CEOs From TV & Radio & Publishing To Unite At INFORM News Media Summit

CEOs From TV & Radio & Publishing To Unite At INFORM News Media Summit

NewsMediaWorks’ INFORM News Media Summit will feature an expanded CEO panel with media executives from news publishing, television and radio discussing the opportunities and issues that lie ahead and the vital role of quality journalism in all its forms.

The panel will feature News Corp Australasia executive chairman and NewsMediaWorks chairman Michael Miller, Fairfax Media CEO Greg Hywood, Network Ten CEO Paul Anderson, Macquarie Media chief operating officer Adam Lang, and Australian News Channel CEO Angelos Frangopoulos.

The panel will be moderated by Paul Murray, an award-winning broadcaster and host of Paul Murray Live on Sky News Australia.

For the first time, the event is open to non-members of NewsMediaWorks. INFORM will be held on Wednesday 6 September at ICC Sydney.

Joining keynote speaker and acclaimed author Rachel Botsman will be:

  • Mark Ritson, controversial columnist and Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Melbourne Business School and a Visiting Professor at Singapore Management University.
  • Earl Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of the International News Media Association.
  • Nicole Sheffield, chief digital officer of News Corp Australia.
  • Chris Janz, managing director of Australian metro publishing at Fairfax Media.
  • Jacek Utko, one of the most awarded news media designers.
  • Sumaiya Omar, social media consultant and founder of social video company HashtagOurStories.

The new scope of INFORM, previously known as the Future Forum, will feature discussion and participation from the wider news media sector incorporating print, digital, radio and TV.

NewsMediaWorks’ annual Newspaper of the Year Awards, sponsored by Norske Skog, and the Advertising and Marketing Awards, continue as part of the event line-up, with the coveted Newspaper of the Year awards gala dinner held at the conclusion of the summit.




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