On Friday night, journalists from around the country gathered to celebrate excellence in their practice – and there was plenty on show, with 355 finalists across 68 categories. The big winners on the night were The Weekend Herald and the New Zealand Herald’s Matt Nippert.
Last night, the country’s top radio talent ventured to Auckland’s Shed 10 to celebrate the best in the business at the NZ Radio Awards. And the big winners on the night were Mai FM and Mike Hosking, winning Station of the Year – Network and Best Talk Presenter – Breakfast or Drive.
There were a lot of ups to celebrate as the first radio survey of the year was released yesterday. We take a look at the top performers and how 2018’s set to be a bigger year than last for many.
NZME is showing its support for the RSA’s annual Poppy Appeal with a campaign asking its readers and listeners to donate and #PinAPoppy to their social media pages.
Finalists for the 2018 Voyager Media Awards (formerly Canon Media Awards) have been announced and last year’s winners, New Zealand Herald, Weekend Herald and Stuff, are no doubt hoping for another successful night.
The six-month interim results are out for our two largest print news media owners Stuff and NZME. It is no secret that print has battled with years of declining advertising revenue and departing audiences and there is no doubt the tough financial results have taken its toll. The key lowlights being Stuff’s subsequent closure of 28 regional print mastheads, and an obstinate Commerce Commission which has repealed repeated merger attempts by NZME and Stuff. However, in some quarters, the recent financial findings show that the fall in print revenue has slowed, with suggestions that the worst is over. We ask media experts and publishers what they glean from the financial findings – bearing in mind the unpredictable and circulating beast that is the media industry.
IAB New Zealand has announced it has been working with major New Zealand publishers, agencies and tech vendors to implement ads.txt, a global IAB initiative designed to eliminate counterfeit inventory in the programmatic advertising ecosystem.
StopPress talks to Dean Buchanan, group director entertainment, and Shayne Currie, managing editor, about which personalities we should watch this year, and about what they think will make or break the radio industry.
NZME and Stuff have announced this week they will seek leave to appeal a High Court ruling that upheld a Commerce Commission block on their proposed merger. In December the High Court upheld a Commerce Commission ruling not to clear or authorise the merger. With that in mind, we take a look at what industry folk think of the proposed merger and mergers in general.
NZME has announced a change in structure to the Agency team and opens a Melbourne office.
Run me a bath Alexa, put the lights on dim and tell me the news. We take a look at the virtual assistant space and how Kiwi media organisations will be using Amazon’s Alexa.
Industry happenings at 95bFM, MediaWorks, APN Outdoor, Radio New Zealand, Pead PR, Energi, Discovery Communications and NZME.
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what The Hits’ Sarah, Sam and Toni have to say.
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Cassie Roma, general manager of content marketing at NZME, has to say.
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Matt Headland, chief commercial officer at NZME, has to say.
We look at the ups, downs and trends for the final radio survey of the year.
Industry happenings at NZME, Fairfax, Eyeota and Eleven PR.
NZME has entered the recruitment market with a new digital platform, YUDU, that connects industries with both active and passive candidates.
This week, NZME entered the popular true-crime podcast genre with Chasing Ghosts, an investigation into the cold case disappearance of Amber-Lee Cruickshank in 1992. We talk to senior crime reporter and lead journalists on the project Anna Leask about how she brought the 25-year-old story to life.
NZME chief commercial officer Matt Headland sits down for chat with StopPress about the latest round of radio results.
NZME’s Group Creative team has a new leader with Jono Coles joining as executive creative director.
“Imagine stations with those shares now,” said radio industry veteran David Gibbs upon seeing radio survey results from a quarter-century ago—a fitting response, given there was once a single station with an 18 percent share of New Zealand ears. We look back to see how much radio has changed.
Industry happenings at NZME, iProspect, Karma Cola, One Plus One Communications and Mango.
In good news for NZME, the New Zealand Herald has seen strong year on year print readership growth, up 4,000 readers to 430,000. We take a look at NZME’s readership figures and talk to NZME’s weekend editor Miriyana Alexander about the myth that print is dying. PLUS: Fairfax and Otago Daily Times’ have a mixed bag of results.
NZME is promising five hours of uninterrupted election coverage across the NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB and iHeartRadio as it counts down to the final election result. This sees the company take on a media space, which until now has been dominated by the broadcast television providers.
NZME has announced the launch of a new digital business unit as the company looks to grow its online audiences and revenue. And this strategic move has resulted in a number of executive changes in the business.
NZME has rolled out its election campaign with the help of a few children asking tough questions.
NZME is growing its social media capabilities by partnering with Mish Guru to deliver innovative and creative Snapchat solutions for its brands and clients.
It’s an ever evolving media world and NZME has been doing just that with the creation of WatchMe to deliver short-form video. Two years on, we sit down with the head of video, Cameron Death, to see how the strategy has changed and where it’s going with the future.
In the wake of another strong survey result for NZME, we talk to head of agency markets Matt Headland about what it’s doing to narrow the gap separating its audience from that of MediaWorks.