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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...
Nessan Cleary’s News Digest…July 2025
July has brought with it the full British summer time experience – a brief heatwave followed by rain and thunderstorms and a distinct sense...
World News Media Congress Playbook
Wan-Ifra has just published a new report, '7 priorities where publishers must excel,' a playbook based on the major takeaways from the World News...
Govt norms to combat fake news
To deal with fake news and misinformation across print, television & digital platforms, the Indian government has enforced norms of journalistic conduct through the...
Media houses invited to register on Prasar Bharati newswire
Prasar Bharati has invited all media houses, newspapers, periodicals, and TV channels across India to register on its newswire platform, Prasar Bharati Shared Audio...
News media ecosystem expanding — govt
India’s press and news media ecosystem has expanded with more than 1.55 lakh publications and 908 private TV channels registered till now, the government...
World News Day 2025 on 28 September
As journalism faces growing political, economic, and digital threats, World News Day 2025 will take place on 28 September, bringing together newsrooms worldwide to underscore the...
Digital news publishers for copyright protection in AI training models
Welcoming the government’s move to examine the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on copyright law, the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA), an industry body...
The financial journey of India’s five listed newspaper groups
India’s newspaper industry has undergone significant financial shifts over the last 12 years, shaped by rising costs, advertising market fluctuations, and digital disruption. While...
The Indian newspaper industry crisis – Part 4 of a 6-part series
In the 1970s, when one visited a large metropolitan newspaper’s printing plant in India, it typically ran a Goss or Wifag double-width or a...
Fake news – Media needs serious self-introspection
During Operation Sindoor, when the Indian government launched strategic strikes on terrorist locations in Pak-occupied Kashmir and deep inside Pakistan in response to the...
INMA South Asia News Media Festival 2025
The INMA (International News Media Association) South Asia News Media Festival 2025, scheduled to be held from 7 to 10 July in Mumbai's hotel...
Rapid decline of search and its impact on news publishers
What publishers must quickly do to adapt to the changing realities of search and AI answer engines is the focus of a new report...
Valmet renews its operating model for better service
As announced in Valmet’s Financial Statements Review 2024, on 13 February 2025, Valmet has initiated work to renew its strategy. The goal is to...
Prabhuram Paper – Newsprint trader to offset printer
Noida's Prabhuram Paper launched in 2004 as a newsprint trading company by Mohit Agarwal, amd sold paper for Coimbatore's Servall Group, Surat’s Rama Newsprint...
Lech Wałęsa to address World News Media Congress
Lech Wałęsa, former president of Poland and Nobel Laureate, will be among 100 speakers to address media leaders at the World News Media Congress...
Press Council gets 468 ‘paid news’ cases in four years
The Press Council of India (PCI) – a statutory body for the regulation of the print media in India – received 468 'paid news'...
Indian newspaper circulations recover post-pandemic, but challenges persist – Part 3 of a 6...
THE INDIAN NEWSPAPER industry is steadily regaining ground after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, though circulation and readership remain below pre-pandemic levels, according...
New INMA report focuses on how to combat news avoidance
How news media companies can combat news avoidance is the focus of a new report released by the International News Media Association (INMA).
The report...
AI in Indian newsrooms – From cautious adoption to implementation
Wan-Ifra's second edition of its Bangalore AI Forum took place on 19-20 February 2025, bringing together media executives from nearly 20 publishing companies to...
Book publishers, news media lawsuit against OpenAI
The war between Indian publishers and artificial intelligence company OpenAI, the creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, is intensifying.
It all began in November 2024 with...
The Indian newspaper crisis – print takes advantage of a digital backbone but fails...
It is no secret that the Indian news media in print has been challenged by lower circulation and advertising revenues since 2017. Moreover, it...
Tough year ahead for news media — Reuters trends
News organizations have to battle multiple challenges this year – political hostility, economic headwinds, and a struggle to protect intellectual property amid the onslaught...
The larger Indian newspaper groups face a crisis – Part 1 of a 6...
Unlike the Western or developed countries where the newspaper business is in the doldrums, the Indian newspapers although wounded by the pandemic, continue to...
