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186 ideas in 30 minutes: NextGen AI Leaders get their projects underway in Marseille

As part of WAN-IFRA’s 12-week leadership programme, participants met ahead of the World News Media Congress to draft their first AI strategic solutions, walking away with a shared conclusion: they are not alone in this journey.

New Innovation in Media Report unveiled in Marseille

The 2026/2027 edition of the Innovation in Media Report was released and presented today at the World News Media Congress in Marseille. As always, this in-depth report, presented by Juan Senor, serves as a practical guide for media leaders navigating structural change.

WAN-IFRA forms a strategic partnership with the SPUR Coalition

Marseille – Today, the SPUR Coalition (Standards for Publishers Usage Rights) announced at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress the major expansion of 30 new members joining from across the new media industry, including WAN-IFRA as a strategic partner.

Global winners of Digital Media Awards 2026 honoured at Marseille Congress

WAN-IFRA today announced the global winners of the Digital Media Awards 2026, honouring digital news publishers and innovators across 12 categories at the 77th World News Media Congress in Marseille.

NYT’s Sulzberger condemns AI giants for ‘brazen theft of intellectual property’

“Some tech leaders will portray my comments today as anti-AI. As defending the old status quo. As yet another ossified institution lashing out at the innovators who are driving the forward march of progress.” – A.G. Sulzberger

With trust on the line, Prisa Media prioritises diligent AI governance over speedy rollouts

When the likes of Prisa Media, the world’s largest Spanish-language media group, deliberately puts the brakes on rolling out its AI development programme, it’s worth knowing why. Olalla Novoa Ojea, Head of AI at Prisa, explained why building governance into the system took priority over speed of rollout; all in the name of trust.

New board members take office at WAN-IFRA’s annual meeting in Marseille

WAN-IFRA has announced the re-election of Ladina Heimgartner as President for a second two-year mandate and the election of new members to its Supervisory Board and Executive Board, following the General Assembly of Members held during the 77th World News Media Congress in Marseille today.

WAN-IFRA’s new C-Day creates a global forum for media leadership and future-focused dialogue

Although WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress officially starts today in Marseille at the Palais du Pharo, yesterday a select group of global media leaders met for WAN-IFRA’s first C-Day just a few kilometers down the coast, fittingly at the CMA CGM TANGRAM Excellence Center.

CEO Insider: The human in the loop – the human above it

This seventh and final lesson from CEO Ladina Heimgartner about what she and Ringier have learned in their AI journey is a call to action: we know that journalism is a very human endeavour, where trust, judgment, personality and presence cannot be replaced by machines. But now is the time to work together, with AI, to put humans above the loop.

CEO Insider: Showcases light the way – processes win the race

In this sixth lesson on what Ringier has learned about AI transformation, CEO Ladina Heimgartner details how the news organization is doing the necessary “dirty work” of rethinking their processes from the ground up, not just for gaining faster efficiencies but with the mindset of what outcomes make sense.