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  • Seven questions which will define 2026 in NZ media

    Seven questions which will define 2026 in NZ media
    Jan 19 2026
    Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the biggest questions facing New Zealand's media in 2026. How will the John Campbell signing impact RNZ? Can NZ Rugby arrest its slide into chaos or has Sky got a big problem with its biggest partner? Will TVNZ follow Netflix into podcasts or UGC? Is Jim Grenon done with NZME? Will the Warner Brothers acquisition go through, and how will that change Netflix – and impact New Zealand? Is our government going to keep watching forever, or will it act? Will TradeMe take all of Stuff, and where will that leave mastheads? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 min
  • Summer Reissue: Charlie Kirk and Tom Phillips show boundary collapse between the internet and real life

    Summer Reissue: Charlie Kirk and Tom Phillips show boundary collapse between the internet and real life
    Jan 12 2026
    The Fold is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025: Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss two violent deaths, one driven by the internet, the other digested by it. They discuss how each shows in different yet profound ways how treating the internet as a separate sphere of life is increasingly impossible – rendering the libertarianism of one incompatible with the laws and mores of the other. This episode was originally published on September 16 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 min
  • Summer Reissue: Sky CEO Sophie Moloney on the NZ rugby and Three deals and the depth of its moat

    Summer Reissue: Sky CEO Sophie Moloney on the NZ rugby and Three deals and the depth of its moat
    Jan 5 2026
    The Fold is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025: Sophie Moloney has been CEO of Sky NZ for five years. For much of that time she’s been dealing with downsides – a failed acquisition of MediaWorks, Spark Sports gifting their rights to TVNZ and prolonged satellite issues. But lately, things have been looking up. They successfully brought NZ Cricket rights back, scooped up Three’s assets for $1, and just last week lengthened their rugby deal under very buyer-friendly terms. She joins Duncan Greive on the Fold to dig into all those issues and more. This episode was originally published on August 29 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 min
  • Summer Reissue: How Auckland FC aced (almost) everything – including its media strategy

    Summer Reissue: How Auckland FC aced (almost) everything – including its media strategy
    Dec 29 2025
    The Fold is taking a break over summer. We’ll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here’s one of our favourites from 2025: Nick Becker is an Aucklander who spent 15 years in the UK, much of it in key roles with huge EPL teams Arsenal and Manchester City, before a spell in Melbourne. He returned home to launch the city’s first professional football team in more than a decade – one which overcame early doubts to become a phenomenon right out of the gate. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to talk about the decision to let a documentary crew film their first season, how to build fan engagement and delve into the complexities of reach versus reward in sports rights. This episode was originally published on July 15 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 min
  • 2025 in review: The top five global media giants' years, ranked from worst to best

    2025 in review: The top five global media giants' years, ranked from worst to best
    Dec 15 2025
    Glen Kyne and Duncan Greive complete the second part of The Fold’s 2025 finale, this time picking and ranking the five best performing global media players. The podcast was recorded in the immediate aftermath of the Netflix-WBD news, which scrambled rankings and will be a huge storyline for months, perhaps years, to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 min
  • 2025 in review: NZ’s major media companies’ years, ranked from worst to best

    2025 in review: NZ’s major media companies’ years, ranked from worst to best
    Dec 8 2025
    Glen Kyne joins Duncan Greive for a two-part finale, ranking the performances of New Zealand’s scale media companies. They take on MediaWorks, NZME, RNZ, Sky, Stuff and TVNZ, based on public facing metrics, conversations and general vibe-based diagnosis. There’s a clear winner, but wide disagreement on the losers. PLUS an instant reaction to the Netflix-WBD deal. RNZ’s Paul Thompson on that bombshell radio report Sky CEO Sophie Moloney on the NZ rugby and Three deals and the depth of its moat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 5 min
  • The Australian big tech revolution rolls on

    The Australian big tech revolution rolls on
    Dec 1 2025
    2025 has been a year of profound change in the regulatory landscape for Australian media. There is a social media ban for under 16s, which goes live next week. There are new local content spending rules for the big paid streaming platforms. And there is a revised version of the news bargaining code which aims squarely at Meta. Tim Burrowes has covered all this at Mumbrella, and rejoins The Fold to update Duncan Greive on what our near neighbour is doing – and what our government could copy (but probably wont). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 min
  • The deals that defined the year in local media – plus predictions for 2026

    The deals that defined the year in local media – plus predictions for 2026
    Nov 24 2025
    Last week we kicked off a new partnership with New Zealand's leading media agency, PHD, which will partner with The Spinoff and The Fold on a series of podcasts on the increasingly complex intersection of media, advertising and technology. We held a live event at The Spinoff in front of a room full of senior marketers, featuring Helen Brown (PHD Chief Investment Officer) and Rachel Bayfield (PHD Chief Technology & Innovation Officer), along with James Davidson, (PHD Chief Strategy and Planning Officer). We reviewed the year in local media, highlighted by a pair of major deals at Stuff and Sky, while surveying big changes in search and the continued strength of OOH and radio. Finally we cast ahead with some predictions for 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 min