1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Right, some angst in some media circles at the moment 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: over funding for mari Television News. Right, a couple of 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: programs are facing some sort of cut or cancelation or 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: realignment because of changes in the way that money is 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: handed out from the MARII funding agency. This is not 6 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: new media in this country. Post COVID has gone through 7 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: a fairly major overhaul, with many a casualty in a 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: pile of significant change. The reality for media that is 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: funded by the state is you beholden to the purveyor 10 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: of the purse string. Under the Labour government, the amount 11 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: of money handed out to the media was ridiculous. The 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: trouble with that sort of largeness, of course, can never last. 13 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: I mean, fill your boots while you can, because as 14 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: sure as night follows day, reality or reckoning will come. 15 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: In terms of Marie news programs. Here is the part 16 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: that eludes me. How is it, as we have seen 17 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: this past week, that all we ever get when funding 18 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: gets adjusted is a complaintethon basically a lot of moaning 19 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: and bitching people bemoaning their lot, fearing change. Here's your solution. 20 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: If these programs are of value as they claim they are, 21 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: what is stopping. What has ever stopped them going to 22 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: the commercial sector to get advertising on sponsorship support. Why 23 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: is the government the taxpayer the only source of income 24 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: if the Mari news programs are so valuable, where's the 25 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,559 Speaker 1: Mari economy? The Mari economy, I have read any number 26 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: of times, is booming. There are any number of success 27 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: stories in the Mari economy. It's a growth sector. It 28 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: is by some reports, indeed, a booming sector. Investment has 29 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: led to expansion and reinvestment and riches. Where are they 30 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: Why aren't they advertising or sponsoring these Mari products? Can 31 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: they not see the synergies? How is it the connection 32 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: has not been made? Business is always looking for advertising 33 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: or marketing outlets. Why are the makers, producers and hosts 34 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: of these programs not looking to the commercial sector for 35 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: an ongoing and stable level of support. Why is the 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: taxpayer the sole provider of their paychecks. If you've got 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: a product worth its salt, if you are what you claim, relevant, 38 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: popular and good at what you do, there's always an 39 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: answer for more from the My Asking Breakfast listen live 40 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: to news talks that be from six am weekdays, or 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.