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The Week in Detail: Vietnam, entrenching law, Covid summer
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Vietnam, entrenching law, Covid summer
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioDo prized artworks need more protection?
In private hands, iconic New Zealand treasures can be sold off, hidden away, or even destroyed. Audio
Do prized artworks need more protection?
In private hands, iconic New Zealand treasures can be sold off, hidden away, or even destroyed.
AudioFairfax Australia to merge with Nine Entertainment
Fairfax Media in Australia has announced plans to merge with Nine Entertainment. The merger if approved by Australia's A triple CC, the equivalent of our Commerce Commission, would create an… Audio
Ditched newspapers the 'lifeblood' of rural communities
Stuff's decision to ditch 28 publications is shocking and will further isolate rural communities, Rural Women New Zealand says.
Fairfax regional papers end broadsheet format
Fairfax newspapers including the Dominion Post and the Taranaki Daily News will be moving to tabloid size from the middle of next year. Staff have been told all daily newspapers will become compact in… Audio
Social media no competition to journalism - ComCom
Traditional media are not as threatened by social media as news managers say, the Commerce Commission said today during the Stuff/NZME merger hearing.
Fairfax and NZME argue they need to merge to survive
The investigation into the rupture of the Marsden pipeline has stalled because the local regional council has been unable to get in touch with the landowner where the pipe burst. Audio
Media companies Fairfax and NZME on appeal
Media companies Fairfax and NZME have opened their appeal in the High Court against the Commerce Commission's rejection of their proposed merger. Audio
30-year-old Auckland newspaper to stop press
Fairfax-owned Auckland City Harbour News, delivered to 20,000 houses since 1985, is to go online-only.
Fairfax, NZME to appeal blocked merger
Media companies Fairfax and NZME are appealing against the Commerce Commission's decision to turn down their merger.
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about the future of Fairfax Media and its New Zealand newspapers, also a new inquiry into fake news is announced in Australia. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and… Audio
Fairfax's Nelson Mail looks likely to cut circulation
The Nelson Mail looks set to follow the Marlborough Express in cutting its circulation to fewer days each week.
Fairfax's NZ business included in takeover bid
Fairfax Media's New Zealand business has been included in a revised $A2.76 billion takeover bid.
Human Rights Tribunal rules Fairfax cartoons 'not unlawful'
The cartoons, about school breakfasts, were unlikely to "cause hostility against or bring into contempt" Māori and Pacific peoples, the tribunal found.
Private equity firm makes offer on Fairfax businesses
Fairfax Media has confirmed it is in talks with a private equity consortium which has offered to buy some but not all of the troubled media company.
Possible media downsizing threatens democracy - mayors
Threatened provincial newspapers are being defended as 'vital' by community leaders, who say they are essential for democracy.
E tu union welcomes merger block despite spectre of job cuts
Paul Tolich from the E Tu union says the role of the media in holding power to account means the Commerce Commission was right to reject a merger between Fairfax and NZME. Audio
Fairfax swings axe in Australian newsrooms on Press Freedom Day
Fairfax Australia announces plans to ditch 125 full time journalist jobs, saying it needs to cut costs to stay profitable. Union leader Paul Murphy says it's the latest in a long line of job cuts by a… Audio
