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New Zealand Listener

February 16, 2024

The New Zealand Listener is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, food, culture and entertainment. The Bauer Media Group closed The Listener in April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. In June 2020, Mercury Capital acquired the magazine as part of its purchase of Bauer Media's former Australia and New Zealand assets, which were rebranded as Are Media.[2][1]

New Zealand Listener
EditorKirsty Cameron
CategoriesCurrent events
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation45,262 (April 2017 – March 2018)
FoundedJune 1939; 84 years ago (1939-06)
CompanyAre Media[1]
CountryNew Zealand
Based inAuckland
WebsiteNZ Listener
ISSN0110-5787

History edit

The Listener was first published in June 1939 as a weekly broadcasting guide for radio listeners, and the first issue was distributed free to 380,000 households.[3] First edited by Oliver Duff[4] then from June 1949 M. H. Holcroft, it originally had a monopoly on the publication of upcoming television and radio programmes.[5] In the 1980s it lost that monopoly, but despite the increase in competition since that time, it was still one of the top selling magazines in the country. It was privatised in 1990 and was published by Bauer Media Group until the magazine's closure in early 2020.

Pamela Stirling was the editor since 2004,[6] and by 2018 readership was 197,000 with a circulation of 45,262.[7]

From 2004 to 2009, the Listener produced an annual New Zealand Listener Power List of the 50 most powerful people in New Zealand. It also published the Best 100 Books, Best 50 Kids Books, and Best Cookbooks, every November/December.

Notable writers to have had their work published in the Listener include James K. Baxter, Janet Frame and Maurice Shadbolt.[5]

Closure and restart, 2020 edit

On 2 April 2020, the Bauer Media Group announced the closing of many of its New Zealand and Australian publications, including The Listener, due to the continued loss of advertising revenue, hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9][10][11] Prior to that, the weekly current affairs printed magazine was billed as "New Zealand's best-selling current affairs magazine with a per capita circulation higher than Time, the New Yorker and Spectator".[12][13]

On 17 June 2020, Australian investment company Mercury Capital purchased The Listener as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media's Australia and New Zealand assets.[14][15] On 17 July, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing The Listener and other former Bauer publications.[16][17] In late September 2020, Mercury Capital rebranded Bauer Media as Are Media, which took over publication of The Listener.[2][1] Publication of The Listener resumed with the issue of 10 October 2020.

On 30 June 2023, Are Media partnered with New Zealand media company NZME to launch a digital subscription version of The Listener called "Listener.co.nz." The website is hosted on The New Zealand Herald's website and also features digital exclusive content.[18]

Editors edit

Regular writers/journalists edit

Regular cartoonists/illustrators/photographers edit

  • Chris Slane (cartoonist)
  • Anthony Ellison (cartoonist)
  • Andrew Tristram (cartoonist)
  • Jane Ussher (photographer)
  • Ken Downie (photographer)
  • Simon Young (photographer)
  • Hagen Hopkins (photographer)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Rebrand and Relaunch: Australasia's Bauer Media now titled Are Media". StopPress. 28 September 2020. from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Blackiston, Hannah (28 September 2020). . Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "The "New Zealand Listener." – New Radio Magazine". The New Zealand Railways Magazine. 14 (4). 1 July 1939. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Duff, Oliver – Biography". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Today in History First issue of NZ Listener published". NZ History. 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ John Drinnan (18 April 2008). "Listener at centre of climate storm". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Listener Media Kit" (PDF).
  8. ^ Edmunds, Susan; Nadkarni, Anuja; Cookes, Henry (2 April 2020). . Stuff. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ^ . The New Zealand Herald. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. ^ . Radio New Zealand. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ^ . The Spinoff. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Listener". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  13. ^ "New Zealand Listener Magazine Subscription". Magshop. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  14. ^ . Radio New Zealand. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  15. ^ Edmunds, Susan (17 June 2020). . Stuff. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  16. ^ Edmunds, Susan. . Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Bauer resumes publishing of The Listener and NZ Woman's Weekly after Mercury Capital takes over". New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  18. ^ "NZME teams up with Are Media to launch Listener.co.nz". NZME. 30 June 2023. from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g Holcroft, Monte (1 July 1989). "As I Remember It". New Zealand Listener.
  20. ^ a b Hamilton, Stephen (2008). "Montague Harry Holcroft, 1902 – 1993". Kōtare. 2. ISSN 1174-6955.
  21. ^ "O'Connor, Rev. Canon (Brian) Michael (Mcdougal), (born 20 June 1942), Dean of Auckland, New Zealand, 1997–2000", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.28719
  22. ^ a b "A farewell to Ian Cross". Newsroom. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  23. ^ "Journalist and author Ian Cross dies aged 93". RNZ. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  24. ^ Noted. "Ian Cross, celebrated Listener editor, 1925–2019". www.noted.co.nz. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  25. ^ Noted. "Tony Reid: 1943–2020". www.noted.co.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  26. ^ Zealand, Massey University, New. "Champion of press freedom honoured – Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ Black, Joanne (2 June 2006). . The Listener. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  28. ^ de Lore, Clare (10 March 2019). "Jenny Wheeler: the first woman to be appointed Listener editor". New Zealand Listener.
  29. ^ "Finlay Macdonald, RNZ National Presenter". RNZ. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  30. ^ New Zealand Listener on Twitter
  31. ^ "Russell Baillie". Noted. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  32. ^ "Marc Wilson, School of Psychology". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  33. ^ "About – Paul Thomas – NZ Writer Author Novelist". Paul Thomas. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  34. ^ "Paul Thomas". Noted. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

