What will the future look like for public media? | The PMA Briefing

As CBC/Radio-Canada unveils its new 5-year strategy, dark clouds are hanging above PSM in the NL, Czechia and Georgia.

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Google threatens to cut out NZ media, while job losses mount

Google opposed to NZ's Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, threatened to stop its deals with media companies & linking their news.

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TVNZ: The news funding model is broken – but this would fix it

Newshub shutting down and cuts at TVNZ show that New Zealand needs a new funding model for its fourth estate. 

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NZ: Independence of PSM criticised by Deputy PM

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister has attacked the independence of PSMs over their use of the indigenous Māori language.

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NZ Election: What are the political parties’ plans for media?

The media have been a political football this year - and now some politicians are complaining the media are against them in this election.

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RNZ-TVNZ merger scrapped

Work towards the long-mooted merger is to “stop entirely” as part of cuts to government’s work programme and a renewed focus on cost-of-living crisis.

RNZ

RNZ CEO: new public media entity is “a bold and unique step”

The CEO of Radio New Zealand explains how the new public media entity presents an outstanding opportunity for public service media.

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More details announced for New Zealand’s new public media entity

The new entity will be called ‘Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media’, and it could launch on 1 March 2023 according to draft legislation.

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“Funding certainty” for New Zealand public media

The New Zealand government has announced an allocation of $327 million dollars over a three-year period for a new multiplatform public media entity as part of its 2022 Budget.

Sally-Ann Wilson: “The need for public media has never been greater”

As Sally-Ann Wilson steps down as CEO of the Public Media Alliance, she reflects on two decades of advocating for public media.