Founder of TLDR News on building trust with a generation tuning out traditional media

From explainer journalism and radical transparency to print revival and authentic digital journalism, founder Jack Kelly shares how TLDR News became a trusted platform for young audiences worldwide.

How Taiwan’s United Daily News Group uses data and AI to reclaim advertising revenue

Facing growing pressure in the digital media industry, United Daily News Group is using data and artificial intelligence to strengthen audience understanding, improve their advertising performance, and build more sustainable commercial growth.

How Indonesia’s IDN cracked the code to media survival

“We are the business of attention.” For Winston Utomo, Founder and CEO of IDN, the challenge in digital media today is how media is being defined in an attention-driven world.

How the Philippines’s ABS-CBN rebuilt its strategy after shutdown

The future of news is no longer about reaching the biggest audience but understanding how different audiences consume information across platforms, Francis Toral, head at ABS-CBN Integrated News in the Philippines, told Digital Media Asia participants in Manila.

Rappler shifts away from platform dependence amid AI, algorithm disruption

To survive the disruption brought by AI and algorithms, Rappler has shifted away from platform dependence and is rebuilding direct relationships with its readers, says Glenda Gloria, co-founder and executive director of the Philippines-based news publisher.

How the German Press Agency is reinventing news distribution for the agentic age

dpa is preparing to launch a “trusted information layer” designed to plug its verified news and data directly into the AI-powered workflows of its media clients.

As platform pressure grows, elDiario.es bets on trust and reader-funded journalism

As platforms reshape distribution and revenues shrink, elDiario.es is betting on a different path: reader funding, transparency, and deep community ties. Built in the wake of Spain’s media credibility crisis, its membership model shows how trust, not scale, can underpin a more resilient future for journalism.

Stig Ørskov to EU Speakers of Parliaments: Let’s live up to our shared responsibility

“Citizens must feel confident that the press is holding you and your colleagues in the European parliaments accountable – on their behalf. And they will only feel that confidence if the press is truly free from influence from the politicians it must scrutinise.”

Service journalism that pays off – lessons from Canada’s Village Media

Many publishers talk about service journalism. Ontario-based Village Media has built its entire growth model around it. During a recent Innovate Local webinar, CEO Jeff Elgie, explained how practical, everyday journalism – such as housing guides, school updates, local government coverage that people can use – has become a direct driver of reader revenue, stronger habits, and higher advertiser relevance.

Middle East journalism innovates across borders, conflict and constraint

WAN-IFRA’s Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards winners combine verification, audience participation and public value across the region.