When it comes to success on the web, more newspapers are focusing on creating loyal audiences, rather than hoping that success will come simply from increasing traffic through the search engines and news aggregators.
The leading annual event of the newspaper and media industry returns to the media metropolis on the banks of the Danube
With traditional business models for news companies under pressure, the hunt is on for alternative ways to pay for quality journalism. The World Editors Forum, to be held in Beirut, Lebanon, in June, is dedicating a session to these alternative funding models.
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has condemned the closure of the Moroccan newsmagazine Le Journal Hebdomadaire and the apparent use of the judicial system to silence an independent publication.
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is looking well beyond the current generation of newsrooms and has dedicated its 9th International Newsroom Summit to helping publishers and editors stay ahead of the changes that are profoundly shaping their world.
Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press, has joined the programme of the World Editors Forum and will address a new development in the news business that would have been unthinkable a few years ago – newspapers reducing their coverage by dropping their subscriptions to news agencies.
While much attention is paid to the advances made by internet and other digital news delivery channels, traditional print technologies have been advancing as well. Though these developments often get less public attention, they are just as significant for the future of the news business.
