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A fresh approach to understanding and engaging arts and culture audience boosts subscription

2024-04-24. Rather than viewing their arts and culture readers as a niche segment, the Hamburger Abendblatt has embraced the idea that this audience represents a significant and valuable part of their overall readership. By shifting their mindset, they’ve been able to develop targeted strategies to better serve and convert these readers into loyal subscribers.

Digital Media Awards Asia 2024: SPH Media emerges as the biggest winner.

2024-04-24. Singapore’s leading news publisher, SPH Media is the major winner at this year’s prestigious Digital Media Awards Asia organised by WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, taking home a total of eight trophies.

Norway’s VG finding success with six AI-related newsroom tools

2024-04-17. Verdens Gang (VG), one of Norway’s premier news outlets, is using AI to help enhance its newsroom productivity. With a team of seven developers, VG is experimenting with various AI-driven tools built to meet the needs of the newsroom.

WAN-IFRA announces the winners of the Digital Media Awards Africa 2024.

2024-04-16. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards honour African news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity and service to their readers. We are excited to announce the winners in the 2024 edition of the competition! 

WAN-IFRA announces the winners of the Digital Media Awards Europe 2024.

2024-04-15. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards honour European news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity, inspiration and service to their readers. We are happy to announce the winners in the 17th year of the awards!

New to AI? Prioritise processes and tasks: India Today Group HR Chief

2024-04-12. If you’re a news publisher and wondering about getting started with AI, the good news is that many people on your staff are likely already using it in some form and that adoption will only continue, says Purva Misra of India Today Group.

WAN-IFRA unveils the Digital Media Awards Americas 2024 winners.

2024-04-11. WAN-IFRA announced the 2024 Digital Media Americas Awards winners in Panama City during its annual Digital Media LATAM conference. More than 140 projects of 69 media companies from 17 different countries in North America, Central America and South America participated, highlighting topics such as diversity, climate change, the problem of drug trafficking, innovation and the elections, and latent concerns in the region.

Tackling print decline and building a path to sustainability: Lessons from KG Media

2024-04-09. Andy Budiman, CEO of KG Media, shares insights from the Indonesian media group’s journey to adapt its business model and build a sustainable future for its media brands, including its flagship publication Kompas, Indonesia’s largest newspaper.

Indian news executives share advice for navigating turbulent times

2024-04-05. With rapid developments around AI, the upcoming demise of third-party cookies, and audiences’ evolving content consumption habits, it is crucial for publishers to adopt a more agile mindset: “Gone are the days when you could create a five-year plan, three-year plan, one-year plan… Now it’s a one-quarter and one-month plan.”

Bangladesh’s Daily Star finds success with online careers course platform

2024-04-04. Last September, The Daily Star in Bangladesh launched Keeron, an online learning platform. It provides the news publisher with a potentially massive new audience and revenue stream, seamlessly integrating with many of the publishing company’s existing departments.