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.

Recent Episodes
  • Midweek - LA aggro, advocacy ads, David v media, dangerous games
    Jun 11, 2025 – 00:23:13
  • Stuff twinned with Trade Me, NZME rings the changes at the top
    Jun 7, 2025 – 00:35:26
  • Midweek - Stuff/Trade Me & NZME, video pivot, power of the edit
    Jun 4, 2025 – 00:23:32
  • Run It runs straight into trouble, changing climate for climate coverage
    May 31, 2025 – 00:40:12
  • Midweek - Herald streaming, RNZ National falling, 'Deputy Dave' deep dives
    May 28, 2025 – 00:25:58
  • Budget 2025, vanguard v rearguard on AI, social media legal pushback
    May 24, 2025 – 00:39:39
  • Midweek: Vance wins, Winston heckled, Stuff vs Stuff
    May 21, 2025 – 00:24:01
  • Pay equity, dead c-word strategy & c-bomb fallout, AI in BBC news
    May 17, 2025 – 00:36:27
  • Midweek - Stuff's C-bomb rocks the House, NZME truce, social media ban boosted
    May 14, 2025 – 00:28:03
  • Sudden surge of concern about social media, NZME compromise, sport on screen
    May 10, 2025 – 00:36:23
  • Midweek - Compromise at NZME, politics podcast self-destructs, email scoop angst
    May 7, 2025 – 00:24:21
  • Bootcamp calls based on bad stats, election assumptions, NZME boardroom battle update
    May 3, 2025 – 00:40:05
  • Doco lifts the lid on Destiny, Pope farewelled, US media party falls flat
    Apr 30, 2025 – 00:27:05
  • The health of health reporting; Peters' RNZ 'threat,' media freedom’s dark day
    Apr 26, 2025 – 00:34:32
  • Midweek: surreal Pope coverage, spiky RNZ interview, identical eye-witnesses
    Apr 23, 2025 – 00:24:28
  • Jailed journo’s life on screen, Christian broadcaster beats the slump
    Apr 19, 2025 – 00:40:53
  • Midweek: Polk folk, Facebook whistleblower faces US Senate, lobbying lid-lifting
    Apr 16, 2025 – 00:29:38
  • Trust in news slump stalls, Canada pushes back
    Apr 12, 2025 – 00:44:27
  • 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
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.
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