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WAN-IFRA: How publishers can build resilient business models in developing nations

WAN-IFRA has released a new report, Unlocking Journalism Resilience: Adapting a Digital Business Model to Promote Press Freedom. It examines how news publishers in politically…

“Faster bandwidth unlocks new ways to tell stories”: Publishers get ready for 5G

Opensignal, a mobile analytics company, recently released its analysis of 5G performance in eight countries. According to the report, “5G boosts the maximum real-world download…

Fighting fake news: 5 free (but powerful) tools for journalists

A Pew Research Center study, released last month, found that most U.S. adults (63%) think that altered videos and images create a great deal of…

Time launches immersive reality app, to showcase groundbreaking visual journalism

Time magazine is making headway into immersive augmented reality and virtual reality experiences this week, with the announcement of a new app and news that…

PSFK’s Piers Fawkes: Our B2B publication works due to relentless iteration

PSFK founder, president & editor-in-chief Piers Fawkes unveils how his B2B company helps brands and retailers build tomorrow’s customer experiences. Bibblio CEO Mads Holmen had a chat…

Ecom ad spending is growing “much faster” than total digital advertising: GroupM

According to the latest report on E-commerce trends by GroupM, e-commerce related spending on advertising is growing much faster than total digital advertising, and holds…

Google is building a social network (again)

Shrugging off its monumental failure with Google+, the search giant is again dipping its toes into the social networking waters. It’s latest initiative is Shoelace,…

How the Beano Digital Network keeps the brand relevant to today’s kids online

The Beano is the longest running weekly children’s comic in the UK, having published issues for the past 81 years, almost to the day. But…

Q&A: Sourcefabric, co-creating journalism’s open-source newsroom CMS

Founded in April 2010, Sourcefabric has grown to become Europe’s largest developer of open-source software for the news industry. WNIP recently caught up with Sourcefabric’s…

Publishers—like Hearst and NYT—are making human capital investment a priority again

After years of shrinking budgets for training and cuts to personal development across the magazine and news media industries, there are signs that companies are…

How India’s largest premium streaming platform turns viewers into subscribers

The advance of high-speed networks and affordable data plans hasn’t only whet audience appetites for unlimited anytime, anywhere access to the content they desire. It…

With online streaming, local news is going digital

Local television news enjoys a somewhat unique vantage point among audiences: It’s America’s most trusted source of news according to the 2018 Poynter Media Trust Survey.…

Key insights from FIPP’s “Innovation in Publishing” whitepaper

FIPP and UPM Communication Papers recently published a whitepaper, “Innovation in Publishing” which looks into how publishers are innovating to counter the challenges faced by…

Monetising audio, building direct relationships, and emerging tech: Insights from GEN Summit 2019

Over three days in sunny Athens, the Global Editors Network gathered a large group of innovators in the media industry, coming from the commercial, editorial,…

The future of content is sponsored – but maybe not in the ways you think

Brands have long supported the creation of content, whether through traditional advertising or by more direct means such as brand tie-ins, product placements, and brought-to-you-by…

“When it’s uncontroversial, it’s too late”: How a Scandinavian legacy publisher innovates for the future

Innovation is one of the keys that can help publishers survive and prosper against the considerable challenges the industry continues to face. Many are focusing…

Innovations in service journalism, to increase accountability

People in power should be held accountable through service journalism. To achieve this two innovations in journalism were highlighted at this year’s Digital Innovators’ Summit…

The future of media will be personal, according to PwC

Consumer interaction on digital platforms is a key driver of revenue for entertainment and media companies. With increasing affordability and availability of broadband, mobile continues…

“This is how the advertising industry is going to survive”: How NYT’s AI-driven data insight tool is informing ad campaigns

For publishers, AI-driven tools have largely been used for editorial purposes, to write articles on themes like sports scores, weather forecasts and real estate sales.…

Habit forming products for news: What publishers need to know

The newspaper industry has long mastered the art of habit forming; after all, they managed to associate the print newspaper with the morning coffee through…

Opinion: Why more publishers should incorporate dynamic paywalls to improve personalisation and loyalty
In July this year, Google launched version 76 of Chrome, fixing an existing loophole that allowed publishers and other site owners to detect readers who were browsing in incognito mode. However, a consequence of closing this loophole meant that many publishers suddenly found their paywalls unlocked; WNIP estimates that as many as 33% of paywalls …
IAB UK: In defence of a free internet
Last week, Zenith Media’s Tom Goodwin wrote a piece for us on why making content on the internet free was our biggest mistake. Here, Jon Mew, CEO of the IAB UK argues why we should think again. For many people reading this, the concept of paying for online news will be as alien as cashing a …
Opinion: How publishers can drive increased trust and transparency through Sellers.json
A transparent relationship with advertising clients is one of the primary objectives for publishers and helps to establish a strong relationship with both potential and current advertisers. To achieve even greater results, however, publishers should look to educate their partners with information they would not otherwise have access to. With these factors in mind, IAB …