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RNZ News
03-06-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
NZME board shake-up: 'An opportunity to debate editorial policy'
New NZME chair Steven Joyce says the refreshed board of directors will bring "fresh eyes" to editorial operations. File photo. Photo: Screenshot / Composite RNZ The annual meeting of media company NZME has rubber stamped a compromise deal allowing an activist shareholder onto its board But a former National government minister has also been appointed as its chair, with the existing board kept largely intact. Auckland-based Canadian businessman Jim Grenon bought a stake in the company and launched a bid at the start of the year to replace the current board with himself and three associates. But he ended up accepting a truce in which he alone got a seat, and Steven Joyce took over as chair. Grenon told the meeting that his move to shake up the company was audacious. "It seemed to me that things were drifting downhill, from my perspective in any event and these are often subjective, particularly on the editorial front, and I thought maybe I can sort of jump start something here and I'm very, very delighted with the way things worked out." Grenon gained 83 percent shareholder support with about 14 percent voting no. Joyce was voted in with more than 93 percent support. Shareholders concentrated their sometimes rambling questions on Joyce and Grenon, including inquiries about a proposed editorial advisory board that would have oversight on the group's news operations, which include the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB. Joyce said the refreshed board of directors would bring "fresh eyes" to editorial operations, but would not interfere on individual items, and editorial boards were not uncommon overseas. "I wouldn't fear it. It's an opportunity to debate editorial policy, an opportunity to support the development of editorial policy." Grenon said an editorial board would allow them to look over the shoulders of staff and assess them against a set of guidelines. "If they aren't meeting the guidelines then we can sort of nudge in the right direction," he told the meeting. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Bloomberg
29-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
New York Times Agrees to License Content to Amazon for AI Use
The New York Times Co. has reached a deal to license its editorial content to Inc. for use across its artificial intelligence platforms, marking the first such agreement the newspaper company has struck after years of battles between the media and a new, disruptive technology. The multiyear collaboration 'will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences,' the news outlet said in a statement Thursday. In addition to editorial content, the deal will include recipes from NYT Cooking and The Athletic, which focuses on sports.
Wall Street Journal
28-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Donald Trump's Latest Tariff Threats, on iPhones and the EU - Opinion: Potomac Watch
Paul A. Gigot is the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2001. He is responsible for the publication's editorials, op-ed articles and Opinion columnists, book reviews, arts criticism, and other Opinion content such as podcasts, videos and documentaries. He is also the host of the weekly news program, the Journal Editorial Report, on the Fox News Channel. Mr. Gigot joined the Journal in 1980 as a reporter in Chicago, and in 1982 he became the Journal's Asia correspondent, based in Hong Kong. He won an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting on the Philippines. In 1984 he was named the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal, based in Hong Kong. In 1987 he was assigned to Washington, where he contributed editorials and a weekly column on politics, "Potomac Watch," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Mr. Gigot is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was chairman of the daily student newspaper.
Wall Street Journal
27-05-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Donald Trump Says Vladimir Putin Has 'Gone Absolutely CRAZY' - Opinion: Potomac Watch
Paul A. Gigot is the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2001. He is responsible for the publication's editorials, op-ed articles and Opinion columnists, book reviews, arts criticism, and other Opinion content such as podcasts, videos and documentaries. He is also the host of the weekly news program, the Journal Editorial Report, on the Fox News Channel. Mr. Gigot joined the Journal in 1980 as a reporter in Chicago, and in 1982 he became the Journal's Asia correspondent, based in Hong Kong. He won an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting on the Philippines. In 1984 he was named the first editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal, based in Hong Kong. In 1987 he was assigned to Washington, where he contributed editorials and a weekly column on politics, "Potomac Watch," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Mr. Gigot is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was chairman of the daily student newspaper.
The National
16-05-2025
- Business
- The National
The age of automation needn't be a cause for pessimism
Mustafa Alrawi is group director of editorial partnerships at International Media Investments and a columnist for The National May 16, 2025
