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1973 - 1985Mountain Scene takes the plunge and changes from fortnightly to weekly publication. 1974 Mountain Scene Ltd’s first annual general meeting is held on March 1 at the now-defunct Treetops Restaurant in Sunshine Bay. Maiden accounts for the year ended October 31, 1973 show the public but »» 0 comments
29 Feb 2008
1986-1990A senior board member of what is now Destination Queenstown, unhappy at a story, storms into the Mountain Scene office and threatens to punch a cub reporter. He leaves after a warning that police will be called if he doesn’t. Hostile takeover bid The board of the public but unlisted »» 0 comments
1991-1992Auckland’s Metro magazine publishes Queenstown – Amusement Arcade in Heaven, written by a former Mountain Scene editor. Several Queenstowners write to the magazine to complain and the article also sparks a war of (unpublished) words between Mountain Scene’s publisher, who was »» 0 comments
1996-2004Mountain Scene invests in its first computerised publishing system. Until then, all news and advertising content was typeset and pages put together at a remote printery from typewritten or hand-written copy and layouts. (A new state-of-the-art publishing system was installed in 2004.) A courier »» 0 comments
2007 Branching outAfter years of success, the Mountain Scene team are spreading their winning formula across the South Island. A recently announced joint venture between Mountain Scene and Ashburton Guardian will see Scene Media launched in Dunedin. The glossy, weekly tabloid to be launched soon will be »» 0 comments
03 Mar 2008
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