Huffington Post expands into Africa with Al Huffington Post Maghreb

Only a month after its first foray into Asia with Huffington Post Japan, Arianna Huffington’s news site launched its first African edition on Tuesday – the French-language Al Huffington Post Maghreb.

New multilingual news organisation aims for global reach through Internet, apps

From 1 July, the Israel-based i24 news will attempt to take on the likes of Al Jazeera, the BBC and France 24 with a tri-lingual 24 hour television channel that will be accessible in its entirety on the web and through mobile apps.

Crowdfunding promising for mainstream media, too

A journalism industry counting pennies and cutting staff salivated at the idea of crowdfunding, which declared itself as a viable business model for journalism last year. But the strategy seemed out of reach for mainstream media organisations — until recently.

South Asian publishers address regional trends

WAN-IFRA India Expo 2013, the second-largest international exhibition in the world for trends and practices in the newspaper printing and publishing industry, will be held 11-13 September in Bangalore. Ahead of the event, WAN-IFRA interviewed a few leading South Asian publishing managers to find out what they see as the major current trends in the regional publishing industry.

How to boost digital security to protect sources, reporting

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about PRISM and other U.S. government monitoring programs have raised questions about press freedom and source anonymity. Now more than ever, reporters must learn how to maximize privacy online.

Could Facebook’s mobile news service fill the gap left by Google Reader?

Having introduced Poke as a rival to Snapchat and Instagram’s new video service to take on Vine, as well as rolling out its own brand of Twitter-inspired hashtags, Facebook is reportedly now set to offer a challenge to Flipboard and Pulse with a news aggregation app for smartphones and tablets.

Why newsrooms need smart TV apps

If your news organization doesn’t have a smart TV app, designing one should be a top priority, data from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism suggests.

Zeitung Digital 2013 in pictures

Zeitung Digital 2013, a joint WAN-IFRA and BDZV conference, took place on 19 and 20 June in Frankfurt, Germany. Here are some impressions from the show floor.

Paid online content has optimistic future, study suggests

More people are paying for online news, and those who don’t digitally subscribe are warming to the idea of doing so, according to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

2013 is ‘do or die’ for Patch

Halfway through Patch’s “do-or-die year,” AOL’s goals to break even appear a lofty fantasy. The hyperlocal news community must halve its expenses and double its revenues, suggesting that Patch may soon join many of its recently defunct peers.