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New Challenges, Familiar Tragedies – 3 May, World Press Freedom Day 2015

2015-04-30 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum appeal for improved physical protections for journalists, an end to censorship and other pressures facing news media as 3 May, World Press Freedom Day, marks yet another tragic year for the profession and reveals growing threats to freedoms from new challenges worldwide. Read more ...

Support to Independent Media in Developing Countries

2015-04-30 Denmark has announced the allocation of 14 million Danish Kroner (1.9 million Euros) to launch an initiative to be carried out together with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to support the development of free and independent media in developing countries and fragile states. Read more ...

Asian Media Awards Presented in Gala Ceremony

2015-04-29 The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Singapore Press Holdings and The New Straits Times (Malaysia) were among the top winners of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)'s annual Asian Media Awards, which were presented tonight (29 April) in a gala ceremony hosted in Bangkok by the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau and opened by H.E. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister of Thailand. Read more ...

World’s Press Calls On China to Release Journalist Gao Yu

2015-04-22 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have called on the Chinese authorities to release 71-year-old Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who has been sentenced to seven years in jail for supposedly leaking state secrets. Read more ...

European Digital Media Award winners for 2015

2015-04-22 Europe's most innovative digital news media have been honoured as winners of the annual European Digital Media Awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which presented the awards at a ceremony at Google's London headquarters during Digital Media Europe 2015. Read more ...

Hungarian Publishers Association Honoured for Youth Engagement Excellence

2015-04-21 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. Read more ...

Who is Winning Advertising Market Share?

2015-04-20 Advertising revenue remains the lifeblood of news media, but with an ever-expanding fight for market share, it is essential to accelerate strategies and develop attractive new products and services. Read more ...

Digital First Media, FAZ, Google, Schibsted and Nation join Publish Asia programme

2015-04-17 The strategies of some of the world's most diverse and largest media companies -- Google, Schibsted, FAZ and Nation among them -- will be examined at the upcoming Publish Asia 2015, the annual Asian newspaper conference from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Read more ...

Global Conference to address Fundamental Media Freedom Concerns

2015-04-16 More than 100 international and Danish media professionals and experts will gather in Copenhagen April 29-30 for a conference to examine the global environment for media freedom and the importance of a free press in the development of society. Read more ...

Leading US Publishers Join World News Media Congress

2015-04-13 Larry Kramer, President and Publisher of USA Today, and Terry J. Kroeger, President and CEO of Warren Buffet's BH Media Group, and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, have joined the programme of the upcoming World News Media Congress, to be held in Washington, D.C. from 1 to 3 June next. Read more ...