Tag: Media merger
Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we...
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas
How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why...
Mediawatch: NZ public media merger meets growing resistance as clock ticks
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s hints this week that reforms will be pared back in 2023 -- and an...
Gavin Ellis: An open letter to the incoming media minister
OPEN LETTER: By Gavin Ellis to the new Minister of Broadcasting and Media Willie Jackson
Dear Minister,
Congratulations on assuming the Broadcasting and Media role.
The announcement...
Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a...
RSF condemns Nine-Fairfax merger as threat to media pluralism in Australia
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about pluralism and respect for editorial independence in the new Australian media conglomerate created...
NZME, Fairfax merger declined over ‘risk of causing harm’ to NZ...
By Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has denied a move which would have seen two of the country’s largest media...
Academics warn NZME, Fairfax merger would ‘spell disaster’ for NZ media
By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland
Academics have warned a merger of NZME and Fairfax will spell disaster for the media ecosystem at a conference on...