‘For subscriptions to survive, brands must be landmarks’ – Grupo Clarín CEO on reader revenue and AI strategy

2025-09-01. In recent years, Clarín has grown strongly, surpassing 750,000 digital subscribers, investing in technology, and launching pioneering AI projects. The Argentinian publisher’s CEO, Héctor Aranda, discusses how Clarín is balancing reader‑funded growth, tech and new products (including AI), and protecting journalistic rights amid rapid AI disruption.

How the ‘why’ of the mission can align the entire business

2025-09-01. A clear mission – the “why” behind your journalism – aligns newsroom, product and commercial teams. Leaders at the World News Media Congress showed that when a purpose is genuinely lived it sharpens strategy, guides trade-offs and makes transformation more focused and sustainable.

M20: Media pushes for seat at international high table

2025-08-29. South Africa is gearing up for November’s G20 Leaders Summit – and the country’s news media torchbearers are ensuring journalism is not just an afterthought. By teaming up with global counterparts, they’re pushing the importance of news media, journalism and information integrity in discussions.

How Schibsted’s AI model helped boost subscription sales

2025-08-29. Subscription growth and retention remain critical for the long-term success of digital media companies. To tackle one of the toughest personalisation challenges – serving highly relevant recommendations to anonymous users – Schibsted has developed an AI-powered machine learning model. 

Norway’s press leads the charge in renewed global calls for urgent action on Gaza

2025-08-22. Media, politicians and civil society around the world are escalating calls for urgent action to protect journalists in Gaza; to allow international media access, and for independent investigations into targeted killings. Some 200 journalists have died – those who remain face hunger, displacement and inhumane conditions, making this the deadliest conflict ever recorded for the press.

Check the 8: A lifeline to trustworthy news in sea of disinformation

2025-08-22. ‘We really need to turn trust around. Global relations, strong communities, individual well-being and each person’s ability to help shape the world they hope to see entirely depends on it,’ says Sally Lehrman, lead architect of the media Trust Indicators and Chief Executive of the Trust Project.

As NYT for Kids is axed, other youth products are finding success

2025-08-22. As one of the most prominent kids’ printed news products folds, others are expanding – and Norway’s government shows how to boost media literacy with new news products for children.

Stig Ørskov to Succeed Vincent Peyrègne as CEO of WAN-IFRA

2026-08-19. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stig Kirk Ørskov as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective beginning 2026. Ørskov succeeds Vincent Peyrègne, who has served as CEO since 2012.

How India’s HT Labs turns experiments into profitable products

2025-08-15. Launched five years ago by Hindustan Times, HT Labs has developed a stable of successful products and now has a staff of more than 160. Co-Founder and CEO Avinash Mudaliar recently discussed what they do and how they decide which projects to work on.

‘Telling Stories Should Not Be a Death Sentence’ – World Editors Forum President on Gaza killings

2025-08-11. The World Editors Forum has condemned the targeted killing of Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif and four others in Gaza, urging immediate and unhindered access for reporters to the conflict zone.