<>   In the bustling landscape of Western Australia's business sector, one media organisation has quietly built an empire over three decades, adding journalists, plus a photographer and sub-editor, and with more to come.  We spoke with Business News’s Managing Editor Sean Cowan to see what the secret is as other media organisations trim and even slash staff and sometimes close down altogether. BN was founded in 1992 and has transformed from a modest publication into a multimedia powerhouse that's become essential reading for the state's business elite. The company's journey took an interesting turn in 2020 when Cowan arrived to find a small team of just five reporters struggling to cover Western Australia's vast business landscape.  Cowan’s role before joining BN saw him at ACM where he was a group managing editor for the company’s Western Australian titles. That role came to an end in 2019.  “Through a couple of connections, I ended up speaking with Busine

SBS has had its carbon reduction trajectory, both near-term and long-term Net Zero targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which follows on the heels of SBS Media launching its inaugural Sustainability Challenge pushing brands and advertising agencies to do more to normalise sustainable behaviour and better environmental consumer practices in their advertising. The challenge has offered $500,000 in advertising inventory for the best TV creative idea. “We are immensely proud that our near-term and Net Zero target has been validated by the SBTi,” said James Taylor, Managing Director of SBS. “As I have said before, this is an area SBS can and should lead in. We are an organisation that sits at the intersection of both public and commercial media and our commitment to more sustainable practices helps pave a way for others in the industry.  "Climate science is clear: rapid and deep emissions cuts are essential if we are to achieve global Net Zero,"

<   In the bustling landscape of Western Australia's business sector, one media organisation has quietly built an empire over three decades, adding journalists, plus a photographer and sub-editor, and with more to come.  We spoke with Business News’s Managing Editor Sean Cowan to see what the secret is as other media organisations trim and even slash staff and sometimes close down altogether. BN was founded in 1992 and has transformed from a modest publication into a multimedia powerhouse that's become essential reading for the state's business elite. The company's journey took an interesting turn in 2020 when Cowan arrived to find a small team of just five reporters struggling to cover Western Australia's vast business landscape.  Cowan’s role before joining BN saw him at ACM where he was a group managing editor for the company’s Western Australian titles. That role came to an end in 2019.  “Through a couple of connections, I ended up speaking with Business News

“The mission is the same,” says Editor-in-Chief William Maher of Nextmedia’s newest channel publication - techpartner.news.   Focused on everything channel industry news, techpartner.news launched on April 1st and goes up against not only other channel publications but also CRN Australia which Nextmedia previously published and whose licence has been taken back by global owner The Channel Company.  Speaking on Influencing’s Insider live show last Wednesday, Maher said: “Our audience are technology partners, so they are the ones selling, advising on managing, supporting, and developing technology for Australian organisations, so we are interested in what they're interested in.” Despite the name rebrand, the focus remains the same, according to the publication’s commercial director, Steven McDonald, who also joined us on the Insider program.  “We've already booked events and roundtables, and obviously, we've got a big events team that executes and plans the eve

Bruce McAvaney.   The Seven Network announced on Sunday it has signed an exclusive agreement with Commonwealth Sport to become the official Australian broadcast media partner for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, due to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 2 August next year. Seven will also be the official Australian media partner for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, for which the host selection process conducted by Commonwealth Sport is currently in progress. The agreement with Commonwealth Sport covers broadcast, digital, connected TV, radio, social media and subscription TV rights in the Australian territory for both Games, ensuring live and free coverage across Seven and 7plus Sport for all Australians. Glasgow 2026 will be the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games and will feature a 10-sport program and approximately 3,000 athletes competing from up to 74 Commonwealth nations and territories. Glasgow 2026 will once again be a fully integrated event, featuring six Para

The boundary between journalism and public relations is increasingly porous, with more journalists moving from bylines to boardrooms, trading the newsroom for communication strategy. With their editorial instincts, deadline discipline and audience acumen, these former reporters are bringing a journalist’s sharpness to the PR world. Influencing India spoke to a few professionals who have made this transition, unpacking what changes, what remains and what’s often misunderstood. Rozelle Laha, who reported for Careers360, BW BusinessWorld, Fortune India, Mint and The Ken, is now a strategic communications advisor. “Right after demonetisation and GST, the newsroom felt different. Roles were cut. Budgets froze. I didn’t want to wait for the next layoff wave to hit. PR was a natural transition. Similar skills, different playbook,” she said. The biggest shift? “Not seeing your byline every morning. In journalism, your work is public. In PR, wins happen behind the scenes. It�

Ending a 16-year wait, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was brought back to India from the United States on Thursday,  to be prosecuted for one of the deadliest terror strike in India that killed 166 people and injured 238 others. Hot Off the Press Investigators will now question Rana in their attempt to zero in on his conspiracy with terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HUJI), the role of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani army, and other conspirators behind the deadly strike that shook Mumbai and changed how India fought terror, wrote Neeraj Chauhan for Hindustan Times. He will be only the second person to stand trial in India for the deadly 2008 attacks, and the first time that Indian investigators have in custody a mastermind of the strikes that exposed the country’s under-preparedness, triggered the complete overhaul of the security and intelligence apparatus, and led to the creation o