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At Dagsvara, hearing about how to monetise user data

News publishers must approach data privacy from two directions: On one hand, as a trusted journalism brand, you need to protect your users’ data and respect their wish to remain private. At the same time, gathering and processing user data is fundamental to generating revenue. Balancing those two interests represents a challenge.

Sacking of top journalist connected to Mexicoleaks a “tragedy” for Mexican investigative reporting

The sacking of one of Mexico’s top investigative journalists in retaliation for her affiliation with the newly launched whistleblower website Mexicoleaks, has sent a chill through the country’s investigative journalism community. Julie Posetti reports.

Breathe mobile and stay within the flight envelope

Andreessen Horowitz and Deloitte share trends and market tips for publishers at Copenhagen summit

Key takeaways from the American Press Institute’s millennials study

An extensive study into the news habits of US ‘millennials’ by the American Press Institute (APi) finds that young people are engaged and interested in the news. Jake Evans pulled together some of the most interesting results from ‘How Millennials Get News’.

New alliance between European newspapers a model for innovation

The Director of the newly formed Leading European Newspaper Alliance (LENA) says joint projects between seven of Europe’s biggest newspapers will give them an edge in the tough financial climate. Their plans for content sharing jointly-developed digital projects could become a model for newspapers everywhere. Jake Evans reports.

Welcome to your automated news future

‘Robots are not going to take your job’ will always be a welcome and reassuring phrase to hear, but unfortunately it’s not entirely true. While automated reporting isn’t the end times for journalists, it will occupy seats in the newsroom – especially at entry-level positions – and this impact on employment will grow as it develops. However, it might also be a boon to journalism, as Jake Evans reports.

Expressen in Sweden goes all-out with programmatic

In November 2013, Expressen in Sweden made a concerted decision to start offering its advertising clients the ability to buy inventory programatically. Today it has advanced to a point where programmatic is playing a significant role in the company’s digital advertising strategy.

Making the move to digital printing in Switzerland: ‘We wanted this to be an investment in the future’

The Swiss daily Walliser Bote (Messenger of Wallis) is the oldest newspaper in the Canton of Wallis. Founded in 1840, it is published in broadsheet format (320 x 470 mm) six days a week and has a circulation of approximately 22,000 copies. It is currently in the process of becoming the first European daily to switch completely from offset to digital inkjet printing.

Argentinian News Publishers co-operate to better understand their audiences

Twelve of Argentina’s largest news publishers have joined forces to try to understand their audiences better as they face the challenges of the digital era.

From crowd to community: Krautreporter’s road to sustainability

“We don’t believe in this dependence between content and payment on the internet,” says Sebastian Esser, founder of Krautreporter. So how does a great journalism crowdfunding idea grow into a long-term business model?