Newspaper quality, content and competition in New Zealand

Content analysis results show that investment strategies and newspaper quality vary between companies in New Zealand. Indeed, Allied Press’ Otago Daily Times prints considerably more news than Fairfax papers with similar circulations, and almost as much news as the Christchurch Press. The results al...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:834e925522b44a0fb673a331233a9eec2021-12-02T10:08:54ZNewspaper quality, content and competition in New Zealand10.24135/pjr.v20i1.1931023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/834e925522b44a0fb673a331233a9eec2014-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/193https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Content analysis results show that investment strategies and newspaper quality vary between companies in New Zealand. Indeed, Allied Press’ Otago Daily Times prints considerably more news than Fairfax papers with similar circulations, and almost as much news as the Christchurch Press. The results also provide some support for the theory that produc­ing a relatively high quality newspaper, when quality is measured by the quantity of news published and number of journalists employed, is as­sociated with relatively high readership. Vigorous competition between companies for dominance in the Queenstown newspaper market suggests that less concentrated newspaper ownership could increase competition and benefit consumers in other parts of New Zealand. Although the results are from 2006, strong similarities between the newspapers surveyed and more recent issues of these titles means the results and policy lessons drawn are still relevant.Matthew GibbonsAsia Pacific NetworkarticleAllied Presscontent analysisFairfaxmedia ownershipnewspapersnewspaper competitionCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2014)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Allied Press
content analysis
Fairfax
media ownership
newspapers
newspaper competition
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle Allied Press
content analysis
Fairfax
media ownership
newspapers
newspaper competition
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Matthew Gibbons
Newspaper quality, content and competition in New Zealand
description Content analysis results show that investment strategies and newspaper quality vary between companies in New Zealand. Indeed, Allied Press’ Otago Daily Times prints considerably more news than Fairfax papers with similar circulations, and almost as much news as the Christchurch Press. The results also provide some support for the theory that produc­ing a relatively high quality newspaper, when quality is measured by the quantity of news published and number of journalists employed, is as­sociated with relatively high readership. Vigorous competition between companies for dominance in the Queenstown newspaper market suggests that less concentrated newspaper ownership could increase competition and benefit consumers in other parts of New Zealand. Although the results are from 2006, strong similarities between the newspapers surveyed and more recent issues of these titles means the results and policy lessons drawn are still relevant.
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