Post Awk9vVB9Tk46p0dy8u by davemosk@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #Awk9vVB9Tk46p0dy8u by davemosk@mastodon.nz
       2025-07-28T04:03:03Z
       
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       Wealthy family ceases operational funding of Sean Plunket’s The Platform https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360772449/wealthy-family-who-paid-platforms-startup-costs-has-ceased-providing-operational-funding  The founding editor says it was always intended that the site would transition to being a standalone financial entity.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awk9vWV2ZHZIuyxMmW by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-08-02T01:12:29Z
       
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       @davemoskHmm. Seems like running a reputation laundering platform, which makes an ethical black hole look like Santa Claus by comparison, and whose Dirty Politics goals are as obvious as Cameron Slater's, is starting to get a bit less lucrative as a media gig ...On the downside, corporate entryists are now on the boards of;* NZME (NZ Herald etc)* InternetNZ* TVNZ* probably othersStill much worn to be done to protect (restore) news media integrity.