John, Ken and Mark might have had much better weeks
“I did a little yelp of joy…like an excited puppy,” wrote Farrier, the former Newsworthy presenter at TV3, on hearing of Weldon’s resignation
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REALITY TV UPDATE: Mark Weldon Wins NZ’s Biggest Loser.
MediaWorks CEO and mate of the PM, Mark Weldon, has quit his job. Is it too late to save MediaWorks? Should we care?
EDIT: Staff get in the champers shock!
The media in 2015
Some random musings on what happened in New Zealand’s media this year.
No Friends: The One about Rachel
The latest celebrity gossip is that pseudo journalist Rachel Glucina’s naff website Scout is about to do the walk of shame. Karma’s a truly wonderful thing.
NRT: What is the Prime Minister trying to hide?
You have to ask why Rachael Glucina departed the NZ Herald for National’s beneficary and friend Mediaworks. No Right Turn has been trying to find out how much contact John Key or his office had with Glucina when she did the dirty and unprofessional interview with the victim of John Keys ponytail pulling. Why he still illegally trying to cover those contacts up?
A short history of The Standard – Maoriland Worker
I saw earlier this month that typically the bombastic one from The Daily Blog Bombast was managing to not mention our site name in a post about hiring a hacker to crack into our site. Of more concern was his lack of local history. Is he too in love with his own voice to learn the lessons of the past?
Rachel Glucina leaves Herald and joins Mediaworks
Rachel Glucina is off to Mediaworks to run a new digital entertainment platform.
The TV3 boycott
Boycotts are a two-edged sword. The call to boycott TV3 is not a simple matter.
O’Sullivan on Campbell, Weldon and Key
So it’s not just loonie leftie bloggers noting the political element to the attack on Campbell Live.
Campbell live and politicisation of media
The attack on Campbell Live appears to be political.
Is Joyce too big to fail?
In 2009, Bill ‘Double Dipton’ English survived a corruption scandal that would have sunk a less important minister. Key couldn’t afford to lose him. Now, evidence continues to emerge of how Steven Joyce gave his old company a sweetheart loan against the official advise. Do you think John Key will act or is Joyce too big to fail?
Key caught in MediaWorks lie
Following the release of OIA documentation and questioning in the House, John Key has recanted his earlier statement that he hadn’t met with […]
Journalistic independence, or why Radio NZ matters
There’s no better illustration of why we need a properly funded Radio NZ than the way the debate over National’s funding cuts have played out on Radio NZ compared to its commercial counterparts.