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Publishers' fear: 'reluctance to innovate'

“What is the single most important risk to a news organisation’s future success?” Perhaps finding new business models? Nope. More disruption from the likes of Google and Facebook? Nope. A lack of trust from readers? Nope. According to our World News Publishers Outlook survey, most publishers say it is a "reluctance to innovate."

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Dean Roper

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2017-09-20 17:45

What measures publishers are taking to methodically incorporate innovation

Innovation has been the buzzword d'jour for quite some time in our industry. But what steps are publishers taking to make innovation an everyday reality for their entire news organisations?

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Dean Roper

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2017-09-15 11:58

Expect Expo to exhibit an array of opportunity

Visitors to IFRA World Publishing Expo and DCX Digital Content Expo in Berlin will be looking for a wide variety of different solutions and products for their publishing houses, and those potential investments will undoubtedly be shaped by today's leading trends.

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2017-09-12 11:25

How newsrooms can apply big data

“We’ve seen a lot of focus on what the big media brands have been doing in recent years, but most publishers have difficulties replicating their business models. They need to look into finding their own path into the digital age,” says WAN-IFRA Global Advisory consultant Steffen Damborg.

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Simone Flueckiger

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2017-09-08 14:33

Project ponders ways to make money from 360 video

Hands-on experiments with advertising content in 360 video have yielded some promising results. Nick Tjaardstra, ­Director of Global Advisory at WAN-IFRA, describes the project and the lessons it taught participants.

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2017-09-08 14:00

Paid content 2.0 affects more than just editorial strategy

It cannot be an easy time for editors to navigate the myriad of challenges facing their newsrooms today. What is my editorial strategy for distributed content? How do we ramp up video? Are we mobile-first yet? How do we cleverly leverage and utilise the right data? And increasingly, paid content strategies are forcing newsrooms to rethink their entire editorial strategy. 

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Dean Roper

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2017-09-07 17:06

Paid digital content is in the cards at The Hindu

In the Indian newspaper market, which is dominated by an advertising-led approach, The Hindu is transforming its 138-year old organization by means of a reader-centric, print-led, technology-enabled model. Leading the upstream swim at one of the country's most respected media organizations is Rajiv C. Lochan, Managing Director and CEO of Kasturi & Sons Ltd.

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Anton Jolkovski

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2017-08-23 10:05

Digital marketing services: A lucrative business in Texas

"Amateurs can waste thousands of dollars if they don't know what they are doing. That's where we see ADM fitting in," says Victoria Advocate Publisher Dan Easton in describing the digital marketing services company he founded at the regional daily.

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Anton Jolkovski

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2017-08-22 12:07

Managing reader comments: 'Algorithms decide more objectively'

Comments on articles are a valuable feedback tool and reader retention instrument for newspapers. However, these are accompanied by challenges such as inflammatory comments and hate speech. "Managing reader comments is a difficult task for publishers," says Dr. Nicolai Erbs, a researcher for computer science from the Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt in Germany.

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Stefanie Hornung

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2017-08-21 12:11

‘Every brand needs to find its own model’ – BILD Group's Donata Hopfen

"We measure success in terms of relevance, reach and results," says Donata Hopfen, Publishing Director and Head of Management Board of BILD Group.

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Simone Flueckiger

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2017-08-16 16:57

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