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War’s economic fallout, heatwaves, industry news and appointments
August, at least in the northern hemisphere, began as July ended, with pictures of burnt-out destruction, some caused by heatwaves and wildfires, others by...
Newspaper revenue part 3 — Aggregate profits of 47 groups grow by 16% in...
Though the aggregate profits of our Indian newspaper industry are high because of a handful of dominant groups, they hide the poor median industry...
Newspaper revenue Part 2 — Material costs decline while employee costs are rising
A newspaper can grow profit in two basic ways: earn more revenue or spend less to produce that revenue. The data show that cost...
Indian newspaper revenue edges toward previous high — Part 1
IPP Services, Training and Research’s (www.ippstar.org) most recent review of the data of 47 Indian newspaper groups reveals an ongoing recovery from the huge...
Coming – IppStar’s 9-year review of Indian newspaper revenues
Indian Printer and Publisher has consistently written about the future of news media, the print segment and newspapers in particular, which have had a...
CEOs debate future of news media at INMA meet
In one of the panel discussions at the International News Media Festival's (INMA) South Asia News Media Festival held from 20 to 23 July...
Newspaper majors expand non-print businesses as print slowdown persists
India’s largest newspaper groups are increasingly diversifying beyond print as the structural shift in readership habits and advertising continues to weigh on their traditional...
Future of news publishing at Wan-Ifra Indian Printers Summit Pune — 9-10 September
The 34th Indian Printers Summit, organized by Wan-Ifra, will bring together around 300 professionals from India’s newspaper publishing, printing, advertising and distribution industries in...
July news — Wildfires, geopolitics, tariffs & industry developments
The news cycle for July has mostly been dominated by fires of one sort or another in various places, mostly Europe and the Middle...
How news media brands can stay relevant
Editors, CEOs, tech guys, AI experts, workflow specialists, and other stakeholders from the news media fraternity gathered in New Delhi for the International News...
INS recommends 15% advertising surcharge over rising newsprint costs
To address the issue of surging prices for domestic and imported newsprint alongside rising operational and production costs that have put a huge economic...
Legacy media vs news creators
Two buzzwords that have become a hot topic of debate in the news media over the past couple of years are also becoming dominant...
INMA report urges news brands to replace trust claims with visible proof
The International News Media Association (INMA) has released 'How News Brands Answer: Why Should I Trust You?,' a new report examining how news publishers...
Katsura Roller India’s expansion into newspaper press rollers
Katsura Roller India PL, a joint venture between Provin Technos Private Limited and Katsura Roller Mfg. Co., Ltd., Japan, has established itself in Faridabad...
Wan-Ifra report – Roadmap for managing emissions in newspaper printing
Wan-Ifra has released a new special report, 'Carbon Audit: Call to Action – Managing Emissions in Newspaper Printing Plants,' aimed at helping newspaper printing...
INMA’s South Asia News Media Festival
The clock is ticking away for the International News Media Organization's (INMA) South Asia News Media Festival, which returns to New Delhi from 20...
News media CEOs on scaling digital, AI disruption & print’s future
At the Wan-Ifra Digital Media India (DMI) 2026 conference in Delhi, a CEO roundtable discussed the challenges in the digital news business, relationships with...
Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper’s new K&B Commander CL
The Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper inaugurated its new rotary newspaper press – a Koenig & Bauer Commander CL 4/2 – on Monday. Since the project's...
Wan-Ifra CEO on AI usage in news media
The challenges in scaling digital news businesses in India, decline in referral traffic, zero click, the rise of third-party platforms and creators, winning young...
News fails trust test, creators widen base – Reuters report
The Reuters Digital News Report 2026 points to a general trend that has become routine in recent years – young audiences shying away from...
Newspaper editors on free speech, fair ad policy
The All India Newspaper Editors’ Conference (AINEC) in a recent meeting raised fresh concerns over government advertising policies, arguing that the current system disproportionately...
‘Gross abuse of law’ — Delhi HC quashes cases against NewsClick
The Delhi High Court has quashed cases filed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against digital news platform NewsClick...
Epson renews partnership with Fashion Frontier Program
Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the continuation of its partnership with the Fashion Frontier Program 2026, a program organized by Yuima Nakazato Laboratory that...
News media in a vortex of sudden decline
While one hears of printed daily newspapers in the West as being endangered, if not extinct, the thought that India is different or an...
