22 August 2024 Radio is still resilient in New Zealand GfK Survey 2 with growth in the total weekly audience, NZME's Newstalk ZB still the No 1 station...
12 July 2024 New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) have appointed experienced radio boss Will Maisey to the role of Head of Talk for Newstalk ZB and GOLD Sport....
7 June 2024 June 6 was the 2024 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards. NZME's Newstalk ZB won Station of the Year for the fourth successive year, alongside being...
24 August 2023 NZME’s Newstalk ZB (down 1.2 to 16.0 for all audiences 10+) remains No 1 in GfK Survey 2 of New Zealand’s commercial radio stations, with...
28 May 2023 GfK’s New Zealand commercial radio survey, its first of 2023, has Newstalk ZB dominating the 13 markets surveyed. This is the 15th consecutive year that...
16 June 2022 Sky Network Television will not proceed with the acquisition of New Zealand’s radio and advertising firm Mediaworks. In a statement released today Sky says that...
17 February 2022 New Zealand’s MediaWorks has appointed Wayne Stevenson as its new board chair. Stevenson has been acting as interim chair since August 2021 and first joined...
8 February 2022 MediaWorks’ new talk station Today FM will finally launch on Monday 21st March, months behind schedule. Contractual problems surrounding breakfast host Tova O’Brien delayed the...
25 November 2021 MediaWorks NZ has revealed the name of its new look talk brand, Today FM with the new radio station is set to launch in the...
29 January 2021 MediaWorks New Zealand CEO Cam Wallace has told staff that John Banks will never get another job with the company while he is CEO. ...
7 July 2020 Mediaworks Chief executive Michael Anderson has announced that he will leave the company at the end of this year. After four years in the job,...
12 June 2020 The New Zealand Herald is reporting that MediaWorks has slumped to a $25 million loss. The impact of the loss may cast significant doubt on...
29 November 2018 MediaWorks has revealed the look of its new Magic Talk station, and announced that Peter Williams is return to radio on the newly formatted station. The...
15 November 2018 New Zealand's MediaWorks will merge two stations next year, combining RadioLIVE with the Magic network to form a new network called Magic Talk. In an...
29 January 2018 The South Canterbury based Port FM is set to merge with MediaWorks from 01 April 2018. Locally owned Port FM will become part of...
7 December 2017 “2018 is set to be an exciting year for MediaWorks radio,” according to Leon Wratt, Group Content Director - Music at MediaWorks Radio. “From January...
23 November 2017 After failing to come to an agreement with Oaktree Capital Management for MediaWorks’ radio assets, SCA has walked away from its New Zealand ambitions, according...
3 July 2017 Simon Barnett has announced he will be retiring from breakfast and music radio at the end of next year. Simon has been with MORE FM...
11 April 2017 MediaWorks has appointed newly established WeThinkMedia as its advertising representation agency in Australia. WeThinkMedia is founded by media executive Peter Wiltshire, former Chief Revenue Officer and...
30 November 2016 MediaWorks New Zealand has announced a series of key talent moves across its radio brands to take effect from January 2017. Leon Wratt, Group Content Director,...
3 November 2016 Ciara McGuigan has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer with MediaWorks. In her new role, Ciara will oversee financial operations across the...
4 October 2016 MediaWorks has appointed Glen Kyne as the group’s Chief Commercial Officer, formalising his current position as Acting CCO. In this role, Glen will manage the...
31 August 2016 MediaWorks has partnered with music and entertainment content platform Vevo to become their exclusive premium video sales partner in New Zealand. The partnership will see...
29 August 2016 MediaWorks Board Director, Jack Matthews will be appointed as Chairman of Mediaworks at the end of September. Jack Matthews will succeed Rod McGeoch who has...
4 May 2016 In the latest in a string of high-profile resignations and redundancies from New Zealand’s MediaWorks, CEO Mark Weldon has let the board know of his intention...
28 May 2015 A new app has been launched offering branded photo and video marketing for radio stations. The newly launched Biz Brand Cam app lets radio stations...
3 December 2014 Mediaworks has secured 27 licenses around New Zealand on the same day that NZME paid $7.8 million for a Christchurch license. The licenses cost MediaWorks $7.4 million...
