Word War : How 125 years of newspaper co-operation was consigned to history

ISBN-13: 9783639123241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 172 str.

Gavin Ellis

Opis

In 2006, New Zealand s daily newspapers ceased thecooperative exchange of news stories through thecountry s principal domestic wire service, the NewZealand Press Association. Why was a 125-yeartradition abandoned and what were the consequences ofthat decision? The author finds that the restructuring of NZPA was a manifestation offundamental changes to New Zealand news mediacompanies that can be traced directly to marketliberalisation and the transition from local totransnational ownership. New levels of competitiondirectly challenged the cooperative basis of NZPA andchange became inevitable. The agency adopted acommercial model based on that of AustralianAssociated Press and offered its services to allmedia where, in the past, it had been limited tonewspapers. However, the absence of content fromcontributing newspapers had measurable effects ongeographic coverage by NZPA and on the range andquality of stories. It was an irretrievable loss.

O autorze

Gavin Ellis, MA (Hons), is former editor-in-chief of the New
Zealand Herald newspaper and a doctoral candidate in political
studies at the University of Auckland where he lectures on media
and democracy.