External links edit

  • Official website

February 16, 2024
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The New Zealand Listener is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics including current events politics social issues health technology arts food culture and entertainment The Bauer Media Group closed The Listener in April 2020 as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic in New Zealand In June 2020 Mercury Capital acquired the magazine as part of its purchase of Bauer Media s former Australia and New Zealand assets which were rebranded as Are Media 2 1 New Zealand ListenerEditorKirsty CameronCategoriesCurrent eventsFrequencyWeeklyCirculation45 262 April 2017 March 2018 FoundedJune 1939 84 years ago 1939 06 CompanyAre Media 1 CountryNew ZealandBased inAucklandWebsiteNZ ListenerISSN0110 5787 Contents 1 History 1 1 Closure and restart 2020 2 Editors 3 Regular writers journalists 4 Regular cartoonists illustrators photographers 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Listener was first published in June 1939 as a weekly broadcasting guide for radio listeners and the first issue was distributed free to 380 000 households 3 First edited by Oliver Duff 4 then from June 1949 M H Holcroft it originally had a monopoly on the publication of upcoming television and radio programmes 5 In the 1980s it lost that monopoly but despite the increase in competition since that time it was still one of the top selling magazines in the country It was privatised in 1990 and was published by Bauer Media Group until the magazine s closure in early 2020 Pamela Stirling was the editor since 2004 6 and by 2018 readership was 197 000 with a circulation of 45 262 7 From 2004 to 2009 the Listener produced an annual New Zealand Listener Power List of the 50 most powerful people in New Zealand It also published the Best 100 Books Best 50 Kids Books and Best Cookbooks every November December Notable writers to have had their work published in the Listener include James K Baxter Janet Frame and Maurice Shadbolt 5 Closure and restart 2020 edit On 2 April 2020 the Bauer Media Group announced the closing of many of its New Zealand and Australian publications including The Listener due to the continued loss of advertising revenue hastened by the COVID 19 pandemic 8 9 10 11 Prior to that the weekly current affairs printed magazine was billed as New Zealand s best selling current affairs magazine with a per capita circulation higher than Time the New Yorker and Spectator 12 13 On 17 June 2020 Australian investment company Mercury Capital purchased The Listener as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media s Australia and New Zealand assets 14 15 On 17 July Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing The Listener and other former Bauer publications 16 17 In late September 2020 Mercury Capital rebranded Bauer Media as Are Media which took over publication of The Listener 2 1 Publication of The Listener resumed with the issue of 10 October 2020 On 30 June 2023 Are Media partnered with New Zealand media company NZME to launch a digital subscription version of The Listener called Listener co nz The website is hosted on The New Zealand Herald s website and also features digital exclusive content 18 Editors editOliver Duff 1939 1949 4 19 M H Holcroft 1949 1967 1972 1973 19 20 Alexander McLeod 1967 1972 19 20 Ian Cross 1973 1977 19 21 22 23 24 Tony Reid 1977 1980 19 25 Peter Stewart 1980 1983 1987 1989 19 David Beatson 1984 1989 19 Geoff Baylis 1989 1993 Editor in chief CEO 26 27 Terry Snow 1991 1995 Jenny Wheeler 1995 1997 28 Paul Little 1997 1998 Finlay Macdonald 1998 2003 29 22 Pamela Stirling 2004 2021 Karyn Scherer 2021 2023 Kirsty Cameron 2023 current Regular writers journalists editDiana Wichtel Donna Chisholm Bill Ralston Nicky Pellegrino Sally Blundell Paul Thomas writer Jane Clifton Russell Baillie Books amp Culture Editor 30 31 Fiona Rae Michael Cooper Clare de Lore Peter Griffin Marc Wilson psychology columnist 32 Paul Thomas sports columnist 33 34 Jennifer Bowden Greg Dixon Michele Hewitson Mark Broatch Rose McIver Andrew Anthony Sam Neill Louise Chunn Cathrin Schaer Bernard Lagan Charlotte GrimshawRegular cartoonists illustrators photographers editChris Slane cartoonist Anthony Ellison cartoonist Andrew Tristram cartoonist