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EXPLAINED: Anzpm - The Real Truth

Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the Government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems the merger was supposed to fix. Mark Jennings looks at Labour’s new slimmed down approach to public media.

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‘Let them watch Netflix’ – what can be salvaged from the wreckage of the failed TVNZ-RNZ merger?

The government’s decision to abandon the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media (ANZPM) Bill came as no surprise after months of increasingly negative speculation. Officially, it stems from the prioritisation of “bread and butter issues” during a cost-of-living crisis, but it’s hard not to see this as a significant policy failure…

The Conversation

RNZ the winner in merger cancellation

The state-owned radio broadcaster will keep its independence and get a cash injection after the Government scrapped the proposal to merge it with TVNZ

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Hipkins needs a new plan for TVNZ and RNZ

A focus on “bread and butter” issues likely signals the end of the RNZ/TVNZ merger, writes Mark Jennings

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TVNZ/RNZ merger a 'chilling prospect' for some

The planned TVNZ/RNZ merger has been described by one competitor as a ‘chilling prospect’ and a ‘serious threat’ to the rest of New Zealand’s media eco-system

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FBOY Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the heart of the TVNZ-RNZ merger

The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill are a testament to the importance – and contentiousness – of public media policy.

The Conversation

A fistful of (public) dollars

Peter Thompson examines some legitimate funding concerns around the new public media merger to see if the sky is really falling.

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