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How Spain’s El Confidencial gained 30k subscribers in a year

2021-10-14. El Confidencial, one of the biggest pure digital news players in Spain, started charging readers for its content only recently, in 2020. While it may seem a little late to publishers in other parts of the world, reader revenue and digital subscriptions have only become a major topic of conversation in Spain in the past couple of years.

Tips for cultivating a reader-centric newsroom

2021-10-13. As reader subscriptions become an increasingly important part of the newsroom revenue mix, many news publishers will find the need for changes that require organisation-wide collaboration.

Young users and old-school metrics: How 24sata reinvented itself to become Croatia’s top media company

2021-10-12. JoomBoos, owned by Croatia’s top media outlet 24sata, is the country’s most-watched YouTube channel catering to Generations Z and Alpha. During WAN-IFRA’s recent Digital Media Asia conference, Matej Lončarić, Director of Video Operations and media brands JoomBoos & miss7, explained how JoomBoos has monetised its videos and adopted linear TV’s ad metrics to grow its revenues by 35 percent in a year.

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Asian Newsmedia Focus August 2021, India Special Edition

Asian Newsmedia Focus is a biannual magazine published by WAN-IFRA South Asia turning its lens on the publishing business in Asia.

South Asian Newspaper Directory 2021-2023

The new edition of South Asian Newspaper Directory 2021-2023 depicts how the technology used in Indian newspaper printing houses has transformed over the years.

Replay the webinar: The art of creating engaging newsletters

More and more news publishers agree that, when done right, newsletters are highly effective tools for driving subscriptions.

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Women in News

WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) aims to increase women’s leadership and voices in the news

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WAN-IFRA oversees initiatives to ensure that the press' essential role in society is understood and respected.

African Media Grants

WAN-IFRA Media Freedom invites African media organisations to apply for a grant of $10,000 USD to assist newsrooms in telling the story of climate change. 

Strengthening African Media

A three-year media freedom programme in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to ensure African audiences can access a range of accurate, independent information from quality, professional media.

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