There is more to come from Jackson Ryan’s investigation into Australian gaming title GamesHub and its new owners, Maltese-owned Clickout Media.  Ryan published an eight-month investigation earlier this month on Aftermath titled, “The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI.” The item detailed the editorial practices employed by Clickout Media since it took over the gaming title. That included the transition from freelance journalists to AI-generated journalists for filing reports and reviews on gaming topics.  “When we saw GamesHub sold off in May last year, it was quite unusual that there was no description about who had bought the site,” Ryan told Influencing.   “I know a couple of the GamesHub authors, and I reached out to them. They said they couldn’t speak about this and that it was something to ask the higher-ups, and I did so, and they didn't tell me anything, and that is very strange.” “Why would someone buy a media outlet an

“Exclusives are the currency of modern media,” says News Corp Metro’s NSW Business Reporter Paul Wallbank when appearing on Influencing Insider recently. “[Pitch] as far ahead as possible…two to three weeks in advance if it's a good yarn, that would probably be the best if you're looking at getting something up,” he said. Wallbank joined News Corp Metro in October last year. The NSW Business Reporter role sees him write for various metro titles, including The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, The Advertiser and Gold Coast Bulletin.  “It's a very interesting beat being able to cover every aspect of business across not just New South Wales but nationally as well.” Wallbank has worked on both sides of the media fence and, more recently, served as Communications Manager at the Australian Computer Society.  He said he’d found the transition back into journalism interesting due to the profession’s faster, day-to-day rhythm. “You're very much tied in

Tuesday 17 March 2026 National   The Australian RBA credibility ‘on the line’ Matthew Canavan warns that former Reserve Bank economists say the RBA’s credibility is at stake if it does not lift interest rates despite fears a hike could help trigger a recession. Hamas rapes are propaganda: Tame William Elliott reports that former Australian of the Year Grace Tame drew backlash after calling reports of Hamas sexual violence during the October 7 attack “propaganda” in an ABC interview. I’ll wear the pants around here: How Pammie broke through corporate walls Julie-Ann Sprague reports on 91-year-old Pammie Wall becoming Australia’s newest billionaire and her plan to give away her $1.39bn fortune. WFH … but with a twist: Caravan Noel Towell reports that Nationals leader Matt Canavan wants to make it easier for public servants and professionals to work from home in regional Australia as part of a population policy aimed at boosting regional development, ho

In June 2020, during the first phase of India’s COVID lockdown, journalist Prabhakar Tamilarasu began receiving information about a disturbing incident in the town of Sathankulam in Tamil Nadu. Two men — Jayaraj and his son Benix — had allegedly been detained by police for keeping their shop open beyond permitted hours. Travel restrictions made reporting difficult, and movement across districts was tightly controlled. “When I first got information about the case, it took more than twenty four hours to reach people connected to the victims because travel was difficult during the lockdown,” Tamilarasu recalls. Eventually he managed to speak with friends of the victims who had been outside the police station that night. What they described would stay with him long after the story was published. “The assault reportedly began in the evening and continued until early morning,” he says. Friends waiting outside the station said they could hear the victims’ cries through

Picture credit: Odisha Bytes The third annual Odisha Women in Media conference was held on Sunday, bringing together women journalists from across the state to celebrate achievements and discuss professional challenges. The event featured a special programme with participants sharing experiences from the media industry. Senior journalist Shantilata Mishra was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her long contribution to journalism. A panel discussion on the health and well‑being of women journalists highlighted the need for greater awareness and support systems for professionals working under pressure. Organisers said the conference fostered dialogue and strengthened solidarity within the media community, Odishatv reported.

Senior journalist Ashok Gulati has been appointed the Uttarakhand State President of the Journalists’ Press Federation. The Federation’s National Executive entrusted Gulati with the responsibility in recognition of his long experience in journalism and his consistent work for the welfare of journalists. The nomination was officially announced by Central Office Incharge Jayant Dutt, with the consent of National Secretary Sarvendra Chauhan and National Executive Member Anand Vikram Singh, Rudrapryag Post reported.  

Image edited by Dinesh Raj M   India's news titans are staring down a digital guillotine and it's not platforms wielding the blade, it's their own addiction to someone else's audience. Kunal Sinha for Maxim India noted that nearly 900 million users are glued to WhatsApp forwards packed with half-baked scoops and 491 million YouTube addicts lapping up rants from bedroom pundits instead of primetime anchors. It appears the audience didn't bail, they just built their own news bazaar with viral reels and carousel posts. If we rewind back to the golden era, newsrooms were the full-stack bosses: they dug up stories shoved them down your throat via Doordarshan or dailies, raked in ad rupees from Fair & Lovely to Fevicol, and whispered what India should think about everything from Mandal riots to Manmohan Singh budgets. No more. That iron has grip snapped.  The Reuters Institute's 2026 Trends report drops the mic: influencers and creators are turboch