Changing mindsets still hardest part of media transformation

There have been a few signals this week – from the UK, US and South Africa – that culture change remains the key driver of successful media transformation.

The Times, Sunday Times reach 150,000 digital subscribers

The Times and The Sunday Times have just revealed that they have reached 150,000 digital subscribers. Moreover, the number of print subscribers is now at 200,000; 50,000 more than when they launched the paywall in July 2010.

Personal viewpoint: Journalists have responsibility to engage with audiences

Many editors and newsroom middle managers have stories about a circulation department that consistently failed to deliver papers on time (with the result that unhappy readers and agents would, as a last resort, complain to the newsdesk).

Google launches Media Tools for journalists

On Monday Google launched a new site that gathers together and explains each of the tools it provides for journalists. Media Tools is a sleek one-stop-shop for news reporters, acting as a go-to site for writers looking for information on stories and ways of presenting them.

Study: Pinterest tops Twitter in driving traffic to publishers

For the second year in a row, publishers are getting more traffic from Pinterest than they are from Twitter, according to a new study by Shareaholic, which tracked how eight of the most popular social networks are helping deliver traffic to publishers.

International Herald Tribune becomes International New York Times today

As of today the International Herald Tribune is being rebranded as the International New York Times, “a news report tailored specifically for the valued members of our global audience” says Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., publisher at the NYT. This change signals another step in the evolution of The New York Times newspaper.

Proposed Royal Press Charter in Britain draws outrage

Controversies over press freedom in Britain have been prominent in news headlines since the Leveson report last year, and current proposals for a Parliament-backed Royal Charter to govern press regulation is the subject of indignant and divisive debate.

Impressions from World Publishing Expo 2013

Snapshots of the largest annual event of the news publishing industry, held in Berlin Messe, from 7 to 9 October 2013.

A case study of flexible short-run digital printing

At the Media Port Power of Print on Wednesday, Stefaan Vanysacker, Project Manager at Halewijn Drukkerij in Belgium, reports on a special newspaper: Kerk & Leven (Church & Life), which is published by the Catholic Church and has a weekly circulation of 300,000 copies – spread over 481 different editions. It is printed digitally.

Al Jazeera’s new online channel aims to ‘empower global conversations’

Launched as a response to the “generation of people who want to go behind the box,” Al Jazeera’s Innovation and Incubation Manager Moeed Ahmad promotes Al Jazeera Plus (AJ+) as “a fresh approach” to the interactive online population.