Newshub owner Warner Bros Discovery strikes deal with Stuff to provide bulletins amid concerns over the country’s shrinking media market
New Zealand’s news outlet Stuff and Newshub owner Warner Bros Discovery have struck a deal to provide daily news bulletins.New Zealand’s news outlet Stuff and Newshub owner Warner Bros Discovery have struck a deal to provide daily news bulletins.
On Tuesday, New Zealand news website Stuff confirmed it had hashed out a deal with Warner Bros Discovery to produce its daily bulletins and will take over the Newshub website. Newshub’s newsroom will still close but some staff who were made redundant could move to Stuff to work on the new bulletins.In a joint statement, the two companies said the new Stuff-made 6pm news bulletin will begin on 6 July, after the final Newshub bulletin a day earlier.
“We will look to innovate not replicate the 6 o’clock news, building on our expertise in digital audiences and engagement and our ability to deliver live and lively news 24/7 all over Aotearoa.” The announcement was later followed by news of job losses at TVNZ, triggering questions over the health of the country’s shrinking news landscape, and fears democracy could be undermined.
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