The 65th World Newspaper Congress, 20th World Editors Forum and 23rd World Advertising Forum opened in Bangkok on Monday with praise for media liberalization occurring in Myanmar and a call for greater press freedom in Thailand.
Print newspaper circulations continued to rise in Asia and decline in mature markets in the West, while digital advances have increased the audience for newspaper content as never before, the annual World Press Trends survey of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) showed.
The World Editors Forum has just published its ninth annual edition of Trends in Newsrooms, which highlights five key trends this year: mobile, innovative storytelling, paid digital content, social media, and data and metrics.
Erik Bjerager, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of the Danish national daily Kristeligt Dagblad, has been re-elected President of the World Editors Forum for a second two-year term.
Tomas Brunegård, Chairman of the Stampen Media Group in Sweden, has been elected President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Trinity Mirror hires two senior executives to develop and grow Sunday brands and accelerate the Company’s strategic transformation plan
Publishers from around the world met in Bangkok on Tuesday to take steps to establish a new global forum to share experiences and concerns about how content aggregators and search engines impact their businesses.
