Embattled media proprieter Antony Catalano has put his lawyers onto The Herald Sun claiming his privacy was breached while attending a rehab facility alongside a News Corp reporter, The Age has reported.

The Northern Daily Leader will cease its daily print edition, dropping back to an "expanded" weekend print edition on Saturdays and re-focusing its daily coverage online.

Snap Comms redundancy, Sling & Stone Kiwi head goes in-house, Foxtel Comms manager joins ING

James Valentine’s death has seen the media universally praise the ABC presenter as an Australian broadcast industry icon, and achieved Valentine's desire to have the topic of voluntary assisted dying feature prominently in public discourse.

As the clock ticks down for embattled Sydney community radio station 2SER, the mood seems to be turning both sad and angry.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal, has opened admissions for its Post Graduate Diploma in Odia Journalism for the 2026–27 academic session.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's announcement of a proposed Rs 5,000 monthly pension for journalists in West Bengal has been welcomed by Press Club Kolkata, which called it a step towards addressing a long-pending demand from the media fraternity.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s son Vivek Kiran’s Guruvayur temple visit has sparked a press freedom row after journalists were allegedly told to delete visuals. Media voices argue that routine coverage of a public figure should not be censored, questioning transparency and the right to report, writes Meena R Prashant

In Delhi, migrant workers are rushing back to West Bengal, to protect their right to vote amid fears of voter roll deletions. At the same time, teachers are being pulled out of classrooms to handle Census and election duties. On the national security front, India is accelerating its push for indigenous AI in defence, signalling a shift toward tech sovereignty even as a 22.9 crore digital fraud case exposes serious gaps in banking safeguards. Meanwhile, from Pahalgam’s lingering economic scars to India’s ships navigating tensions near Hormuz, institutions are being tested and the impact is hitting people first.

The Editors Guild of India (EGI), in collaboration with the India International Centre (IIC), hosted an offline conference on April 17, 2026, titled “Reimagining Journalism in the Time of AI”.

Claims that The Australian has embarked on a "sustained, coordinated media offensive" against Palestinian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, have been slammed by columnist Janet Albrechtsen this morning.

Comscore has introduced day-level measurement of digital news consumption during polling and exit poll days in West Bengal and Assam, aiming to provide real-time insights into user behaviour during major news events.

A one‑day workshop on “Women, Media, and Technology” was jointly organised by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the Directorate General of Information and Public Relations at the Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued separate notices to four media professionals, including three electronic journalists and a cameraman, directing them to appear as witnesses in connection with a case registered in November 2025.