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...
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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 349 episodesWhere 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...
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...
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....
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What we got wrong about the Tom Phillips and Polkinghorne documentaries
Philippa Rennie has had a near unique view of real life TV storytelling in New Zealand. She worked as the in-house lawyer for Warner Brother...
Emergency monopod: The end of the BSA
Duncan Greive flies solo to break down and respond to the shock decision to shut down the BSA. He gives reaction from the key players, talks...