Special report: Global capital and media communication ownership in New Zealand

Special report: Global capital and media communication ownership in New Zealand

This article identifies recent developments in the ownership and management of New Zealand media institutions since Bill Rosenberg’s 2009 article in Pacific Journalism Review. New Zealand is enmeshed within global capitalism; a reality which shapes contemporary ownership patterns. Often the media o...

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Main Author: Merja Myllylahti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2011-10-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/357
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spelling doaj-ccfb9543a0444479a36cf55ac1cf85352020-11-25T02:42:41ZengPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352011-10-0117210.24135/pjr.v17i2.357Special report: Global capital and media communication ownership in New ZealandMerja Myllylahti This article identifies recent developments in the ownership and management of New Zealand media institutions since Bill Rosenberg’s 2009 article in Pacific Journalism Review. New Zealand is enmeshed within global capitalism; a reality which shapes contemporary ownership patterns. Often the media ownership discussion in New Zealand is centred on media moguls, but they are answerable to their investors, shareholders, international investment banks, fund managers and venture capitalists whose primary objective is to maximise profit rates. New Zealand media corporations treat news as a commodity and news organisations as revenue generators. Consequently, public media space is shrinking as the practice of journalism declines. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/357
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title_short Special report: Global capital and media communication ownership in New Zealand
title_full Special report: Global capital and media communication ownership in New Zealand
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description This article identifies recent developments in the ownership and management of New Zealand media institutions since Bill Rosenberg’s 2009 article in Pacific Journalism Review. New Zealand is enmeshed within global capitalism; a reality which shapes contemporary ownership patterns. Often the media ownership discussion in New Zealand is centred on media moguls, but they are answerable to their investors, shareholders, international investment banks, fund managers and venture capitalists whose primary objective is to maximise profit rates. New Zealand media corporations treat news as a commodity and news organisations as revenue generators. Consequently, public media space is shrinking as the practice of journalism declines.
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