The Fold

Conversations about the intersections of media, culture and technology in New Zealand, hosted by Duncan Greive, founder of The Spinoff.

Bauer, five years after part II: The Listener and Are Media rise from the ashes
Jun 11, 2025 – 45:34
Bauer, five years after part I: Ensemble, Here and the rise of the independents
Jun 9, 2025 – 01:03:38
Emergency Pod, part II: Inside the final showdown at the NZME's annual meeting
Jun 3, 2025 – 40:15
Emergency pod: Trade Me buys 50% of Stuff Digital – what?! And why?!
Jun 3, 2025 – 34:32
On the budget, radio ratings – and NZME loses a star while gaining a channel
May 26, 2025 – 53:27
Voyagers debrief, the NZME saga seems over and a big boost for movies
May 19, 2025 – 40:33
Why are there suddenly two country music stations in New Zealand?
May 12, 2025 – 01:00:42
Emergency podcast: Trump’s tariffs go to the movies – plus the latest NZME drama
May 6, 2025 – 34:58
What really matters in the battle to save NZ TV?
May 5, 2025 – 46:36
If not advertising, then what?
Apr 29, 2025 – 01:01:22
The big job ahead for TVNZ’s news and content chief and Google is dealt a blow
Apr 22, 2025 – 48:14
Are print magazines really making a comeback, or is it wishful thinking?
Apr 14, 2025 – 01:04:14
What Trump’s tariffs could mean for media and the latest on NZME
Apr 7, 2025 – 48:46
Careless People, Adolescence and where Meta is at
Mar 31, 2025 – 01:03:18
Analysing the Grenon Letters – and is Trade Me buying Stuff?
Mar 25, 2025 – 53:32
A Gen X, a Millennial and a Gen Z talk about culture, media and reputations across generations
Mar 24, 2025 – 01:00:28
Kevin Chesters says there never was a golden age of advertising
Mar 17, 2025 – 53:39
A new world order: big tech and regulation in the second coming of Trump
Mar 10, 2025 – 01:02:37
Emergency pod: A revolution at NZME?
Mar 6, 2025 – 33:04
The Big Three #3: Sky has turned itself around – and the rugby deal seems when, not if
Mar 5, 2025 – 57:42
The Big Three #2: TVNZ has survived a year from hell – but challenges loom
Mar 4, 2025 – 36:21
The Big Three #1: NZME's plans (and owners) could reshape our media
Mar 3, 2025 – 37:56
The Fold Live in Wellington: will Substack save journalism? Or destroy it?
Feb 24, 2025 – 01:04:32
Australia's media lost more than half its value in five years. How and why?
Feb 16, 2025 – 51:29
Emergency monopod: on the seismic media reforms Paul Goldsmith just floated
Feb 12, 2025 – 16:48
Bonus episode: How the media covers Waitangi
Feb 7, 2025 – 29:06
The extremely online weirdness of the Ted Cruz tweet affair
Feb 3, 2025 – 46:15
NZME pivots to video in 2025, the problem with TVNZ's cricket hit and DeepSeek explodes the AI world
Jan 28, 2025 – 50:48
We’re back! On Meta going MAGA, TikTok’s perilous future and NZ media in 2025
Jan 20, 2025 – 59:02
Summer reissue: Australia has banned social media for under 16s. And that's just the beginning
Jan 15, 2025 – 57:25
Summer reissue: Spotify's data alchemist explains the mysteries of music streaming
Jan 8, 2025 – 52:22
Summer reissue: NZ on Air's Where are the Audiences 2024 special: legacy media strikes back
Jan 1, 2025 – 38:41
Summer reissue: One final Newshub bulletin for Sam Hayes and Mike McRoberts
Dec 25, 2024 – 56:46
Summer reissue: Inside the enormous, invisible Roblox economy
Dec 18, 2024 – 48:10
Looking back on the media horror movie that was 2024
Dec 16, 2024 – 01:21:39
Inside the wild, complex, obscure and incredibly important world of media buying
Dec 12, 2024 – 50:46
Big changes at Whakaata Māori reveal complex challenges for Māori news in the digital era
Dec 10, 2024 – 43:21
Australia has banned social media for under 16s. And that's just the beginning
Dec 3, 2024 – 58:03
A special edition of The Fold: The future of The Spinoff
Nov 27, 2024 – 50:09
A mini-episode about that NZ Herald story – and the new NZ on Air round
Nov 25, 2024 – 08:23
One man stares into the abyss
Nov 18, 2024 – 28:57
Inside one of the most unexpected hits in NZ media
Nov 13, 2024 – 33:14
Mass cuts at TVNZ – but are they enough? And NZME's podcast drama, explained
Nov 11, 2024 – 41:03
The non-endorsements, the fate of 1News.co.nz and tremors from small publishers
Nov 4, 2024 – 45:28
How The Spinoff's Top 100 NZ TV shows list was made
Oct 30, 2024 – 34:12
What does Sky's big win with Max mean?
Oct 28, 2024 – 41:45
An aggressive Substack moves to the heart of the creator economy
Oct 23, 2024 – 53:03
A new character enters the scene at NZ on Air, and what Matt Heath says about ZB's future
Oct 21, 2024 – 47:59
Where to now for TVNZ?
Oct 14, 2024 – 39:05
Motion Sickness on their wild journey from Dunedin to Cannes
Oct 9, 2024 – 45:21