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  • Monopod: on the Sky-NZ Rugby deal, RNZ’s radio challenges and the Substack exodus

    Monopod: on the Sky-NZ Rugby deal, RNZ’s radio challenges and the Substack exodus
    2025/08/25
    Duncan Greive goes solo to dig into some fascinating recent media stories. The details of the Sky-NZ Rugby deal give all parties a chance to plausibly claim a win. The Sutherland report into RNZ National is one of the most challenging and interesting of its type in years. Two of the country’s biggest Substackers have left the platform. And Paramount looks to be building a manosphere streamer with a gigantic UFC deal for the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 分
  • The one local media form defying gravity

    The one local media form defying gravity
    2025/08/18
    Duncan Greive is joined by Phil Eastwood, GM of JCDecaux NZ, and Paul Maher, chair of OOHMAA, to discuss the rise and rise of out-of-home media. Once a backwater of the industry, it’s now the only locally operated sector showing robust growth. Partly a result of digital screens, partly a response to the hyper-saturation of ads in digital contexts, out-of-home has become what Eastwood calls “the last true broadcast medium”. This episode is in partnership with JCDecaux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 分
  • Neil Finn on the broken promise of the internet – and why he won’t give up on it

    Neil Finn on the broken promise of the internet – and why he won’t give up on it
    2025/08/12
    A very special episode of The Fold, featuring songwriting immortal Neil Finn talking about his long, singular journey making music on the internet. He gives his views on the utopian promise of its origins, the narrowing of algorithms and how social lost its way. And explains why, despite all that, he’s launching MUFGAL – perhaps his most ambitious attempt yet to hold true to that founding idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 分
  • NZ on Air funds reality TV now?

    NZ on Air funds reality TV now?
    2025/08/11
    Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the shock revelation that NZ on Air will support Celebrity Treasure Island and The Traitors NZ’s return to our screens. They assess the potential moral hazard, the function those shows perform for networks, and the more profound challenges lurking down the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 分
  • How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions

    How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions
    2025/08/04
    Gareth Shute is a historian of New Zealand music, who realised that there had never been a high level overview of the artists which shaped our pop charts. He’s just published Songs From the Shaky Isles, a book which flies through a century of recorded pop music on these shores. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss it, with particular reference to the way the rise of mediums like television, commercial radio and streaming impacted what was made and who got to hear it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 分
  • What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?

    What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?
    2025/07/28
    Eugene Healey is an academic and brand strategist based in Melbourne, and a sharp critic of clumsy attempts from brands to play social justice activists. He's traveling back to New Zealand to speak at the Comms Council's Media Spotlight event, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the unintended consequences of advertising's woke years, and explain why brands should only show up for a community if they're truly committed to the bit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 分
  • Why is Epstein suddenly everywhere, and what does that mean for New Zealand's media and politics?

    Why is Epstein suddenly everywhere, and what does that mean for New Zealand's media and politics?
    2025/07/23
    Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the way social media conspiracy theories have started to dominate the institutional media in the US, and ask what the local equivalents might be. They also talk about Lucy Blakiston from Shit You Should Care About's signing to venerable Hollywood talent agency WME, and The Spinoff's buzzy new social-first news show Now You Know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 分
  • Emergency pod! On Sky buying Three – and what it means for TVNZ

    Emergency pod! On Sky buying Three – and what it means for TVNZ
    2025/07/22
    Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive on an emergency edition of The Fold to discuss Sky's move to buy the New Zealand assets of Discovery NZ, including Three and ThreeNow. They discuss the price, what it does for Sky, how Three will evolve and how it changes the game for TVNZ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 分