Australia's media lost more than half its value...
Founder, journalist and author Tim Burrowes joins Duncan Greive to discuss a torrid decade in Australian media and whether there are reasons to be optimistic amid the carnage.
46 min
27
Emergency monopod: on the seismic media reforms...
Duncan Greive goes solo to break down a new discussion document with profound implications for local media.
15 min
28
Bonus episode: How the media covers Waitangi
In a special Waitangi edition of The Fold, Ātea editor Liam Rātana and politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith recap a politically charged few days at Waitangi.
24 min
29
The extremely online weirdness of the Ted Cruz ...
Toby Manhire joins The Fold to discuss a diplomatic incident involving Ted Cruz and the chaotic information space, Madeleine Holden's fiery Substack debut, Sky TV's satellite troubles, and an Auckland Council campaign that nearly took a different turn.
44 min
30
NZME pivots to video in 2025, the problem with ...
Glen Kyne returns to The Fold to discuss NZME’s pivot to video, the issue with TVNZ’s Black Clash and the Chinese LLM upending the AI world.
46 min
31
We’re back! On Meta going MAGA, TikTok’s perilo...
Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive to recap an epochal month in the geopolitics of social media, Shayne “Media Insider” Currie’s 25 predictions for 2025 and make their own predictions based on his.
54 min
32
Summer reissue: Australia has banned social med...
Hal Crawford returns to The Fold to update Duncan on the latest from the Australian mediascape, including a raft of legislation aimed squarely at big tech.
52 min
33
Summer reissue: Spotify's data alchemist explai...
Former data alchemist for Spotify Glenn McDonald joins Duncan Greive to discuss how Spotify does (and doesn’t) work for artists, and why the music streaming service doesn’t stretch your listening habits.
47 min
34
Summer reissue: NZ on Air's Where are the Audie...
The Spinoff's Ātea editor Liam Rātana joins Duncan Greive to dissect NZ on Air's Where are the Audiences 2024.
34 min
35
Summer reissue: One final Newshub bulletin for ...
Sam Hayes and Mike McRoberts join Duncan Greive on the eve of their final broadcast for Newshub. Together they reflect on the history of 3 News, their own stellar careers at Three, and what the future holds.
52 min
36
Summer reissue: Inside the enormous, invisible ...
Roblox game developer Alec Kieft joins Duncan to dive into the culture, economy and mind-boggling popularity of the Roblox platform.
43 min
37
Looking back on the media horror movie that was...
Glen Kyne returns to join Duncan Greive for an epic year in review, going deep on all the big storylines that defined a year which broke New Zealand's media.
77 min
38
Inside the wild, complex, obscure and incredibl...
Paul McIntyre joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the shift to "principal media," Australia’s view of New Zealand as a cautionary tale, and what it all means for advertising’s role in funding content.
46 min
39
Big changes at Whakaata Māori reveal complex ch...
The Spinoff Ātea editor Liam Rātana joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the recent news from Whakaata Māori, and what it means for Māori current affairs more broadly.
41 min
40
Australia has banned social media for under 16s...
Hal Crawford returns to The Fold to update Duncan on the latest from the Australian mediascape, including a raft of legislation aimed squarely at big tech.
52 min
41
A special edition of The Fold: The future of Th...
Duncan Greive is joined by The Spinoff’s editor Madeleine Chapman, head of audience Anna Rawhiti-Connell and CEO Amber Easby to discuss the future of The Spinoff and make a very important announcement.
50 min
42
A mini-episode about that NZ Herald story – and...
Duncan Greive gives some context to this week's Media Insider story about The Spinoff, and how the latest NZ on Air funding results are related.
6 min
43
One man stares into the abyss
Duncan Greive goes solo to reflect on the present and likely future of institutional media in Aotearoa, and why the political response to a year of cataclysmic events in the media space has been so feeble.
27 min
44
Inside one of the most unexpected hits in NZ media
Shepherdess founder Kristy McGregor joins Duncan Greive to delve into Shepherdess' evolution from a rural women’s magazine to a multi-platform media venture, exploring how it fosters community and creativity while navigating the challenges of independent media.
28 min
45
Mass cuts at TVNZ – but are they enough? And NZ...
Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive to discuss TVNZ’s newsroom restructuring, Frances Cook’s fallout with NZME, and the implications of Trump’s election on big tech and legacy media.
39 min
46
The non-endorsements, the fate of 1News.co.nz a...
Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive to discuss Jeff Bezos’ decision to halt the practise of endorsements at the Washington Post, TVNZ’s backtrack on 1news.co.nz and worrying signals from small publishers from around NZ.
40 min
47
How The Spinoff's Top 100 NZ TV shows list was ...
Senior writer Alex Casey joins Duncan Greive to talk through the Top 100 NZ TV shows project, what it says about us as a country, and why this is a particularly poignant moment to do this.
29 min
48
What does Sky's big win with Max mean?
Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive to discuss Sky’s new deal with Max, why it's great for Sky now, and what risks it contains for the future.
37 min
49
An aggressive Substack moves to the heart of th...
Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie joins Duncan Greive to discuss Substack’s latest moves, its relationship with legacy media and whether it can become a “new economic engine for culture” across all mediums without risking total enshittification.
48 min
50
A new character enters the scene at NZ on Air, ...
The Spinoff’s editor-at-large Toby Manhire joins Duncan Greive to discuss SXSW and the launch of Auckland FC, and what each says about the vitality of Sydney and Auckland.