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Andrew Barclay appointed TVNZ Board Chair

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Andrew Barclay is being appointed as the new TVNZ Board Chair, Minister for Media and Communications Paul Goldsmith has announced. “Mr Barclay has had a...

Stuff staff slam “disgraceful” pay offer and “hypocrisy” as further strikes loom

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Staff at legacy media company Stuff are considering further strike action after the company reduced its pay offer for digital employees from 2.5% to...

NZOFP slams legacy media bias over paracetamol pregnancy risks

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The NZOFP (NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party) is concerned about imbalance in media reporting to the New Zealand public about the risks from paracetamol...

TVNZ review finds “no systemic bias” in 1News, state broadcaster refuses to release full report

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A TVNZ-commissioned review of the legacy mainstream media outlet's news coverage has found no evidence of "systemic bias" or "lack of impartiality" in 1News...

ABC walks back Kirk murder suspect transgender-lover spin

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Reporter Matt Gutman said he aimed to highlight the ‘contrast’ between the killing and Tyler Robinson’s affectionate texts to his partner. ABC News correspondent Matt...

Trump files $15 billion lawsuit against New York Times

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The US president claims that the paper has been lying about him for decades, while serving as a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. US President...

Grenon boosts NZME stake to nearly 18%

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Businessman and NZME director Jim Grenon has increased his shareholding in the publisher of legacy media outlet NZ Herald to 17.9 percent, acquiring 3.7...

Trump shares call for ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ to hold media accountable

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The initiative seeks to make the press, content creators, and social media financially liable for false claims and baseless accusations. US President Donald Trump has...

Police consider legal action over legacy media’s use of Phillips incident radio communications

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Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has directed staff to investigate possible legal action against a legacy media outlet over its use of police radio communications...

Stuff defends publishing police audio amid Phillips manhunt backlash

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Legacy mainstream media outlet Stuff is standing by its decision to publish police audio communications from the chase that ended fugitive Tom Phillips’ four-year...

Hosking slammed over ‘disinformation’ remarks following Charlie Kirk assassination

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Legacy media Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking has sparked a wave of criticism following remarks he made about U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in...

Guy Hatchard: It’s not unusual

Guy Hatchard -
An article in today’s Stuff newspaper reports a mass casualty situation at hospital EDs and then sets out to tell us ‘it is not unusual’ (???). Here...

When Ukrainian lives matter and when they don’t: What a shocking murder says about the US media

Henry Johnston -
When does murder get ignored? When the victim is white and the killer black. A black man kills a white woman in an American city,...

Kremlin dismisses NYT ‘hoax’

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Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has rejected claims that Russian drones have flown over Germany. A New York Times (NYT) report claiming that Russian surveillance drones have...

Workers at legacy media outlet Stuff walk off the job over pay dispute

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Journalists and staff at legacy media outlet Stuff walked off the job on Thursday afternoon, striking in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch over what...

BBC warns about RT’s global influence

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Russian news organisations are expanding despite being banned in the West, the UK state broadcaster has reported. Russian media organizations are expanding their reach internationally...

Scathing review urges overhaul of state-funded media outlet RNZ National

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An independent review by former RNZ news boss Richard Sutherland has exposed deep-seated cultural and strategic issues at RNZ National, blaming “blame-shifting” and “low...

GB News overtakes BBC to become UK’s most-watched news channel

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GB News has become Britain’s most-watched news channel for the first time, overtaking both the BBC News Channel and Sky News in July 2025,...

More Americans watch RT than CNN – former US intel chief

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The Russian outlet has been facing censorship and legal hurdles in the country since 2017. RT has a larger American audience than CNN, former US...

Declassified U.S. intelligence report: Trump-Russia collusion was a fabricated political and legacy media attack

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A newly declassified report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) shows that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, which dominated U.S. political discourse...

Gaza reporters starving to death – journalists’ association

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Collaborators with France’s AFP news agency are said to “no longer have the physical capacity” to do their jobs. The last remaining Palestinian collaborators for...

