Print newspaper circulations continued to rise in Asia and decline in mature markets in the West, while digital advances have increased the audience for newspaper content as never before, the annual World Press Trends survey of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) showed.
Than Htut Aung, Chairman and CEO of Eleven Media Group in Myanmar, known for its audacious defiance of official censorship and dedication to democratic freedoms, has been awarded the 2013 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
The 65th World Newspaper Congress, 20th World Editors Forum and 23rd World Advertising Forum opened in Bangkok on Monday with praise for media liberalization occurring in Myanmar and a call for greater press freedom in Thailand.
Erik Bjerager, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of the Danish national daily Kristeligt Dagblad, has been re-elected President of the World Editors Forum for a second two-year term.
World's Press Calls on China to Release Imprisoned Journalists and End Attacks Against Press Freedom
Thirteen years after being named as Golden Pen of Freedom laureates, Myanmar journalists San San Nweh and U Win Tin finally received their awards in Yangon this week.
Offering to start on 11th June 2013 / Users to access all digital BILD platforms with a single subscription / Personal "Day Pass" to offer total online access to buyers of the newspaper
HuffPost Hawaii Will Introduce a Global Audience to Authentic Hawaii
Companies take unified approach to offer seamless global print and distribution solution
Axel Springer announces a design contest for a new Media Campus in the center of Berlin. Mathias Döpfner, Chief Executive Officer of Axel Springer AG, presented his vision of the building project on Monday, 27th May 2013 to representatives of approximately twenty architect's offices in the Axel Springer Building in Berlin and informed them about the further steps for tendering. Established international architectural firms, as well as avant-garde architects have been invited to the event. The Axel Springer Campus will be built on the "Lindenpark" plot in the immediate vicinity of headquarters of Axel Springer AG and will offer space in particular for the company's digital daughter companies.
Steve Crocker, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, and Jeff Jarvis, a provocative voice about alternative business models for news in the connected age, have joined the programme for the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 to 5 June next.
LiveU technology allows VG to develop its online readership via live video
LiveU, the leader in portable live video-over-cellular solutions, has announced that VG, Norway's leading newspaper, news website and now online video news site, has been able to successfully expand its live video content use via the deployment of LiveU's cellular uplinking technology.
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have protested to United States Attorney General Eric Holder against the seizure of thousands of Associated Press phone records, saying the action damages US news reporting and provides encouragement to repressive regimes around the world.
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