Digital business

Start-ups promise local coverage and jobs

Mar 31, 2021 at 08:10 pm by Staff

Two new regional media companies say they are targeting the "news deserts" created following the closure of print editions and printing facilities. Both are backed by impressi.... Read More

Lessons learned as Nine's cyber-attack takes media 'back to 1986'

Mar 31, 2021 at 06:56 pm by Staff

Newsmedia and security industry experts were still studying what happened when a cyber attack hit Nine Entertainment, as the Australian broadcast and media giant struggled to.... Read More

Ex-CNN anchor to 'drive storytelling and culture'

Mar 30, 2021 at 10:10 pm by Staff

Black media advocates are celebrating the appointment of former CNN journalist Isha Sesay as chief executive of OkayMedia. The publisher - which says it is "dedicated to uplif.... Read More

A year after print cuts, News backs tags and footy to slow churn

Mar 30, 2021 at 12:17 am by Staff

Enhanced topic and geo-tagging technology on News Corp's Australian websites is part of a push to sustain subscriptions and arrest churn a year after the publisher began shutt.... Read More

Publishers' group teams for ad tech, sign-ins

Mar 30, 2021 at 12:02 am by Staff

Local Media Consortium, a members' group of "locally focussed" North American news media, TV and radio companies, is working to create an advertising network and single-sign-o.... Read More