The future of regional and local news media has emerged as a key issue for policy makers, advertisers, journalists — and, most importantly, the communities they serve.
 
How do regional editors and news consumers see the future? What are the challenges and opportunities in regional news media? How is the role of the national broadcaster changing? And, what is the ‘Cat’ up to? This session will include the release of a new research into the state of regional media and include discussion about the main questions with key industry players and observers.

Session sponsored by Google Australia

As publishers across the globe look to diversify their revenue models, some are seeing success by using their editorial expertise as the foundation of an e-commerce strategy, bridging the gap between content and sales. Don't miss the opportunity to learn first class insights to build more audience data, engage readers, drive e-commerce revenue and maintain editorial tone of voice.

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Publishers are already experimenting with tools to tell better stories and push their businesses forward. Whether it's removing redactions from a classified document, or uncovering hidden connections in a 50,000 page data dump - Microsoft News Labs’ very own US-based MD is set to reveal all. 

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