Television station NITV has bolstered its upper tier with talents of Indigenous descent.

Current NITV media, TV and production specialist Rhanna Collins is now the executive editor, giving her full oversight of digital and on-air content. She had been with parent firm SBS since 2014, handling promos and major shows for both SBS and NITV.

Julie Nimmo and Jack Latimore are the new senior digital editors, with responsibility for the online news and current affairs section. Sporting over 25 years of broadcast experience, Nimmo had been the station’s supervising producer since 2015 and is a Walkley Award honouree. Latimore, who joined the station last month as online news editor, is also writing for the Guardian in Melbourne.

NITV mainstay Adam Manovic steps up to the plate as managing producer for internal productions. He will be in charge of the internal production and promo development teams.

“I’m thrilled that NITV is attracting and retaining such talented journali

Nine’s Pedestrian TV is locked in for a merger with former Fairfax Media specialist publisher Allure Media.

Under the merge, the Pedestrian Group will take over the management of Allure’s publications namely POPSUGAR, Gizmodo, and Kotaku. The Allure Media team will join their new Pedestrian TV colleagues at their Surry Hills office in January 2019.

As a result of the merge, Allure Media CEO Jason Scott is stepping down as his functions will be under Pedestrian Group co-founders Chris Wirasinha and Oscar Martin. They will have Nine group publishing chief Chris Janz as their immediate superior.

“The Allure brands provide global insights combined with highly targeted and loyal local audiences around premium categories including business, technology, gaming, entertainment, fashion and beauty,” said Wirasinha.

“The combination of the brands alongside Pedestrian’s existing commercial relationships that include Tinder and Big Flick Energy, and our new T

Eliza O’Hare has been appointed the new editor of Bauer Media home interior magazine Inside Out.

She is slated to take over at the end of the year from acting editor Victoria Baker, who had been handling affairs since Bauer Media acquired Inside Out and associated titles Homelife and Country Style from NewsCorp Australia a few months ago. O’Hare had previously spent the past three years as associate editor at Harper’s Bazaar.

Bauer Homes editor-in-chief Lisa Green said O’Hare’s long experience in the publishing and media industries — going back around 30 years — will make a difference for InsideOut as the publication heads toward its 15-year anniversary in 2019.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be starting on Inside Out. It’s such a dynamic brand, and readers have a real fondness for it. I love that it is a champion of Australian design. Australians are very good at creating incredible homes, gardens and interiors and we will co

Junkee Media has hired Meisha Hill to be the company’s new general manager.

Mumbrella reported that Hill’s entry is a part of a staff restructuring. She came back to Australia after nearly seven years in the US, where she was AGM of the New York Times’ advertising division, T-Brand Studio, and handled sales and product marketing at Tremor Video. She had previously worked at the Telstra Advertising Network before relocating to the US in 2012.

Junkee Media CEO Neil Ackland said Hill’s experience with T-brand, especially in developing high-quality branded material, will be critical to the company’s growth down the road.

“Junkee is a forward-thinking publisher and agency with incredible momentum and major plans for the future. I’m excited to join the leadership team and to own the operational functions of the business,” said Hill.

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Residents of Sydney’s lower North Shore now have a quarterly magazine that is all about their communities, called Northsider.

As reported on Mumbrella, the Northsider will cover the districts of McMahons Point, Lavender Bay, Milsons Point, Kirribilli and North Sydney.  

Former That’s Life deputy editor Anna Gordon and art director Belinda Spillane, former Look magazine art director Angela Joseph, and ex-UK Women’s Health chief sub-editor Frances Pearson have teamed up to produce the magazine. The pilot issue features articles on noted residents and information on various events in the area.

Gordon said the reception to the magazine has been positive and plans for a second issue are being considered.

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The opening day of the new Nine-Fairfax merger has gone well for Steve Burling - with a new appointment as director for morning television operations following the sudden exit of his predecessor, Mark Calvert.

Nine national director of news and current affairs Darren Wick said Burling is vacating the executive producer position at A Current Affair to become EP of Today, with his directorial responsibilities also covering Today Extra and Weekend Today. He had been ACA’s EP for the past year.

The move is also cascading into other positions. Current Nine deputy news director for Sydney Fiona Dear assumes the EP chair at A Current Affair and she in turn will have Meredith Marks as her successor.

In explaining the move, Wick said Dear is inheriting from Burling a show that is in strong shape while Marks’ experience in handling EP work during various breaking-news stories would be vital in Nine’s restructuring of the news division.

New Idea magazine has introduced a special insert loaded with the hottest news from the British royal family, called New Idea Royals.

Released with this week’s issue of New Idea, New Idea Royals magazine is intended to enhance Pacific Magazines’ reach in covering all stories coming out of Buckingham Palace. The pilot edition of Royals is themed around celebrating the holidays with Queen Elizabeth II. 

New Idea currently operates a special Royals podcast and social media accounts.