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Commonwealth Games is no excuse for TVNZ decision to drop regular content.
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The state-owned broadcaster is already struggling through its culture changes.
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Media industry isn't short of female leaders.
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Campaign aims to identify abusers, but what about the risk of false accusations?
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COMMENT: These are dizzying days for TV current affairs.
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Does the Human Rights Commission help — or just add to disagreement?
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Pay-per-view live All Black games being considered.
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Sources say a new operation could service a variety of news outlets.
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Maori language effort is well-meant, but RNZ needs to sell it to listeners.
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Govt isn't requiring state broadcaster to provide public broadcasting.
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Labour plan for movie-making employment law will heal old wounds, says Minister.
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Freeview and Vodafone have new offers - and new gadgets for TV watchers.
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Pressure on NZ On Air means no money for long-running public service programmes.
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COMMENT: TVNZ says news and current affairs better left to Canon Media Awards.
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Party wants RNZ to move into free-to-air TV, but at what cost?
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COMMENT: TVNZ confident in deal with Warner Bros deal after Disney losses.
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Broadcaster ponders how to make best use of Mike Hosking's talents.
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Bauer Media is interested in buying radio assets, but not from MediaWorks.
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COMMENT: Political moves could mean big changes to media ownership.
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COMMENT: Labour's leader is being treated like a new Joan of Arc.
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NZ On Air funding will support new website for young viewers.
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COMMENT: Calling newsreading an 'artistic pursuit' might be a bit rich.
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TVNZ says it is happy with the cast of its morning show.
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Film festival attracts a big crowd, despite the temptations of the small screen.
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How did MediaWorks miss signs that breakfast host Simon Barnett wanted a change?
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John Drinnan writes the zagzigger.com site. He receives a free Sky TV service.
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Are tiny media outlets the way of the future?
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Veteran leaving late-night programme, as Radio NZ puts more focus on Auckland.
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COMMENT: Will the election campaign take a new slant?
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Politicians are gearing up for a new landscape in run-up to poll.
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COMMENT: Government finally ends the 8 years funding freeze on RNZ, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: Broadcaster's reinvention has helped its case for more government cash.
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COMMENT: Whatever happens to Australian media asset will also affect NZ
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COMMENT: New fishing show blurs the old boundaries.
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COMMENT: Radio NZ offer of free interview series came too late, says TVNZ.
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NZ politics provides plenty of raw material, so where is the TV satire?
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Trio of top admen are leaving the Assignment agency.
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COMMENT: Media reflects public division over where to draw the line on freedom of speech.
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COMMENT: TV, radio bosses depart, and a Commerce Commission delay creates a log jam.
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COMMENT: Digital content is a key strategy for the public broadcaster.
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COMMENT: One-time Act Party vice-president finds an audience among US conservatives, John Drinnan writes.
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More New Zealanders are finding work in American movies and TV shows.
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COMMENT: Why should taxpayers own a commercial broadcasting company that offers unexciting returns, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: AUT University says it is looking at developing journalism as a skill-set rather than a career prospect, John Drinnan writes.
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MediaWorks bosses know better than anyone that the rebranding of TV3 will not send viewers racing to the channel, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: Spark is standing by Lightbox amid speculation that it has also signed a deal with Netflix, writes John Drinnan.
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COMMENT: TVNZ's new money programme will be 100 per cent funded by Kiwibank, and the funding model could be used again, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: Big merger decisions are soon to be revealed, writes John Drinnan.
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Yesterday's unveiling of Amazon Prime Video brings more competition to an area where Sky TV once had a monopoly, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: TVNZ has defended its live broadcast cross to Joseph Parker - including plugs for his fast food supporters, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: New Zealand's funding body must spread its money further, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: Momentous times for media, including Facebook - even if it refuses to accept that it is a media company.
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COMMENT: The $500,000 proposal to change Auckland's slogan received predictable criticism, writes John Drinnan.
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US media will be asking themselves how and why they failed so badly, writes John Drinnan.
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COMMENT: Telco is keen to make the move into entertainment.
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The BSA has given Mike Hosking the all-clear for his prime-time editorials, but TVNZ says it will look at how they cover issues next year.
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COMMENT: The media revolution is about to hit free-to-air TV.
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COMMENT: Hal Crawford is now driving broadcaster MediaWorks' news operation.
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COMMENT: The Real Housewives' race fiasco rumbles on, with the parties no doubt wishing it would all just go away.
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COMMENT: The biggest shake up to NZ On Air is coming, John Drinnan writes.
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COMMENT: Growth in online advertising is creating more demand for moving pictures.
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COMMENT: Film Commission chief Dave Gibson is half-way through what he has insisted was a single five-year term.