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The efforts behind Clarín’s ‘Best Digital Subscription Initiative’ win

2023-11-01. Clarín launched its registration system in 2015. This laid the foundation for launching a digital subscription model in April 2017, making it the first news publisher in Argentina to do so. As of July 2023, the company has more than 650,000 paid subscriptions.

An orderly governance and a powerful diversification strategy are formulas for success for any communications company.

2023-10-26. Henneo and WAN-IFRA President Fernando de Yarza participated in the annual LATAM Media Leaders Summit 2023, which brought together industry leaders in Colombia.

Focus on audiences, revenue and AI – WAN-IFRA and Google News Initiative launch new round of Table Stakes Europe

2023-10-24. WAN-IFRA is launching the fifth edition of Table Stakes Europe in partnership with the Google News Initiative. This performance-driven programme, focused on change management, is a collaboration with Table Stakes architect Doug Smith. The programme will welcome 16 European news enterprises participating in 2024.

How The Conversation is boosting engagement with an aim of driving donations

2023-10-20. “Our content is why people come to us. Anything we can do to make more valuable content will lead to more engagement and retention, and for us, donations as well,” says Khalil Cassimally, Head of Audience Insights for The Conversation.

‘Leadership is all about inspiring someone to bring out their full potential’: Newsroom leaders share advice for implementing diversity

2023-10-18. Three news executives discuss how newsrooms can become more diverse by fostering a culture of inclusion, tackling unconscious bias, and setting up diversity goals and metrics to track progress.

180+ delegates take part in World Printers Summit in Frankfurt

2023-10-18. More than 180 print experts – printers, publishers, suppliers and further print specialists – from all parts of the world came together to meet and discuss at WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Summit 2023 in Frankfurt am Main from 11 to 13 October.

World Press Trends preview: ‘Cautious optimism’ revealed in survey

2023-10-17. Despite the numerous challenges and uncertainties facing the news media industry, more than half of news executives surveyed in our annual World Press Trends Outlook research said they are upbeat about their companies’ business prospects for the foreseeable future.

How Indonesia’s largest daily is growing its digital business

2023-09-20. “We have all earned trust and influence from various stakeholders. The question is ‘How do we find new ways to monetise that influence to create a more thriving model for journalism?’ ” says Andy Budiman, CEO, KG Media, which publishes Indonesia’s largest daily newspaper, Kompas.

How Sweden’s Bonnier News amassed 2.2 million subscribers

2023-08-21. Bonnier News has long been a major news publishing force in Sweden, but the publisher has been honing its strategies to scale new heights in building a successful digital subscription business.

World Press Trends 2023-24: Play a leading role in forecasting the industry’s key business metrics

2023-07-25. Last year more than 160 publishing executives shared their insights, data and projections in our annual survey and report. We are now asking news executives around the world to share their views for the next report.