Peters backs StuffME merger bid

Peters backs StuffME merger bid
Pattrick Smellie
The New Zealand First party is throwing its weight behind news publisher NZME's proposal to take over its struggling competitor Stuff, with a Kiwishare arrangement that would guarantee Stuff titles remaining open for two-to-three years.The surprise announcement at the Beehive was attended by the chair of NZME, Peter Cullinane, its chief executive, Michael Boggs, and NZ Herald editor-in-chief Shayne Currie.Routinely the butt of negative media coverage and throwing barbs at the current media for publishing "fake news" about his own party, Peters...

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