'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told
'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told
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'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told
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I'm a bit out of the loop but I think this means the only local television news not owned by the NZ government will be pay to view.
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Public ownership isn't an issue for me. Mixing it with a commercial operation is.
Contrast RNZ's news to TVNZ's news.
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Historically the NZ market was never big enough to support a public service broadcasting model tv channel, particularly one that could still provide the overseas content New Zealanders wanted to see.
I think the closest we've come to that is Maori television, but its news abilities were defanged under Pita Sharples when corporate iwi objected to investigative journalism around kohanga reo.
Be interesting to try it though.
RNZ has the sword of Damocles over it most of the time.
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Yep.
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Nobody wants to pay for journalism. This is why the world is doomed.
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News in NZ is a money pit.
There's no way to sustain advertising revenue and truly impartial journalism.
Anonymous patronage from the 1% is pretty much the only option, well other than public funding.
That a US corporate, just chasing profit, shut it down was only a matter of time.
Wasn't there journalism funding from the government that went from COVID until recently? I wonder if cutting that was the last straw since they mention advertising dollars have dried up (something the government funding was meant to help).
That rings a bell.
Though I personally disagree with public funds subsidising a commercial operation.
One or other other, exclusively. Operate commercially or be publicly funded.