Global brand, local voice: Rethinking the magazine model in Vietnam

Marie Claire Vietnam Publisher Hami Tran on defining a title’s DNA, adapting international brands for local audiences and the changing role of publishers in Asia.

‘Monetise the relationship, not the pageview’: Rethinking news publishing in the AI era

As AI changes how people find and consume news, publishers need to focus on trust, their relationship with audiences and giving people more reasons to pay, said WPP Media South Asia COO Ashwin Padmanabhan.

Innovation, AI and uncertainty: Key findings from the 2025 State of Asian Newsrooms report

Asian newsrooms are moving faster on artificial intelligence, digital audiences and new forms of collaboration, but familiar pressures around staffing and revenue remain. That is the broad picture emerging from the latest 2025 State of Asian Newsrooms report.

A lens, not a template: How Broadsheet is taking its city-first model global

Broadsheet founder Nick Shelton on taking culture seriously, earning audience trust and what the brand’s move into London is teaching the business.

Why trusted audience relationships matter more in an AI-shaped ad market

Crain Communications COO Veebha Mehta discusses first-party data, changing advertiser expectations and why publishers should focus on the assets they already own.

AIRPPU partners with OpenAI and WAN-IFRA to strengthen Ukrainian media with new AI programme

Frankfurt, Germany | Kyiv, Ukraine – The Newsroom AI Masterclass Series and Newsroom AI Catalyst support Ukraine’s independent news sector with a focus on AI adoption, innovation and resilience.

World News Day 2026: Time to fight

Branko Brkic has lived in two societies at breaking point, with opposite outcomes: 1980s Yugoslavia, where shared facts fell apart until the country tore itself to pieces, and South Africa, where journalists dug through state capture until the theft could no longer be denied, and hope was restored. Two experiences taught him the same thing from opposite directions. Read his message for World News Day.

Combating hate and scaling revenue: The evolution of publisher social tools

As publishers confront toxic comment sections and AI-driven misinformation, Germany’s largest network of local news brands has deployed a new tool to drive healthier engagement – increasing digital revenue “roughly sixfold.”

‘Readers don’t buy subscriptions, they buy for the value’: learnings from Manorama Online

Malayala Manorama’s website, Manorama Online, is nearly 30 years old, but it’s only fairly recently that the publisher launched a reader revenue model for it.

Lulu Skantze, Chair of FIPP’s new Initiative for Kids Trusted Media, on nurturing the next generation of readers

While travelling back and forth from London by Eurostar recently, Lulu Skantze decided to do some impromptu market research.