The very first Digital Nation Awards are an opportunity to “celebrate outstanding achievements in digital transformation,” according to the publication’s editor, Kate Weber.  “These awards aim to recognise those individuals shaping the future of businesses by using technology to enhance the customer and employee experience, optimise financial operations, or just best harness the power of data and AI, ensuring robust governance. “It's undoubtedly a broad reach and all of us at Digital Nation and nextmedia are extremely excited about it.” The awards will be held on June 24 at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney in partnership with Adapt Digital Edge. Weber said part of the idea for the awards “came about from understanding that transformation is only possible through the close collaboration between business leadership and IT”. “As a result, we wanted to celebrate those who had fostered strong partnerships with their technology leaders to create enterprise-wide change.�

Ashley Earnshaw. Nine today announced Ashley Earnshaw, who has served as Director of Sales - Total Audio since 2021, is stepping down. During his time as the key commercial leader within Nine’s audio division, Earnshaw has helped guide Nine’s audio team through a period of positive evolution and growth, says the broadcaster. “My time at Nine has been a truly valuable experience, and I’m incredibly proud of what the Total Audio team has accomplished as the audio landscape has continued its rapid digital transformation,” said Earnshaw. “After careful consideration, I’ve decided the time is right to pursue new professional opportunities. While it’s a tough decision to leave a business that is primed for growth, I’m also excited by the prospect of applying my skills and experience in new areas to drive value. “I’m fully committed to ensuring a smooth and effective handover and will be working closely with the team in the coming months as they transition to the n

News Corp has reported a slight increase in third-quarter revenue worldwide — driven by growth in Dow Jones, its digital real estate business and its book publishing segment — despite global economic uncertainty. But globally - including Australia - News Corp's  news media revenues in the quarter decreased $42 million, or 8%, compared to the year, before primarily driven by lower advertising revenues, lower revenues from the transfer of third-party printing revenue contracts to News UK’s joint venture with DMG Media and lower circulation and subscription revenues,  In Australia, REA Group posted revenues for the quarter of $271 million, a 6% increase compared to the prior year, driven by continued strong Australian residential performance, said News Corp. Overall News Corp revenue for the quarter grew 1% to US$2.01 billion ($3.1 billion) from US$1.99 billion the previous year. Net income from continuing operations for the quarter was up 67% to US$107 million, the co

    The Guardian’s media editor, Michael Savage, has given an overview of the new Guardian redesign, relaunching its mobile app to offer more personalised, visual content and boost the prominence of podcasts as part of a “mobile first” strategy. Savage said the introduction of a dedicated tab for podcasts will help people discover and listen to new episodes via an in-app player, while users can also listen to all articles with a text-to-speech feature. The overhaul is an acknowledgment of how central the mobile phone has become for many news organisations. Three-quarters of the Guardian’s digital audience who visit daily do so through a mobile device. The app has more than 1 million daily active users. Savage also points to other media groups who, as he puts it, are “attempting to shore up direct relationships with readers amid the increasing use of AI chatbots that threaten to give information to users without providing them the original journalism from where it

    The Australian has today launched a new true crime podcast, The Gangster’s Ghost, an investigation into the life of notorious Sydney gangster Stewart John Regan, known as the Magician, who was murdered in 1974 at just 29. The podcast features Regan's voice from beyond the grave, resurrected from secret recordings by The Australian’s audio experts using cutting-edge AI.  The Australian’s Editor-In-Chief, Michelle Gunn, said: "The Gangster's Ghost is a gripping investigative podcast that takes our audio storytelling to a new level. By using our audio expertise to recreate Regan's voice from archival recordings, listeners are able to hear directly from the key figure in this 50-year-old mystery. This innovative approach, combined with first-class investigative journalism, promises to be a must-listen from The Australian." Over 10 episodes, award-winning journalist and podcaster for The Australian, Matt Condon is joined by former police officer Kelly Slater Regan, the M

Aaj Tak recorded the highest YouTube viewership among Hindi news channels during live coverage of the Indian armed forces’ early morning strike on nine terror camps in Pakistan and PoK, aptly named "Operation Sindoor". According to Best Media Info, Aaj Tak’s main live stream averaged 1,10,057 viewers between 2 am and 11 am, peaking at over 4,00,000—more than six times that of its nearest competitor. The digital surge came as millions turned to YouTube for real-time updates on the precision operation. In comparison, India TV recorded an average of 17,454 viewers, News18 India averaged 10,875, while other channels such as TV9 Bharatvarsh, ABP News, and Republic Bharat remained in single-digit thousands. Times Now Navbharat, News24 and NDTV India posted significantly lower averages.  Here's a full list of the viewership figures:  India TV had an average of 17,454 viewers and peaked at 56,275.  News18 India averaged 10,875 viewers, with a peak of 62,418.  TV9 Bharatva

Mediaweek - self-described as "Australia's media industry Bible" - is on the hunt for a new editor, with job posts going up on both Seek and and LinkedIn today. The move comes following the redundancy some three weeks ago of Emma Shepherd who had been appointed Editor-in-Chief with responsibility for the day-to-day news agenda and editorial product for Mediaweek back in October.  At the same time Shepherd was appointed, Frances Sheen was made Head of Content at Vinyl Media, overseeing all editorial. Shepherd - a very experienced operator with previous roles as Deputy Editor of  Mumbrella and Editorial Content Manager for The Trade Desk in the APAC region, was poached by Mediaweek while Director of Communications at AFFINITY Group. She  started with Mediaweek on October 28 but was made redundant around three weeks ago, only a few days before her probation period ended.  Also back in October, former Mediaweek publisher James Manning stepped back as Managing Editor to the new