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The Fold Finale: The seven biggest media stories of the last seven years
What is marketing transformation – and why is it suddenly everywhere?
Reviewing result for NZME, Sky, TVNZ and RNZ – plus a big announcement about The Fold
Where are the young audiences?
Australia continues to lead the world in responding to big tech. How about us?
Where are the Audiences? For the first time in two years, we have the answer
Christopher Luxon’s communication problem
Was I wrong about the NZ Herald’s strategy? (I was)
How TVNZ won the Fifa World Cup
How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?
The screen sector has drawn its election wish list. Is any party buying?
At Large with Toby Manhire: View from media-politics junction, with Mike Munro
How FQ kept its print roots while remaking itself for the social era
Emergency Pod: Hooton to The Post!
HBO Max is (finally) here. What does that mean for HBO, and for Sky?
The NBR’s co-editors make the case for the Rich List, 40 years after it was born
The creator economy goes mainstream
The end of the Paul Thompson era at RNZ, Re: News, and what’s in the (media) budget
Emergency pod: Toby Manhire interviews Duncan Greive about his shiny new project Lume
Unhappy endings for Maiki Sherman and the BSA, and Seymour’s war with RNZ
What we got wrong about the Tom Phillips and Polkinghorne documentaries
Emergency monopod: The end of the BSA
Dentsu’s Rob Harvey on why bigger can be better in the AI age
Why are indie agencies thriving in a semi-broken advertising economy?
The five biggest stories in NZ media right now
Exclusive: How Mike Minogue partnered with TVNZ+ on podcasting
The story of the 21st century is all about the end of trust
The BSA chooses to face its existential dilemma head on
First t-shirts, then podcasts, now the world: the story of YOUKNOW
The Spotify paradox: why hundreds of fans can beat millions of streams
This journalist says we’re thinking about AI all wrong
Listener mailbag! We answer your media questions
A deep dive into Sky’s huge week, plus NZME’s editorial changes
The long strange trip of MediaWorks
Social media’s “big tobacco moment”, and the growing big tech backlash
The Warehouse's big, brave ad bet + Mediaworks' future and more
Many musicians hate Spotify. Eddie Johnston has no time for all that
On Davos, the end of of the rules based order, and where this is all headed
Seven questions which will define 2026 in NZ media
Summer Reissue: Charlie Kirk and Tom Phillips show boundary collapse between the internet and real life
Summer Reissue: Sky CEO Sophie Moloney on the NZ rugby and Three deals and the depth of its moat
Summer Reissue: How Auckland FC aced (almost) everything – including its media strategy
2025 in review: The top five global media giants' years, ranked from worst to best
2025 in review: NZ’s major media companies’ years, ranked from worst to best
The Australian big tech revolution rolls on
The deals that defined the year in local media – plus predictions for 2026
Monopod: some stray takes on the 2025 NZ Screen Awards
An explosive media week: scandals at the BBC and Meta – and Australia takes on big tech (again)
The story of a long, strange decade in media + has the BSA fixed trust in news?
Notes on an epic journalistic blunder – and succession planning at RNZ and TVNZ
What’s going on with Māori news media?
The BSA vs The Platform: why this shapes as a generationally important battle
Has The Life of a Showgirl finally broken Taylor’s spell?
Agencies and out-of-home: how they learned to love each other
How is student media surviving – even thriving – in print?
How JCDecaux is unlocking creative advertising by studying the human brain
Cracking the code: making news work for Gen Z with Now You Know
Lightning round: Six quick takes on Grenon-NZME, Stuff vs the cops, RNZ’s troubles + more
Charlie Kirk and Tom Phillips show boundary collapse between the internet and real life
Results season! Breaking down and picking a winner from TVNZ, Sky and NZME
System1's Andrew Tindall on myths and truths in modern advertising
Sky CEO Sophie Moloney on the NZ rugby and Three deals and the depth of its moat
RNZ’s Paul Thompson on that bombshell radio report
Monopod: on the Sky-NZ Rugby deal, RNZ’s radio challenges and the Substack exodus
The one local media form defying gravity
ENeil Finn on the broken promise of the internet – and why he won’t give up on it
NZ on Air funds reality TV now?
How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions
What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?
Why is Epstein suddenly everywhere, and what does that mean for New Zealand's media and politics?
Emergency pod! On Sky buying Three – and what it means for TVNZ
Can Netflix's run last forever? Plus Substack's raise and Beacons reflections
How Auckland FC aced (almost) everything – including its media strategy
The biggest media stories no one is talking about
The double radio life of BrianFM's mysterious owner
TVNZ turns to sport – will it turn away from Shortland St? Plus a big result for Stuff
Why festivals are failing as live music is booming – and the battle for Western Springs
Bauer, five years after part II: The Listener and Are Media rise from the ashes
Bauer, five years after part I: Ensemble, Here and the rise of the independents
Emergency Pod, part II: Inside the final showdown at the NZME's annual meeting
Emergency pod: Trade Me buys 50% of Stuff Digital – what?! And why?!
On the budget, radio ratings – and NZME loses a star while gaining a channel
Voyagers debrief, the NZME saga seems over and a big boost for movies
Why are there suddenly two country music stations in New Zealand?
Emergency podcast: Trump’s tariffs go to the movies – plus the latest NZME drama
What really matters in the battle to save NZ TV?
If not advertising, then what?
The big job ahead for TVNZ’s news and content chief and Google is dealt a blow
Are print magazines really making a comeback, or is it wishful thinking?
What Trump’s tariffs could mean for media and the latest on NZME
Careless People, Adolescence and where Meta is at
Analysing the Grenon Letters – and is Trade Me buying Stuff?
A Gen X, a Millennial and a Gen Z talk about culture, media and reputations across generations
Kevin Chesters says there never was a golden age of advertising
A new world order: big tech and regulation in the second coming of Trump
Emergency pod: A revolution at NZME?
The Big Three #3: Sky has turned itself around – and the rugby deal seems when, not if
The Big Three #2: TVNZ has survived a year from hell – but challenges loom
The Big Three #1: NZME's plans (and owners) could reshape our media
The Fold Live in Wellington: will Substack save journalism? Or destroy it?