The chair sacked the chief and then quit himself. No-one seems to want the rest of his board of governors. How did Australia’s public broadcaster the ABC end up in such a mess so suddenly? And how can this be fixed?  ​

Business confidence coverage; breaking down the 'attention economy'; ABC spells Australian broadcasting crisis

Mediawatch Midweek is our weekly catch-up with Lately's Karyn Hay. This week: Colin and Karyn chat about expats' takes on the US Supreme Court scrap, non-stop 'property porn' on TV, another major cold-case podcast - and how a golf magazine freed a man in jail for a murder he didn't commit.

Jacinda Ardern - and her family - attracted plenty of attention at the UN in New York this week. She was even cast as the antidote to Trumpism by some. But did the media mistake exposure and international interest for genuine impact and influence?

President Trump questioned why his Supreme Court nominee’s accusers didn’t report alleged assaults when they happened back in the 1980s. News media and social media helped him out with that one.

Other universities had much more serious issues in the news to cope with this week, but the over-reaching of Otago University's 'campus cop' spawned lots of heavy headlines too - and plenty of puns.

Jacindamania goes global; historic sex case headlines spark social media pushback; news media merger bid nears the end of the road; university takes a hit on 'bong-gate'.

Mediawatch Midweek is a weekly catch-up between Mediawatch and Lately's Karyn Hay. This week: 1080 blow-back, avocado aggro taken seriously  - and not; "Harry Potter's lonely uncle" on the future of journalism; testing the local comedy waters  - and the mean mums' return.

The bid to mash up New Zealand's two biggest publishers of news is all but over as their appeal against a block on their merger has been dismissed in court. Mediawatch looks at why and what happens next.

The media marked this week’s 125th anniversary of votes for women with an extensive array of content. The nation’s biggest-selling paper even put the PM in charge for one special edition. But among the celebrations, there were some strange and sour notes too.