Require Govt. Agencies To Spend Online In NZ

Tell the SSC to instruct Govt. Departments that where possible they should endeavour to spend marketting dollars on indigenous media providers.

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Indigenous Online Media is struggling to survive

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95%+ of online advertising spend is going to offshore companies. Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace, Fairfax(incl trademe) & APN. This leaves almost nothing to support the new media which is emerging to replace old media. see details

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Tim Norton from Social Capital

08:59 PM, Thursday 12 February 2009

"This is a very simple way to increase the flow of cash into local media businesses by the government just spending smarter - and that means spending in a way that makes the government purchases a stimulator of kiwi businesses."