Jane Ussher photographer Ken Downie photographer Simon Young photographer Hagen Hopkins photographer See also editMedia in New Zealand List of print media in New ZealandReferences edit a b c Rebrand and Relaunch Australasia s Bauer Media now titled Are Media StopPress 28 September 2020 Archived from the original on 30 September 2020 Retrieved 30 September 2020 a b Blackiston Hannah 28 September 2020 Bauer Media rebrands as Are Media Mumbrella Archived from the original on 29 September 2020 Retrieved 30 September 2020 The New Zealand Listener New Radio Magazine The New Zealand Railways Magazine 14 4 1 July 1939 Retrieved 3 December 2016 a b Duff Oliver Biography Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand 2011 Retrieved 30 June 2011 a b Today in History First issue of NZ Listener published NZ History 2011 Retrieved 30 June 2011 John Drinnan 18 April 2008 Listener at centre of climate storm The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 14 June 2010 Listener Media Kit PDF Edmunds Susan Nadkarni Anuja Cookes Henry 2 April 2020 Govt could have given half a million to help Bauer but publisher didn t want it Faafoi says Stuff Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 Retrieved 2 April 2020 Covid 19 coronavirus Bauer Media closing publisher of the Listener Woman s Day North amp South The New Zealand Herald 2 April 2020 Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 Retrieved 2 April 2020 Covid 19 Major magazine publisher Bauer Media closing down Radio New Zealand 2 April 2020 Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 Retrieved 2 April 2020 Publisher of NZ Listener Woman s Weekly North amp South to shut down The Spinoff 2 April 2020 Archived from the original on 2 April 2020 Retrieved 2 April 2020 New Zealand Listener Bauer Media Group Retrieved 2 April 2020 New Zealand Listener Magazine Subscription Magshop Retrieved 2 April 2020 Bauer Media NZ bought by Australian investment company Radio New Zealand 17 June 2020 Archived from the original on 18 June 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2020 Edmunds Susan 17 June 2020 Bauer magazines sold to private equity firm Stuff Archived from the original on 18 June 2020 Retrieved 18 June 2020 Edmunds Susan The Listener and other Bauer mags return some may be gone for good Stuff Archived from the original on 17 July 2020 Retrieved 17 July 2020 Bauer resumes publishing of The Listener and NZ Woman s Weekly after Mercury Capital takes over New Zealand Herald 17 July 2020 Retrieved 17 July 2020 NZME teams up with Are Media to launch Listener co nz NZME 30 June 2023 Archived from the original on 5 August 2023 Retrieved 14 February 2024 a b c d e f g Holcroft Monte 1 July 1989 As I Remember It New Zealand Listener a b Hamilton Stephen 2008 Montague Harry Holcroft 1902 1993 Kōtare 2 ISSN 1174 6955 O Connor Rev Canon Brian Michael Mcdougal born 20 June 1942 Dean of Auckland New Zealand 1997 2000 Who s Who Oxford University Press 1 December 2007 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 28719 a b A farewell to Ian Cross Newsroom 5 November 2019 Retrieved 5 November 2019 Journalist and author Ian Cross dies aged 93 RNZ 3 November 2019 Retrieved 5 November 2019 Noted Ian Cross celebrated Listener editor 1925 2019 www noted co nz Retrieved 18 November 2019 Noted Tony Reid 1943 2020 www noted co nz Retrieved 22 February 2020 Zealand Massey University New Champion of press freedom honoured Massey University www massey ac nz Retrieved 30 July 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Black Joanne 2 June 2006 News man The Listener Archived from the original on 4 August 2019 Retrieved 2 April 2020 de Lore Clare 10 March 2019 Jenny Wheeler the first woman to be appointed Listener editor New Zealand Listener Finlay Macdonald RNZ National Presenter RNZ Retrieved 26 July 2019 New Zealand Listener on Twitter Russell Baillie Noted Retrieved 8 October 2019 Marc Wilson School of Psychology Victoria University of Wellington Retrieved 8 October 2019 About Paul Thomas NZ Writer Author Novelist Paul Thomas Retrieved 8 October 2019 Paul Thomas Noted Retrieved 8 October 2019 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Zealand Listener amp oldid 1207140543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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