Media moguls might need prodding to cough up under news law, but Melissa Lee easily found $7m for ‘choir games’
Melissa Lee – remember her? – was replaced as Minister of Media and Communications after just seven months in the role in which she promised new policy to tackle the media sector’s complex challenges.
At that time job losses were looming within the Newshub and TVNZ newsrooms and TVNZ – troubled by “commercial viability” considerations – had confirmed that the future of Shortland Street was under review.
