Media Reform Summary Of Submissions Released
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage today released a summary of the submissions received on the Government's recent proposed changes to media regulation and content production.
The Ministry received 197 submissions in total, with 103 of these submissions representing organisations.
"Thank you to everyone that provided feedback to the five proposals as part the Media Reform consultation," says Manatū Taonga Deputy Secretary Policy, Performance & Insights, Emily Fabling.
"The majority of feedback was supportive of the proposals to ensure accessibility of local media platforms, increase discoverability of local content, and to increase captioning and audio description.
"The feedback was more mixed on the proposals to modernise professional media regulation and streamline content funders.
"Our policy team continues to do further analysis and engagement on these proposals, based on the feedback we've received. Again, we appreciate the expertise, experience and insights provided to our Ministry during consultation," says Fabling.
Analysis and policy advice to Government will continue in the coming months, and any changes will require Cabinet approval.
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