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African publishers meet to tackle digital revenue challenges

2018-10-01 Africa’s media landscape has undergone substantial changes since publishers gathered for the first Digital Media Africa conference in 2016. These changes will come under the spotlight in November this year when WAN-IFRA hosts the continent-wide gathering to explore new digital revenue models and how best to engage loyal readers. Read more ...

The Quint, The Scroll and ABP among WAN-IFRA's South Asian Digital Media Awards 2018 winners

2018-09-27 WAN-IFRA India Annual Conference made a comeback in Hyderabad this year, with over 300 publishing executives from over 25 countries, to discuss digital-first approach in newsrooms, the future of news publishing, and print media trends. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA Print Innovation Awards 2018 Winners Announced

2018-09-18 The World Printers Forum, the print community of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), announces the winners of its first Print Innovation Awards. The prize for innovations of newspapers and magazines will be presented on the first exhibition day of the IFRA World Publishing Expo, 9. October 2018, in Berlin. Read more ...

African Digital Media Awards 2018 – Call for entries

2018-09-17 Registration for the prestigious 2018 African Digital Media Awards has opened and WAN-IFRA is calling for entries from Africa media ahead of the award ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this year. Read more ...

SCOTLAND TO HOST THE WORLD NEWS MEDIA CONGRESS IN 2019

2018-09-13 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) invites the world's press to attend the 71st World News Media Congress, the 26th World Editors Forum and the 3rd Women in News Summit to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 1 to 3 June 2019. Read more ...

Winners of WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club 2018-2020 Announced.

2018-06-20 The new members of the International Color Quality Club 2018–2020 (ICQC) for newspaper and magazines have been determined. 67 publication titles produced by 54 publishing and printing companies in 20 countries have achieved membership in the ICQC for two years. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA launches a new “Content Services” exhibition area at DCX Expo

2018-06-15 The DCX Digital Content Expo is expanding its portfolio: For the first time the exhibition, that will take place from 9 to 11 October in Berlin, will include an area dedicated to “Content Services” that will also have its own stage. This term is used to describe solutions and services that companies can use to manage the growing flood of information in a way that is automated, safe and in conformity with the law. Read more ...

World’s Press Calls on Facebook to Immediately Exempt News Content from its Political Ads Policy.

2018-06-12 WAN-IFRA with six media organisations and their affiliates representing over 20,000 media publishers and professionals in over 120 countries around the world have come together to express concern over Facebook’s new advertising policy that labels quality news as political advocacy and includes such content in its political ad archive. Read more ...

Lisa MacLeod, Head of Digital at Tiso Blackstar, elected Vice President of WAN-IFRA.

2018-06-11 During the 70th WAN-IFRA’s annual congress in Estoril, Portugal, Lisa MacLeod , Head of Digital at Tiso Blackstar Group, South Africa, was elected Vice-President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Seven executives from leading news media companies were also elected to new terms on the Board of WAN-IFRA. Read more ...

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Maria Ressa of the Philippines.

2018-06-06 The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Maria Ressa, Co-founder, CEO and Executive Editor of the online news site, Rappler. Read more ...