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Conversations about the latest developments in the hectic New Zealand media industry, hosted by the Spinoff's managing editor Duncan Greive. Proudly supported by Vodafone. See acast.com/priv...

Episodes

20 of 351 episodes

The Fold Finale: The seven biggest media stories of the last seven years

To cap off The Fold, Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive one last time. The pair pick the seven biggest media stories of the seven years The Fold...

75:55Sep 21, 2026

What is marketing transformation – and why is it suddenly everywhere?

Rachel Bayfield – Chief Transformation Officer at Omnicom NZ, Sam Sherson – Chief Technology Officer at PHD Aotearoa and Cale Maxwell – Ocea...

45:23Sep 14, 2026

Reviewing result for NZME, Sky, TVNZ and RNZ – plus a big announcement about The Fold

Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive on the Fold to talk about three very different sets of recent results, plus RNZ's surging audience numbers. Th...

49:29Sep 7, 2026

Where are the young audiences?

NZ on Air’s Where are the Audiences study now breaks out a standalone project focused solely on young audiences. It surveyed 360 New Zealand...

40:49Aug 31, 2026

Australia continues to lead the world in responding to big tech. How about us?

BusinessDesk’s Peter Griffin joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the big storylines at the intersection of technology and media. Thes...

56:11Aug 17, 2026

Where are the Audiences? For the first time in two years, we have the answer

Regular Fold listeners know that the release of NZ on Air’s ‘Where are the Audiences?’ media research is the biggest day of the media year....

48:05Aug 11, 2026

Christopher Luxon’s communication problem

Follow At Large with Toby Manhire now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts. The pri...

6:51Aug 7, 2026

Was I wrong about the NZ Herald’s strategy? (I was)

Glen Kyne returns to The Fold for the first time since May to check in with the two goliaths of New Zealand’s commercial digital news media:...

43:04Aug 3, 2026

How TVNZ won the Fifa World Cup

Melodie Robinson is TVNZ’s head of sports and events, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the truly astounding performance of the...

39:09Jul 27, 2026

How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?

As Christopher Luxon declares he’ll “die trying” to get something done in banning social media for New Zealand children under 16, it’s a goo...

34:15Jul 23, 2026

The screen sector has drawn its election wish list. Is any party buying?

Irene Gardiner is president of SPADA, the organisation which represents screen producers in Aotearoa. She joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to...

46:34Jul 20, 2026

At Large with Toby Manhire: View from media-politics junction, with Mike Munro

From the press gallery to spin doctor for Helen Clark and chief of staff to Jacinda Ardern, Mike Munro has seen plenty of the kaleidoscope i...

41:47Jul 9, 2026

How FQ kept its print roots while remaking itself for the social era

Sarah Murray was a longtime staffer at FQ under different owners, before making a bold move to buy the publication outright in 2023. She joi...

35:16Jun 29, 2026

Emergency Pod: Hooton to The Post!

Toby Manhire joins Duncan Greive for an emergency episode to discuss the genuine shock appointment of columnist and political operator Matth...

38:34Jun 16, 2026

HBO Max is (finally) here. What does that mean for HBO, and for Sky?

Jason Monteiro is head of streaming for WBD across APAC, and joins Glen Kyne and Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the late arrival of on...

44:18Jun 15, 2026

The NBR’s co-editors make the case for the Rich List, 40 years after it was born

Hamish McNicol and Calida Stuart-Menteath co-edit the National Business Review, New Zealand's business publication of record. For a publicat...

48:30Jun 14, 2026

The creator economy goes mainstream

Duncan Greive is joined by James Davidson, Chief Strategy & Planning Officer, PHD Aotearoa; Lisa Leicester – Head of Social & Innovation, Om...

44:56Jun 8, 2026

The end of the Paul Thompson era at RNZ, Re: News, and what’s in the (media) budget

Glen Kyne returns to The Fold to analyse the resignation of Paul Thompson after 13 years running RNZ, look back on the Re: News era and touc...

39:32May 29, 2026

Emergency pod: Toby Manhire interviews Duncan Greive about his shiny new project Lume

Sharp-eyed and longtime Spinoff readers might have noticed that The Fold host Duncan Greive has been staggeringly unproductive as a writer l...

30:59May 21, 2026

Unhappy endings for Maiki Sherman and the BSA, and Seymour’s war with RNZ

Media is a fraught place at the moment, less due to persistent economic challenges than external forces acting upon it. Glen Kyne returns to...

38:52May 18, 2026