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Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 26 May 2015 16:55:16 +1200

Bart Janssen

Tue, 26 May 2015 09:38:41 +1200

Broken link is broken Sasha

Clint Fern

Tue, 26 May 2015 09:22:19 +1200

I'd always enjoyed it after a southern holiday, although certainly not exclusively of other Pinots, those associations are now overridden finding out it was Weldons own vinyard.

Fortunate to live in a wine producing region and so our local supermarkets sometimes have cancelled export orders which can lead to very…

Sacha

Mon, 25 May 2015 17:51:33 +1200

My fave value point Pinot so far is the Shaky Bridge mid-series (pdf) – moreso than its costlier sibling.

Bart Janssen

Mon, 25 May 2015 17:19:00 +1200

excellent, Pinot Noir

If this were the feed blog I'd give you a long list of excellent alternatives :) Honestly New Zealand make some amazing Pinot noir and there is no need to be wedded to any one producer. Sadly amazing and cheap Pinot noir is harder to find.

Greg Dawson

Mon, 25 May 2015 11:29:02 +1200

I accidentally caught some of the show in the car the other day and they were featuring brass band music. Brass band music! Who listens to that anymore? Seriously. Are RNZ really that far out of touch with their audience?

This is precisely the reason I enjoy listening to [[http://www.radioactive.co.nz/|radio…

izogi

Sun, 24 May 2015 17:24:37 +1200

This binary should be irrelavant.Campbell is on the left blah blah. Why can’t you just critisise, hold govt. to account for telling lies, bullying, acting immorally just cos thats a shit way to act? Whether you normally vote Act, Greens, Labour etc….should be irrelavant

I agree. It should also be…

Simon Sjorn

Sun, 24 May 2015 16:26:54 +1200

I guess it is all too obvious and depressing.

Simon Sjorn

Sun, 24 May 2015 11:14:45 +1200

Or the reality of the market? Our market maybe above any concept of values beyond the almighty dollar.

Simon Sjorn

Sun, 24 May 2015 11:13:01 +1200

So beautifully framed by those who need it that this is the left / right thing. This binary should be irrelavant.Campbell is on the left blah blah Why can't you just critisise, hold govt. to account for telling lies, bullying, acting immorally just cos thats a shit way to act?…

martinb

Sun, 24 May 2015 00:00:12 +1200

On a technical level it could be produced fairly cheaply. But you wouldn’t be able to employ 22 people on proper salaries to make it, so you’d need to get a bit creative about how you went about things.

80 odd K subscriptions at $10 a year would be a…

Russell Brown

Sat, 23 May 2015 21:01:46 +1200

In a thread related topic- how expensive would a solely web based show funded by someone like NetFlix or some such be for Mr Campbell?

On a technical level it could be produced fairly cheaply. But you wouldn't be able to employ 22 people on proper salaries to make it,…

martinb

Sat, 23 May 2015 19:00:25 +1200

In a thread related topic- how expensive would a solely web based show funded by someone like NetFlix or some such be for Mr Campbell?

martinb

Sat, 23 May 2015 18:59:08 +1200

Imagine if David Cunliffe was still leading the Labour Party. Wouldn't he have an enormous amount of credibility on the affordable housing issue and the capital gains tax? It's a pity- I liked seeing him and his wife in the background of the Key ogles Kate's hair meme. What might…

Kumara Republic

Sat, 23 May 2015 17:40:24 +1200

The comments that Mediaworks management view coverage of Pike River as fatiguing and the Chch earthquakes and child poverty undeserving of in depth coverage I find disgraceful and as such I have decided to not buy anymore of Mark Weldons, unfortunately excellent, Pinot Noir (Terra Sancta).

Are there any products…

Russell Brown

Sat, 23 May 2015 16:07:41 +1200

Trying to blame John Campbell for senior female presenters leaving is beyond cheek. Her ‘source’ at TV3 sure is a piece of work.

I imagine Mihi Forbes will be bloody livid at being used as a Glucina/Christie attack line. And the idea that Rebecca Wright decamped because there was no…

nzlemming

Sat, 23 May 2015 15:36:06 +1200

Van Beynen’s also taken to referring to himself as a public intellectual, again without a hint of irony.

Yeah, I've lost what little respect I had for him over the last couple of years. Too much reading his own press releases.

Clint Fern

Sat, 23 May 2015 14:24:17 +1200

Are there any products…

Sacha

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:46:50 +1200

When an OIA request can be spurned by the PM's office, stuff-all chance of holding these scum accountable.

