Australia's Country Press associations will have the questionable benefit of regaining their traditional independence with the withdrawal of 133 Fairfax Media titles from membership.

After baring the follies of Australia's news publishers to delegates at this year's INMA World Congress, Melbourne academic Mark Ritson is set to face the local industry at the end of this year's Inform News Media Summit.

America's News Media Alliance is in the awkward position of having to ask Congress to allow publishers to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook.

It may even be Rody Duterte's favourite newspaper, but the Philippines Daily Inquirer has lost none of its "first, fearless, and fair" edge following the election of the country's sixteenth president.

Australia's NewsMediaWorks has revamped its annual Future Forum with a new name, a broader focus, and "visionary thinker" Rachel Botsman as its headline speaker.