A new digital publication, Ripe in Town.com, shines a spotlight on Australia's vast and often overlooked regional and rural areas, aiming to inspire both domestic and international travellers to explore the country's hidden treasures. Lauren Deighton, Editor-in-Chief and founder of Ripe in Town describes the platform as a "centralised hub focused purely on the regions," and it’s a much-needed resource in a landscape often dominated by city-centric travel content. "There's a lot of good publications out there that do already cover regional areas, but they're usually niched down to a specific region or a specific area," Deighton explains. "Obviously, regional Australia is huge. It's a huge area to cover, so there's endless content opportunities for us." The publication, currently in its startup growth phase, has a clear mission: "We want to encourage visitation to all of those amazing, often underrated towns and regions that people don't necessarily think of when they're planning

Nine Entertainment Co has announced this morning it is acquiring digital outdoor media platform, QMS Media (QMS), selling its broadcast radio stations to billionaire Arthur Laundy and converting regional television station NBN (Northern NSW) from a wholly-owned business to an affiliate, owned and operated by Nine’s regional partner, WIN Network (WIN). The radio stations being sold are 2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, 2UE, Magic1278 and 4BH, for what would seem something of a bargain at $56million.  The major moves represent "a step change in Nine’s asset portfolio", said the company which also owns publications The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review. The print and digital mastheads are not affected by the moves.  Nine said the reshaped portfolio "meaningfully enhances Nine’s offering to advertisers as a unique cross-platform digital media proposition, combining Nine’s premium assets in Streaming and

Welcome to Friday and yes a bit of a political plot twist covered extensively this morning in what some once-upon-a-time used to call 'the serious papers'- Liberal leader Sussan Ley keeps her job...because the rivals cannot agree on who should replace her. As plots go it's maybe short of a sizzle but is yet another gift for the political writers in a tale which increasingly has more twists than a corkscrew.  At The Australian no less than five of its front row writers and a photographer take to the keyboards on this one and the main story (Brunch time for Libs: breakfast summit fails to strike pact so Ley not toast...yet') by Anthony Galloway, Sarah Ison, and Greg Brown is coupled with a wonderful picture by Liam Mendes and that great headline too. There's also an insightful piece from The Oz's national editor Dennis Shanahan who says Ley has been given some additional time "to continue her beleagured Liberal leadership"

NDTV reported a strong sequential rise in revenue for the third quarter of financial year 2026, even though the company continued to face losses. For the quarter ending December 31, 2025, consolidated revenue from operations reached Rs 150.4 crore, up 23 per cent from Rs 122.3 crore in Q2 FY26, showing a healthy quarter-on-quarter growth. Total consolidated income also rose 22 per cent from the previous quarter to Rs 152.2 crore. However, on a year-on-year basis, both revenue and total income declined compared to the same quarter last year. The company’s expenses rose sharply during the quarter, mainly due to higher spending on programming, employee costs, and operational activities. Total expenses reached Rs 227 crore. According to e4m, the increase in costs resulted in a consolidated net loss of Rs 80.3 crore for the quarter. For the nine months ended December 31, 2025, NDTV reported a slight rise in revenue, but losses widened due to sustained high expenses.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has turned down all requests from Bangladeshi journalists who wanted to report on the upcoming T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, starting February 7. This situation follows Bangladesh’s earlier decision to skip the tour of India, saying there were security risks. After that, the ICC dropped Bangladesh from the competition and included Scotland instead. As per The Daily Star, officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said more than 130 journalists applied for media passes, but not a single person was given approval. A few photojournalists said they first received confirmation messages from the ICC, but those were later cancelled without any clear explanation. One photographer said he was even sent a visa support letter before being told his request had been rejected. Sports journalists in Bangladesh have expressed strong anger over the move. They said Bangladeshi media has been covering ICC events for decades, including tournam

Zee Business will present its Union Budget 2026 coverage under the theme ‘Union Budget 2026: Bold and Bullish’. The programming will track the Budget in real time, offering minute-by-minute coverage, structured analysis, and expert-led discussions.  The focus will be on decoding key policy measures related to taxation, infrastructure, manufacturing, MSMEs, consumption, employment, and investment flows, with special emphasis on market impact and money management. The coverage will include live Budget Day programming, sector-wise analysis, real-time market reactions, and data-driven explainers.  Commenting on the editorial intent, Anil Singhvi, managing editor, Zee Business, said, “Through ‘Bold and Bullish’, our objective is to provide clear analysis that enables investors and businesses to assess the real impact of Budget measures on markets and opportunities.”  

Image edited by Dinesh Raj M   Indian media loves blaming everything except the obvious. When viewership dips or trust thins out, the reflex explanations are familiar: censorship, algorithms, budgets, politics. Rarely do we look at the quieter, more uncomfortable reason. Audiences aren’t tuning out because they don’t care. They could be tuning out also because they’re tired. Our vast mediascape, which boasts thousands of newspapers, 900+ TV channels, and 1,000+ radio stations across languages, forms a trillion-rupee M&E industry with growing news consumption among 1.4 billion people. TV (Aaj Tak, CNN-News18) and Hindi print dominate, alongside regional dailies and FM music stations, while smartphones propel digital video news via YouTube for 150M+ online users, especially rural vernacular audiences.  However, according to a report by Statista, newspapers lead trust amid fake news concerns, bolstered by fact-checking apps, esteemed journalists, and