From iPads to the “talking newspaper,” the 6th Middle East Conference of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), will bring the latest gadgets — and successful cross-platform advertising strategies — to Dubai on 8 and 9 February next.
Joseph Plummer, a co-author of “The Online Advertising Playbook”, which focuses on the emergence of the internet as a marketing platform, has joined the programme of the 21st World Newspaper Advertising Conference and Expo, to be held in Malta on 24 and 25 February next.
TMS adds CastTV’s online video search technology to provide new entertainment-discovery services across linear, on-demand and online video platforms
The New York Times Company will launch Your Guide to Better Living, a free quarterly magazine and Web site intended to help baby boomers and their families as they consider transitions in lifestyle. The premiere issue will be published on March 1, 2011, and the companion Web site, www.BetterLiving.com will go live on the same date.
Following a call for proposals, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) today announced a deal with Quebecor Media for the publication and exclusive distribution of the free daily 24 Heures in the Montreal metro system. This renewable agreement, of a minimum term of 5 years, will allow 24 Heures to make its way into metro stations starting on January 3rd, 2011.
Swedish news and op-ed website Newsmill to be 100-percent owned by Bonnier Tidskrifter.
Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, one of the leading media companies in Central and Eastern Europe, has acquired through its Slovakian subsidiary a 70 percent stake in the provider of the Slovakian web portal AZET.SK. The horizontal internet portal AZET.SK operates a number of different websites and online services. Founded in 1997, the company reaches more than 75 percent of Slovakian internet users (approx. 1.9 million unique users) and is the country’s online market leader.
