MEDIAWATCH: Alt-Right Canadian Billionaire inches closer to total NZME takeover in time for election
Alt-Right billionaire Jim Grenon nears 20% control of NZME ahead of Election 2026. What it means for media independence and NZ democracy.
Media Ownership
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MEDIAWATCH: Is NZME’s Canadian billionaire owner about to use the OneRoof crisis to tighten editorial control?
NZME launches an internal review after senior exits at OneRoof — but why is its own Media Insider silent as questions mount over ownership and control?
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New Zealand Media Ownership : why it matters
The general results have been catastrophic for those committed to public sphere principles. Newsrooms contracted, news content thinned out, and current affairs journalism disappeared from prime time television. We have here an over bearing convergence of finance, political and media culture which obscures the issues of media ownership.
