Glad tidings from parliament as a bill introduced by a Green MP to remedy an incredibly unfair law gets support in its first reading from Act and NZ First
Surprised Winston doesn't seem to have email. Melissa Lee's media report sits on his desk, and won't be read or studied until his return. More Grandstanding from Winston as we have come to expect. 😡
Re: News losses. I guess if it was NZ law that overseas investors were constrained in making these types of decisions relating to "local" media (i.e. Aotearoa not international) without permission of an independent media authority etc. etc. they probably wouldn't invest here? BUT would we be worse off than what has happened? & STUFF also gutted by overseas owners, so seems to be a pattern if we let ownership be controlled by organisations that don't have a vested interest in our country, beyond just profiting off "news" and into the societal good & benefit of having robust local news. I remember the days of a dedicated broadcasting fee that we had to pay to access TV etc. - not unlike motor vehicle registration where it can be ring-fenced, but with internet (I watch ALL my news via internet these days!) I guess that particular model wouldn't work, but an expansion of NZ on Air funding to include a pool system of major reporting (i.e. do we need multiple Camera crews at stories, when each outlet could take the major story & book/direct tailored coverage/interviews using the same crew for bespoke items - e.g. coverage of major flooding with newsroom over dub of their own "take" & use local reporters to front the camera for local interest angles instead of flying separate crews from each outlet - except for John Campbell - he should be flown in EVERYWHERE everytime 😀) I will particularly miss Sunday, which I check "On Demand" every week - I hope that can be saved in some form as it has been truly excellent & valuable over many years, and IMHO has NOT been made obsolete by new tech etc. After all, I sometimes watch overseas content of the same format as long form is much better for some things (and none of them do it any better than our team!)
Surprised Winston doesn't seem to have email. Melissa Lee's media report sits on his desk, and won't be read or studied until his return. More Grandstanding from Winston as we have come to expect. 😡
Re: News losses. I guess if it was NZ law that overseas investors were constrained in making these types of decisions relating to "local" media (i.e. Aotearoa not international) without permission of an independent media authority etc. etc. they probably wouldn't invest here? BUT would we be worse off than what has happened? & STUFF also gutted by overseas owners, so seems to be a pattern if we let ownership be controlled by organisations that don't have a vested interest in our country, beyond just profiting off "news" and into the societal good & benefit of having robust local news. I remember the days of a dedicated broadcasting fee that we had to pay to access TV etc. - not unlike motor vehicle registration where it can be ring-fenced, but with internet (I watch ALL my news via internet these days!) I guess that particular model wouldn't work, but an expansion of NZ on Air funding to include a pool system of major reporting (i.e. do we need multiple Camera crews at stories, when each outlet could take the major story & book/direct tailored coverage/interviews using the same crew for bespoke items - e.g. coverage of major flooding with newsroom over dub of their own "take" & use local reporters to front the camera for local interest angles instead of flying separate crews from each outlet - except for John Campbell - he should be flown in EVERYWHERE everytime 😀) I will particularly miss Sunday, which I check "On Demand" every week - I hope that can be saved in some form as it has been truly excellent & valuable over many years, and IMHO has NOT been made obsolete by new tech etc. After all, I sometimes watch overseas content of the same format as long form is much better for some things (and none of them do it any better than our team!)