tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post405262719899045232..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Not everyone wants the news in "real time"Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-40788206845006088822014-11-05T05:28:26.969+13:002014-11-05T05:28:26.969+13:00Karl,
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe. I appreciate your g...Karl, <br /><br />Ngā mihi nui ki a koe. I appreciate your guidance. When I reflect on the blog impressions you gave of this man, you honor him with your kōrero. <br /><br />To my way of thinking, he was a man in many respects ahead of his time - a genius of sorts. <br /><br />Thank you for your response. <br /><br />Go well, <br /><br />Matt Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799314223907679092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-3020475937197869672014-11-04T07:47:54.319+13:002014-11-04T07:47:54.319+13:00My column wasn't about the quality of TV news,...My column wasn't about the quality of TV news, or of newspapers and radio for that matter. I think we probably all agree that there has been a huge deterioration in the quality and breadth of mainstream news coverage. In the case of newspapers, this has partly come about because papers diverted resources to their unprofitable digital platforms, thereby effectively cannibalising their print products. <br />Obviously they couldn't ignore the digital revolution, but I believe they made a fatal strategic error by allowing themselves to be panicked into making content available free of charge online and even directing readers to their websites - effectively saying, "Why bother to buy the paper anymore? You can read it free online."<br />Am I biased? Probably no more than Mike O'D, who is a cheerleader for the digital revolution and who I believe overstates its reach and influence - as many do.<br />Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-21001594474930720832014-11-04T07:30:43.184+13:002014-11-04T07:30:43.184+13:00Mat,
Bill Reeves died in 2009. I wrote a tribute t...Mat,<br />Bill Reeves died in 2009. I wrote a tribute to him here:<br />http://karldufresne.blogspot.co.nz/2009/07/last-stand-off.htmlKarl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-91010841801064689092014-11-03T22:24:24.926+13:002014-11-03T22:24:24.926+13:00Hi Karl I hope this message find you in cheerful s...Hi Karl I hope this message find you in cheerful spirits. <br /><br />In 1979 W.P. Reeves wrote an article on the Māori Gang Phenomenon. I found the article whilst on a research drive to write a history of the Black Power and the Mongrel Mob. <br /><br />I googled his name and your blog on his comments about Rupert Murdoch arose in the search. So I read through the blog and I was surprised to find that you knew this man personally. <br /><br />The impressions I have of his article 25 years ago is that I find it strange that this man's insight was so striking to the point where a lot of his observations still ring true today. I am eager to have a conversation with him about this article and his thoughts if he has the time. <br /><br />Might you have a contact address for a letter I might send to him? <br /><br />Many thanks, <br /><br />Mat MullanyMathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799314223907679092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-24915657540210653472014-11-03T22:12:49.144+13:002014-11-03T22:12:49.144+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799314223907679092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-65393403105975416522014-11-03T16:06:18.836+13:002014-11-03T16:06:18.836+13:00Were I looking to where news and advertising dolla...Were I looking to where news and advertising dollars were heading over the next 5 years, the last person I'd take advice from, with all due respect, is a newspaper man. Newspapers sleepwalked to financial ruin as geeks invented the internet and stole newspapers' lunch. In the US it was Craig's List and here, Trademe, while newspapers looked on uncomprehendingly as their classifieds walked out the door.The Dominion didn't go online for heaven's sake till nearly 10 years after the web was invented. "what's this new-fangled interwebs thingy? It'll never take off. Let's ignore it". For an idea of where TV audiences are heading, Google something like, "Why are TV ratings dying?" and see the millions fewer viewers that the US networks and cable channels suffer year-on-year. 3-years may be too early for their complete demise but I won't be reading any newspaper predictions to find out when - I'd trust a former Trademe employee every time. And as for the hopeless bunch still trying to foist a BBC look-alike channel on New Zealand, God help us; they are well meaning but utterly clueless.John Spavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899215731976985580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-22669823031306943192014-11-03T14:16:17.247+13:002014-11-03T14:16:17.247+13:00I would be seriously concerned if anyone at all ge...I would be seriously concerned if anyone at all gets their news from radioNZ's morning report or television's 6 O'Clock bulletin.<br /><br />What is produced has only the fact that the reports come from North, East, West and South (and invariably left) to justify the title "news".<br /><br />I suspect it is mainly the convenience of sitting down in front of the television to eat dinner at a regular time that keeps viewer percentages above single digits for television "news".Tinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749937729383913466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-90327113164148818102014-11-02T10:51:19.013+13:002014-11-02T10:51:19.013+13:00Unfortunately the tabloidization of the 6:00pm new...Unfortunately the tabloidization of the 6:00pm news and subsequent 7:00pm ‘slots’, has made it almost unwatchable. Conflicts are shown without context, and the desire to entertain trumps the need to inform.<br /><br />It may still be watched by many Kiwis based upon its historical ‘pull’ but I dare say that few people who are interested in news go their TV stations at 6:00pm expecting to find it.<br />Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com