Nearly half of global professionals surveyed say they’d be comfortable working under an AI boss, according to new research unveiled by communications consultancy Hotwire. Early findings from a global study of 900 working professionals (full-or part-time employed, full-time self-employed), conducted by Hotwire PR and ROI DNA in partnership with the House of Beautiful Business, found 43 per cent were fine being managed by AI, while 86 per cent said they were comfortable managing an AI employee.  The results were released at Hotwire’s AI & Agency: A First Look at Agentic Organisations breakfast event in Sydney on October 15, which explored how AI is reshaping workplaces, creativity, and communications. The panel featured Bernice Muncaster, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications for DXC Technology (APJ-MEA), Scott King, Principal Strategist for Growth and Innovation at Adobe APAC, Edson Porto, AI champion at Hotwire Australia, and Andrew Birmingham, Martech Editor at

  Lindsay Reed, Publisher of Daily Cargo News (DCN), shared valuable insights into what makes a successful pitch, pointing to relevance, visual assets, and a clear, concise message, when she appeared on Influencing Insider.  Reed stressed the paramount importance of visual content. "Pictures are always good because that does take us a lot of time [finding them]," she explained.  "Sometimes we'll have a fantastic story and then we'll be scrabbling around for a suitable image. Every story that goes up on DCN has accompanying images, so it sounds like an obvious one, but if people can supply images and particularly when it's print high-res images as well, because that's very helpful."  While also acknowledging the value of video, Reed said, "I would say the images, the pictures, are probably more important than that". "Beyond visuals, the core message of a pitch must resonate with DCN's specific audience. "The things that we really look for is, is it super relevant to the Au

This morning The Australian unveils Culture, a new digital section and weekly liftout dedicated to the arts and entertainment.  With a digital-first approach to storytelling, the newly designed, highly visual Culture section of The Australian’s app and website will deliver expert reviews, in-depth interviews and high-impact reporting across digital, audio and video platforms. Every day people will be able to watch, read and listen to the latest news and features on the best films, television, books, art, music and live performances. Editor-In-Chief Michelle Gunn said that transforming and expanding the way The Australian covered the arts and entertainment with the launch of Culture, reaffirms the masthead’s commitment to delivering audiences deeper, more engaging content. “The Australian has always led the way with its unrivalled arts coverage and now we are taking it to the next level with Culture,” Gunn said. "It will be the go-to destination for exploring culture in Au

Welcome to Wednesday, and not too surprisingly the bulk of today's print coverage is on PM Albanese's successful White House appearance. If it were a game show - which is what such appearances in that august house almost appear to be on some occasions - Albo has gone on to the next level unscathed, less so one other well-known Australian, but we'll get on to that later. 'Albanese hits critical mass' is The Australian's main headline and a story by Geoff Chambers and Joe Kelly outlines the crucial meeting and the outcomes, including the rare earth minerals deal and recognition by Trump that AUKUS is a deterent to China. The two journos do a very neat job of encapsulating all the moving parts, with clear pointers to the pressure it also puts on China as Trump plans a meeting with Xi Jinping sometime soon.  Penning a Comment piece is veteran political watcher Paul Kelly who gives a convincing picture of Albanese now having 'ultimate domestic authority', which would seem to be ri

    Mediaweek editor Dan Barrett (pictured) has been sacked after just five months into the role as the publishing company seeks to rein in costs across its mastheads and reach financial targets. Barnett told Influencing last night that the reasons given by owners Vinyl Group were “pretty weak” and  “didn’t pass the sniff test” but it was within his probation period so there wasn’t much he could do about it.  Barnett is a seasoned journalist and had previously worked at the masthead. When he rejoined five months ago he said the perceived wisdom in the job market is you shouldn’t go back to a previous job but he’d decided to give it a go because he could see a future for the masthead.   Barnett’s predecessor, editor-in-chief Emma Shepherd, suffered a similar fate, departing before she had completed six months in the job, as we reported at the time. This morning Mediaweek announced Duane Hatherly has been appointed Head of Editorial at the publication, wit

CEAT Limited has announced the appointment of Apurva Chandra, former Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, as an Additional Director in the capacity of Non-Executive, Independent Director for a term of five consecutive years. According to BestMediaInfo, Paras K. Chowdhary has also been appointed as an Additional Director in the capacity of Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director. Chandra, a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1988 Maharashtra cadre, brings over 36 years of experience in public administration, policy formulation, and industrial development.

The Hindu has announced the launch of its new YouTube channel, The Hindu Originals.   The channel will feature videos about politics, governance, culture and world affairs.   Pradeep Gairola, VP and business head of digital at The Hindu Group wrote on LinkedIn: “Here, our seasoned journalists go beyond headlines to unpack politics, governance, culture, and world affairs, bringing you stories that define today’s India - with depth, balance, and context.”  The first video has been posted on the channel, featuring Carnatic musician Amrita Murali in conversation with Meera Srinivasan.   Subscribe using the link given here to watch contents from the YouTube channel.