Publishing

Once a billion-dollar business, its critics claim the country’s most widely circulated publication is a redundant and wasteful throwback to pre-digital times. But now under new management, the Yellow… Video, Audio

The country's cottage industry of small press publishers is bigger than you might imagine. And it's also thriving. The proof is in a new book on art publishing in Aotearoa called Dwelling in the… Audio, Gallery

An article published in the Northland Age newspaper on Tuesday and on the New Zealand Herald website has been withdrawn after it was condemned as racist - and publisher NZME says it won't publish Dr…

Last week Facebook turned off Australian users’ access to news over a looming law change to make them pay to distribute it. This week news is back in their feeds after a face-off with the government… Audio

This week in the arts with Mark Amery we pay tribute to Lyttleton artist Bill Hammond, look at a small book about small book publishing in New Zealand and an exhibition that focuses on the smallest… Audio, Gallery

US news media took a beating from Covid-19 in 2020. Kiwi journalist and entrepreneur Hamish McKenzie runs a publishing platform-Substack - that boomed in 2020, giving journalists important audiences… Audio

Media company NZME has unveiled a new three-year strategy which could spell the end for some of the country’s most historic newspaper names.

The magazine scene is being rejuvenated by small publishers after the Covid crisis turned it upside down. Among the new titles launched in a difficult market is Shepherdess - made for rural women by… Audio

Among thousands of women who lost jobs when Covid-19 hit were those who make our women's magazines. One was Sido Kitchin, former editor of Woman's Day and the NZ Woman's Weekly which closed down… Audio

A giant German company pulled the plug on our best and biggest magazines in April, casting out many of the nation’s best journalists. Now two journalists from Germany living here are determined to… Audio

Bauer Media says some of the nation’s most important magazines will be back within weeks now that new buyers have been found. But four months after it shut down the likes of New Zealand Woman's Weekly… Audio