Newshub staff called to ‘important business update’ meeting
Staff of the soon-to-close newsroom at Newshub have been called to a meeting on Tuesday, Newshub says.
In its reporting, Newshub said it was described as an “important business update”.
Newshub said staff members were sent an email on Monday evening about the meeting.
It would be held in the newsroom and the announcement made by Warner Brothers Discovery ANZ (WBD) head of networks Glen Kyne.
Newshub said reports had emerged that its owner may consider outsourcing production of its 6pm news bulletin for Three and ThreeNow.
Newshub said it had requested comment from WBD.
Rupert Murdoch’s TV execs were in Auckland secretly meeting with Melissa Lee last week and the rumour circulating is that Sky News wants to buy Newshub to implement a hard right Fox News style/Australian Sky TV styled 6pm news.
Imagine ZB crossed with Australian level racism that endlessly promotes Trans National Mining interests.
Allowing Rupert Murdoch into NZ to ‘save’ journalism is like getting a child molesting alcoholic priest to run the kindergarten and pub.
Melissa Lee won’t allow Newshub to be sold to Rupert Murdoch to make Fox News NZ right?
Right?
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In a pig’s eye she won’t allow Murdock into the country.
The whole of the CoC will welcome his brand of far right propaganda posing as news!
And NZ will take another step down the gurgler!
Many of my Internet acquaintances from the US say that not having Murdoch owned news in NZ is a distinct advantage. I tend to agree, although we do have fox news on pay-TV don’t we? It’s channel 88 which I always thought was quite appropriate.
The status quo has been a distinct advantage to the left I fully agree.
No question sky is tilted right but that’s what has been missing from tv in NZ.
We need to hear a balance of viewpoints when current televised media have not been allowing it.
Be great if this happens.
You need help. Most of Fox has nothing to do with balance, as they found out when they got their arse sued over the last election bs.
As for NZ media being too left. Bollocks as well.
You misinterpret what I said Wheel.
I’m saying Sky is not balanced, I agree, but it’s a counter spin (to the right) to MSM in NZ spinning strongly left.
Eg: Viewers could get a balance of views by watching different NZ channels, or could have had we actually had a free to air right wing tv news station.
I will watch with interest what happens now that fellow left wing outfit Stuff tries to hold the viewers.
Ok, maybe Sky is not quite comparative to Fox. Right leaning should not mean bullshit. With vote rigging and the machines in the US the Fox guys didn’t even believe what they were saying. It was made up.
I also find hard to accept the media in NZ is left leaning. They could do a way better job of holding the current muppets to account, and I find it hard to believe labour would have lost by so much if the media was so in their camp. Is 1ZB considered to be media? Are you telling me they are left leaning? Newshub?
The NZ MSM has a distinct right bias and although a few people complain that the media is left that is only because they are so far right that they would drive on the right side footpath if given a chance then they would complain about the bumpy ride
Of course everyone has an opinion on that which you are allowed, but research suggest both a perception of left wing bias and a large majority of journalists identifying as left wing.
Don’t know which left wing biased journalists you refer to, can you name them?
Your “perception” is marred by your own bias. When researched the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB are right wing financed. Now what evidence did you have again?
Let’s not forget that Rupert Murdoch was a friend of the (possibly?) late Jeffrey Epstein, as they work for the same goal.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jeffrey-epstein-peter-theil-thomas-barrack-1234815670/
Martyn – So, who else is lining up to purchase a failing business, with a failing business model?
Wow! That would be great if it happened.
Ohhh a Sky news styled news revamp of TV3 would be excellent, Sky news Australia is very good, The Bolt Show is a must watch.
I hope Lee allows it (why wouldn’t she!) NZ needs a news channel that is not a leftie cess pit like Newshub/3 News is and soon to be, thank goodness, ‘was’!
And of course all the lefties heads exploding is just icing on the cake.
yep, watching the progressive media do a meltdown would be great fun.
Oh yes Ada let’s go with Fox. Teeth, tits and tans. Just reeks of professionalism, not.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350239818/live-newshub-staff-called-important-business-update
Brilliant news!
So looking forward to the righties squirming and wriggling in their own excrement knowing that Newshub will still “be”. Just watch their heads explode, the icing on the lake.
I suggest you watch Sky News from Australia. The righties won’t be wriggling they will be dancing with delight if the owners of that channel take over Newshub.
So they have a meeting and from that they are ‘saved’ lol
Even if a lifeline is thrown, it makes no difference if the body is dead.
Haaahaaa the ‘lifeline’ is Stuff!
Another MSM that has one foot in the grave, almost bankrupt.
Yes, what a celebration, Stuff will file for bankruptcy by the end of this year, sooner hopefully….go woke, go broke!
Another tighty right prediction, they’re more than safe now!
Two squirming, wriggling posts from tighty right later, simply proves my point. Oh the stench is unbearable! Hahaha.
“File for bankruptcy”. Isn’t that an Americanism?
Sky news Australia is rubbish
nathan, wee andy and he thinks he’s right when really … I mean oooo eee
The Three Natzo stooges clones have discovered the art of multiple comments using multiple nom de plums by using multiple email addresses. At least that’s how I did it. All the thieving righties will be wondering if it was such a good idea to pop that Big Black penis extender double-cab 4×4 with the chrome bars and plastic mudguards that never sees mud or gravel roads on the mortgage just because Steve down the road has one.
countryboy – ???
