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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,...
Why news media cannot ignore artificial intelligence
The other day, I was reading an obit on Camlin founder Dilip Dhandekar on an online platform. The seemingly well-presented article mentioned how Dandekar...
Indian news publishers cautious on AI but making headway
Wan-Ifra kicked off its new leg of artificial intelligence (AI) Forums with the India edition on 8 and 9 July. The two-day event was...
News agency’s defamation suit against Wikipedia
News agency ANI has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against online encyclopedia Wikipedia over what it said was “false and...
User-centric innovation drives subscriptions at Newslaundry
Newslaundry, an independent and entirely digital newsroom, was one of the earliest players in India to test subscriptions. By placing user needs at the...
INS seeks concessions for newspapers in July budget
Ahead of the Union Budget in July, Indian Newspaper Society president Rakesh Sharma met finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to raise issues related to the...
Innovative design can help newspapers get young readers on board
In a previous article, Indian Printer and Publisher had interacted with the lead designers of Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Hindu, which won...
Fujifilm’s offset plate deal with newspaper giant DPG Media
Underlining its offset print heritage, Fujifilm announced a commercial deal with newspaper company DPG Media, during drupa. The Netherlands-based newspaper firm confirmed its investment...
Wan-Ifra introduces NewsArcade author at World News Media Congress.
Wan-Ifra’s 75th World News Media Congress introduced NewsArcade Author, a one-of-a-kind interactive tool that counters false narratives and strengthens trust in news, and boosts...
Wan-Ifra, OpenAI launch Global AI accelerator for newsrooms
Wan-Ifra, the World Association of News Publishers, has announced the launch of a broad-based accelerator program for over 100 news publishers in partnership with...
ABC versus RNI – the newspaper story
The latest ABC for the year 2023 is out. After this audit, which was taken as a whole year, it will be again a...
The Hindu, News Laundry among Wan-Ifra winners
The winners of Wan-Ifra's annual Digital Media Awards Worldwide, recognizing outstanding achievements in digital media by the news industry, were announced in Copenhagen on...
India excels at International Newspaper Design Competition Awards
The 6th International Newspaper Design Competition awards were recently announced by Asia's newspaper design website newspaperdesign.in. From India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu,...
SC orders release of NewsClick editor Prabir PurkayasthaÂ
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of NewsClick Editor Prabir Purkayastha, who was arrested in a UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) case,...
Wan-Ifra announces 2024 women in news editorial leadership award laureates
Beatrice Bandawe, managing editor of The Guardian Limited, Tanzania, Dima Khatib, managing director, AJ+, Palestine/Syria, and Nan Paw Gay, director and editor-in-chief, Karen Information...
PCI and Google News training on election fact-checking
Press Club of India (PCI) and Google News Initiative India Training Network is coming up with a two-part, free training series for journalists on...
Govt plans AI law to protect news publishers, content creators
The Indian government plans to bring in a new law on artificial intelligence to protect the rights of news publishers and content creators while...
The hardships of news reporting beyond the metros
Freedom of the press, newsroom diversity, sustainability of independent media, and changes in the new laws to govern online media were hotly discussed and...
The Indian newspaper industry’s gradual recovery
In February and March 2024, there have been several reports by global organizations on the Indian media and entertainment industry. While these try and...
Vipul Organics bags order from TamilNadu Newsprint and Paper Limited Â
Vipul Organics, a leading specialty chemicals company in the pigments and dyes segment, has bagged an order from Tamil Nadu News Print and Paper...
INS asks government to reconsider 5% duty on newsprint imports
The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on 4 March 2024 appealed to the government to reconsider the 5% import duty on newsprint, signaling a critical...
Newspapers & periodicals registrations goes online through Press Sewa Portal
Registration of newspapers and periodicals has now gone online, The government has notified the Press & Registration of Periodicals Act (PRP Act), 2023 and...
PCI – Verify firms placing job ads in newspapers
The Press Council of India (PCI) has advised newspapers to cross-check the credentials of companies placing advertisements for jobs. In a statement, the PCI...
Raddi economics and Indian newspapers
A recent full-page advertisement in the well-known Mumbai newspaper, Free Press Journal, has led to a row of sorts and a debate in the...
INMA launches GenAI newsroom initiative
The International News Media Association (INMA), a global community of market-leading news media companies, has launched a Generative AI Initiative as part of its...
