises in recent years. But covering the whole country going into lockdown was a new one - and in spite of… Audio

While Covid-19 has created vast volumes of politics, business and health news in recent days, the sports news has been all about the absence of sports events - and filling the bulletins and channels… Audio

The media are playing an important role conveying essential information during the COVID -19 crisis, even as their people work at a distance from each other and the economic upheaval clouds their… Audio