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Partnering and innovating on mobile

Partnership and constant innovation are two of the key success factors for news publishers who are transforming their business for the multiplatform mobile world. That was the main message of the session titled “How to transform your business for the multi-platform mobile world” at the World Newspaper Congress in Torino, Italy.

‘Digital and social media are buzzing – use them’

Extending brands in the current market is necessary to lead to more profitability for media organisations, according to Gary McNish, Managing Director of NASA (National Advertising Sales Agency), U.K., during a session at WAN-IFRA’s World Advertising Forum in Torino, Italy.

The challenge for small publishers

How to do more with less? That is the “million dollar question” that was addressed in a session titled, “One size does not fit all – maximising results with limited capacity and smart approaches,” during the World Newspaper Congress in Torino.

The Snowden Effect dominates 2014’s Trends in Newsrooms

The need to urgently shield investigative journalism in the post-Snowden era is the burning issue in newsrooms globally, according to the World Editors Forum Trends in Newsrooms 2014 report, launched in Italy, today.

The age of crossover: Ken Doctor’s top trends

Newspapers are currently in a rebuilding stage, block by block, says U.S.-based media analyst Ken Doctor, adding: “I call this the age of crossover.” While only 5 to 10 percent of publishers’ income currently comes from digital, today is about new ideas and new models, which is part of the long-term transition the industry is going through.

Media Innovation Hub

The Media Innovation Hub of the 66th annual World Newspaper Conference was held Monday evening at the NH Lingotto Hotel.

‘Innovation is a day-to-day business’

As newspaper publishers continue to make the transition from print-only businesses to multiplatform ones, they must keep their consumers at the centre of their efforts, advise speakers during the “Innovation: From idea to impact” session of the World Newspaper Congress in Torino, Italy.

Five takeaways from Claudio Paolillo, Press Freedom and Information Committee, Inter-American Press Association

Here are five takeaways from the presentation of Claudio Paolillo, Chairman, Press Freedom and Information Committee, Inter-American Press Association, Uruguay, during a session titled “National security, liberty, regulation and the role of a free press in the digital age” on the first day of WAN-IFRA’s World Newspaper Congress / World Editors Forum in Torino, Italy.

Five takeaways: Gary Pruitt, President and CEO of AP

Here are five takeaways from the presentation of Gary Pruitt, President and CEO of the Associated Press, during a session titled “National security, liberty, regulation and the role of a free press in the digital age” on the first day of WAN-IFRA’s World Newspaper Congress / World Editors Forum in Torino, Italy.

Jailed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom

“This Golden Pen is more important than food, medicine and water. It materializes the support and shows that he is not forgotten. That he is one of us. That an attack on one journalist is an attack on us all and that jailing a journalist is a crime against humanity,” Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye said, accepting the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), on behalf of imprisoned Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega.