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Passing of a newspaper ambassador

2023-01-11. Former IFRA Nordic Board Chairman Örn Jóhannsson passed away in December. Johannsson was previously the managing director of Morgunbladid newspaper in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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El Tiempo’s David Matoses: ‘Printed newspapers have a very powerful brand value’

2022-12-19. In continuation with our latest series of interviews with printers and publishers, we talk to David Matoses, CEO at Colombia-based El Tiempo, who tells us about the challenges in distribution, growth potential of newspapers, recruiting young talents and more.

WAN-IFRA celebrates the champions of the International Color Quality Club 2022-2024

2022-11-22. The International Colour Quality Club Certificate is offered to all companies that have succeeded in producing high-quality newspapers consistently over a long period of time, following international printing standards. Thirty-nine publication titles have been elected in the International Color Quality 2022-2024.

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Indian Printers Summit: ‘Print is not reviving; it has already revived’

2022-10-07. Is print in India really reviving or are we just catching up? To answer this, three industry insiders joined a roundtable discussion on the post pandemic revival of print and the ensuing business opportunities during WAN-IFRA’s recent Indian Printers Summit in New Delhi.

WAN-IFRA’s second European Printers Summit set for 26-27 October in Frankfurt, Germany

2022-10-06. Following the successful introduction of the European Printers Summit (EPS) in 2021, WAN-IFRA invites top production executives, technical directors, procurement directors and technology providers from the news media industry to the event’s second edition held in Frankfurt on 26 and 27 October 2022.

Print is back in business: Key message from Indian Printers Summit 2022

2022-09-16. After a string of online events and conferences, this year’s Indian Printers Summit brought together more than 215 media executives from around 50 organisations for the 30th edition of this WAN-IFRA event.

Publishers pushing the prices of their print products higher and higher – trend or coincidence? Survey says trend

2022-08-11. During consecutive sessions at our recent Asian Media Leaders eSummit, we heard two CEOs share how they had raised the price of their print product dramatically in the last year. Surprisingly, they had experienced little to no churn as a result of the increase. Trend or coincidence? We wanted to find out…

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World Printers Summit brings international production experts together

2022-07-25. The virtual World Printers Summit 2022 – the annual meeting point for the global print community within WAN-IFRA – once again addressed all print-related questions, bringing together printers, materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers for the print production value chain from prepress to press and to product finishing and delivery.

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World Printers Summit 2022 discussed sustainable procurement and disruptions in supply chains

2022-06-14. The recent virtual World Printers Summit – the annual meeting point for the global print community within WAN-IFRA – once again addressed all print-related questions, bringing together printers, materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers for the print production value chain from prepress to press and to product finishing and delivery.

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Snehasis Roy: ‘Back to business’ is key priority for Times of India

2022-05-25. In this latest instalment of our ongoing interview series with leading industry experts, Snehasis Roy, Director – Technical of Bennett Coleman Co Ltd., which publishes The Times of India in Mumbai, talks with us about production quality, Artificial Intelligence and supply chain issues.