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Google, Facebook Executives to Discuss their Media Relations in Cartagena 2016

2016-05-10 Facebook’s Director of Global News Partnerships, Andy Mitchell and Google’s President of Global Partnerships, Daniel Alegre have joined the programme of the upcoming World News Media Congress to be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 12-14 June 2016. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Calls for the creation of the role of Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists.

2016-05-03 On 3 May 2016, World Press Freedom Day, WAN-IFRA appeals for support and endorsement in its latest joint campaign to prioritise the safety of journalists - an issue we know is of deep concern to all publishers. Read more ...

KTH Royal Institute of Technology joins GAMI, WAN-IFRA’s international Consortium for Media Innovation

2016-05-02 Swedish technical university, KTH, has signed a strategic partnership with the Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI), the international hub for media labs and innovation clusters created by WAN-IFRA. KTH becomes one of the 10 international technology and research institutes already affiliated to GAMI across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Read more ...

Winners of WAN-IFRA's European Digital Media Awards 2016 announced

2016-04-21 The 2016 entries for WAN-IFRA's European Digital Media Awards read as a who's who of industry leaders with each project setting the bar even higher for next year's interactive narratives. Read more ...

Change in Press Freedom Management at WAN-IFRA

2016-04-14 Larry Kilman, Secretary General of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has left the organisation after a long career as a leading champion of press freedom and media development worldwide. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA launches Women in News in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine

2016-04-12 The Women in News (WIN) initiative, WAN-IFRA’s highly regarded editorial leadership programme for women working in media, formally expanded to MENA last week. Journalists and editors from Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt gathered in Alexandria for a week-long newsroom leadership and media management workshop series. Read more ...

Alternative Revenue Streams - A New Report From WAN-IFRA

2016-04-11 Alternative revenue streams: those three magic words spell out the holy grail of newspaper publishing the world over. That is why WAN-IFRA has published a new report, Alternative Revenues Streams for Publishers, on that very topic, showcasing some of the efforts taking place today around the world. Read more ...

Protect digital business from legacy culture, key message at Digital Media India

2016-03-02 The opening keynote by Torry Pedersen, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of VG, Norway, at Digital Media India 2016, the 5th annual digital media conference organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) from 22nd to 23rd February at Delhi, underlined the importance of protecting digital media business from legacy culture. Read more ...

Digital Media Europe 2016: Digital revenue strategy takes centre stage in Vienna

2016-02-29 World-beaters stay on top through constant re-invention. For its first visit to Vienna, WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Europe 2016 conference presents an array of world-beaters, from the CEO of the world's most popular newspaper website, to the head of news for the most valuable corporation on the planet. Read more ...

DNI funding paves the way for new WAN-IFRA Media Management Accelerator learning platform

2016-02-24 Thanks to financial support from the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI), the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) will launch a cutting-edge programme dedicated to promoting the development of new business models, training top talent in media companies, and accelerating their transformation in today’s ever-changing news ecosystem. Read more ...