In 2017, for the first time in seven years, private and independently owned media companies outnumbered state and shareholder owned media companies in New Zealand. New Zealand media market also expanded with new digital start-ups such as Newsroom. I have authored the seventh New Zealand media ownership report for AUT research center of Journalism, MediaContinue reading “Private and independent media ownership increases in New Zealand”
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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 mergerContinue reading “NZME – Stuff, heading to the High Court”
Dr Merja Myllylahti 