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New concerns and optimism for news media world at WAN-IFRA India Conference 2017 in Chennai

Bringing new concerns and optimism on a common discussion platform, WAN-IFRA India Conference 2017, marking its 25th Silver Jubilee Edition, was successfully organised from September 12-14 at ITC Grand Chola in Chennai. Around 300 senior news media leaders from 25 countries gathered for discussions and discourses over the changing trends, scenarios, machines, products and business models designed to take the industry to a new level. ALL ABOUT NEWSPAPERS brings a brief account of the three days of proceedings of the conference.

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Print still more trustful than digital

Despite the wave of digital media rising all over, there is still a lot (or some) about printed newspapers playing a pivotal role in the news media industry—a lot indeed in India, where the regional domain remains a breeding ground for vernacular dailies and weeklies. JYANESWAR LAISHRAM takes a look at this, focusing on both domestic and overseas markets.

Jan Kasten, CTO, ppi Media; Dr Ali Al-Assam, founder of KnowledgeView; and Dr Hauke Berndt, COO, ppi Media
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ppi Media acquires publishing expert KnowledgeView

London-based company KnowledgeView Ltd, producer of digital publishing solutions for the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, has been acquired by ppi Media. As part of the new venture of the two companies, founder of KnowledgeView, Dr Ali Al-Assam, will join ppi Media from northern Germany as senior vice president for the MENA region.

Panel discussion in the last edition
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All set for staging Digital Media India 2018 in Mumbai

Digital Media India 2018, the much sought after annual meeting point for the digital news publishing industry in South Asia, is scheduled to be held on February 8-9 at Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai. The 7th edition of the conference is expected to attract senior publishing executives from over 15 countries.

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New PRESSINE Prima-30 installed at Yuvaraj Printers

Yuvraj Printers with its sister concern Chirag Offset in Ahmedabad are known for printing books and commercial jobs. The production facilities of the firm have equipped with presses from PRESSLINE India, relying on the machines of the indigenous web offset manufacturer for years. The printing firm has recently boosted its facilities with another PRESSLINE press—Prima-30.

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Berlin chapter of World Publishing Expo & Digital Content Expo 2017

Set to be a global platform, World Publishing Expo & Digital Content Expo 2017, organised from October 10-12 at Messe Berlin, Germany, witnessed a confluence of 181 exhibitors, 8 keynote speakers and 125 presentations, all pulled off persuasively with a convincing optimistic tone for fresh perspectives of future growth in the news media world.

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Digital journalism has not yet attained maturity in India,

Doubtless to say ‘digital platform’ is the biggest ever technological revolution the newspaper industry has embraced till date. This new technological revolution of catching news on smart-phones and other mobile and online gadgets has enormously changed the people’s news reading habit. But it has a different take in the Indian market as ANJAN MAZUMDAR, vice president–supply chain & operations, HT Media Limited, gives reasons why it is so in a freewheel chat with JYANESWAR LAISHRAM.

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Digital Media Asia 2017

Ever since its first edition in 2009, Digital Media Asia has been a landmark news media conference, dedicated to the Asian news publishing industry. The latest edition of the conference was organised at Orchard Hotel in Singapore from October 31 to November 02, 2017 revealed a new horizon upon the way news media is taking into shape digitally. Announcement of the winners of the 8th Asian Digital Media Awards was a big fascination at the conference.

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