Duncan Greive is founder and managing editor of The Spinoff.
The Herald reported this morning that MediaWorks was on the verge of selling its TV assets to US TV giant Discovery – but it appears the story may have been premature.
In 2014, Duncan Greive was invited to interview Dan Carter on the back of the All Black's spokesmodelling gig for Jockey underwear.
Todd Scott hosted Lotto in the 90s. He ended up running NZ's most famous business newspaper. And now things have got really weird.
The big media companies just want to get married. Duncan Greive makes the case for dozens of divorces instead.
Duncan Greive assesses an extraordinary morning for New Zealand’s media.
A massive $50bn package includes an eight week extension to the wage subsidy. Does the business community think it's enough?
Made by a single family sewing together bits of old shows, Leigh Hart’s Big Isolation Lockdown was the funniest and most oddly comforting television made in level four.
NZME asked the commerce commission for urgent approval to buy Stuff for $1. Minutes later, Stuff’s owner said it was no longer in talks with NZME.
How an extraordinary communications effort stepped up to help a country judged chronically ill-prepared for a pandemic.
He started as a journalist, became a producer, and is now one of NZ’s most successful TV creators.
The weight of Covid-19 will be very unequally distributed. Duncan Greive writes about where it will land, and how those it hits might come out from under it.
Even as New Zealand contemplates the end of lockdown, more closures and a major snub continue to rankle publishers.
NZ film, music and sports have all been broken by lockdown – but could be transformed by elimination
Worrying about inequality. Excited about electric planes. A huge Jacinda fan. What the hell has happened to Paul Henry?
Every pair emits 7kg of carbon. They’re putting it on the shoe so no one can miss it.
Over the past past four weeks our audience has tripled in size. Here's how you should use The Spinoff, and some useful things to know.
The second week of lockdown mobility data reveals NZ remains compliant with lockdown measures.
There’s a desperate scramble to stop more major media companies failing. What’s going on – and how might it play out?
The giant global data set shows how different countries are locking down, and which NZ regions are most compliant.
Internal memos from the magazine company, which announced its closure yesterday, state they were lobbying to change the publication ban. Faafoi is adamant they were not.
The shockingly fast collapse of Bauer presents the government with a momentous choice. Does it save the media industry, or concentrate on its own?
Just a tiny handful of print publications will continue through the lockdown, with only daily newspapers specifically identified as being able to continue. Duncan Greive spoke to publishers of magazines …
The Fold podcast returns for March into a media world transformed by the impact of Covid-19.
New Zealand is currently at level two in the aftermath of two suspected cases of community transmission.
An unscheduled Covid-19 special ran in place of Seven Sharp last night, and it brought out the best in both its participants and the medium itself.
How The Spinoff is dealing with the evolving crisis – and what’s driving our coverage.
