‘People in the media business have dealt with violent, constant disruption for the last three decades… Thank God there’s a Gen Z that’s going to come to figure it out.’

2023-07-26. A session at the World News Media Congress 2023 explored how Web3 features coupled with new AI tools can help media companies find new customers and even create new revenue opportunities.

World Press Trends 2023-24: Play a leading role in forecasting the industry’s key business metrics

2023-07-25. Last year more than 160 publishing executives shared their insights, data and projections in our annual survey and report. We are now asking news executives around the world to share their views for the next report.

Indian Media Leaders eSummit 2023 calls publishers to ‘Transform much faster. Build capabilities.’

2023-07-24. The Indian Media Leaders eSummit 2023, organised by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), concluded successfully with an overwhelming response from the industry. More than 280 distinguished delegates from leading media organisations across South Asia gathered virtually for this momentous event on 18-20 July 2023.

Ouest Médialab: Focus on local innovation key to staying ‘rooted in reality’

2023-07-21. The collaborative media lab based in Nantes, France, works closely with local publishers and innovative players in their region. Direct contact with local media innovators helps the lab stay focused on the real issues that companies in their network deal with.

Returns on equity: The untapped potential of gender journalism

2023-07-21. Media organisations should reflect the world around them, in their content and in their newsrooms. But if that’s not a good reason to invest in gender journalism, perhaps an industry boost of $11 billion could help close the gender news consumption gap, say panellists at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress.

Of north stars and moon shots: Nation Media’s bold two-step journey to 500 million engagements

2023-07-21. “We know it’s audacious, but we think it’s achievable.” – Pamela Sittoni, Group Managing Editor. A quarter of a century after opening its online desk, the Kenyan legacy media group is relooking its digital-first approach with a bold move to becoming Africa’s go-to content platform.

Further printing plant shutdowns loom in Germany and Austria

2023-07-20. Newspapers reducing their print editions, frequency, page counts, or ceasing publication as a paper product altogether due to falling demand has become quite common. The most recent example is Wiener Zeitung. However, the fact that some newspaper printers in Germany and Austria will now also be shutting down completely in a brief time is a further worsening of the situation due to a steady decline in circulation and the accompanying increasing inefficiency in production.

With 700,000 paying subscribers, digital more profitable than print for Argentina’s Clarín

2023-07-19. With 30 million readers, and paying digital subscribers surging past 700,000, Clarín has the distinction of having the largest number of paid digital users for any news publisher in Latin America.

The frustrating challenge of advancing women in news

2023-07-13. We tracked content and trained media partners on tactics to track and improve gender balance in content for more than three years. It didn’t work. Where do we go from here?

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.