Michael Miller on how NewsCorp Australia has transformed its journalism and business

2023-07-12. “What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, and what gets rewarded gets repeated.” That guiding principle, as well as doubling down on its purpose and standing up to different disruptions have helped NewsCorp Australia transform its journalism and record its best business result in over a decade, according to Executive Chairman Michael Miller.

Ringier leans on 5R framework to drive growth

2023-07-12. Swiss company Ringier’s media brands achieve growth by intentionally repositioning themselves using the 5R framework and consistently monitoring the conversion funnel. Ladina Heimgartner, Head of Global Media and CEO of the Blick Group – Member of the Ringier Executive Board, shared Ringier’s growth strategy during World News Media Congress 2023 in Taipei.

WPF/OPHAL webinar explained, how to improve paper roll handling

2023-07-12. The WPF/OPHAL webinar was a best practice top-up concentrating on improving efficiency and safety in paper warehouses and print sites, while covering three areas: Stacking, clamping and out-of-round rolls.

News as music: Schibsted explores AI-based innovation to attract GenZ

2023-07-11. “It’s important we regularly talk to our GenZ audiences – that we don’t talk about them, but with them. We’re not nice for talking to them, they’re nice for talking with us.” This is the principle that IN/LAB runs on while dismantling traditional forms of news media production and consumption.

‘It helps us see through our chaos’: How coaching in Table Stakes Europe allows a local German news publisher to navigate its digital transition

2023-07-10. Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung’s Christian Wolters and Jana Hintz discuss how working with their Table Stakes Europe coach has helped them embrace an audience-focused mindset and workflows: “It’s not like there’s just a week or a month when everybody is really motivated, and then everything goes back to as things were before. It’s training us to stay on this road for the long run.”

Democracy on the frontline: why Ukraine’s independent media needs y(our) support

2023-07-10. New Ethical Journalism Network report underscores the essential need to bolster international support for independent media in war-ravaged democracy, particularly at local level.

Facts, lies, hate and elections: how to pick your battles in the war against disinformation

2023-07-07. ‘Countering dis- and misinformation is like fighting a guerrilla war, with enemies coming from all sides, organised and systematic. How do you pick your battles?’ Lessons from five editors.

How The News Movement is transforming social-first news consumption

2023-07-07. “We need to recreate what news means. Journalism can sometimes feel patronising. Don’t underestimate your audience’s intelligence but also, don’t overestimate their knowledge.” This is the mantra The News Movement, a social-media-first news organisation, lives by.

Q&A with Richard Gingras of Google: ‘I do not buy this notion that journalism cannot be sustained on its own’

As Google’s Vice President of News, one core part of Richard Gingras’ position is answering the tough questions from publishers he regularly meets. Following his speech at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Taipei last week, Bonnier’s Pia Rehnquist posed some questions to Gingras, as did the publishers in the audience.

A decade with AI: How Norway’s Adresseavisen uses AI to boost engagement

2023-07-05. For many people working in journalism, their first question about Generative AI is: ‘Will AI take my job?,’ says Christer Johnsen of Adresseavisen. His response is: “No, but a reporter who knows how to use AI might.”