Bruce MaAvaney and Tamsin Manou will broadcast from Tokyo.   World champion Tamsyn Manou and renowned commentator David Basheer will join the evergreen Bruce McAvaney as SBS’s broadcast team for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, which is shaping as a milestone event for an exceptional Australian team. Every session of the nine-day World Athletics Championships (14 sessions of arena and road events, September 13-21) will be broadcast live and free across SBS VICELAND, and the World Athletics Championships Hub via SBS On Demand, which will also feature daily extended highlights, short clips and full replays of each session. Lead commentator McAvaney said he was excited to be part of such a skilled and experienced commentary team guiding Australian audiences through this year’s world championships, which is regarded as the third-biggest sports event in the world in global reach (over one billion) behind the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup. Triple Olympian Man

  “Business demands Albanese go greener” Parliament reopened yesterday, and as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his XXXL parliamentary majority squeezed into the House, noise built up outside it from big business—led by Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue—for a 75% cut to Australian emissions by 2035. As Paul Sakkal and Nick O’Malley report in The Sydney Morning Herald, Labor avoided a tussle over clean energy during the May election by deferring the decision on the interim target required by the Paris Agreement. “The government Climate Change Authority is expected to force his hand when it delivers its long-awaited advice within weeks.” The target is not only ambitious but marks a further step away from alignment with the United States, which is itself turning away from climate action and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, they note. Also, on the SMH front page, David Barwell reports Sydney’s Ku-ring-gai Council—proudly touting itself as the city’s “g

NDTV has informed the stock exchanges that it has voluntarily surrendered the approval for uplinking and downlinking its proposed news and current affairs channel, NDTV Gujarati, according to a report by e4m. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) had originally granted this approval on August 17, 2023.  The company stated that the decision is part of its strategy to streamline operations and focus on key priorities. Since the channel had not yet launched, NDTV clarified that this move will not impact its financials or overall business. It described the step as a strategic shift aimed at better resource utilisation and aligning with future goals.

The Delhi High Court referred to its Intellectual Property Division (IPD), a plea filed by YouTuber Mohak Mangal seeking transfer of ANI’s copyright and trademark infringement suit from the trial court to the High Court, according to the Bar and Bench.   The matter was heard by Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani. The Court stated that the IPD bench is the proper forum for Mangal to address the issue of combining the infringement cases with the defamation lawsuit initiated by the news agency against him.   "It transpires that the matter relates to use of intellectual property of ANI. Rule 26 of IPD Rules provides that a petition seeking consolidation or transfer may be decided by a coordinate bench in the IP Division. Since transfer and consolidation are two sides of the same coin and conflicting rulings could be discordant, list the matter before the concerned IPD bench," the Court directed. The plea will now be heard by the IPD bench on July 25.   ANI has initiated tw

Pinstripe CEO AJ Koch and Private Media CEO Will Hayward Pinstripe Media, the media business founded by David and Libby Koch and publisher of Startup Daily, Business Builders and Flying Solo has been acquired by Private Media, which publishes SmartCompany, Crikey and The Mandarin. While there is some crossover - particularly between SmartCompany and Pinstripe titles StartUp Daily and Business Builders - all brands will continue as is, retaining their respective editorial independence. PinStripe was founded by David and Libby Koch in 2007 and David Koch will take on a role as a strategic advisor, as well as acting as a presenter and commentator across the network of titles. Private Media CEO Will Hayward said Pinstripe Media shared with Private Media a focus on “informing, inspiring and supporting [Australia’s business] community for over a decade”. “Australia’s economy depends on the drive of small and medium-sized businesses, startups and scale-ups. Together, they g

In a significant move aimed at reshaping the future of media education, the Government of Tamil Nadu has established the Chennai Institute of Journalism (CIJ), a public initiative envisioned to democratize access to high-quality journalism training. Backed by a government grant of Rs 7.75 crore and registered under Section 8(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, CIJ is set to begin operations in Chennai from the 2025–2026 academic year, offering Postgraduate Diploma Courses in Journalism. The institute is designed not only to raise the academic standard of journalism education but also to bridge the urban-rural divide and respond to the linguistic diversity of Indian media.The Chennai Institute of Journalism will start functioning in Chennai from the academic year 2025–2026. Mr. N. Ravi, director and former editor-in-chief of The Hindu, has been appointed as the chairperson of the institute's governing body. Mr. A.S. Panneerselvan, former readers' editor of The Hindu, will serve as th