Mediawatch

by RNZ

There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.

Midweek: MediaWorks bought up, Herald goes positive, Green MP speaks out, fake wolf news
Apr 9, 2025 – 00:29:21
Duopoly apathy, ad income slump, local paper paper row
Apr 5, 2025 – 00:36:16
Midweek: Green in the gun, NZME update, Stuff falls foul of BSA
Apr 2, 2025 – 00:21:54
Green shoots and dire data, NZME angst, easiest scoop ever
Mar 29, 2025 – 00:41:48
Midweek: NZME board battle goes postal
Mar 26, 2025 – 00:19:45
Lid-lifting Kiwi gagged over Facebook, NZME/Stuff in play, The Listener & lifestyle journalism
Mar 22, 2025 – 00:37:46
Ownership angst, lunch fatigue, Bongino bombast & Newsom niceness
Mar 19, 2025 – 00:24:03
Media question PM’s position, integrity initiative dovetails with media
Mar 15, 2025 – 00:33:51
Midweek: Poll angst, NZME upheaval
Mar 12, 2025 – 00:21:31
NZME’s billionaire power play; a rash of resignations, Welly water woe
Mar 8, 2025 – 00:32:50
Midweek: Ever-present Pres, billionaire buy-ins, NZ life 50 years apart
Mar 5, 2025 – 00:23:18
China crisis, defending against defunding, school food fight
Mar 1, 2025 – 00:40:22
Midweek: A messy ministerial resignation
Feb 26, 2025 – 00:22:51
Surviving 2025 & following Australia’s lead, decoding Destiny, luring tourists
Feb 22, 2025 – 00:41:28
Midweek - Herald exodus & video plan, capital visions, attracting Aussies
Feb 19, 2025 – 00:22:03
Golden visas, risky recommended content, deep pockets for deep journalism
Feb 15, 2025 – 00:36:23
Midweek: D Seymour v Herald, Guy Williams & more
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:24:23
Sudden surge of diplomatic drama & local news fightbacks
Feb 8, 2025 – 00:31:04
Midweek: Foreign 'fake news,' name suppression, entertainers (mis)remembered
Feb 5, 2025 – 00:25:01
Summertime - and the living’s uneasy for media
Feb 1, 2025 – 00:33:17
Midweek: New year, new layoffs
Jan 29, 2025 – 00:25:16
Facing the pressure & bucking the trend in 2024
Dec 21, 2024 – 00:36:07
Midweek: The Mediawatch Awards for 2024
Dec 18, 2024 – 00:36:37
Media under the sinking lid in 2024
Dec 14, 2024 – 00:31:59
Midweek: Kiwi Clasico; BoJo v KiHi; RIP Nicholas Boyack; Stuff split?
Dec 11, 2024 – 00:24:40
If you can’t beat social media, join it. Or ban it?
Dec 7, 2024 – 00:35:49
Midweek: Luxon appears at last
Dec 4, 2024 – 00:27:26
Two towns’ news under pressure, copyrights and wrongs
Nov 28, 2024 – 00:43:49
Midweek: Tiriti talk, TJ’s haka, funding for factual stuff in 2025
Nov 27, 2024 – 00:19:32
Hīkoi hōhā, news deserts fears, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast
Nov 23, 2024 – 00:38:45
Midweek: Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife
Nov 20, 2024 – 00:25:20
Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block
Nov 16, 2024 – 00:31:08
Midweek: Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
Nov 13, 2024 – 00:23:58
Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media
Nov 9, 2024 – 00:34:15
Midweek: He's back
Nov 6, 2024 – 00:30:28
Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy
Nov 2, 2024 – 00:43:02
Midweek: Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns
Oct 30, 2024 – 00:24:36
A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
Oct 26, 2024 – 00:34:49
Midweek: Sweating the small stuff
Oct 22, 2024 – 00:26:41
WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal
Oct 19, 2024 – 00:42:42
Midweek: The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk
Oct 16, 2024 – 00:24:06
Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google
Oct 12, 2024 – 00:32:21
Midweek: Cuts, checks & a rude front page
Oct 9, 2024 – 00:25:24
Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks big backlash; feel-good news for bad times
Oct 5, 2024 – 00:36:11
Midweek: More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting
Oct 2, 2024 – 00:23:52
Trial trauma & mental health on-air, ABC boss on public media pressures
Sep 28, 2024 – 00:44:03
Bonus: Turning point for Australia’s ABC
Sep 28, 2024 – 00:34:18
Midweek: Polkinghorne preoccupation & problem podcasts
Sep 25, 2024 – 00:24:40
Politicians dodge interviews, local iwi revives local paper
Sep 21, 2024 – 00:32:07
Midweek: Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu
Sep 18, 2024 – 00:23:33

Recent Reviews

Doc Cottle

Long form media criticism

I listen to this now more than I do it's US counterpar, On the Media. The review of the week's happenings format is well sutied to the topic, although it is pretty quickly apparent who the bad actors are.