Media - Print

The vast majority of newspaper editors worldwide are optimistic about the future of their newspapers, but they don’t think of them as "print-only," having clearly accepted the multi-media revolution, according to a global survey that provides an insider’s view of newsroom attitudes and strategies. The second annual "Newsroom Barometer," conducted by Zogby International for the World Editors Forum

The Associated Press (AP) will further cut fees paid by struggling newspaper members and develop an advertising-supported service that will deliver stories and photos to advanced cell phones. The service, which will carry local news from participating newspapers as well as national and international news from AP, is being tested with several newspaper companies and is expected to launch in the...

From increased responsibilities to growing competition, the constantly evolving media landscape has created both challenges and opportunities for today's journalists in the US. Many journalists are having to expand their skill set and add "blogger" to their resumes. Moreover, reporters at newspapers across the country are finding that they have to fill an online news hole, as well as the

The National Herald founded 70 years ago by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Tuesday published its last editorial as it "temporarily suspended" operations, acording to Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). The Congress party, which finances the paper, is reportedly considering the feasibility of relaunching the newspaper with modern technology. The editorial department of the English...

The revenue picture for Canada’s daily newspapers remained stable through 2007, with robust growth in online ad sales offsetting a mild decline in print advertising. This is in sharp contrast to the US, where a contracting economy helped drive print ad revenues to the biggest year over year fall in more than half a century. According to new data released by the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA)...

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and other publishers organisations have welcomed Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s statement supporting the aim of the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP) to give publishers more control over the use of their content. Speaking to a reporter in Sydney earlier this week, Schmidt said that the only barriers to Google’s implementation of ACAP were technical, and...

The Google vs newspapers issue has surfaced again. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has again called on Google to embrace a new publishing standard that allows website terms and conditions to be placed in machine-readable format so that publishers can have a say in how news aggregators and search engine companies use their content. Google European executive Ron Jonas was quoted as saying...

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf has agreed to open the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2008, the global summit meetings of the world’s press, to be held in Göteborg, Sweden, next June. The events, organised by the World Association of Newspapers, are expected to draw more than 1,500 newspaper publishers, managing directors, CEO, chief editors and other senior...

The hype about MySpace, YouTube, and Internet campaigning is turning out to be just that — hype. Social networking, blogs and political parties' websites are affecting voter opinion in the United States far less than the recent buzz would suggest. Few people use them for political information, and even fewer trust them. According to a recent Nucleus survey, traditional print media is far more...

Global newspaper circulation rose nearly 2 per cent in 2006 and the number of newspaper titles also increased significantly, according to provisional data revealed today by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). Paid-for newspaper circulation went up 1.9 per cent year-on-year to more than 510 million paid-for copies in 2006 and the number of new paid-for titles grew to more than 11,000 for the...