Tweet This Book author Vaugn Davis takes a look at the latest celebrity endorsements in advertising, the new TVNZ channel called TVNZ u, a new drug called 2C-P everyone is trying and the super sized Starbucks cup.
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There’s a lot of righteous talk about the latest Paul Henry gaff. The Green Party co-leader is particularly scathing of the broadcaster but will he still sit on the couch next to him? Plus we talk about potential models for public service broadcasting.
Telly mad Hamish is excited about the Nutters Club radio show making it to the small screen on Maori TV. Another local show called ‘This is not my life’ is on TVNZ and we look forward to a new Martin Scorsese HBO show called ‘Boardwalk Empire’.
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The final series of Outrageous Fortune just kicked off this week, Larry King is calling it quits and what’s with the skits they’re calling news on TVNZ?
TVNZ has announced this week it is to cut 15 jobs from it’s newsroom operation. Hamish gives his take on this drastic move by New Zealand’s national broadcaster.
This week’s Media 7 is looking at the way science issues are reported in the media, also Russell gives his view on the TVNZ vs TV3 Qantas media awards footage debate and an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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Issues of the day include DIY accidents, the death of MySpace, the death of the recession, TV3 vs TVNZ, awards ceremonies and a van crossing the cook straight.
Vincent explains the new news service for the New Zealand marketing, advertising, media and PR industries, Stoppress.co.nz. The current hot topic is what could possibly be an industry-defining move by TVNZ to review its pricing and commission structures. Also there are some red faces over at NZ Life and Leisure. Vincent Heeringa is the editorial director at Idealog. Also find him on twitter.
Every year daylight savings is a riddle that has to be solved again. Is it back, forwards, will it be lighter or darker? Tax cuts on April 1st, is the joke on us? John Key’s car goes to a good cause but he’ll be hoping they behave themselves with it. Will a surcharge on plastic bags rid us of them? How brilliant was the 24 hour sculpture in Wellington over the weekend and TVNZ ban Facebook and Gumtree.
The announced lay-offs at TVNZ present some interesting questions about the future of the state owned broadcaster and its current direction and whether or not the Government should be accepting a dividend at this time. John Key’s choice of language in describing the situation has him sounding more like a company CEO than a Prime Minister. And Russell is excited about the release of iPhone 3.0. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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