INMA & Google News Initiative updates CMS tool
The International News Media Association (INMA) and the Google News Initiative (GNI) have announced new features to the CMS Vendor Selection Tool launched last...
Emerging GenAI trends for news media in 2025
What the news media industry learned about generative AI in 2024 and the key trends to watch next year is the focus of a...
News media needs a fair deal for content
At the National Press Day celebrations organized by The Press Council of India on 16 November 2024, union information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw...
The news influencers
From print to television to digital to videos and now influencers. News consumption habits are changing. And how. According to a new report by...
News media print industry in recovery mode
IppStar’s update on page 22 of Indian Printer & Publisher's December issue and website covers 35 Indian newsgroups' revenue and profit figures up to...
IppStar relooks at 35 major newspaper groups in India
In August 2023, Indian Printer and Publisher published IppStar’s (www.ippstar.org) quick analysis of nine years of financial data reported by most, if not all,...
Google News VP Shailesh Prakash steps down
Google News vice-president Shailesh Prakash has stepped down from his position, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets reported. Prakash's departure comes after...
News Corp sues AI-engine Perplexity over copyrighted infringement
News Corp, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, has filed a lawsuit against the AI search engine...
Krakow to host Wan-Ifra’s 76th World News Media Congress 2025
The World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) will hold its 76th World News Media Congress in Krakow, Poland, from 4 to 6 May 2025....
Technova CEO Amit Khurana advocates newspaper industry diversification
At the Indian Printers Summit hosted by Wan-Ifra in Hyderabad last month, Amit Khurana, CEO of Technova Imaging Systems, stressed that diversification is vital...
Wan-Ifra’s South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst
Wan-Ifra's South Asia Newsroom AI Catalyst is now open for applications for its first cohort across South Asia. This accelerator program combines expert guidance with hands-on experience,...
How automation transformed newspaper production at India’s ABP
“Adapting to changing consumer preferences and leveraging new technologies is crucial for survival and growth of the newspaper printing industry,” Pradyumna Mitra, general manager...
‘Choose Truth’ campaign ahead of World News Day
More than 100 countries, hundreds of news organizations, media associations, and individuals will join forces to highlight the importance of fact-based journalism. They will...
The resilience of the Indian newspaper and print industries
Three topics dominate the current discussion in the Indian print and newspaper industries: AI, diversification, and resilience. I have received the two AI books...
The future of news media – collaborate, converge and diversify
Although artificial intelligence ruled the INMA meet in Delhi in July, other important topics for debate and discussion were disruptions in the traditional news...
Newspaper houses must diversify to stay alive
As print volumes and newspaper circulations decline, newspaper houses are exploring ways to find alternative revenue streams. While quite a few have diversified from...
Wan-Ifra’s newsroom AI catalyst kicks off in Europe in September
Wan-Ifra announced the 16 publishers participating in the first edition of the Newsroom AI Catalyst programme. The first catalyst kicks off in Europe and...
News media is navigating the AI landscape
Even though it was one of the myriad topics of discussion, artificial intelligence (AI) ultimately proved to be the show stopper at the International...
News Digest…July 2024
July, traditionally the start of the school summer holidays, should be hot and sticky but has been mostly cold and wet instead. It’s almost...
Newspapers still most credible news source – study by AI app
Newspapers were rated as the most credible news source, not only for older but younger readers too, according to a study. Older aged respondents...
News magazines should be objective and critical
In a previous article, correspondent Priyanka Tanwar interacted with Ruben Banerjee, journalist, author of Editor Missing: The Media in Today's India and former editor...
Global News Media’s ‘choose truth’ campaign for World News Day
World News Day, a global initiative by the news media industry to show the value of journalism, will this year feature a new campaign,...
Regional newspapers may grow 8-9% this fiscal, says report
A new report says buoyant growth in advertising revenue, driven by strong localized demand from key advertising sectors such as automobiles, retail, education, eCommerce,...
Why news magazines need to reinvent to stay relevant – Part 1
The Indian print news magazine industry is at a crossroads. With the advent of digital news media platforms, social media sites and OTT platforms,...
