Newspapers
Stuff switches size
The country’s biggest paper chain downsized its daily papers this week to freshen them up, cut costs and hopefully halt sliding sales. But apart from the smaller pages - what’s new? And how did…
AudioRebellious US paper turns on its owners
Fed up with years of cuts administered by its owners, The Denver Post’s staff told them to get lost this week - in the pages of their own paper. A former Denver Post editor tells Mediawatch why -… Video, Audio
Rebellious US paper turns on its owners
Fed up with years of cuts administered by its owners, The Denver Post’s staff told them to get lost this week - in the pages of their own paper. A former Denver Post editor tells Mediawatch why -…
Video, AudioBig publisher culls community papers
The country's biggest publisher of news is preparing to close or sell many of its rural and community newspapers around the country. Mediawatch looks at the reasons why and what it might mean for the… Audio
Big publisher culls community papers
The country's biggest publisher of news is preparing to close or sell many of its rural and community newspapers around the country. Mediawatch looks at the reasons why and what it might mean for the…
AudioMedia commentator Gavin Ellis
Media commentator Gavin Ellis examines the coverage of Jacinda Ardern's appointment to the Labour leadership, and a British journalism professor has calculated when the circulation of Britain's… Audio
Queenstown paper makes no apologies for drunk driving name & shame
Social service providers in Queenstown say a local newspaper naming and shaming drink drivers on it's front page could do more harm than good. Video, Audio
Mediawatch for 28 May 2017
Mixed messages and extreme responses to Manchester's atrocity; an award-winning editor on newspapers' prospects and fake news fears; Donald trumps trade issues for English abroad. Audio
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
Otago's Allied Press welcomes 'no merger' decision
The chairman of the Allied Press, which publishes the Otago Daily Times and 14 other South Island papers, Sir Julian Smith, welcomes the Commerce Commission's decision to decline the proposed Fairfax… Audio
Media campaigner hails merger block as victory for public
Victoria University media studies lecturer and chair of the Campaign for Better Broadcasting Peter Thompson says the Commerce Commission made the right decision. He says the both companies are… Audio
Kids' papers: a fresh approach to journalism
It's often said that newspapers are dying off as rapidly as their ageing readers, but newspapers written by and for children are bucking that trend internationally. Audio
Kids' papers: a fresh approach to journalism
It's often said that newspapers are dying off as rapidly as their ageing readers, but newspapers written by and for children are bucking that trend internationally.
AudioPapers Past: Divorce
Emerson Vandey is captivated by old newspapers. He's in charge of the National Library's Papers Past online collection, and every so often he brings in a few attention grabbing headlines for Standing… Audio
The stories of Papers Past
It's almost daunting - so far there are almost 5 million pages of New Zealand historical documents to be explored, online and for free, on the National Library's Papers Past website.
There are… Audio
Local paper asks for directions
The Marlborough Express has warned that it can’t go on as a daily paper forever and it is considering new ideas, including reporting sponsored by readers and printing on fewer days of the week. Could… Video, Audio
Local paper asks for directions
The Marlborough Express has warned that it can’t go on as a daily paper forever and it is considering new ideas, including reporting sponsored by readers and printing on fewer days of the week. Could…
AudioThis Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 2)
The Hum is described as an 'an anomalous sound heard around the world', a low frequency noise documented by thousands of people since the 70's, including hundreds of reported cases here in NZ. Then… Audio
Bernard Hickey: The Publishing Industry
Jim Mora talks to the publisher of Hive News, a Wellington-based political and economic subscription news email service, about the publishing industry and media paywalls. Audio
With Iranian Headlines
The significance of opening access to Iranian newspapers that both charted the Western-backed 1953 coup d'état against Iran's popularly supported government and the 1979 Revolution - with Dr. Siavush… Audio
