Paul Thompson (media executive)

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Paul Thompson is a New Zealand media executive.

Thompson joined The Press in Christchurch in 1995 as a journalist.^[1] He was the editor of The Press from 2001 to 2007. After news of the September 11 attacks became known, Thompson made the call to stop the printing of the newspaper (after most copies had been printed) for the event to be added to the front page. At 2am, Thompson and the newspaper's manager decided to publish an afternoon paper dedicated to the event; the first time this happened in the newspaper's history.^[2]^[3]

In November 2007, Thompson became the executive editor for Fairfax Media, the parent organisation of The Press. In September 2013, Thompson moved from the Fairfax group to Radio New Zealand (RNZ) as chief executive and editor-in-chief.^[1] According to Dr Matt Mollgaard, who is Head of Radio in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology, Thompson was hired by RNZ to upgrade its digital media presence.^[4] Thompson remains RNZ's chief executive to this day.

In early 2020, Thompson oversaw RNZ's controversial proposal to downgrade their Concert FM programme that has since been reversed.^[5]

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References

1 2 Green, Ricki (14 June 2013). "Fairfax Media NZ's Paul Thompson departs executive editor role for CEO role at Radio NZ". Campaignbrief NZ. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
↑ Crean, Mike (2011). The Press : first with the news : an illustrated history. Auckland: Random House NZ. pp. 161f. ISBN 978-1869795627.
↑ "New Editor for The Press" (Press release). Scoop. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
↑ Mollgaard, Matt. "Radio New Zealand and the Internet: Ten years of transformation" (PDF). Auckland University of Technology . Retrieved 3 March 2020.
↑ Walls, Jason (13 February 2020). "RNZ's top brass feel the heat from MPs over Concert FM saga". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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[Campaignbrief_NZ-1] 1 2 Green, Ricki (14 June 2013). "Fairfax Media NZ's Paul Thompson departs executive editor role for CEO role at Radio NZ". Campaignbrief NZ. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[2] Crean, Mike (2011). The Press : first with the news : an illustrated history. Auckland: Random House NZ. pp. 161f. ISBN 978-1869795627.

[3] "New Editor for The Press" (Press release). Scoop. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[4] Mollgaard, Matt. "Radio New Zealand and the Internet: Ten years of transformation" (PDF). Auckland University of Technology . Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[5] Walls, Jason (13 February 2020). "RNZ's top brass feel the heat from MPs over Concert FM saga". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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