How Germany’s SV Zeitungsdruck is documenting its carbon footprint

2024-02-08. Christoph Migotsch, Sustainability Manager and Head of Maintenance and Procurement at SV Zeitungsdruck GmbH, shares how the company documented all its direct and indirect emissions for corporate carbon footprint calculations.

Data initiative helps Taiwan’s United Daily News Group boost engagement

2024-02-06. Taiwan’s United Daily News Group is using data to drive traffic and engagement with their readers by providing UDN’s journalists with the information they need to meet user expectations.

Extended Deadline for Digital Media Awards Americas 2024 Entries.

2024-02-06. The Digital Media Awards Americas are returning in 2024, with North, Central and South American projects competing for top honors. The awards will continue to recognize and reward small media outlets and larger media groups, providing an equal opportunity for all participants to compete.

2023 en perspectiva y lo que queda por delante

2024-02-05. El trabajo de WAN-IFRA se guía por la convicción de que la libertad de prensa está firmemente arraigada en negocios de noticias sostenibles y económicamente independientes. Agradecemos a nuestros miembros y socios su apoyo y lo que logramos juntos en 2023, un año histórico para WAN-IFRA. La celebración de nuestro 75 aniversario se destaca como un momento clave, a medida que crece el número de editoriales globales con las que nos asociamos.

The role of tech in FUNKE Media Group’s ongoing transformation

2024-02-05. “Digitalisation is a technology-driven development. When technology is part of the problem/challenge, it can also be part of the solution. And that is, what we have been good at in the past and our mission is to be good at it in the future to adapt to “new” market mechanisms and technologies faster than others.” That is from Heimo Krum, head of transformation for FUNKE Technology in Germany. | Sponsored Content

World’s press condemns threats and legal harassment of cartoonist Carlín and La República in Peru

2024-02-02. WAN-IFRA has denounced efforts by government and police in Peru to undermine freedom of expression after the publication of a cartoon drawing attention to recent public scandals.

New Reader Revenue report highlights 10 best practice case studies

2024-02-02. We continually report on how news publishers, both large and small, in countries worldwide are successfully developing and fine-tuning their reader revenue initiatives to build their subscriber base and reduce churn. Our latest report highlights 10 of the most interesting cases we have encountered in the past 12 months.

How Norway’s DN used gamification to gain 35,000 young, registered users

2024-02-01. Dagens Næringsliv (DN), part of the DN Media Group, is Norway’s largest business newspaper with a daily readership of 300,000+. Like many publishers, DN was struggling to attract more young readers aged 18 to 35, and specifically those who were interested in finance.

WAN-IFRA Unveils Innovate Local Programme to Drive Media Innovation and Sustainability.

2024-01-31. WAN-IFRA announces the launch of Innovate Local, the first global forum for local media. Through the Innovate Local programme, media professionals will be able to exchange actionable and scalable ideas with a focus on opportunities and problems unique to the business of local journalism. The initiative addresses small and midsized local media and local entities of bigger media groups.

2023 in review and the year ahead

2024-01-30. WAN-IFRA’s work is guided by the conviction that media freedom is firmly rooted in sustainable, economically independent news businesses. We are grateful to our members and partners for their support and what we achieved together in 2023, a milestone year for WAN-IFRA. Celebrating our seventy-fifth anniversary stands out as a key highlight, as does growing the number of global publishers we partner with.