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Alastair Thompson

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:38:00 +1200

Cheers Russell,

Thanks for the shout out for our Crowd-Selling campaign. Following after our February March Crowd-Selling exercise Scoop's future in the news business looks likely to involve more crowd collaboration.

Its an interesting new world of news that we are moving into.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:23:17 +1200

What if we all just... stopped?

Exactly.

ETA, I see my post to R of O got tangled in this to Danielle. cant fix it.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:20:06 +1200

The worst thing is the way that corporate dreck spreads, like a fungal growth

Along with endless meetings that eliminates any time to do the actual job at hand, then to be told at the next meeting of the "Team building " activities on Friday in which you will lose…

Jack Harrison

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:01:51 +1200

Amen Danielle.

izogi

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:08:04 +1200

Let's hope the folks creating Yours TV can do a more effective job some day, if they're not already.

Sacha

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:52:44 +1200

thus ends challenging current affairs on NZ tv.

Danielle

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:49:41 +1200

I'm pretty good at interviews too, but I hate all the corporate drivelspeak and have no idea what purpose it serves. And all the welcome venting here makes me wonder: who are the people who buy this stuff and take it seriously? Are we all perpetrating, as the ancient slang…

izogi

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:00:24 +1200

Job ads are only worsted by actual HR “interviews”.

My main experience with typical job ads has been that, at least in my own (IT) sector, they’re frequently for jobs which no longer even exist, and largely still remain in the list so recruitment agents can suck applicants in to…

Russell Brown

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:54:28 +1200

Big changes at Native Affairs.

Not noted in that release: the resignation of gutsy Native Affairs producer Annabelle Lee.

Kumara Republic

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:42:51 +1200

The most painful read of all time, job ads. Patronising, unfocused drivel written by Robots to employ mythical superhuman people who never complain and show a real passion for whatever fucking task is awarded them in order to obtain cash to pay rent and food bills. Stepford employees wanted.

And…

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:12:54 +1200

The worst thing is the way that corporate dreck spreads, like a fungal growth.

There is a community arts organisation I know that started out as a bunch of crazies burning an effigy on a beach. Now they're all "leadership summits" and "360 degree performance reviews". Combined with whining that…

Moz

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:07:07 +1200

Keen on YourTV, that looks promising.

Job ads are only worsted by actual HR "interviews". I am good at interviews, much to the disgust of people who don't know that interview performance is no guarantee of job performance. Normally there are clear warning signs and if I'm not desperate for…

Jack Harrison

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:41:01 +1200

Sacha

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:03:07 +1200

a media venture?

Rich Lock

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:40:14 +1200

My emotional response to most job ads I consume is "I'm dying a little inside with every bullshit word", so maybe HR departments need to "rebrand" too.

As someone who is currently attempting to learn The Bullshit Language of Professional Networking, in order to market myself and show how 'passionate'…

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:54:13 +1200

But do magazines have any future besides a trans-media one?

Quite possibly. It's a rational strategy to ensure that a magazine is only readable in print. Not sure if there are many such publications. If the revenues from the website are less than the costs of maintenance plus lost print…

Danielle

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:20:44 +1200

My emotional response to most job ads I consume is "I'm dying a little inside with every bullshit word", so maybe HR departments need to "rebrand" too.

James Littlewood*

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:02:11 +1200

Tracy, do you claim to be immune to emotional influences in your choices about the stuff you consume?

The term "brand" accounts for just this. How you feel about what you get.

Doesn't mean good journalism doesn't count. Quite the contrary. But do magazines have any future besides a trans-media…

linger

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:57:17 +1200

Hence: an editor should be a "wank champion"? (Cf. esp. Herald)

TracyMac

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:42:59 +1200

Yay in-house sub eds.

As for the word "brand", unless it pertains to a mark on a cowhide or corporate/trademark styling, it's just about guaranteed to refer to wank. It's even worse than sports teams being referred to as "franchises".

Russell Brown

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:14:40 +1200

Without knowing exactly how to measure and compare it, is there any word on the types of ratings or viewership it gets?

TVNZ (and I presume Damian) will know exactly how many views it gets. That's one advantage of web video – you can actually measure it.

izogi

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:11:36 +1200

Yours TV looks awesome, even if I'm not sure I look forward to a day when teenagers might have more effective and relevant media than their parents and grandparents.

Without knowing exactly how to measure and compare it, is there any word on the types of ratings or viewership it…

Public Address

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:11:35 +1200

Discussion from blog post.