Mamamia has launched what Brand Integration Lead Michelle Fry said on LinkedIn, “is the biggest thing we’ve ever done at Mamamia”.  Well is their new health media brand for women and Fry says it started with, “a simple but staggering truth, the female body has been overstudied aesthetically, but understudied in any way that actually matters for women’s health". Fry added that in Australia women were only included in clinical trials from the 1990s, and says that health education gap left women feeling overlooked and dismissed, “while bracing for yet another body twist that no-one warned her about”. "Well is here to fill that gap with credible, expert-led content (and NO apple cider vinegar),” said Fry. Across every topic, co-hosts Claire Murphy and Dr Mariam - along with the Well team of editors, producers and experts - will tackle the taboo, the annoying, the embarrassing, the scary.  “This is not a medical conference or an academic journal. It’s exactly

    Some 16,000 subscribers to Nine newspapers have had their personal data exposed online in a major cybersecurity breach. Subscribers to the SMH, the Age and the Fin Review have had their names, postal addresses and email addresses exposed online, although payment details and passwords were not affected. “We have been made aware by a security researcher that certain personal information held by a third party supplier was not protected to the level of Nine’s strict internal data protocols after an unauthorised change,” a Nine spokesperson said.  

After moving from London to Sydney via a travel break, Joe Gallop, 4Square Media’s newly appointed journalist, said his new role was a cross-country mission.  Gallop told Influencing. “So I was in Perth when I applied for the role. While I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, I knew it would be in journalism. I saw the 4Square job on LinkedIn, so I applied.  “I then got a call from 4Square Media and did the interview while I was in Melbourne, so I interviewed in Melbourne, and now I work in the Sydney office.” Gallop joined 4Square - writing for ChannelNews and SmartHouse - at the beginning of March, having first set foot in Australia around New Year's after several months travelling in the Asia/Pacific region.  He sees the new role as a “good fit”.  “Covering consumer tech, I thought it's a really, really exciting industry to be covering.  “It's a really exciting transition, seeing a new country and industry. I’m very much looking forward to getting stuck

  Eleven celebrate winning PR Agency of the Year – Large.   Eleven, Sefiani and Think Communications were among the winners at last night’s Mumbrella CommsCon Awards.  Held at Ilumina, Martin Place, Sydney,  - the very first event held at the new venue - the awards celebrated the best campaigns, PR people and PR agencies in the industry, with agency We Are Different’s work for Open Road, Open Up earning two awards: Best Campaign with a Small Budget and Best B2B Campaign. Merlin Entertainments won two accolades on the night. Its Pesto The King Penguin Chick initiative for Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium won PR-Led Content Creation. It also secured Best PR Team of the Year – In-house. Eleven’s work for Mastercard and particularly on the finance company’s first wheelchair ballkid campaign made it the winner of the Corporate Social Responsibility category. Eleven was also named PR Agency of the Year – Large. PR Agency of the Year - Boutique/Small and PR Agency of the

Coolwell at the ABC. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Coolwell Archive.)   Broadcaster Wayne Coolwell, who was born in Brisbane in 1956, has sadly passed away, leaving behind a rich legacy of photography, sports reporting and Aboriginal coverage.  National Indigenous Radio Service’s reporter Rhianna Patrick has put together a moving and comprehensive report on Coolwell’s life and achievements, which you can read here.  In 1990, Coolwell became the inaugural presenter of ABC Radio’s national Indigenous program, Speaking Out, which continues to broadcast weekly and will celebrate its 35th year on air later this year. After 15 years with the national broadcaster, he left the ABC in 1999 with one of his last work commitments co-anchoring the ABC coverage of the State Funeral for former Senator, Neville Bonner. In his post ABC life, Wayne went on to set up a restaurant and catering company, the Brisbane AFL team, Murri Mavericks, Indigenous Sports Queensland, the John Newfong Medi

Times Internet, the digital division of the Times of India Group, has secured its position as the leading news platform in India, according to Comscore’s “Year in Review 2024 - Setting the Stage for 2025” report.  Network18 ranked second with 214 million visits, followed by Zee Digital in third place with 157 million visits. Other platforms followed in succession.  Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman of Times Internet, stated, “Our dominant leadership stems from a deep understanding of audience preferences, a strong portfolio of super-brands, and a best-in-class tech stack. We are grateful for the continued trust of India’s internet users,” he said. 

  Chrome DM’s latest report ranks the top Hindi and English news channels for Week 11’25 (March 15th – 21st ’25) based on Opportunity to See (OTS), showcasing their extensive distribution reach. Among Hindi news channels, Times Now Navbharat leads with 98.33% OTS, followed by ABP News at 97.32%, India TV at 93.03%, Republic Bharat at 89.80% and Aaj Tak at 89.02%. In the English news segment, Republic TV holds the highest OTS at 89.31%, while CNN News18 follows at 73.65%, India Today at 69.69%, Mirror Now at 66.16% and Times Now at 61.23%. The report underscores Chrome DM’s expertise in analysing channel distribution and audience accessibility.