The World Editors Forum has just published its ninth annual edition of Trends in Newsrooms, which highlights five key trends this year: mobile, innovative storytelling, paid digital content, social media, and data and metrics.
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.
Tomas Brunegård, Chairman of the Stampen Media Group in Sweden, has been elected President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Trinity Mirror hires two senior executives to develop and grow Sunday brands and accelerate the Company’s strategic transformation plan
Publishers from around the world met in Bangkok on Tuesday to take steps to establish a new global forum to share experiences and concerns about how content aggregators and search engines impact their businesses.
The South China Morning Post (HKSE: 0583) announced the launch of “Celebrating Hong Kong” at a glittering party at Sotheby’s Gallery attended last night by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, former Chief Secretary and Acting Governor Sir David Akers-Jones and many of Hong Kong’s leading individuals.
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies (“Mediagrif”), a leading provider in e-commerce solutions, and Quebecor Media have reached a definitive agreement whereby Mediagrif will acquire Jobboom on June 1st 2013, and has agreed to acquire Réseau Contact on or around October 31st 2013, the latter transaction being subject to technology transfer conditions. Total financial compensation for the deal will reach $65 M. Both acquisitions will count towards Mediagrif’s bottom line as soon as they are completed.
