The NZ media may find itself in the same boat as smaller Australian companies, which for lack of political clout can’t get a deal. That merger is on the cards after the government appointed a governance group in March to examine the cultural and economic case for a bigger NZ public media using its own assets. In fact, this kind of Platform NZ is what should sit at the heart of the TVNZ/RNZ public media proposition. On the other, as big as big tech is, one small country is up there with the best of them. Follow Duncan Greive’s NZ media podcast The Fold on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast provider.

Source: Stuff December 13, 2021 20:42 UTC