Graham Media Group has been named Station Group of the Year for 2021 by TVNewsCheck.

GMG, which is led by CEO Emily Barr, was recognized for its "early and aggressive strategy in content and platform experimentation with a view to longevity in a rapidly-changing industry."

TVNewsCheck recognized GMG as understanding the importance of emerging platforms in cultivating new and younger generations of viewers, where it has aggressively pursued audience data.

“Graham Media has long demonstrated a fearlessness in experimentation from the presentation of its news content to the platforms on which it iterates,” said TVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp. “Emily Barr’s leadership embodies the recognition of tectonic changes in the industry, the embrace of innovation to meet those changes and the smart entrepreneur’s instinct to pivot quickly around both successes and failures. Graham’s pioneering work in streaming news content and its exploration of a viewer membership scheme are only the most recent proof of the company’s fundamental understanding that it must adapt to fundamentally changing audience habits and sensibilities. And the company’s independent streak amid the enormous pressures of a consolidating industry compels respect in its tenacity.”