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Indian Publishers Embrace AI, Moving from Cautious Adoption to Implementation.

2025-02-24. WAN-IFRA’s second edition of its Bangalore AI Forum took place on 19-20 February, bringing together media executives from nearly 20 publishing companies to explore the latest advancements, trends, and applications of artificial intelligence in the media industry.

Future newsrooms, now: Zetland’s Lea Korsgaard on journalism as a service – and a product

2025-02-21. The Danish co-founder and Editor in Chief shares big wins: mobilising community for sustainability and growth; the untapped power of inhouse marketing, why newsrooms should build their own tools – and what the influencer trend means for newsrooms in transition.

New initiative to shift the needle on women’s leadership in the media

2025-02-21. WIN Guild, WAN-IFRA’s pioneering community of Top Women Editors and Publishers, launches inaugural summit with a bold declaration of intent to drive meaningful and measurable change in the industry.

Germany’s Boxit bets on last-mile delivery as publishers seek new revenue

2025-02-20. Bastian Schweiger, Managing Director of Boxit, shares how publishers can revamp their logistics, explore new market potential, and learn from successful transformations in the industry.

Inside Times Internet’s AI-first strategy: Paywalls, personalisation, productivity

2025-02-19. “AI isn’t just a tool – it’s a fundamental shift in how we operate. It’s allowing us to predict trends, optimise workflows, and personalise user experiences at a scale that was unimaginable before,” says Puneet Gupt, COO, Times Internet.

WAN-IFRA launches South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst accelerator programme

2025-02-17. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, has launched the South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst, an intensive accelerator programme in partnership with OpenAI, to fast-track artificial intelligence adoption in newsrooms.

‘For You’ – The Irish Times goes audience-centric, surfs data overload and gets insights from staff

2025-02-14. Through an initiative aimed primarily at younger female readers, The Irish Times has redefined its focus on key demographics, combining data-driven insights with qualitative feedback to create content that resonates with its readers’ lives and priorities.

Kim Svendsen appointed WAN-IFRA Membership Director

2025-02-07. Kim Svendsen has held various leadership positions, most recently at Stibo DX, a supplier of systems and services to global media groups. His extensive background in media technology and deep understanding of the global news media ecosystem make him uniquely positioned to lead WAN-IFRA’s membership initiatives.

Countering the chaos: a rallying call for collaboration to offset news media funding crisis

2025-02-07. Calls for mobilisation and collaboration, amid the US funding freeze, are compounded by chaos and the alarmingly persecutory rhetoric of a government intent on dismantling the media development ecosystem.

The path to journalism’s best future depends on a word most people hate: politics

2025-02-07. In 2024, about half the world’s population voted on the future of roughly one-third of the globe’s nations. Yet, politics disgusts most people. Journalists know this. It’s why news fatigue spreads like the coronavirus.