NZME and Go Media have entered a sales partnership that will see the out-of-home company’s media solutions be included in the media company’s multi-platform offering.
Last week it was NZME and TVNZ launching new podcasts, this week MediaWorks and RNZ have announced their own fresh content.
Newspaper publisher Stuff is considering axing 19 jobs as it squeezes its community titles.
The global podcast market is booming, and New Zealand is no different. This week, NZME and TVNZ have added new podcasts to their ranks.
The High Court has ruled that internet streaming using My Box to watch SKY TV movies, television and sports programmes is a breach of copyright and illegal.
One year on from her pledge to offer more local content than ever before, TVNZ director of content Cate Slater says the investment in local has paid off.
Last night, TVNZ and its agency and production partners gathered at Auckland’s ASB Waterfront Theatre to cut the ribbon on a new season lineup. But as much as it was a celebration of what’s to come, it was a chance for the broadcaster to look back on its pledge from a year ago to invest in both OnDemand and local content.
Media company NZME has called it quits on its attempts to merge with rival Stuff to form a mega-media company.
The Māori media sector is set to be reviewed for the first time since 1998. A policy initiative has been announced, titled “Māori Media Sector Shift”, that will include Māori Television, the Māori radio network and Te Mangai Paho.
NZME has appointed Nikki Stevens as the general manager of its Wellington and Australia agency team.
Stuff is changing its Sunday Star-Times from broadsheet to compact format, following on from the company shifting all nine daily newspapers to compact in April.
Radio New Zealand will be celebrating with the latest round of GfK results showing it reaches 705,800 New Zealanders (10+) each week. StopPress talked with David Allan, head of radio and music, about the reasons behind the station’s growth, line-up changes and the importance of digital.
Fair to say, 2018 has been the year of the single-use plastic bag – or more so, no single-use plastic bags. While retailers, such as supermarkets, have been spear-heading the movement, publishers are now getting on board thanks to environmentally-friendly wrap Compostic.
NZME has appointed long-time MediaWorks marketer Katie Mills as the new chief marketing officer.
The Court of Appeal has rejected the proposed merger between NZME and Stuff.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
Its radio survey time again and in the third round for 2018, 3.66 million New Zealanders have been found to listen to radio each week, with The Edge seeing the biggest audience.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.
The Nielsen National Readership Survey figures for Q3 2017 – Q2 2018 have been released with happy news for some, and a tough road ahead for others.
Members of the New Zealand magazine industry were out in their finest last night at the Bruce Mason Theatre to celebrate the achievements of the past year at the 2018 Webstar Magazine Media Awards.
Production company Plus6Four has teamed up with Flying Fish to create Alibi, a crime drama series running on TVNZ Ondemand with supporting social media content. StopPress sits down with Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, two of the trio that makes up Plus6Four, to hear how the series is capitalising on the popularity of online platforms, keeping viewers on their toes and is written for its Kiwi audience.
Taking a look back at the state of social media in the month ending 18 August, it was product- and giveaway-themed posts that nabbed the standout top three Facebook posts on the Zavy + StopPress Social Scoreboard. Whittaker’s Auckland Airport launch weighed in heavily at 14,000 likes and over 900 shares on Facebook, meanwhile, Harvey Norman’s Dyson vacuum giveaway gained 13,000 comments and McDonald’s came in at third place with 6,200 likes for its $5 combo deal.
Following a loss in its FY2017 results, TVNZ’s finances are on the rise again, with the company reporting net profit after tax up 265 percent to $5.1 million, and revenue up 0.6 percent to $318.5 million.
Sky TV has reported a $240.7 million loss in the year to June 2018, against a profit of $119.3 million. The profit, before a goodwill impairment charge, is an increase of 2.6 percent on the previous year.
NZME’s profit is down by more than half as revenue fell in challenging market conditions
Stuff has announced the appointment of Phillipa Cameron to the new executive role of chief customer officer (CCO).
We asked the folks on the NZ Radio Facebook page to share their favourite ad jingles with us and here’s what they came up with.
TVNZ news presenter Greg Boyed has died while in Europe with his wife and youngest child.