David Pemsel: Back from the brink, the Guardian charts its course forward

In 2015, the Guardian had lost around 100 million pounds for the year, and despite having a huge readership, its future was looking bleak. Today, the company is rapidly approaching break-even, has broader reach than ever and has increased its endowment to more than 1 billion pounds, up from 700 million only a few years ago.

WAN-IFRA President highlights two key developments from #WNC18

WAN-IFRA’s 70th Annual World News Media Congress concluded last week in Portugal. More than 900 news media professionals attended the three-day event. Here, WAN-IFRA President Michael Golden shares a number of highlights from Congress.

Practical advice for tackling gender imbalance in news media from #WINSummit18

The focus of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements has moved beyond sexual harassment in the entertainment business to encompass other industries and the unequal treatment of women in all aspects of life. Calls for better representation of women voices in the news media are growing louder, but the industry still has a long way to go.

Gender Equality and WAN-IFRA: Reflecting on Estoril

The World News Media Congress has always served as a great opportunity for the industry to collectively look in the mirror, to reflect on where we are, where we’ve been and where we need to go. When it comes to gender diversity, the events of last week in Portugal convince me that while we have made progress, we have a long way to go.

Global media to Facebook: News content is NOT political advertising

Seven media organizations representing a total of 20,000-plus media publishers and professionals in more than 120 countries around the world are jointly protesting Facebook’s new advertising policy, which labels quality news as political advocacy and includes such content in its archive of political advertising.

World Editors Forum Board condemns sexism at World News Media Congress

At last week’s World News Media Congress in Portugal, two unacceptable incidents of sexism took place on stage during the gala dinner, highlighting what women in media, and indeed society, have to deal with all too often. The Board of the World Editors Forum responded. Here is the Board’s statement in full.

In Brazil, RBS Group’s radical transformation paying off

“We are obsessed with margins,” Andiara Petterle, SVP of Product Development and Operations for RBS, says of the company’s determination to pursue only those revenue streams that bring good profit margins.

2018 Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Maria Ressa of the Philippines

The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Maria Ressa, Co-founder, CEO and Executive Editor of online news site, Rappler.

Is the FT really the model daily news brand?

The daily newspaper best known for its ‘salmon pink’ newsprint wants the world to know it is unique in other ways too. The Financial Times is feeling pleased with itself, writes guest poster Colin Morrison – but the paper’s quest for long-term success has just begun, he says.

Initial impact of GDPR on publisher alliances

Just as we were putting the finishing touches on our report about Publisher Ad Alliances, which has just been published, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) kicked in on Friday, 25 May. And the uncertainty of just what impact it might have on all players involved reared its ugly head immediately.