Stuff Group to deliver new 6pm news show for WB Discovery
By Pragadish Kirubakaran in Media News on Tuesday, 16th April 2024 at 2:40pmStuff Group and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have announced a groundbreaking agreement for Stuff to produce a daily news bulletin to WBD, replacing the Newshub bulletin. The new Stuff-made 6pm news will commence on July 6, following the final Newshub broadcast on July 5, and will air for an hour Monday to Friday, with a 30-minute program on weekends.
Under the agreement, Stuff will exclusively license and deliver the 6pm bulletin to WBD's free-to-air broadcast platform Three as well as ThreeNow. The transition period will leverage Stuff's large national newsroom and stuff.co.nz, complemented by specialist skills and talent.
Sinead Boucher, Owner and Publisher of Stuff, emphasised the focus on innovation, stating, "Our proposal to WBD was to deliver high-quality news now and a news produ...
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