ET Digital’s thrust — Redefining media value beyond news
At a recent INMA South Asia webinar, Puneet Kukreja, business head of The Economic Times Digital, explored how ET Digital is building deeper audience...
The last-mile gap in newspapers
Distribution and last-mile delivery are emerging as major challenges for the newspaper industry, as suggested by multiple reports and industry discussions across news media...
Inma report on AI-first user journeys for news publishers
The International News Media Association (Inma) released “AI-First User Journeys: A Strategic Framework for Publishers,” a new report examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping...
Nessan Cleary’s news digest—March 2026
I started off last month’s News Digest by noting that everything had changed, which was bad. But for this month, nothing has changed, which...
Legacy news media tries content-to-commerce
Battered by changing media consumption patterns, news media companies – especially legacy print organizations – are seeking alternative revenue sources – events, conferences, OOH,...
NewsClick gets ED’s Rs 184-crore FEMA penalty notice
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has imposed a ₹184-crore penalty on NewsClick and its founder, Prabir Purkayastha, over alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations....
INS flags domestic newsprint shortage
The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has raised serious concerns over a persistent shortage of newsprint in the country, which has compelled publishers to increasingly...
How AI shapes news media in 2026
In a previous report quoting the Reuters industry survey, we wrote how the creator economy, along with generative artificial intelligence (AI), is likely to...
AI and creator economy to rule 2026 news media
There is this story about The Washington Post’s award-winning TikTok guy, Dave Jorgenson, who worked at the company for eight years before deciding to...
Will AI reinvent local news in 2026?
In a new article for Nieman Lab, media innovator Jennifer Brandel predicts that 2026 will mark a turning point for journalism — one driven...
154-year-old newspaper shuts shop in US
At a time when print media is facing the heat across the world, far away in the US, a small community newspaper in business...
OpenAI launches academy for news organizations
OpenAI has announced the launch of the OpenAI Academy for News Organizations, a new initiative designed to help journalists, editors, and publishers effectively integrate...
Uttar Pradesh makes daily newspaper reading mandatory in schools
To promote literacy and reduce screen dependency among students, the Uttar Pradesh government has made daily newspaper reading mandatory across all state-run basic and...
Nessan Cleary’s News Digest—November 2025
November has been a month of nervous uncertainty; not so much a sense of the calm before a storm, but more like a rabbit...
Print ad rates hiked by 26%, relief for small newspapers
Much to the relief of newspapers and magazines, the government of India has announced a 26% increase in advertisement rates for print media, raising...
News media’s shift to AI-driven news operations
How the news media industry has embraced AI — from initial curiosity to a range of implementations within two years — is the focus...
Three newspaper plants get Wan-Ifra carbon footprint certificate
The print production units of Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) Kolkata and The Times of India (TOI) units in Ahmedabad and Sahibabad (Delhi) received the Wan-Ifra...
The common man and the English newspaper – a mythical combination
The publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar, L. Adimoolam, speaks out on India’s media data currency, the IRS pilot study, and the prevalent bias of...
Nessan Cleary’s news digest—September 2025
September started with the rock group Queen closing out this year’s classical music Proms. The remainder of the month saw plenty of chancers dancing...
World News Day – Journalism under siege
In the first half of 2025, the climate facing journalists darkened to levels not seen in decades, reflecting a coordinated escalation of violence, intimidation,...
Vivek Gupta elected Indian Newspaper Society president for 2025-26
Vivek Gupta, CMD & chief group editor of Sanmarg, a Hindi daily headquartered in Kolkata, has been elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society...
Newspapers and their act of staying relevant
Print resilience and resurgence, the future of newspapers and print media, new technologies, printing innovation, distribution challenges, cost optimization, newsprint issues, sustainability, world press...
Newspaper circulation rose 3% in Jan-June – ABC
The certified circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for January-June 2025 show a healthy growth of daily newspapers during this...
The Indian newspaper industry – strong recovery in FY 23-24
Over the decade we have studied, the Indian newspaper industry has undergone a period of pronounced change — navigating shifts in advertising markets, evolving...
The newspaper industry’s roller-coaster ride
The past five or six years have been a roller coaster ride for the print media industry in general and the newspaper segment in...
Fintech news platform The Head and Tale launched
Veteran business journalist Arti Singh has officially announced the launch of her new venture, The Head and Tale, an independent digital news platform to...
