Tag: media
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Reviewing The Post as a standalone news website
In April 2023 Stuff (the parent company of Stuff.co.nz) launched three new digital news sites. There is now one each for The Post (formerly the Dominion Post), The Press, and the Waikato Times, and the sites feature for the first time the ability to subscribe to a digital news offering: Stuff launched new digital sites…
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Reflections on Spotify’s AI DJ
A little while ago Spotify launched an AI DJ. It’s an evolution of Spotify’s algorithmic playlists and radio stations, but it felt like a reasonably big leap forward to me. One big difference is that the AI DJ talks to you like a radio DJ telling you what’s coming up and what the last song…
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Briefly: Stuff jumps aboard the crowd-funding journalism model
Today Stuff.co.nz launched a campaign to get their users to fund their journalism directly: Stuff has a long and trusted history of telling New Zealand stories. Through some of our newspapers, that dates back more than 150 years. Today, we’re seeking your support to keep us telling Kiwi stories for another 150 years. This reliance…
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The Herald introduces a paywall
I’ve previously blogged that I want to pay for NZ news but no-one would take my money. I’m glad to see the New Zealand Herald has finally introduced a paywall. I think the paywall is a great development for the media in New Zealand — so much so that I bought a small number of…