Sacha

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:45:07 +1200

and her editor allows such unprofessional conduct.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:41:33 +1200

Her 'source' at TV3 sure is a piece of work

She has John key on speed dial, jus' sayin' . ;)

sandra

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:40:31 +1200

Glucina's piece this week on Lorde splitting with her manager was lifted straight off the Gruniad's website ... (she did acknowledge it as something like the Guardian reports fairly early on, but I wonder how many readers realised almost the entire piece was thanks to the Guardian).

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:34:45 +1200

The Plutocrats must be confident, they are giving up even pretending.

I hope Maori TV is safe . There is no confidence and supply agreement in Parliament with the Maori Party. I see Georgina te Heuheu is Chairman. The ex National Ministers seem to waltz into pretty nice jobs. If…

Sacha

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:16:09 +1200

Trying to blame John Campbell for senior female presenters leaving is beyond cheek. Her 'source' at TV3 sure is a piece of work.

Tom Semmens

Sat, 23 May 2015 12:50:44 +1200

The Glucina attack piece on Amanda Bailey and now the obvious political payback on Campbell live. The Plutocrats must be confident, they are giving up even pretending.

Alfie

Sat, 23 May 2015 11:54:57 +1200

A replacement show... will have more of an entertainment focus and more oversight by MediaWorks executives.
Hmmm... "entertaining" Current Affairs, as decided by Julie Christie with the stamp of approval from Key & Co. Probably more The Block than Panorama.

Russell's 3 Sharp comment is right on the button.

Sacha

Sat, 23 May 2015 11:41:59 +1200

Loved the last clause of this part:

A replacement show, with two yet-to-be-cast co-hosts, is understood to be shaped by these criticisms and will have more of an entertainment focus and more oversight by MediaWorks executives.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 23 May 2015 11:25:09 +1200

It would appear JC cared too much as suspected by many of us who believed he upset the Government and its lackeys in the top jobs.Let's face it.Everything is in place now for John Key, who is influencing everything. Freedom of expression as long as he approves.

The show's…

Kumara Republic

Fri, 22 May 2015 22:20:05 +1200

I've now no reason to watch TV3 at all – Campbell was the last terrestrial show I had an interest in. My 8 yr old watches zero TV and seems only interested in Youtube content generated by age group peers and teenagers. Not one of his friends that I've spoken…

Dan Horne

Fri, 22 May 2015 20:39:41 +1200

Joe Wylie

Fri, 22 May 2015 20:03:18 +1200

Martin van Beynen in the Press chimes in with this: John Campbell TV3 departure: He’s no different to a can of soup. Van Beynen admires the man Campbell but is no great fan of Campbell Live. The article headline is made without any sense of irony – at least in…

tony j ricketts

Fri, 22 May 2015 18:58:14 +1200

With Kathryn Ryan getting better and better at helping us forget how good Kim Hill was an Nine to Noon it seems really cruel to make the sad story of Campbell Live into an excuse to set the good people against each other.

steve black

Fri, 22 May 2015 18:00:06 +1200

I’ve recorded and watched the show five nights a week for years – I’m a “regular viewer”. But I don’t have a peoplemeter, so I don’t figure in Julie Christie’s world.

Only 600 households in NZ do have peoplemeters. When the general population was exhorted to tune in so the…

william blake

Fri, 22 May 2015 17:59:46 +1200

Brass band music! Who listens to that anymore?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GszavR0CImE

Trevor Nicholls

Fri, 22 May 2015 17:44:19 +1200

Mike Hosking as broadcaster of the year
Quantity not quality

Don Robertson

Fri, 22 May 2015 17:34:23 +1200

Yeah, my heart bleeds for Hillary Barrie. But remember, she is part of the problem. She has had no problem taking the money while Three News degenerated into the promotional arm of the reality rubbish Three puts out. She has no difficulty using Three news to plug Paul Henry, or…

Cecelia

Fri, 22 May 2015 17:24:43 +1200

Yes, it would be sad to lose his face. He's at the top of his game and has grown handsomer over the years IMHO. In spite of his occasional gushing he has a great sense of humour. I'd love to see him in something like The Daily Show: satirical but…

Simon Bennett

Fri, 22 May 2015 17:23:38 +1200

I meant compared to other formats/genres. If Netflix were to get involved in local production, as they have in other territories, this might be a good place to start.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 22 May 2015 16:54:19 +1200

A simple interview show can't be prohibitively expensive to produce.

