Larry Kilman is the Paris-based Secretary General for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the global organisation representing more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. With WAN-IFRA and its precursor, the World Association of Newspapers, since 1998, Mr Kilman has had a privileged position from which to witness the evolving newspaper business. Before that, he had a long career in the news business on three continents, notably with the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Radio Free Europe.