First Newshub fell, then TVNZ killed two of its most popular current affairs shows, then Stuff started making ThreeNews. Just last week, Google made public its intention to shut down news on its platforms should a contentious bill pass. Now TVNZ is proposing to shut down 1news.co.nz from early 2025 – should that eventuate, New Zealand will have lost two of its five most-read news sites in less than 12 months. 1news.co.nz attracts a monthly audience of roughly 1m, and over the past couple of years it has developed a distinct tonal identity. Six months ago we went through the same process, with the end result that the core video teams which created Sunday and Fair Go left the building, while Re:News was significantly downsized.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 07, 2024 09:19 UTC