WAN-IFRA announces enlarged programme for the second year of Table Stakes Europe

2020-10-26. WAN-IFRA announces the names of 23 news publishers participating in its Table Stakes Europe initiative for the coming year. The programme is growing fast, almost doubling from the original 14 participants in 2019/20 and replicating the rapid growth of the same programme in the United States. 

Towards a technology-based news and lifestyle future

How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 5G, and the Internet of Things (IoT) impact the consumption of news and entertainment? News and other organisations will have an exciting future leveraging these technologies to stay ahead.

Facebook News reaches “significant new audiences”

Facebook News integrates news into a single, dedicated space on the app. Anne Kornblut, Global Head of Curation at Facebook, in her keynote address at Digital Media Asia 2020, reported strong initial traction for the dedicated news tab, with engagement and retention growing quickly.

Lookout Local: Ken Doctor’s prescription for sustaining local media in the US

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of authoritarian regimes have been challenging newsrooms, Lookout Local aims to create a sustainable business model by focusing on its community and readers so that journalism can thrive.

Tips for news publishers on monetising video, audio

Digital video and audio consumption have grown exponentially. Ajay Chacko, co-founder and CEO of Arré; Lottie Laws, head of global video solutions at Twitter Australia; and Roby Alampay, founder and CEO of Puma Public Productions, recently discussed tips and best practices for monetising video and audio at Digital Media Asia 2020.

WAN-IFRA announces the winners of the 2020 World Digital Media Awards

2020-10-21. The winners of the 2020 World Digital Media Awards have once again demonstrated a clear blueprint for successful news publishing: Powerful storytelling combined with content that is vital to the lives of consumers is essential in building profitable relationships with audiences.

World’s Press raises concerns over new immigration rules limiting the stay of foreign journalists in the USA.

2020-10-20. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a proposed rule to fix the stay of non immigrants to improve national security. Specifically, the proposed rule seeks to remove the current framework that allows representatives of foreign Information media to remain in the United States for as long as they maintain compliance with the terms and conditions of their period required to complete their assignment, or employment.

What’s next for premium advertising?

Today’s advertising landscape is fraught with challenges: the death of third-party cookies, a depressed advertising market, advertising revenues going to platforms instead of publishers, just to name a few.

Publishers share tips on building a data-centric organisation

From audience engagement to advertising, more media companies are looking to adopt a data-driven culture. Data-savvy publishers shared how they are using data to understand their audience in this Digital Media Asia eSummit 2020 panel moderated by Sally Wu, Director, Business & Audience Insights (Research & Analytics), at BBC News Global Singapore.

Singapore Press Holdings sweeps Asian Digital Media Awards 2020 with five wins

2020-10-19. The results of this year’s Asian Digital Media Awards were announced in a virtual ceremony held during the online edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Asia conference, and presented by veteran BBC, CNBC and Al-Jazeera news presenter, Teymoor Nabili, who is now CEO and Publisher of Tech for Impact Asia.