Legal action taken against Western media over Air India crash coverage

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a notice against Reuters and the WSJ for allegedly misrepresenting the probe and blaming the crew for...

Trump sues Rupert Murdoch

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The US president has accused the Wall Street Journal of libel over its reporting about a supposed letter to Jeffrey Epstein. US President Donald Trump...

Stuff closes 15 community papers amid tense union standoff over pay and health benefits

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Legacy mainstream media company Stuff is shutting down around 15 community newspapers—including long-standing Auckland titles under the Auckland Community Newspapers umbrella—and transitioning the Marlborough...

Trump calls for firing of CNN reporter over Iran and Hunter Biden laptop coverage

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The US president has called out Natasha Bertrand for a report questioning the effectiveness of America’s recent strikes on Iran. US President Donald Trump has...

Trump tells Republicans to ‘kill’ top US state media outlet

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The president has labelled Voice of America a “left-wing disaster”. US President Donald Trump has called on Republicans to support his campaign to dismantle the...

Journalist wins case against Australian state broadcaster over Gaza post sacking

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Australian journalist Antoinette Lattouf has won her legal case against the ABC, with a court ruling she was unfairly dismissed after posting Human Rights...

Massive layoffs target bias and bureaucratic bloat in U.S. state-funded legacy media

Daily Telegraph NZ -
In a major shake-up of U.S. taxpayer-funded legacy media, the Trump administration has laid off over 85% of Voice of America (VOA) staff as...

Chantelle Baker fights back against legacy media outlet Stuff News in defamation lawsuit

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A fundraiser has been launched to support Chantelle Baker’s defamation lawsuit against Stuff News over claims made in its documentary Fire & Fury. Baker alleges...

Social media overtakes TV and legacy media news sites as top news source in the US

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Social media and video platforms like Facebook, X, YouTube, and TikTok have become the main source of news for Americans, surpassing traditional TV and...

Media Council upholds Ian Wishart complaint over RNZ “heatwave” headline

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The Media Council has upheld a complaint by Ian Wishart and another seperate complainant Catriona Atkinson against state-funded legacy media outlet RNZ regarding a...

Legacy media misquotes Moscow on NATO expansion threat

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Newsweek earlier claimed that Russia won’t end the Ukraine conflict until the bloc “pulls out of the Baltics,” citing a top diplomat. A legacy mainstream...

Australian journalist shot with rubber bullet during Los Angeles riots (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The protests and clashes with police broke out in California in response to immigration raids. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was struck by a rubber bullet...

PM’s Acting Dep. Press Secretary and ex-Stuff journalist resigns over secret recordings of women

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Michael Forbes, the acting deputy chief press secretary to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and a former Stuff journalist, has resigned following allegations that he...

Trade Me and legacy media outlet Stuff announce merger in major digital media shakeup

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Legacy mainstream media outlet Stuff and auction site Trade Me have agreed to a merger in which Trade Me will take a 50% stake...

Japan rides the censorship bandwagon

Bruce W. Davidson -
The manufacturer of the replicon mRNA Covid “vaccine” in Japan, Meiji Seika Pharma, has brought a lawsuit against a member of the Japanese parliament,...

State-funded RNZ radio audience plummets

Daily Telegraph NZ -
State-funded legacy media RNZ’s radio listenership has dropped to its lowest level in over five years, with the latest GFK data showing a cumulative...

Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The Marubo people are challenging allegations that they morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access. A remote South American tribe has sued the New York...

AI hallucinations: a budding sentience or a global embarrassment?

Mathew Maavak -
An article cut and pasted from ChatGPT raises questions over the role of fact-checkers in legacy media. In a farcical yet telling blunder, multiple major...

Government announces more handouts for legacy media

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Despite ongoing financial pressures and widespread public skepticism about propping up failing legacy and state-run media outlets, the Government is pressing ahead with yet...
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