Very true. The interview is going ahead anyway, why not shoot it? live to air, raw.
How much extra is a video feed to the Freeview satellite?

izogi

Fri, 22 May 2015 16:53:01 +1200

I’ve tended to watch TV1 news more than TV3 news, but in honesty that’s probably because I have a better stomach for digesting the final minutes of Millionaire Hot Seat than things like Home & Away, Survivor and Biggest Loser that TV3 serves up as a lead-in.

I guess I rate…

Simon Bennett

Fri, 22 May 2015 16:18:16 +1200

A simple interview show can't be prohibitively expensive to produce. It's about time the likes of Netflix NZ dipped their toes into the current affairs waters. After all, it's the future of TV consumption.

Completely anecdotal I know, but I strongly suspect the fact that the 18-39, 18-49 and 25-54…

Alfie

Fri, 22 May 2015 16:15:46 +1200

What I can't understand is why does Mercep repeat the dreary format that Mora created. There doesn't seem to be anything in that show that is his except the voice.
Ditto for me. While RadioNZ tends to be the default station around here, the moment Mercep's voice appears I hit…

Bart Janssen

Fri, 22 May 2015 16:03:15 +1200

Agree totally re Simon Mercep. I was looking forward to his start at RNZ but hardly ever listen to his slot now. He seems to struggle to know what he’s going to say next.

What I can't understand is why does Mercep repeat the dreary format that Mora created. There…

Kiwiiano

Fri, 22 May 2015 15:21:07 +1200

We were watching TV1 News, not because it's any less depressing than TV3's, but because their Weather forecasts are more informative. I guess there's no need to switch over to TV3 any more. Might as well go direct to YouTube & TED et al.

Gregor Ronald

Fri, 22 May 2015 15:06:20 +1200

What Tom Wolfe called The Masters Of The Universe, in his novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities. http://bit.ly/1K7p4dT

sandra

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:54:46 +1200

My 2c worth on company "reviews", having been involved in a couple. It is quite clear to anyone sitting in the room when a "review" is announced that a decision has already been made. The "consultation" that then takes place is utterly dishonest and a waste of employee time but…

Gregor Ronald

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:53:23 +1200

I'm 66 and still actively working in educational IT. Every day I get weak excuses from 50-somethings who say "I'm not as good as the youngsters". FFS, you can LEARN this stuff...!!!

sandra

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:48:52 +1200

I wondered why Phil was sounding so tired, not his usual buoyant self. Thanks for that background.

sandra

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:47:55 +1200

Hillary made me cry. She seems like a real sweetie and isn't afraid to pull a face at some of the "news" she has to read.

wendyf

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:42:10 +1200

I quite like having Mercep on in the afternoons. Means I can turn my little radio off and do some reading.

sandra

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:38:16 +1200

Agree totally re Simon Mercep. I was looking forward to his start at RNZ but hardly ever listen to his slot now. He seems to struggle to know what he's going to say next.

william blake

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:26:00 +1200

It makes me pine for the olden days, it's just not as satisfying throwing the remote at a plasma screen as hurling a big glass ashtray at a cathode tube. And some call it progress...

Ianmac

Fri, 22 May 2015 13:52:29 +1200

To add to the insult was to hear the hypocritical Key say that he really rated John Campbell and was very sorry to see him go. Yeah right!. I am sure that that nice Mr Key used a proxy knife to cut JC's belt off him.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 22 May 2015 13:15:08 +1200

Echoing many of the points already made in thse posts, Martin van Beynen in the Press chimes in with this: John Campbell TV3 departure: He's no different to a can of soup. Van Beynen admires the…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 22 May 2015 13:06:22 +1200

It also happened because we have lax company (and broadcasting) laws that allow a company to dump its obligations and rise from the ashes with the "owners" recovering control of the business. As opposed to it being shut down and the license re-tendered for.

Russell Brown

Fri, 22 May 2015 11:54:05 +1200

Drinnan rather embarrasses himself this morning by not being able to spell Carol Hirschfeld's name correctly, but it's good to be reminded of this:

The losses started with the decision of former MediaWorks receivers Korda Mentha – in 2013 when they were receivers for the company – to turn down an…

Steve Rowe

Fri, 22 May 2015 11:20:39 +1200

There haven't been any pogroms or death squads in the streets just yet.

