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Recycling ads scrapped after $200k spend
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Recycling ads scrapped after $200k spend

A $1.2m ad campaign was scaled back to $20k of limited social media ad placements.

Cécile Meier 01 Aug 2025
Sky shares rise on $1 deal with TV3 owner Discovery NZ
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Sky shares rise on $1 deal with TV3 owner Discovery NZ

Sky TV scoops up TV3 off owner Discovery NZ in a synergy-laden $1 deal.

Staff reporters 22 Jul 2025
Sky TV buys Three
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Sky TV buys Three

The $1 acquisition is on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

Staff reporters 22 Jul 2025
Mercury seeks buyer for Are Media
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Mercury seeks buyer for Are Media

Mercury bought the Bauer Media assets early in the covid pandemic.

Pattrick Smellie 10 Jul 2025
TVNZ targets one million digital viewers logged in by 2030
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TVNZ targets one million digital viewers logged in by 2030

Denise McNabb 07 Jul 2025
Spark bags $47m after accepting ‘low ball’ offer for Hutchison shares
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Spark bags $47m after accepting ‘low ball’ offer for Hutchison shares

Staff reporters 23 Jun 2025
Review: End of Summer Time by Roger Hall
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Review: End of Summer Time by Roger Hall

Dalaine Krige 22 Jun 2025
Steven Joyce, Jim Grenon join NZME board
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Steven Joyce, Jim Grenon join NZME board

Pattrick Smellie 03 Jun 2025
Stuff/TradeMe go head to head with NZME
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Stuff/TradeMe go head to head with NZME

Pattrick Smellie 03 Jun 2025
TradeMe takes 50% of Stuff Digital
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TradeMe takes 50% of Stuff Digital

Pattrick Smellie 03 Jun 2025
Caniwi's Bowker sells NZME stake
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Caniwi's Bowker sells NZME stake

Staff reporters 22 May 2025
Budget 2025: Facebook, Google escape NZ tax reform
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Budget 2025: Facebook, Google escape NZ tax reform

Pattrick Smellie 20 May 2025
Film subsidy regime gets $577m budget boost
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Film subsidy regime gets $577m budget boost

Staff reporters 16 May 2025
A 100% tariff on movies. What does that even mean?
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A 100% tariff on movies. What does that even mean?

Bloomberg 10 May 2025
Steven Joyce to chair NZME
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Steven Joyce to chair NZME

Staff reporters 09 May 2025
NZME set to take on Trade Me for car sales
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NZME set to take on Trade Me for car sales

Staff reporters 09 May 2025
NZME new director race narrows to six
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NZME new director race narrows to six

Rebecca Stevenson 08 May 2025
NZME's Chapman 'misleading' says Caniwi's Bowker
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NZME's Chapman 'misleading' says Caniwi's Bowker

Pattrick Smellie 08 May 2025
Takeovers Panel clears Grenon's NZME bid
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Takeovers Panel clears Grenon's NZME bid

Pattrick Smellie 07 May 2025
Peace breaking out in NZME board coup
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Peace breaking out in NZME board coup

Pattrick Smellie and Rebecca Stevenson 06 May 2025
NZME backs Steven Joyce to rebuff Jim Grenon chair bid
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NZME backs Steven Joyce to rebuff Jim Grenon chair bid

Pattrick Smellie 06 May 2025
Steven Joyce in line to become new NZME chair under compromise deal
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Steven Joyce in line to become new NZME chair under compromise deal

Staff reporters 06 May 2025
Organic traffic is softening thanks to AI
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Ben Goodale: Organic traffic is softening thanks to AI

Ben Goodale 06 May 2025
The future of news: yet another reckon
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Pattrick Smellie: The future of news: yet another reckon

Pattrick Smellie 28 Apr 2025
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