the news funding model is broken – but this would fix it
- Written by Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The announcement last week that Newshub would be shut down was not the “canary in the coalmine” some suggested – it was the explosion. If it is not to be the first of many, then New Zealand needs a new model for its fourth estate.
The fate of Newshub and today’s projected newsroom cuts at TVNZ threaten to leave a significant...
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