How The Straits Times Schools is bringing news into classrooms

With an educational online portal, ST Schools is boosting news literacy by bringing news content from Singapore’s The Straits Times into classrooms.

Lend your support to World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day on May 3 shines a light on current issues, threats and achievements concerning #PressFreedom.

Here’s how to support this year’s World News Day

The Canadian Journalism Foundation is calling on news organisations across the globe to join the World News Day campaign, taking place on May 2, with the goal of raising awareness about the value of fair and independent journalism.

Singapore Press Holdings H1 Results: Digital Media Segment Looks Promising

Print media continues to witness slow down, but digital sees steady growth

DM India: Publishers share subscription success stories

“Exclusivity is the single largest driver of subscriptions. If you are offering something that no one else has, it’s easier to convince someone to pay you for it,” says Rohin Dharmakumar, co-founder and CEO of The Ken.

Cider bet turned sour spurs culture change at Finnish publisher

In the space of seven years, Aller Media Finland, part of a pan-Nordic media holding, has transformed itself from a magazine publisher to a diversified media, marketing, and data services concern that continues to publish two weekly magazines. Group CEO Pauli Aalto-Setälä spoke with us about digital transformation, diversification, and a bad investment that catalysed culture change.

Can’t make money from video? Don’t tell that to Styria or VGTV

Who says the “pivot to video” phase for publishers has cooled? Not Styria Media in Austria or VGTV in Norway, both telling us at #DME19 that they are reaping revenues from their respective video operations after years of “obsessing” over the format.

WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum Board elects new Chair and Vice-Chair

2019-04-08. The Board of WAN-IFRA’S World Printers Forum elected Herbert Kaiser, Senior Manager, Product and Project Management, Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed AG & Co. KG, Würzburg, Germany, as the new Chairman and Max Garrido, Managing Director of the Spanish newspaper printing company Corporacion Bermont, as the new Vice Chairman.

Canadian publishers, digital subscribers to see benefits from new tax measures

In November, the Canadian government announced plans to help provide support to news publishers in the country through a journalism tax credit, a subsidy as well as a tax deduction for digital subscribers. As we wrote at the time, news publishers were being cautiously optimistic as they waited for details about just how these proposals would actually work.

Organisations must do their bit to keep journalists safe

In their day-to-day work, journalists are exposed to a number of threats, ranging from physical violence to cyber attacks or online harassment. What can news organisations do to keep them safe?