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‘Try fast and kill faster,’ CEO of Brazil’s UOL on staying relevant, growing reach and revenues

2024-05-17. In this exclusive conversation, Paulo Samia, CEO of UOL, explains the evolution of the Brazilian media company’s business strategy, how it is growing reach, revenues (and influence), its AI strategy and his vision for the future.

How Australia’s Daily Aus is migrating young audiences from social platforms

2024-05-16. As some technology platforms have deprioritised news, a small media outlet called The Daily Aus decided it would pivot fast in an effort to keep its current millennial and GenZ audience.

Video strategy helps Singapore’s Mothership attract 1 million daily users

2024-05-15. For Singapore’s most widely-used online news source, the preference is to “stay just slightly ahead of the curve,” said Tan Xing Qi, Head of Video at Mothership.

How many articles should you offer for free before the paywall? 

2024-05-10. It’s a million dollar question. And one that every publisher with a digital subscriptions model has asked themselves at least once.

Trust: Why newsbrands need a unique digital media identifier

2024-05-08. How to stand out as a trusted source of news is something that challenges the industry. OLAF STEENFADT argues that a new identification system for news publishers is an essential tool to safeguard credibility.

Survey: AI’s role with news media in 3-5 years

2024-05-07. Most publishers have at least experimented with some form of Artificial Intelligence thus far. We wanted to ask just a few questions about how news executives think AI will impact their business and journalism within the next few years.

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.

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.

Digital Media Awards: A salute to pioneering reader revenue initiatives across regions

2024-04-10. WAN-IFRA recently announced the regional winners for our latest round of Digital Media Awards in Africa, the Americas and Europe. And last month, we presented the trophies to our winners in South Asia during the Digital Media India event.

drupa 2024: Global printing industry meets again in Düsseldorf

2024-04-10. After a lengthy interruption, the international trade fair, drupa, will once again take place at Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, from 28 May to 7 June. This year, the focus will be on sustainability and digitalisation.