A creator-led answer to the mediapocalypse

A creator-led answer to the mediapocalypse
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Peter Griffin
Last week, the media redundancy wave broke over BusinessDesk publisher NZME as we gathered at Auckland’s Empire Tavern to farewell a host of senior journalists departing the company.The mood was surprisingly upbeat. As one New Zealand Herald journo wryly put it, the gathering felt more like a wake for those remaining rather than the seasoned journalists now looking for work in a grim labour market. That’s because great uncertainty also hangs over those remaining. The business model underpinning the company and most of its compe...

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