Newsmedia industry

Right time for multiplatform News24 relaunch

Jul 29, 2026 at 06:20 pm

Nine years after national broadcaster the ABC abandoned the monicker, the Murdochs’ Sky News Australia has been rebranded as News24, this time using the fractured script.... Read More

UK puts cash into news deserts, local news support

Jul 22, 2026 at 12:45 pm

A package of measures aimed at supporting local news publishers is beng rolled out by the UK government. Included is a new GB£12 million (A$23.15 million) fund to boost.... Read More

News media pioneer Fred Burkhardt dies, aged 97

Jul 18, 2026 at 01:12 pm

Fred Burkhardt, who steered the news media research association to today’s WAN-Ifra, has died aged 97. Managing director of the then IFRA from 1972-1994, he died on Jun.... Read More

Supporting local mill with a (new) print edition

Jul 16, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Tasmania’s newest newspaper, the (currently) monthly News of the Midlands is up to issue number five, with reports of a welcome response. Editor-publisher Damian Bester.... Read More

Act soon on AI use, take care on sharing, publishers urge

Jul 15, 2026 at 06:36 pm

Wait for it… is the message from Australia’s prime minister on new AI legislation to protect creative and control data centres. And not everyone is happy, despit.... Read More