LOL it’s Stuff.
Watch the viewership numbers :).
Rather Stuff than Newshite ZB.
Stuff is an fully NZ owned company unlike NZMB.
Nice to have NZ news run by a New Zealander rather than a conglomerate of corporates including Merrill Lynch giving their right wing directives through the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB.
https://www.nzme.co.nz/investor-relations/major-shareholders/
What fortuitous timing if this comes about. We have finally moved hard right for the first time since Ruth Richardson departed with the election of the current government and Murdoch has noticed an opportunity to spread his special kind of propaganda to another dumb audience, the people that voted for and write posts in support of the gangsters running the country.
Luxon , Seymour and the plutocracy can’t believe their luck and its all being done in secrecy with no transparency in our free liberal democracy.
I won’t be watching it but I fear all those easily manipulated Kiwis who will.
The standard of news emanating from the right e.g. Fox, is reflected in the dumb comments we get here coming from the righties.
They barely write a line, usually just enough to put the boot into someone. Never explain themselves, never give any kind of well thought out summary or anything of any value which might be construed as original or erudite. They offer no proof of having a brain or having been to school or travelled. Only Seedney.
They are completely wrapped up in their teeny-tiny worlds of prejudice, busy finding someone to pick on.
Kiwiblog is the home of such hopeless comments and it’s barely readable.
Those who comment here just want to be rude for the sake of being rude. They have no real thoughts to offer. In fact, I doubt they’d make on kiwiblog.
They are very easy prey for Seymour, Luxon and Co. dealing with them is like taking candy from a baby.
” Fox News is the only news you can trust! ”
Here we go. Just proved my point.
I didn’t say Fox news is they only news you can trust. The opposite.
The righty comments on TDB are a waste of space.
Looking further down, Zelda said Fox news is the only news you can trust.
And as I said, no evidence, no explanation but that bald assertion, meaning nothing.
Thanks Joy. I was not directing my comment at you and you are one of the better contributors on here.
Ha! Funny. I spent all my time insulting the idiot right zingers here and forgot that other right wing dip shit Melissa Lee escaped my scathing word-sparks.
You do know that we’re in the process of choosing to be anaesthetised while national and its warts give away our AO/NZ to corporate america to hide AO/NZ’s historic right zing criminals ripping off our agricultural economy right?
Corporate america knows they’ve fucked everything up, and I mean globally. Just look around?
So they’ll be looking for a land mass that isn’t under Hawaii or South Westland. Or on the moon.
They’ll politically surgically dissect us from the sovereignty of our AO/NZ then replace us with psychopaths with greed, God and money on their side to tell them how to fuck us on the deal.
Example.
Boingboing
This, freaked the fuck out of me.
Creepy video: Senator and extremists pray in tongues to resurrect anti-abortion law
https://boingboing.net/2024/04/10/creepy-video-senator-and-extremists-pray-in-tongues-to-resurrect-anti-abortion-law.html
I’ve never been to the U$A yet but I hear it’s all about God, guns and money. Everyone ( who has a home.) has a flag flying off their porch and equally, everyone’s a God botherer, again, so I’m told. I’ve met a lot of Americans in the film business and they were all sweethearts so maybe it won’t be such a bad thing.
Either way, on this current vector we’re fucked though aren’t we.
I suggest you watch Sky News from Australia. The righties won’t be wriggling they will be dancing with delight if the owners of that channel take over Newshub.
Stuff is owned here in NZ. I suggest you research who owns Suff not Sky news.
It seems the wriggling has started.
Fox News is the only news you can trust!
What a load of crap. If you trust Fox you are probably barely able to read and write because all of their content is twisted right wing refuse. Only and uneducated and incompetent twat would think otherwise.
Great sarcasm Zelda, hahaha.
Yes of course. That’s why they had to play $700 million + to Dominion. Because you can trust them. Of course they’ve got another lawsuit coming up – not much in the news about it at the moment but personally I hope Murdoch dies bankrupt in a ditch. Not likely unfortunately he’s probably got billions squirrelled away where nobody can touch it.
https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe
“WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election.”
800 million for lies Zelda, not sure that’s small change for LYING!
Stuff & newshub will be a long and happy marriage. Both love each other more than the love the audience.
Evidence Marco?
Now if you’re talking of Hosking we all know of his vanity. He loves himself that much he shoots from the mouth and let’s his company pay for the defamation cases..John Tamahere( evidence)
My prediction is Lee will sell TVNZ to fox news ,Willis will sell kiwi rail to main freight ,the ferries will be skuttled in cook straight leaving only Blue Bridge to carry goods across the straight .No doubt these two companies poured mega bucks into nats election to get these opportunities .
The new tunnel under wellington will run into geological problems because no testing will be carried out before fast tracking it to start next week .The cost will blow out to 10 billion which would have bought 9 new ferries and new ports .
I have inadvertently caught snippets of Sky News and was shocked that it appeared to be even more rabid and feral than Fox .Maybe I caught them on a bad day ?