Epidemic Response Committee Notes - what will happen to media in Aotearoa? April 15, 2020

Today we are going to hear from the Epidemic Response Committee who is hearing from a range of media outlets in terms of how hard the industry has been hit by the Covid19 pandemic. First though, some context. Recent weeks have seen New Zealand’s media suffer a lot of closures and downscaling, with Bauer Media announcing its closure earlier this month and NZME’s recent announcement of job cuts. Felix takes a look at the current state of our media and what it could mean for the future.