Well there seem to be quite a few in Israel and Ukraine to mention just two. If we take Fascism to be a merging of Corporate and Government power (Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because…

Bart Janssen

Fri, 22 May 2015 09:50:45 +1200

For me the really sad part of this is how predictable it all was. As soon as people like Mark Weldon and Julie Christie get a role in any organization you will see this kind of decision making. They are people with connections, they get invited to the right meetings,…

simon g

Fri, 22 May 2015 09:40:29 +1200

Mike Hosking's special talent, brought to us by Mitchell and Webb ...

Joe Wylie

Fri, 22 May 2015 09:28:37 +1200

Geoff, I’m picking that if Mike Hosking’s politics agreed with you, you’d agree with his Broadcaster of the Year award. Stop confusing politics for talent.

Should you ever develop the skill of reading Geoff Lealand's postings without moving your lips it might dawn on even you that you've picked it…

Alfie

Fri, 22 May 2015 08:56:30 +1200

Our tiny television market suffers from a dearth of intelligent local programming, and the demise of Campbell Live has hastened our main broadcasters' insane race to occupy the bottom of the programming barrel.

I've recorded and watched the show five nights a week for years — I'm a "regular viewer".…

carrie onn

Fri, 22 May 2015 08:49:08 +1200

Geoff, I'm picking that if Mike Hosking's politics agreed with you, you'd agree with his Broadcaster of the Year award. Stop confusing politics for talent.

Vanessa Ward

Fri, 22 May 2015 08:24:37 +1200

Looks like I will be switching my tv off even earlier now. I already don't watch much tv. People don't watch tv3 from 7:30pm onwards because it is utter nonsense, with brainless garbage.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 22 May 2015 02:31:16 +1200

Totally agree about RNZ afternoons being a sleepzone – be great to get Campbell in there to shake it up. The decent into Fascism all around the world makes people who speak truth to power all the more important. As much as I respect John Campbell, he's no Chris Hedges…

Steve Rowe

Fri, 22 May 2015 00:48:48 +1200

Bart Janssen

Thu, 21 May 2015 23:33:17 +1200

Holmes probably still gets a vote

Kumara Republic

Thu, 21 May 2015 23:19:22 +1200

Insult piled upon insult. Mike Hosking as Broadcaster of the Year! What the hell has happened to this country?

The NZ Radio Awards have basically become an excuse for Big Radio to say nice things about itself. And I had a look on the NZRA web site and there's no…

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 23:10:50 +1200

we tolerate smug dolts. heck, we vote for them

Joe Wylie

Thu, 21 May 2015 23:09:25 +1200

Leopoldo Méndez, Mariana Yampolsky. Calaveras Televisiosas Todo por un Hoyito. 1949.

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 21 May 2015 22:38:41 +1200

Insult piled upon insult. Mike Hosking as Broadcaster of the Year! What the hell has happened to this country?

Tristan

Thu, 21 May 2015 22:24:58 +1200

she set all of us off :(

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 21:05:11 +1200

Ooh, there's an earlier longer version of said rant (complete with hospital background noise).

Russell Brown

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:43:04 +1200

Wow.

Hilary Barry loses it after the Campbell news item and has to leave the desk for a while during the bulletin.

That's what this guy means to the people he works with.

Russell Brown

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:41:44 +1200

I could’ve listened to Phil’s rant all night :) And got the feeling he’d still be going strong come dawn.

Delivered from his hospital bed, not very long after the second surgery on his troublesome infected foot.

Let's just say that Phil was already seriously fucked off when the Campbell…

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:27:04 +1200

def two Ls

Cecelia

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:21:26 +1200

Phil Warrington. Wow! Thanks for the link:)

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:08:35 +1200

New Zealand television needs a lot of things, but it doesn't need more dicks.

John Drinnan suggests re-using one of them.

But Henry – unrestrained by scripts – would not need much work and he could easily riff off the day's events, creating controversy along the way. It's current affairs in…

Rob Stowell

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:59:44 +1200

I could've listened to Phil's rant all night :) And got the feeling he'd still be going strong come dawn.

kw

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:59:09 +1200

A few weeks ago, I was surveyed by NZME about their presenters. The format allowed me to identify which of their people I liked and why, and then who I didn't like and why. So I got to comment on the reason I really like John Campbell (even if he…

simon g

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:55:16 +1200

Too angry to say much coherent right now, but just wanted to acknowledge the classy way Campbell & co handled themselves tonight. Kept the focus on solid stories, albeit time-constrained.

