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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The countdown begins for PAMEX 2017. The show will be organised from December 18-21, 2017 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. Here, AMSG Ashokan, president, AIFMP shares his views on the upcoming PAMEX show, in conversation with Varsha Verma from ALL ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.
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.
The Printers Mysore, publisher of popular English newspaper Deccan Herald and Kanada daily Prajavani and others, exclusively uses Content-X and other workflow systems from ppi Media for the overall production of their line of publications.
