Journalist Bernard Hickey on the challenges faced by New Zealand media and why he’s launched a new subscription-only daily email.
After receiving a damning screen-time report, Alice Webb-Liddall gave up on social media for two weeks.
From antitrust suits to restrictive new laws, the world's digital behemoths are in hot water. So who's on the naughty list and why?
Letterboxd is redefining how we think about movies – and even the Academy is taking notice.
The writer of the acclaimed new Rose Matafeo comedy talks on how her own experiences as an expectant mother inspired the script.
It’s normal to feature two different perspectives discussing a major US political set piece. Yet this morning RNZ’s flagship Morning Report hosted two unabashed Trump acolytes ahead of the final debate.
Melodie Robinson’s career has been one full of remarkable firsts. She joins host Duncan Greive to talk about it on this week’s episode of The Fold.
An awkward threesome. Too-close peeing. Indignity on a nightclub bathroom floor. A shining performance from Rose Matafeo. All of these are reasons to see Baby Done.
Your essential guide to following election night with your eyes and ears, on TV, radio and online, plus where to watch and listen to Sunday's bumper crop of post-election analysis.
The Spinoff’s new(ish) political editor Justin Giovannetti joins Duncan Greive to share his impressions from a hectic first six months on the job – and in New Zealand.
Former Woman's Day editor Sido Kitchin joins The Fold’s Duncan Greive to talk about starting School Road Publishing and launching a whole new stable of magazines following the collapse of Bauer Media.
Simon Farrell-Green, editor of Here magazine, talks to Business is Boring host Simon Pound how he started the title after the closure of Bauer Media earlier this year.
The Spinoff talks to Zealandia, a short film depicting a futuristic New Zealand in the midst of a global pandemic, written long before Covid-19.
It positions social media as a kind of eye of Sauron – the single source of misery and all that is wrong with the world.
We recently built our own members platform so that readers can donate to and support our journalism in a more direct way. If you're a Spinoff Member, here's how it affects you.
In this episode of media podcast The Fold, host Duncan Greive speaks to NZ On Air’s new chief executive Cameron Harland about the findings of the recent Where Are the Audiences? report.
Sherry Zhang talks to the founders of Shit You Should Care About about social media's ever-evolving role as a news source.
After a member of the public made a complaint to New Zealand's chief censor, Netflix has added a warning to its latest docu-drama featuring a short clip from the banned video.
Is 2020 the year of the troll? Are you a troll? Emily Writes has a quiz to see if you can change.
A US TV giant has bought the Kiwi battler Three. What does that mean for Tova O’Brien, The Block and 7 Days?
A new project has been studying the vectors and volume of false stories that wrap around the Covid crisis in NZ. Here's what they learned.
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In this edition of The Spinoff’s media podcast, Duncan Greive unpacks the most important data points from a seismic new report into audience behaviour.
From 8 'til midnight every day, Marcus Lush does God's work: taking down racist talkback callers.