WAN releases strategic reportsFive new strategy reports on some of the most important recent developments in the newspaper industry globally – increasing digital revenue development, advertising best practices, innovative management systems, newspaper company reorganisation and the power of local focus – have just been published by the World Association of Newspapers. The reports were released today, Tuesday, 5 June 2007, at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. The reports, from the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, focus on how publishers can benefit from the opportunities provided by these developments. The reports, and the SFN project, are an exclusive service to WAN members, who will receive the reports in the coming days and can now download electronic versions and more from the SFN website at www.futureofthenewspaper.com. WAN has published 37 SFN Strategy Reports in the past six years. The reports released today, Tuesday, 5 June 2007, are:
Additional reports In addition, WAN members have received two other reports in the 2007 SFN series that were published earlier this year:
WAN is a leading provider of industry research and analysis through its SFN project, which identifies, analyses and publicises all important breakthroughs and opportunities that can benefit newspapers all over the world. In addition to the annual strategy reports, SFN provides WAN members with a library of case studies and business ideas, and a wealth of other vital information for all those who need to follow press industry trends. WAN conducts the SFN project with support from four international partners: PubliGroupe, the Swiss-based international advertising and promotion group; MAN Roland, a leading company for newspaper production systems; UPM, one of the world's leading printing paper producers; and Telenor, the leading Norwegian telecommunications, IT and media group. The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18 000 newspapers; its membership includes 77 national newspaper associations, newspaper companies and individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and 10 regional and world-wide press groups. |