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Politico is turning geopolitical complexity into its biggest subscription opportunity

For the first time in modern media history, the supply of content is becoming effectively infinite. 

How India’s Scroll is building a trusted workspace for the age of personal AI

Scroll, a 20-person Indian newsroom, is rebuilding its platform into a three-layer trusted workspace – one designed to give academics and researchers a personalised, comprehensive, and accountable environment for engaging with news.

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.

Stop guessing, start measuring: USA Today on AI in the newsroom

Nine months of interviews and research into AI evaluations have led USA Today’s Jessica Davis to a blunt conclusion: the human-in-the-loop model isn’t scaling, and intuition isn’t a substitute for data.

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.

Stockholm to host the World News Media Congress in 2027

WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has announced Stockholm as the host city for the 78th World News Media Congress, taking place in June 2027. With Bonnier News and Amedia as strategic partners, the Congress will showcase cutting-edge digital media innovation and provide a deep dive into newsroom transformation, audience engagement, and sustainable business models.

How The Hindu is using AI to boost content visibility and subscriptions

AI is helping The Hindu solve a challenge facing many publishers: getting readers to discover more of the journalism they already produce. By using AI to improve content discovery, personalisation and accessibility, the publisher is driving engagement and strengthening subscription value.

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.

Inside VG’s ‘speedboat’ strategy to outpace AI and rethink legacy news products

The Norwegian publisher’s app, VGX, is a radical reimagining of the traditional news product. Functioning as an agile “speedboat,” the project experiments with new formats without risking the core brand, serving as a testing ground to future-proof VG’s legacy website and app.

A crisis of connection, not content: Inside Spilnews’ GenZ model

Information is everywhere, connection isn’t. That’s the gap Spilnews, a Dutch newsroom is building around. Its model puts themes before creators and treats community as a reporting resource, not just a distribution channel.