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October 9, 2017October 15, 2017 M.H.M. New Zealand media

NZME – Stuff, heading to the High Court

New Zealand media companies NZME and Stuff (formerly Fairfax New Zealand) are taking their merger battle to the High Court on October 16. In May 2017, the New Zealand Commerce Commission denied their merger clearance. I was talking to the Masters students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) on October 10, 2017, about the merger … Continue reading NZME – Stuff, heading to the High Court

Dr Merja Myllylahti

Co-Director at Journalism, Media and Democracy research center

In February 2019, I became co-director of AUT research center for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD). Since 2011, I have compiled the annual New Zealand media ownership reports for the center.

An attention economy trap?

My article “An attention economy trap? An empirical investigation into four news companies Facebook traffic and revenue” was published in the Journal of Media Business Studies in October 2018.  You can read it here.

Media and Communication

I have joined the editorial board of an open access academic journal Media and Communication. The articles published can be read here.

 

Awards and Fellowships

In 2017, awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). In 2016, awarded the ‘best New Zealand research paper’ at the World Journalism Education Congress in Auckland, New Zealand.

My INMA blogs

I am a regular blogger for the International News Media Association (INMA), and the blogs are available here. 

Book reviewer

“Merja Myllylahti considers the issues surrounding the use of metrics, powerfully linking their use in news organizations to the economics of news and the ethical implications of their use.”

Reviewer about my chapter “We need to talk about metrics”, published in the Cambridge Scholars book Themes and Debates in Critical Journalism, edited by Dr Verica Rupar.

Time for a ‘digital’ reality check on Fairfax and The New York Times

Fact checking digital transformation of The New York Times and Fairfax in The Conversation.

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