Newsmedia industry

Age fan Hawthorne named for new Melbourne publisher role

Sep 01, 2017 at 01:38 am by Staff

Fairfax Media created a new role of Victorian publisher to its Australian metro publishing, naming editor and journalist Mark Hawthorne as its first occupant. His 25 years' ex.... Read More

'Three-year plan' sees Today digital-only in buyback deal

Aug 29, 2017 at 06:29 pm by Staff

Mediacorp says the decision to shut Singapore free daily Today is part of a "digital pivot" strategy begun three years ago. Today went fully-digital at weekends in April, and.... Read More

Fairfax focuses on the good Stuff in New Zealand

Aug 23, 2017 at 07:49 pm by Staff

Sinead Boucher has been named as chief executive of Fairfax Media New Zealand business, to be renamed Stuff. The company says that while the name change will roll out over com.... Read More

Ten bid: ACCC is OK with 'reduction in media diversity'

Aug 23, 2017 at 07:14 pm by Staff

With the floor now cleared for Bruce Gordon and Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan to acquire Australia's Ten Network, pressure is on administrators to give them the go-ahead. The A.... Read More

How e-commerce giants are reinventing news

Aug 17, 2017 at 09:04 pm by Staff

It's the companies and people they work for that make Shailesh Prakash and Gary Liu interesting. Washington Post chief information officer and vice president for digital produ.... Read More