It’s time to start focusing on our readers – Raju Narisetti

Whenever anyone asks if it is time to rethink their newsroom yet again, “the answer should always be ‘Yes,’ ” says Raju Narisetti, Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Strategy for News Corp, USA.

Norway’s Avisa Nordland wins World Young Reader Prize for Editorial

Erik Bjerager, President World Editors Forum, Denmark, (at left in photo) presented the World Young Reader Prize for Editorial to Avisa Nordland, Norway at the start of the 12th International Newsroom Summit on Tuesday afternoon in Berlin. Accepting the prize was Jan Eirik Hanssen, Chief Editor of Avisa Nordland.

Wifag focuses on packaging, automation and digital printing

At a press conference, Wifag CEO Jörgen Karlsson presents the company’s new business direction, which no longer is limited to the newspaper industry. Karlsson makes a point of reassuring newspaper customers that they will continue to be supported. “Wifag takes care of its customers to secure their daily production,” he says.

‘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.

Agfa Graphics’ Arkitex celebrates its 10th anniversary

At this year’s World Publishing Expo, Agfa Graphics presents its print and mobile publishing solutions for newspapers, with a special focus on the newest Arkitex Eversify enhancements. At a press conference, Agfa Graphics Newspaper Segment Manager Bobby Grauf (pictured) said Arkitex Eversify offers newspaper publishers a quick start in mobile publishing, enabling them to create native apps for their titles.

Publishers: Don’t give away the (data) store!

Publishers must act to stop third parties from grabbing audience data about their sites off the Internet and selling advertising on the basis of those measurements, says Paul Hood of UK-based Archant. “Until we stop” this data leakage, publishers will continue fighting a losing battle for online ad revenues, he says at “Harnessing Audience Analytics: an SFN Forum” on Tuesday.

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.

RotaJet digital press in focus at KBA

At the company’s press conference, KBA’s CEO and President Claus Bolza-Schünemann said the volume of new investment in newspaper printing technology has shrunk dramatically (more than 70% since 2006). Despite its market share of around 40% for new newspaper presses, KBA expects a continued moderate decline in investment in newspaper production equipment through 2015, rather than a significant recovery.

manroland announces sale of a FoldLine and a Colorman, cooperation with S.E.M.

In a press conference on Monday afternoon manroland web systems informed the trade press, among other things, about recent equipment sales and a cooperation agreement with S.E.M. Eckhard Hörner-Maraß, Managing Director of manroland web system, declared that after two difficult years the company is back on track and trys to recapture the lead position in the newspaper segment. The focus of the company, he said, will remain on web offset.

HOME BUSINESS DIGITAL MEDIA EDITORIAL INCUBATOR PRESS FREEDOM MEDIA POLICY From 0 to video in 30 seconds

John Paton, CEO of US-based Digital First Media, describes a video app that gets journalists out of the office. It does more than that, of course: it drives user engagement to previously unheard-of levels, for instance.