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John Drinnan: From sport to celebs via Radio NZ
Today marks my final media column.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
John Drinnan: Current affairs gets a new look
COMMENT: These are dizzying days for TV current affairs.
John Drinnan: Right strategy on human rights?
Does the Human Rights Commission help — or just add to disagreement?
John Drinnan: Maori news unit to boost te reo?
Sources say a new operation could service a variety of news outlets.
John Drinnan: Radio NZ te reo strikes the wrong note
Maori language effort is well-meant, but RNZ needs to sell it to listeners.
John Drinnan: Labour mixes its signals to TVNZ
Govt isn't requiring state broadcaster to provide public broadcasting.
First 'The Hobbit', now for the sequel
Labour plan for movie-making employment law will heal old wounds, says Minister.
John Drinnan: Life left yet in the set-top box
Freeview and Vodafone have new offers - and new gadgets for TV watchers.
John Drinnan: Funding freeze kills TV shows
Pressure on NZ On Air means no money for long-running public service programmes.
John Drinnan: TV awards are back, with a gap
COMMENT: TVNZ says news and current affairs better left to Canon Media Awards.
John Drinnan: Plus-sizing Radio NZ
COMMENT: Labour Party wants RNZ to move into free-to-air TV, but at what cost?
John Drinnan: TVNZ sure cost won't repeat
COMMENT: TVNZ confident in deal with Warner Bros deal after Disney losses.
John Drinnan: TVNZ looking to sharpen up at seven
Broadcaster ponders how to make best use of Mike Hosking's talents.
John Drinnan: Bauer rebuts MediaWorks claim
Bauer Media is interested in buying radio assets, but not from MediaWorks.
John Drinnan: Aussie shakeup, NZ ripples
COMMENT: Political moves could mean big changes to media ownership.
John Drinnan: Jacinda mania a step too far
COMMENT: Labour's leader is being treated like a new Joan of Arc.
John Drinnan: TVNZ's plan to win over the kids
NZ On Air funding will support new website for young viewers.
John Drinnan: What's a celebrity really worth?
COMMENT: Calling newsreading an 'artistic pursuit' might be a bit rich.
John Drinnan: Hilary Barry's Breakfast role safe
TVNZ says it is happy with the cast of its morning show.
John Drinnan: It's the magic of the movies
Film festival attracts a big crowd, despite the temptations of the small screen.
Simon Barnett's departure an 'own goal'
How did MediaWorks miss signs that breakfast host Simon Barnett wanted a change?
No wedding, so it's de facto for Voda-Sky
John Drinnan writes the zagzigger.com site. He receives a free Sky TV service.
Goodbye to 'Scotty' on the graveyard shift
Veteran leaving late-night programme, as Radio NZ puts more focus on Auckland.
It's open season for attack ads
Politicians are gearing up for a new landscape in run-up to poll.
Radio NZ comes in from the cold
COMMENT: Government finally ends the 8 years funding freeze on RNZ, John Drinnan writes.
Time to defrost RNZ funding
COMMENT: Broadcaster's reinvention has helped its case for more government cash.
Drinnan: Aussie quakes, NZ aftershocks
COMMENT: Whatever happens to Australian media asset will also affect NZ
TVNZ tells Radio NZ: No, Prime Minister
COMMENT: Radio NZ offer of free interview series came too late, says TVNZ.