New Reader Revenue report highlights 10 best practice case studies

2024-02-02. We continually report on how news publishers, both large and small, in countries worldwide are successfully developing and fine-tuning their reader revenue initiatives to build their subscriber base and reduce churn. Our latest report highlights 10 of the most interesting cases we have encountered in the past 12 months.

How Norway’s DN used gamification to gain 35,000 young, registered users

2024-02-01. Dagens Næringsliv (DN), part of the DN Media Group, is Norway’s largest business newspaper with a daily readership of 300,000+. Like many publishers, DN was struggling to attract more young readers aged 18 to 35, and specifically those who were interested in finance.

WAN-IFRA Unveils Innovate Local Programme to Drive Media Innovation and Sustainability.

2024-01-31. WAN-IFRA announces the launch of Innovate Local, the first global forum for local media. Through the Innovate Local programme, media professionals will be able to exchange actionable and scalable ideas with a focus on opportunities and problems unique to the business of local journalism. The initiative addresses small and midsized local media and local entities of bigger media groups.

2023 in review and the year ahead

2024-01-30. WAN-IFRA’s work is guided by the conviction that media freedom is firmly rooted in sustainable, economically independent news businesses. We are grateful to our members and partners for their support and what we achieved together in 2023, a milestone year for WAN-IFRA. Celebrating our seventy-fifth anniversary stands out as a key highlight, as does growing the number of global publishers we partner with.

The International Color Quality 2024-2026 contest for print publishing is now open.

2024-01-30. WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum has announced the opening of registrations for the International Color Quality Club (ICQC), the global print quality contest for newspapers and magazines. 

New WAN-IFRA report: How to use audience needs to unlock digital transformation

2024-01-30. The report details how 12 European news publishers adopted a digital- and audiences-first approach that helped them embrace new ways of working, build stronger relationships with readers and transform newsroom operations.

Digital Media Awards South Asia 2023 Unveils Top Honours for Digital Media Excellence

2024-01-29. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) announced the results for the seventh edition of Digital Media Awards South Asia. HT Labs, The Hindu, Prothom Alo, The Quint, and BBC News emerged as the DMA South Asia 2023 winners among more than 100 entries from news publishers across South Asia.

How Mensagem is bridging the news divide within Lisbon’s underreported communities

2024-01-26. A Lisbon-based digital news startup’s groundbreaking community storytelling initiative is evidence that meeting audience needs is a remedy for news avoidance – and can help rebuild trust.

New World Press Trends report showcases publishers’ positive outlook amid uncertainty

2024-01-25. Against a backdrop of geopolitical instability, rapidly changing relationships with technology platforms and strategic questions raised by generative AI, the new WAN-IFRA study finds news publishers in a remarkably optimistic mood about the year ahead and their prospects further down the line.

3D Theory of Change: new tool helps create and measure newsroom impact

2023-01-25. Building your Roadmap for Impact, a new report by climateXchange, is out now to help newsrooms navigate the process of change, with the aim of increasing the impact of climate content.