It’s less than 24 hours until Patrick Gower’s show, The F#$%ing News, launches in its new home at Stuff, bringing the best stories each week to the country’s largest digital news audience.
The F#$%ing News, or TFN for short, is a 30-minute weekly video show which flips the script on news, delivering fun, funny, inspirational interviews and stories from Kiwis all over the country, as told by Gower.
“It is bloody exciting – I can’t wait,” says Gower. “TFN is Kiwi-as – a reflection of all of the best things in our sweet-as country. I’ve had a brilliant time over the past few weeks talking to amazing, inspiring Kiwis, creating a brand-new weekly show that’ll be all over stuff.co.nz every Wednesday morning, on YouTube and – I’ve always wanted to say this – wherever you get your podcasts.”
The full show will run from 5am each Wednesday with select videos dropping across the site and social
channels throughout the week.
‘News with heart’
“I want everyone to feel great about this awesome country we live in, and the brilliant people Kiwis are. Think news with heart – bloody good yarns and positive journalism. There’s enough grimness out there. We’re bringing the light.”
The show is created by Gower and award-winning creative leader Jon Bridges – founder of Paddy Gower Has Issues and 7 Days, and former executive producer of The Project.
TFN and all of Gower’s content will live in a bespoke content site on stuff.co.nz, with social, audio, video and text content landing across Stuff’s ecosystem.
Gower has enormous appeal across young, diverse, middle-aged and middle New Zealand, says Stuff Brand Connections Managing Director Matt Headland. He says the show is a unique opportunity for commercial partners to connect with audiences – from the news avoidant to news junkies.
“Paddy is deeply trusted, huge on social media and as loved by teenagers as he is by the nation’s grandparents. That kind of talent only comes along once in a generation and we are thrilled to be able to work with our commercial partners who want to support this kind of positive Kiwi journalism.”