Although there is inevitably a political left/right dimension to this whole saga, in the end it is – or should be…

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:31:08 +1200

Jim Tully nominates Native Affairs as the last bastion of current affairs.

Grant McDougall

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:15:03 +1200

Apparently TV3 staff have been gagged from publically commenting, but I'd pay good money to hear what the Campbell Live staff *really* think about the axing, Weldon, Christie, etc, etc.

Amanda Wreckonwith

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:05:15 +1200

Mora won't be dropped. He's the National Party replacement for Sean Plunket.

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:47:49 +1200

Yes, demonstrated by the way he was floundering around, not knowing what to say whilst Phil was ripping into TV3 this afternoon.

Grant McDougall

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:44:06 +1200

Personally, I think the dog’s breakfast that is RNZ afternoons could do with Campbell. Simon Mercep is OK, but to me his style is more after 10pm.

Good call. He strikes me as a nice bloke, but I'd replace both him and Jim Mora from afternoons and drop Mora from…

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:34:39 +1200

he certainly induces sleep

Tom Semmens

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:32:41 +1200

Personally, I think the dog's breakfast that is RNZ afternoons could do with Campbell. Simon Mercep is OK, but to me his style is more after 10pm.

Jason Kemp

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:32:37 +1200

Here are the numbers for TV 3 from Brian Gaynor Big effort needed for MediaWorks bonuses

An increase in MediaWorks' equity value from $207 million as at September 30, 2014 to $608 million, which was the company's value when it was acquired by Ironbridge Capital in 2007, would deliver a bonus…

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:27:37 +1200

Kathryn Ryan might be worried

Jane Bowron echoes your thought on Stuff.

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:22:23 +1200

Our friend Phil Wallington is really annoyed about this on RNZ.

Sacha

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:18:02 +1200

It was reported that John had a 3 year contract

I've seen/heard reported today that he was offered one and turned it down – presumably over some unpalatable aspects.

What a bloody waste of talent.

Russell Brown

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:16:05 +1200

The reality is that selective viewers of broadcast TV don’t pay the bills. TV3 has been bailed out at least twice before and the last reorganisation saw something like $500m written off by a consortium of banks and other owners.

That debt was almost entirely loaded on Mediaworks by Ironbridge,…

Tom Semmens

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:14:59 +1200

Kathryn Ryan might be worried....

Jason Kemp

Thu, 21 May 2015 18:01:31 +1200

Broadcast TV’s in a death spiral, right?

It was reported that John had a 3 year contract and only 1 year of that was tied to Campbell Live so it is probable he knew long ago likely scenarios and outcomes. Linda Clark will have been working hard and the upswing…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 21 May 2015 17:51:06 +1200

I won't be shedding any tears now for TV3 if it ever goes bankrupt again. Maybe RadioNZ could take Campbell on board again?

DexterX

Thu, 21 May 2015 17:39:06 +1200

John Campbell is good and excellent at what he does/did – it doesn't seem to matter much in NZ

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 21 May 2015 17:04:10 +1200

Broadcast TV's in a death spiral, right?

Viewers are switching to TV on demand (etc), revenues are falling, quality is dropping,
causing more viewers to cut the cord.

The corollary to this is that the rump of viewers are people too ~~old* or~~ stupid to work computers, who will tend…

Stewart

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:57:26 +1200

the people who watch it weren’t sticking around for the fare Mediaworks was choosing to screen after it.

Which indicates they are screening stuff that people don't want to watch and axing the wrong show.

Your 'exit play' scenario is depressing – the whole shebang is seen as a vehicle…

phplad

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:48:44 +1200

I'm fuming over this, Wheldon has a lot to answer for.
Time to crowd fund a real news agency so we actually know what happening in what used to be our country.

Hilary Stace

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:37:48 +1200

So sad about this. I am not a great TV watcher but it was good to know that you could rely on Campbell Live to tell the stories of ‘real ordinary’ people. And you could tell he had a happy cohesive team, such a rare thing these days. So many…

andin

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:36:35 +1200

TV3’s programming strategy

Thats a euphemism for whatever they think their doing!

Julie Christie’s actions ..... appointing herself to a new senior management position and then mouthing off

Reminds me or a saying about leopards and their spots

Public Address

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:36:35 +1200

Discussion from blog post.