Go rich media, go mobile, go RTB

“If you are thinking of going RTB go rich media, go mobile media.”

#WPE14: Imbibing startup culture at Telegraaf Media Group

De Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) of the Netherlands has decided the best way to imbue the company with startup culture is not just to invest in startups but also to house them in the headquarters of the publishing group. At the Media Port Content at World Publishing Expo 2014, group Director of Business Development Bart Brouwers briefly describes the startup incubation program.

#WPE14: Publishers must learn this: It’s all about what content is swiped to the right

Guest post by Kim Svendsen

In a not-too-distant past CDs and DVDs were considered something you decided to buy and then consume. Music and film was something you owned. Not so any more – that’s not a surprise to anyone. Streaming services with millions of songs and movies are all over the place.

Where would you place your bet?

How can 300 young digital publishing startups be wrong?

That was the question posed by Michael Bhaskar, Digital Publishing Director, Profile Books UK, yesterday at CONTEC, the Frankfurt Book-Fair’s new conference for “global publishing trendsetters”.

‘Our business model on the digital press is simple,’ says Topweb’s Rodd Winscott

Topweb LLC (formerly Newsweb) is a commercial printer in the USA that specialises in newspapers, journals and a variety of cold web offset products. The company has a client base of about 100, which includes about 75 different mastheads with circulations that range from 1,000 to more than 100,000.

WAN-IFRA India 2014 takeaways: Extend the brand, boost engagement and protect credibility

WAN-IFRA India 2014, the 22nd annual conference of WAN-IFRA in the Indian sub-continent, offered a look at success stories from the news publishing industry and also considered possible paths for the future.

South African Press Agency: SAPA will not be ‘sold to the highest bidder’

The South African Press Association (SAPA) has announced its plans to “reconstitute and commercially revamp the news agency.” While it has not yet announced which “interested party” will fund the changes it plans to implement, SAPA has made assurances regarding due process.

New report available now: Newsprint Waste Management

At the WAN-IFRA India 2014 conference in New Delhi, 17-18 September, a report on Newsprint Waste Management has been released that identifies the ways news publishers can save money by reducing their newsprint waste.

The Guardian’s new membership scheme: a viable business model for public interest journalism? Or just a paywall by another name?

According to many commentators, The Guardian’s new membership scheme is either an innovative way to avoid the pitfalls of the subscription business model or a sly new form of paywalling. But Amelia Loewensohn and Julie Posetti argue that it’s both an exciting option for media brands that have built up a loyal community of interest around their content, and a fresh tributary to tap in the multi-streamed news business model of the future.

Expo preview: Trends in production – selective investing

Looking at the printing and production side of the newspaper publishing industry this year, it is clear that several of the trends of the past year or two are still very much present.