New Zealand Listener

New Zealand Listener

Editor	Pamela Stirling
Categories	Current affairs
Frequency	Weekly
Circulation	62,811 (June 2010)[1]
First issue	1939
Company	APN News & Media
Country	New Zealand
Website	listener.co.nz
ISSN	0110-5787

The New Zealand Listener is a New Zealand magazine. First published in 1939 and edited by Oliver Duff^[2] and the Monte Holcroft it originally had a monopoly on the publication of of upcoming television and radio programmes.^[3] In the 1980s it lost its monopoly on the publication of upcoming television and radio programmes. Despite the increase in competition since that time, it is still one of the top selling magazines in the country. It was privatized in 1990 and is now published by APN News & Media. It covers a variety of general topics, including current affairs, politics and entertainment. Its circulation figure as of 2010 is around 63,000.^[1] Pamela Stirling has been the editor since 2004.^[4]

Since 2004, the Listener has produced an annual New Zealand Listener Power List of the 50 most powerful people in New Zealand.

Notable people to have been published in the Listener include: James K. Baxter,^[3] Janet Frame^[3] and Maurice Shadbolt.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "New Zealand Listener". Sold on APN. APN New Zealand. 2010. http://www.soldonapn.co.nz/publications/new-zealand-magazines/new-zealand-listener/. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
2. ^ "Duff, Oliver - Biography - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". teara.govt.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4d22/1. Retrieved 30 June 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Today in History First issue of NZ Listener published". nzhistory.net.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/30/6. Retrieved 30 June 2011. 
4. ^ Drinnan, John (2008-04-18). "Listener at centre of climate storm". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/journalism/news/article.cfm?c_id=63&objectid=10504752&pnum=0. Retrieved 2010-06-14.