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'Brand extension, diversification are crucial' – Figaro Group Deputy CEO

“Our brands have never been so powerful and reached so many people, so brand extension is key to our development and to revenue growth,” Jean-Luc Breysse, Deputy CEO of France's Figaro Group, told participants in WAN-IFRA's World News Media Congress on Thursday in Durban, South Africa.

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Brian Veseling

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2017-06-09 01:26

'Journalism's mission is more important than ever'

Participants on the panel titled “Media: broken, or just misfiring?” at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Durban, South Africa, addressed the state of the industry and shared their take on how it can move forward.

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Simone Flueckiger

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2017-06-09 01:23

Michael Golden steps up to WAN-IFRA Presidency

Despite growing up in an internationally acclaimed newspaper family, Michael Golden thought he wanted to be a teacher. It turned out that teaching didn’t quite quench his thirst – that newspaper DNA was undeniable. Today, some 40 years into his news media career, the vice chairman of the board of The New York Times Company starts a new chapter as President of WAN-IFRA, stepping up from First Vice President to succeed Tomas Brunegård.

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Dean Roper

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2017-06-08 16:11

Trends in Newsrooms 5: Joining forces to fight disinformation

The journalism industry’s fight against disinformation has given rise to various collaborative fact-checking projects involving scores  of newsrooms in multiple countries.

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Simone Flueckiger

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2017-06-08 14:44

Lessons from collaborative fact-checking projects

The journalism industry’s fight against disinformation has given rise to various collaborative fact-checking projects involving scores of newsrooms in multiple countries.

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Simone Flueckiger

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2017-06-08 13:18

World Press Trends 2017: The audience-focused era arrives

The results of WAN-IFRA’s annual survey depict an industry that is increasingly building loyal audiences around its high-quality journalism, as the shift to reader-based revenue continues.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-06-08 11:26

New faces on World Editors Forum Board

At its annual meeting in Durban on Wednesday, the World Editors Forum elected five new advisory board members.

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2017-06-08 07:01

World Editors Forum President calls for urgent action in Turkey

In his first official task as President of the World Editors Forum, Dave Callaway, Editor Emeritus and CEO of TheStreet.com, honoured Can Dündar the exiled former editor of Turkey's Cumhuriyet.  Dündar was awarded the 2017 Golden Pen of Freedom during the opening of the World News Media Congress and World Editors Forum in Durban.

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2017-06-08 06:41

Women in News Summit reveals big challenges to overcome

Journalists, editors, and media executives from across the globe came together at the Women in News Summit to celebrate female leaders in the media industry and discuss the challenges women are still facing in today.

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2017-06-07 23:22

Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Turkish Journalist Can Dündar

The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to Turkish journalist and former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, Can Dündar.

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Andrew Heslop

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2017-06-07 17:07

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