An old editor once grizzled to me that I should always be careful with my assumptions.

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Ben Thompson has worked for the BBC in various roles and countries, initially on radio and then television over the past 15 years.

These days he’s the co-host of BBC Business Live, which screens globally on BBC Business Live.

On a recent trip to New Zealand Mr Thompson spoke to NBR about how the gathering, delivery and consumption of news have changed during the past decade-and-a-half and the implications this has for organisations operating in a rapidly changing media landscape (listen to the full interview by clicking on the audio box above).

Among those topics traversed are:

The way digitalisation of media has changed the way in which news is gathered and disseminated, and the importance of reporters not getting caught up in the race to be first, rather than right;

What Brexit illustrated regarding the need for media organisations to rethink the way they present complex issues to the public;

The ever-increasing importance of earning – and keeping – the audience's trust, and the processes that must be in place to achieve this; and

How social media to some extent ameliorates the increasingly asymmetrical relationship between public relations and journalism.

BBC Business Live is a daily, half-hour show bringing an international perspective on the big business news stories of the day, broadcasting across the globe on BBC World News. In New Zealand it screens on SKY Channel 089.

NBR's Tim Hunter on Brendan Lindsay's winning demeanour and what he represents for the wider business community

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A poll of some 20 film reviewers for national publications and broadcasting outlets has named a modern western set in Texas as their film of the year.

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Latest monthly net migration figures have again exceeded expectations of economic forecasters.

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The New Zealand economy ends 2016 on a high, with a 1.1% surge in GDP over the most recent quarter.

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Trevor Mallard is boycotting Steinlager and other Lion beers following the brewer’s decision to bring Lance Armstrong to New Zealand for a promo tour – and he says the company is probably naive about the extent of the disgraced cyclist’s illicit behaviour.

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Russia is at it again but this time its target is the digital ad industry.

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The world’s best-known stock index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is poised to reach a milestone of 20,000 points.

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NBR Radio brings you a special six-hour broadcast looking back at the best audio interviews of 2016.

Fronted by Grant Walker, the programme includes the biggest news events of the year: Brexit, Donald Trump’s US election victory, John Key’s resignation and the Kaikoura earthquake.

We look back at the year in business with Jenny Ruth and Duncan Bridgeman, the year in politics with Rob Hosking, and we replay interviews on topics such as Wynyard Group’s collapse, Mark Weldon’s resignation from MediaWorks and the local body elections.

There’s satire in the form of Sir Bob Jones and Gareth Morgan and rigorous head-to-head interviews, including the legendary Matthew Hooton v Rob Salmon battle.

Plus we’ve added a bonus with six of the best Sunday Business feature-length interviews with Andrew Patterson – Kevin Kelly, Robett Hollis, Lisa King, Frances Valintine, Niall Ferguson and Chris Heaslip.