Digital Media

“The juxtaposition of man and machine is yesterday's thinking. The boundary will most likely increasingly dissolve. Digital will become more human-like, and human more digital-like. Hence our understanding of what is ‘real’, ‘true’ and ‘trustworthy’ will be redefined.”

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.

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.

2024-05-13. “AI is just a tool… it’s never the end-product,” noted Auriel Aulia Widjaja, Head of Product at Indonesia's IDN Media, which began as a single news website 10 years ago and now comprises seven media verticals, a live-streaming super app, and various digital media and experiential businesses with over 70 million monthly active users across its ecosystem.

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.

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.

2024-05-08. Shea Driscoll, the South China Morning Post’s Digital Editor, recently discussed how the daily is focusing on improving presentation, analytics and practices to attract audiences across Asia and beyond.

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.

2024-04-26. The BBC in India has found success with its investigative and explanatory video content, particularly among people younger than 34. Rupa Jha from BBC News recently described how they are doing this.

2024-04-24. Rather than viewing their arts and culture readers as a niche segment, the Hamburger Abendblatt has embraced the idea that this audience represents a significant and valuable part of their overall readership. By shifting their mindset, they've been able to develop targeted strategies to better serve and convert these readers into loyal subscribers.

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.

2024-04-17. Verdens Gang (VG), one of Norway’s premier news outlets, is using AI to help enhance its newsroom productivity. With a team of seven developers, VG is experimenting with various AI-driven tools built to meet the needs of the newsroom.

2024-04-16. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards honour African news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity and service to their readers. We are excited to announce the winners in the 2024 edition of the competition! 

2024-04-15. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards honour European news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity, inspiration and service to their readers. We are happy to announce the winners in the 17th year of the awards!

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.

2024-04-11. WAN-IFRA announced the 2024 Digital Media Americas Awards winners in Panama City during its annual Digital Media LATAM conference. More than 140 projects of 69 media companies from 17 different countries in North America, Central America and South America participated, highlighting topics such as diversity, climate change, the problem of drug trafficking, innovation and the elections, and latent concerns in the region.

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.

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.”

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.

2024-03-27. Change and transformation are inevitable for publishers when the threat is huge. But for Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), there was no threat – at least in terms of digital subscriptions. Here is how Germany’s biggest quality daily newspaper used the Table Stakes Europe method to build on its ongoing success.