This is edition 2025/95 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
Enjoy!
1. NZME D-Day; will it lead to impartial reporting?
Jenny Ruth
- 📰 Philip Crump proposed to sit on an NZME editorial board pending shareholder approval.
- 🚫 NZME barred journalists from attending its upcoming shareholders' meeting, later allowing online attendance.
- 🗞️ Crump advocates for media impartiality and combating public distrust in journalism.
- 💼 Proposed board changes at NZME aim to improve financial performance and governance.
- 📝 Journalist Tim Hunter criticized for mischaracterizing Crump's views on journalism standards.
- 🌐 Crump supports unbiased reporting, contrasting current media trends favoring advocacy journalism.
- ⚖️ Crump's Substack discusses media transparency and factual reporting.
- 🏛️ Legal right of companies to exclude non-shareholders from AGMs discussed amidst NZME controversy.
- 📊 Dissident shareholders, led by Jim Grenon, seek board changes at NZME for better management.
- 🎙️ Media scrutiny over NZME's governance and journalist relations in public spotlight.
