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The world’s best printers: Winners of colour printing contest announced for 2016-2018

2016-06-20 The new members of WAN-IFRA's International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2016–2018 (INCQC) have been announced by WAN-IFRA: 85 newspaper titles produced by 64 publishing and printing companies in 26 countries have achieved membership for two years. Read more ...

Wie es um die Zeitungsbranche in Deutschland steht

2016-06-16 WAN-IFRA hat in dieser Woche die jährlichen World Press Trends veröffentlicht. Laut der Auswertung ist Deutschland für Zeitungen und Nachrichtenmedien weiterhin einer der stabilsten Märkte in Europa, trotz der zahlreichen Herausforderungen, vor denen die Branche hier und in anderen Ländern steht. Read more ...

World Editors Forum urges editors to adopt new principles to build trust in journalism

2016-06-14 The Board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), at its meeting at the World News Media Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, approved five principles to help rebuild trust in professional journalism. WEF is now asking editors around the world to embrace the five principles as a way to take journalism to the next level. Read more ...

World Press Trends 2016: Audience Revenue Share Continues to Grow

2016-06-13 Audiences are contributing an increasing share of the total global newspaper revenue, according to the annual World Press Trends survey released today by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Newspaper circulation revenue represents 53% of the overall industry revenue, underscoring the continuation of the trend identified last year: that audiences have become publishers’ biggest source of revenue. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Board Adopts Resolution Calling on Courts of Law Around the World to Uphold Freedom of Expression in the Face of “Right To Be Forgotten” Claims

2016-06-12 The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting on 12th June in Cartagena, Colombia during the 68th World News Media Congress, 23rd World Editors Forum, and 26th World Advertising Forum, calls on national courts, to preserve the freedom of the press in all claims relating to the “right to be forgotten.” Read more ...

UK publisher elected Second Vice President of WAN-IFRA

2016-06-12 Kevin Beatty, CEO of dmg media, was elected 2nd Vice President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and is second in line of succession to President Tomas Brunegård, following New York Times Vice Chairman Michael Golden, who is expected to take office in 2017. Eight executives from leading news media companies were also elected to new terms on the Board of WAN-IFRA. Read more ...

Colombian President Santos to Open World News Media Congress

2016-06-06 Colombian head of state, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, will deliver the keynote address at the opening of WAN-IFRA’s 68th World News Media Congress, taking place in Cartagena de Indias from 12th to 14th June 2016. Read more ...

Johannesburg to Host Inaugural Digital Media Africa Conference and Awards

2016-05-20 With an explosion in mobile news growth on the African continent, WAN-IFRA continues to showcase the innovation taking place there, now in the form of an inaugural Digital Media Africa conference and Awards competition. Read more ...

New ad blocking research report to take centre stage at Congress

2016-05-17 Ad blocking has caught the attention of news publishers the world over, serving as a wakeup call about how to improve the overall online user experience. That is just one of the key findings in a just-published WAN-IFRA research report on the contentious topic, and that will be presented at the World News Media Congress next month in Cartagena. Read more ...

La prensa mundial expresa inquietud ante operativo contra director de diario en México

2016-05-13 La Asociación Mundial de Periódicos y Editores de Noticias (WAN-IFRA) y el Foro Mundial de Editores expresaron su profunda preocupación ante un agresivo operativo policial por parte del gobierno estatal de Coahuila, en contra de Armando Castilla, director del diario Vanguardia de Saltillo, el pasado viernes 6 de mayo. Read more ...