Tag: Media industry
Mediawatch: NZ’s public media policy put out of its misery
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed today what pundits have predicted for weeks: the plan for a public...
‘Be fearless – and amplify the voice of the people’, Prasad...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji has no place for a partisan media using press freedom as a blank cheque to be a mouthpiece of...
Dan McGarry: The truth is our republic
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry, The Village Explainer
I wasn’t invited to the inaugural Vanuatu media awards a couple of weeks ago. Nor was I asked...
New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media
From RNZ Mediawatch
New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging...
Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over...
COMMENT: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Was New Zealand media giant NZME trying to pull a “fast one” when the company...
Pacific coronavirus: NZ’s big decision, j-schools and media closures
Pacific Media Watch
Into the fourth week of lockdown in New Zealand, and today's weekly Pacific Media Centre Southern Cross radio programme covers what...
NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The thin veneer of a seemingly robust New Zealand media was ripped off like a...
Death of Bougainvillean journalist Eric Tapakau stuns colleagues
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Former Post-Courier business editor Eric Tapakau died in Port Moresby over the weekend, where he was seeking medical treatment for a...