The newspaper industry recovers in bits and pieces
We have heard from industry sources that the just past Diwali was a success in terms of advertising revenues for the leading Indian multilocational...
Family-owned newspaper newspapers are restructuring
Some of the leading newspaper publishing groups are also under stress from ownership re-alignments, which is a natural outcome of an industry that is...
Adani acquires 50.5% stake in news agency IANS
After news broadcast company NDTV and digital player Quintillion Business Media, the Adani group-owned AMG Media Networks Ltd (AMVL) has acquired a 50.5% stake...
Google to pay Canadian news publishers US$ 73m a year for content
Tech giant Google has agreed to pay news publishers in Canada US$73.6 million a year or 100 million Canadian dollars to keep links to...
How newspapers can lead the sustainability fight
As the world battles climate change, sustainability has become the focus of every industry. The newspapers industry is not to be left behind in...
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited at Paperex 2023
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL), a leading manufacturer of paper from bagasse, will showcase its products at the upcoming Paperex 2023 exhibition,...
4CPlus – newspaper editorial systems to mobile apps
For more than 22 years, 4Cplus, a home-grown IT company, has been providing end-to-end software solutions to news publishers in print, digital media companies,...
PPI Media demonstrates newspaper layout automation at Kochi
PPI Media, a Hamburg, Germany-based software developer for content and publishing production solutions, demonstrated its next-level automation solution for newspaper layout at the Wan-Ifra...
Optimizing offset plate technologies in the newspaper industry
An important point of discussion at the Wan-Ifra Kochi printers’ meet in September was a strategic shift toward better plate technology in order to...
Kodak and Insight promote sustainable newspaper printing
Kodak and Insight showcased their sustainable prepress and process-free thermal offset plate solutions at the recent Wan-Ifra India Summit in Kochi. Kodak and Insight...
INMA, Google News Initiative launch CMS selection tool
The International News Media Association (INMA) and the Google News Initiative (GNI) have launched a CMS Vendor Selection Tool to assist news organizations in...
NewsClick raids – Journalists seek chief justice’s intervention
In the backdrop of the raids on news portal NewsClick and the arrest of its founder, journalist associations have sought Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's...
Newsprint production, demand, prices and trends
Emmy D’Silva received the only standing ovation at the Indian Printers Summit in Kochi last week. This was because he kept the audience of...
The Kerala newspaper story
The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, which brought India and the world to a grinding halt, had almost sounded the death knell for the print industry....
Hindi news publishers bar AI and tech platforms from using their content without permission
An e4m story by Kanchan Srivastava published on 14 September 2023 says that leading Hindi newspaper publishers Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala have decided...
Wan-Ifra launches online marketplace for news publishers, suppliers
On Day 1 of the Indian Printers Summit 2023 on 14 September in the picturesque sea port city Kochi, the World Association of News...
Nine-year financial results of 35 Indian newspaper groups
Earlier this year, Ipp Services, Training and Research (www.ippstar.org) took a look at the reported standalone financial results of a dozen newspaper publishers over...
The five Indian newspaper groups listed on the stock market
For the five news media groups listed in the Indian stock market, we are able to look at results including the financial year 2022-23...
PPI Media introduces next-level automation for newspaper layoutÂ
PPI Media, the Hamburg-based software developer for content and publishing production solutions, has over the past two years come up with another module that...
Gender stereotypes in Indian newsrooms
Flexible work environments, gender stereotypes in purchasing decisions, diversity, and inclusiveness in the newsroom were key points of discussion at the women leaders' roundtable...
AI in newsrooms – an INMA summit peek into the almost inevitable future
Artificial Intelligence is the buzzword these days and news media is no exception. So obviously, AI in news media was at the center of...
Technova’s Amit Khurana decodes newspaper dynamics
Amit Khurana, the deputy CEO of Technova Imaging Systems, speaks with Indian Printer and Publisher’s senior correspondent Shardul Sharma about the cost dynamics of...
The evolving newsroom operation in Indian newspapers
Needless to say, newsroom workflow in newspapers has dramatically evolved over the years. And I have been through some of it. Back in the...
Technova’s offset plates help in greening Indian newspapersÂ
While the Indian print media industry is still trying to recover its earlier levels of prosperity, it has overcome the supply chain challenges of...
