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Everything you need to know about the biggest media deal in years.

14 (!) crucial questions about Stuff replacing Newshub, asked and (mostly) answered

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The print news giant has beaten out NZME to create a 6pm bulletin to replace Newshub at Three, with 'limited' roles for laid-off Newshub staff.

‘Some’ Newshub staff to be taken on by Stuff for new 6pm bulletin

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Did advertisers create this mess? Or are they our best shot at fixing it?

Advertising largely funds the media. How do ad execs view the current crisis?

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Subways, palaces, gold heists, rockets on trains and luxury nightlife? You Bollywood in Wellington.

When Wellington starred in a Bollywood spy thriller: a scene-by-scene breakdown

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'The biggest issue is that I can’t see a future for what we do.'

Stuff, The Spinoff, Newsroom, SYSCA and NZ Geographic on the media crisis

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The five most baffling moments from Melissa Lee’s post-Newshub interviews

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Today: the leaders of our broadcasters and streamers – those most impacted by the current crisis.

The CEOs of TVNZ, Sky, NZME and MediaWorks on the media crisis

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Today it was confirmed that both Newshub and Sunday would be gone by the middle of the year. Here’s how the networks covered the news.  

‘The end of news as we know it’: How the news reported the end of the news, again 

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Three today confirmed that Newshub will shut forever on July 5th. When combined with dozens of job losses at TVNZ, it marks a dark week for the news.

This could be the biggest loss of journalism jobs in New Zealand history. What’s next?

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What do those in charge of our biggest production companies think about the looming crisis in screen production?

The makers of NZ’s most popular shows talk about what’s going wrong with TV

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Duncan Greive outlines what’s at stake – plus an idea about a post-Newshub news service for Three.

Four key questions ahead of two massive days for news media in New Zealand

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The big funders and major public media outlets weigh in on media's polycrisis.

RNZ, Whakaata Māori, PMN, NZ on Air and NZ Film Commission leaders weigh in on media crisis

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The collapse of Newshub and job losses at TVNZ are just the public face of an evolving polycrisis in New Zealand media. Is there a way out?

What happens when you ask 20 NZ media CEOs two big questions?

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Ever had a burning thought and wanted to share it with a Spinoff writer immediately? Now you can.

The Spinoff turns on comments

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I work in PR and I think my colleagues should be transferring around $24.3m into journalists’ back pockets. 

Here’s an idea for funding journalism: make PR professionals pay for it

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A look back at two momentous merger decisions that radically changed our media history. 

Chris Luxon says the media didn’t innovate. In two crucial cases, it just wasn’t allowed.

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Are you deeply passionate about sharing Māori stories? We’re on the hunt for an experienced writer/editor to lead our Ātea coverage.

The Spinoff is looking for a te ao Māori editor

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It's the one question on everyone’s lips, and we set out to answer it the old-fashioned way.

How many journalism jobs are left in Aotearoa?

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A reporter for Sunday pulls back the curtain on the last current affairs show we may ever see during primetime.

The sun is setting on Sunday. Here’s what it was like to work on the show

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Global media have jumped on the social media frenzy about rumours of a royal affair. In the UK, the associated names and speculation are barely visible.

The oceanic divide on Stephen Colbert’s Kate Middleton monologue

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A proposed law might make it easier to fix the broken stuff laying around your house.

An afternoon at the Repair Café, where everyday objects get a second life

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'I wonder what went through his head every Anzac Day, every year. Maybe you could be forgiven for just wanting to get blitzed and forget about it altogether.'

Don’t mention the war: On grandparents and Anzac biscuits

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Never mind the scoreboard – in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup decider, the real trans-Tasman battle was won before kickoff.

Remembering the great TrueBliss vs Bardot national anthem sing-off

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I'm on the wrong side of 40, I never pursued creative work and now my job is killing my soul. Help!

Help Me Hera: Do I even want the public sector job I might be about to lose?

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For all its virtues, Anzac Day – unlike its cousin Armistice Day – is a commemoration of war, not peace.

Seize the day

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Australian and New Zealand volunteers fought together in the Waikato War, yet still its place in the Anzac tradition is unacknowledged by our defence forces or RSA.

The first, forgotten Anzacs, more than 50 years before Gallipoli

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Poem for Anzac Day: ‘Hoki Mai’ by Tayi Tibble

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A poem from Bill Manhire's 2017 book of verse Some Things to Place in a Coffin.

Poem for Anzac Day: ‘My World War I Poem’ by Bill Manhire

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The best-selling American writer on the ideal conditions for reading, the true meaning of utopia and more.

‘Emily Dickinson made me into a writer’: Lauren Groff on the power of reading

Jodie Whittaker will play the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. Here’s a quiz that uses the word doctor in its many forms.

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Jodie Whittaker will play the 13th Doctor on Doctor Who. Here's a quiz that uses the word doctor in its many forms.

The Spinoff

MediaJuly 21, 2017

The Figure-Friday quiz: on doctors and The Doctor

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MediaJuly 21, 2017

The Figure-Friday quiz: on doctors and The Doctor

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