News

‘People love their puzzles’ – the secret of Mail Plus

People will pay for luxury – a tablet product that improves on print. So Paul Field, Editor of Mail Plus, made puzzles and the TV guide his top priorities.

BILD streamlines newsroom workflow efficiency

Chris Simon, Managing Editor of Germany’s BILD, discussed how his paper’s CMS system is enabling the company to take control of the entire production process across all platforms during a Media Port “Workflow Efficiency” session on Tuesday morning in Berlin.

The future of news coverage – for every generation

Andy Kohut’s analysis on Poynter.org of recent Pew surveys presents a challenging outlook on the future of journalism. Figures show that those aged between 18 and 47 (spanning the two generational categories “Gen Xers” and “Millenials”) spend “less time than older people following the news at the outset of their adulthood,” and Kohut states that “younger generations just don’t enjoy following the news.”

La Presse + bucks paid-for trend with free tablet edition

This past spring, La Presse, Canada’s French-language news medium of record, launched a free daily iPad edition called La Presse+, which it had spent approximately four years and $40 million developing.

Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner: Decades of profitable print to come

Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Axel Springer, says he does not anticipate print going extinct as a publishing platform.

Hack to the Future: Competition opens publishers’ eyes to rapid innovation

This week media professionals from all over the world gather in Berlin for the World Publishing Expo, looking for inspiration and insights into the future of the publishing business. But the future has already happened.

Mobile technology influencing the way we read, write

As the face of media changes, journalists and the public are adapting, both consciously and unconsciously, to new mobile technologies and multimedia news platforms.

AOL’s closure of various Patch sites brings hyperlocal journalism into the limelight

Patch, the network of hyperlocal news sites that have been heavily invested in by AOL since they purchased them in 2009, is having to be scaled back considerably, with “a number of Patches” to be closed on 7 October. These cut backs provoke further questioning of hyperlocal journalism and its longevity and place in the media world.

South Africa: New State of the Newsroom report dispels stereotypes

The stereotype that older journalists find it harder to adapt to the digital-first strategy than younger ones is not true, the first-ever State of the Newsroom report by Wits Journalism in South Africa has found.

As interest in Pinterest explodes, social site updates news-sharing features

It’s no secret that increasing social media interaction is a key concern for news outlets hoping to improve audience engagement. With very few exceptions, there’s not a news publication or organisation without at least a Twitter and Facebook account and social media serves as the primary online traffic source for mainstream media. Now, as Pinterest introduces more news-friendly features, (following in the footsteps of Facebook and LinkedIn) it is becoming increasingly clear that news content and distribution is as important to social media players as the networks themselves are to news orgs.