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‘Try fast and kill faster,’ CEO of Brazil’s UOL on staying relevant, growing reach and revenues
2024-05-14. In this exclusive conversation, Paulo Samia, CEO of UOL, explains the evolution of the Brazilian media company's business strategy, how it is growing reach, revenues (and influence), its AI strategy and his vision for the future.
Donavine Smith
May 17, 20248 min read


How Australia's Daily Aus is migrating young audiences from social platforms
2024-05-16. As some technology platforms have deprioritised news, a small media outlet called The Daily Aus decided it would pivot fast in an effort to keep its current millennial and GenZ audience.
Donavine Smith
May 16, 20243 min read
Video strategy helps Singapore's Mothership attract 1 million daily users
2024-05-15. For Singapore’s most widely-used online news source, the preference is to “stay just slightly ahead of the curve,” said Tan Xing Qi, Head of Video at Mothership.
Donavine Smith
May 15, 20243 min read
How many articles should you offer for free before the paywall?
2024-05-10. It’s a million dollar question. And one that every publisher with a digital subscriptions model has asked themselves at least once.
Donavine Smith
May 10, 20248 min read
Trust: Why newsbrands need a unique digital media identifier
2024-05-08. How to stand out as a trusted source of news is something that challenges the industry. OLAF STEENFADT argues that a new identification system for news publishers is an essential tool to safeguard credibility.
Donavine Smith
May 8, 20247 min read
Survey: AI's role with news media in 3-5 years
2024-05-07. Most publishers have at least experimented with some form of Artificial Intelligence thus far. We wanted to ask just a few questions about how news executives think AI will impact their business and journalism within the next few years.
Donavine Smith
May 7, 20241 min read
Digital Media Awards Asia 2024: SPH Media emerges as the biggest winner.
2024-04-24. Singapore’s leading news publisher, SPH Media is the major winner at this year’s prestigious Digital Media Awards Asia organised by WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, taking home a total of eight trophies.
Donavine Smith
Apr 24, 20243 min read


New to AI? Prioritise processes and tasks: India Today Group HR Chief
2024-04-12. If you’re a news publisher and wondering about getting started with AI, the good news is that many people on your staff are likely already using it in some form and that adoption will only continue, says Purva Misra of India Today Group.
Donavine Smith
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Digital Media Awards: A salute to pioneering reader revenue initiatives across regions
2024-04-10. WAN-IFRA recently announced the regional winners for our latest round of Digital Media Awards in Africa, the Americas and Europe. And last month, we presented the trophies to our winners in South Asia during the Digital Media India event.
Donavine Smith
Apr 10, 20243 min read


drupa 2024: Global printing industry meets again in Düsseldorf
2024-04-10. After a lengthy interruption, the international trade fair, drupa, will once again take place at Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, from 28 May to 7 June. This year, the focus will be on sustainability and digitalisation.
Donavine Smith
Apr 10, 20243 min read
Tackling print decline and building a path to sustainability: Lessons from KG Media
2024-04-09. Andy Budiman, CEO of KG Media, shares insights from the Indonesian media group’s journey to adapt its business model and build a sustainable future for its media brands, including its flagship publication Kompas, Indonesia’s largest newspaper.
Donavine Smith
Apr 9, 20246 min read
Indian news executives share advice for navigating turbulent times
2024-04-05. With rapid developments around AI, the upcoming demise of third-party cookies, and audiences' evolving content consumption habits, it is crucial for publishers to adopt a more agile mindset: “Gone are the days when you could create a five-year plan, three-year plan, one-year plan… Now it's a one-quarter and one-month plan.”
Donavine Smith
Apr 5, 20244 min read


Bangladesh’s Daily Star finds success with online careers course platform
2024-04-04. Last September, The Daily Star in Bangladesh launched Keeron, an online learning platform. It provides the news publisher with a potentially massive new audience and revenue stream, seamlessly integrating with many of the publishing company's existing departments.
Donavine Smith
Apr 4, 20244 min read
La publicidad en medios de calidad fomenta la sostenibilidad democrática
2024-03-29. La importancia de incorporar la sostenibilidad de la democracia como uno más de los criterios de sostenibilidad empresarial, es la propuesta de Carlos Núñez que permitiría a los anunciantes alinear sus inversiones con los criterios ESG y fortalecer la calidad del periodismo independiente en un entorno digital desafiante.
Donavine Smith
Mar 29, 202410 min read
Data drives subscriptions and engagement at NDTV Profit
2024-03-18. In the current media market, with plummeting ad revenues and the impending demise of third-party cookies, subscriptions have become a priority for most publishers worldwide.
Donavine Smith
Mar 18, 20245 min read
Digital Media India 2024 key message: Explore usability of AI and adapt it early for the right reasons
2024-03-18. The annual edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India (DMI) was held in New Delhi on 13 and 14 March. It also hosted the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2023 presentation, with HT Labs (Hindustan Media Ventures Limited) bagging the Champion Publisher Award.
Donavine Smith
Mar 18, 20243 min read
PubMatic Partners with Internews to Enable Ad Investment in Quality Journalism on a Global Scale
2024-03-07. PubMatic's partnership with Internews makes advertising across responsible content accessible on a global scale, allowing brands to embrace news-encompassing marketing strategies that produce social impact, economic returns and enable them to reach and gain affinity with more customers.
Donavine Smith
Mar 7, 20243 min read
No hay posibilidad de tener suscripción si la marca no significa algo para la gente y es una referencia.
El 2023 ha sido para el grupo Clarín un año de cosechar éxitos, hemos visto con admiración como Clarín rebasaba el techo de los 700.000 suscriptores, cómo invertía en tecnología abriendo nuevas fuentes de ingresos junto a Hiberus y lanzaba su asistente de lectura basado en IAG UAlter.
Donavine Smith
Mar 5, 20245 min read


How Bertelsmann Marketing Services reduced their energy consumption – Case study
2024-02-29. Lars Peters, Director of Energy Management, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, presented the case of energy saving at Bertelsmann.
Donavine Smith
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Despite AI, audience preferences still central to content production
2024-02-28. Despite all the attention on artificial intelligence (AI), machine-based learning, and various other technological advancements, the audience remains at the centre of journalism and news business models.
Donavine Smith
Feb 28, 20244 min read
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offices in Singapore, Mexico and India, we are the global organisation of the world’s press. Our mission is to protect the rights of journalists and publishers around the world to operate independent media. Members are provided with the expertise and services they require to innovate and prosper in a digital world, and carry out their crucial roles in society.
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