Oram urges merger-minded media companies to guard against complacency

Veteran business journalist's unsolicited advice on mitigating NZME-Fairfax NZ merger downsides – and his punt on whether it will be approved. With special feature audio and video.

Nick Grant
Wed, 24 Aug 2016

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Business journalist – and Fairfax contributor – Rod Oram remains resolutely opposed to the proposed mega media merger between Fairfax NZ and NZME.

Nonetheless, he has some unsolicited advice for the two companies on how they might mitigate some of the potential downsides

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