The Board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), at its meeting at the World News Media Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, approved five principles to help rebuild trust in professional journalism. WEF is now asking editors around the world to embrace the five principles as a way to take journalism to the next level.
The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Dmitry Muratov, Editor-in-Chief of independent Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta.
Kevin Beatty, CEO of dmg media, was elected 2nd Vice President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and is second in line of succession to President Tomas Brunegård, following New York Times Vice Chairman Michael Golden.
It will not be until 2018 that the distribution and scale of virtual reality will become mainstream, and the evolution of smartphones and social experiments will be key factors in contributing to that development, according to Justin Hendrix, Executive Director of NYC Media Lab.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) (“Gannett” or the “Company”) today issued the following statement regarding its $15.00 per share all-cash, no financing contingency, premium offer to acquire Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB) (soon to be renamed “tronc”) (“Tribune”).
Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) today announced the acquisition of CCI Asia-Pacific Ltd., the Hong Kong-based publisher of Fortune China, Fortunes Chinese-language edition.
With an explosion in mobile news growth on the African continent, WAN-IFRA continues to showcase the innovation taking place there, now in the form of an inaugural Digital Media Africa conference and Awards competition.
