Exploring smart watches and other wearable technologies for news media is clearly a hot topic, so the heavy demand for places comes as no surprise for the WAN-IFRA ‘Wearables Workshop’ planned for Sunday, 31 May, ahead of the opening of the World News Media Congress, set to take place in Washington D.C., from 1 to 3 June.
A delegation of nearly 100 Latin American media executives will be joining the upcoming World News Media Congress in Washington, D.C., reflecting the region’s growing influence among the world’s newspapers and news publishers.
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the growing number of journalists under threat world-wide, the opening of the World News Media Congress in Washington, D.C., on Monday will have a strong focus on the safety of journalists and how such attacks impact their ability to carry out their essential role.
Schibsted Media Group has received an offer from the Belgian press group Rossel to acquire Schibsted’s 49.3 percent share stake in 20 Minutes France.
Are small and mid-sized publishers punching above their weight when it comes to the digital transformation of the news media industry? Experts attending the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Washington coming up in June certainly think so.
The Hungarian Publishers’ Association has been designated a “Center of Youth Engagement Excellence” by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), for its innovative and strong News in Education programs that have reached more than 200,000 students in the past decade.
Schibsted Sverige and MittMedia have agreed to sign a letter of intent for future cooperation in Sweden by forming a new media group for subscription newspapers. The new media group will consist of Svenska Dagbladet and Mittmedia’s 18 local subscription newspapers in Northern Sweden, as well as a majority share of MittMedia’s subsidiary Promedia, which owns ten local subscription newspapers in Mid Sweden.
