WAN-IFRA is a global trade organization representing over 18,000 news publications in over 120 countries. It provides services to support innovation, business development, and advocacy for press freedom and media policy issues. WAN-IFRA hosts events and conferences to facilitate networking and sharing of best practices among media executives. It advocates on pressing issues like press freedom and internet governance.

1. STAY AHEAD
We believe information, knowledge sharing and
networking are irreplaceable catalysts for
transformation and growth and part of our
fundamental mission at WAN-IFRA. The more we know,
the better we are prepared for tough decisions and
turbulent times.
We also believe that information, even the most critical
and strategic business news, has only limited value if
not brought into perspective. This is particularly so
given the world is undergoing such deep reshuffling.
To build the future, we cannot be tied to the present
day and current technology. The growth in computing
power and the exponential inclusion of digital in our
daily lives outstrips our ability to reframe our ethical
and legal approach to digital decision making. No
technology is immune from ethical and regulatory
questions. This is why WAN-IFRA brings you a healthy
perspective on the many collective challenges facing
our industry, with particular focus on press freedom,
general interest media policy, and critical global
Internet governance issues.
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2. 70 YEARS
Reporting on critical
technology and business
challenges since 1948, with
the backing and collective
intelligence of the world’s
leading network of news
organisations and
technology entrepreneurs.
WAN-IFRA knowledge hub leads the global
conversation about business models,
technologies, and regulation that matters
for the future of news publishing
Who We Are
WAN-IFRA is the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. It
derives its authority from its global network of leading news publishing
companies and technology entrepreneurs, and its legitimacy from its 80
member publisher associations representing 18,000 publications in 120
countries.
Founded in 1948, WAN-IFRA has always been committed to:
• Fostering international business cooperation among publishers and
business partners,
• Sharing best practices in both business and technology,
• Working as a representative trade body to elaborate and advance quality
and technical standards in the production workflow and business value chain
• Engaging with public authorities, institutions, and other trade bodies to
promote press freedom and advocate for the independence and self
regulation of the industry.
Today, WAN-IFRA is a leading global resource for publishers, editors, chief
technology officers, digital business executives, news publisher associations,
technology suppliers, service providers and research centres with three focus
areas : innovation and business development - regulation and global media
policy - press freedom.
Our mission is to defend and promote press freedom, and help independent
news publishing companies to succeed in their transformation process,
increase their business, and perform their crucial role in open societies.
We operate two international headquarters based in Paris and Frankfurt, with
regional offices in Singapore, Chennai, and Mexico City, with a staff of 50.
WAN-IFRA is a not for profit organisation funded by membership fees (25%),
Events (25%), Expo (25%). Other incomes are associated with our advisory
service, publication departments, training operations. In addition to this
baseline budget, WAN-IFRA raises international funds from private and public
agencies to develop project based training, coaching programmes, and global
advocacy campaigns for news professionals in emerging democracies.
50 STAFF
Committed to the beliefs
that better journalism
changes the world; that it’s
a powerful force for
common good in humanity.
If you don’t stay connected with the best practices and quality
standards that are measured globally, you lose your compass and sink
into local market mediocrity. WAN-IFRA’s support for strong values,
insightful content and cutting-edge techniques for delivery on whatever
platform is essential”.
Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail, Canada
“

3. 4 REASONS
TO JOIN
1 INNOVATION & BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
2 NEWS & INSIGHTS
4 ADVOCACY
3 NETWORKING
Products and Services
What We Do
WAN-IFRA is the world’s largest trade organisation for news publishers and the
leading provider of real time business and strategic intelligence services to
newspapers, and news publishers around the globe.
The exponential growth and adoption of consumer technologies drives new
news media consumption patterns and forces publishers to react and adjust
their businesses rapidly. WAN-IFRA supports this transformation by delivering
four main services:
1. Support to innovation and business development. With dedicated
platforms and marketplaces like the Global Alliance for Media Innovation,
or our advisory services and training programmes to individual company
members;
2. Critical business news strategic, and market insights with print and online
publications, special reports, white papers, and online targeted resources;
3. Monitor and share industry best practices through our series of events and
forums. Every year, we engage with more than 4,000 individual executives
who attend our events organised in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas,
South Asia, and Asia Pacific;
4. Advocate for press freedom, major global media policy issues that impact
the independence of the press, and promote common principles and
important values that contribute to an inclusive, multi stakeholder,
effective, legitimate, and evolving global Internet governance framework.
WAN-IFRA represents the newspaper industry in all international discussions. It
works closely with the 80 national newspaper associations within its
membership and has formal associate status to represent the newspaper
industry at UNESCO, and consultative status at the United Nations, the World
Intellectual Property Organisation, the Council of Europe, international sport
organisations like FIFA.
As a global organisation with a human rights mandate, WAN-IFRA oversees
initiatives to ensure that the press’ essential role in society is understood and
respected. The organisation fights and campaigns to abolish 'Insult Laws' and
Criminal Defamation in Africa, to protect copyright on-line, to maintain open
coverage of newsworthy events, to promote gender balance in the news
industry, and to help newspaper companies go “green”.

4. Critical
business news,
strategic market
insights
Networking and
knowledge
sharing
Support to
innovation and
business
development
Advocacy for press
freedom, Internet
governance
Our mission is to equip our audiences with the intelligence to
understand a world shaped by new technologies, business models
and policy frameworks. Every day, we provide a lucid, authoritative
filter to the overwhelming flood of information about media. With
our news analysis, reports, webinars, and reviews we invite our
readers to get to know leading experts and their opinions to
explore and understand new business models, technology, user
behaviors, and their impact.
“No man is an island. No one stand alone”. We celebrate
excellence around the globe and encourage community
engagement by providing the right platforms in the right place for
the right people. WAN-IFRA organises an average of 50 events
per year, from closed door workshops to specific interest seminars
or large global events. More than 4,000 individual media
executives join our events annually at local, regional, or global
level. Over the past two years, the audience for our blogs has
increased year on year by 42% in terms of monthly unique visitors.
WAN-IFRA advocates and campaigns for press freedom
worldwide, bringing you a healthy perspective on the many
collective challenges facing our industry. Promoting the safety of
journalists is a prime focus area, along with actively campaigning
to end the impunity for those who attack and kill media
professionals. Speaking out on behalf of jailed colleagues,
addressing legislative barriers, and denouncing the many online
challenges is part of our daily mission. More than ever, technical
concerns are becoming political and civic challenges that give our
whole project its fundamental meaning. No technology is immune
from ethical and regulatory questions, and our global policy
advocacy work focuses particularly on the critical global Internet
governance issues that impact the independence of the press and
shape the foundations of our digital society.
We facilitate the creation of platforms for tomorrow’s needs,
improving the way news content and advertising is created,
configured, serviced and consumed. WAN-IFRA Consulting
provides independent guidance on transforming the news media
business by growing digital audiences and revenues. Our advisory
team counts 17 international experts and thought leaders who
serve your needs from workflow to strategy. For those who want to
move beyond the daily innovation comfort zone, WAN-IFRA’s
Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI) connects you with the
first and only global network of media labs. Our innovation brain
trust forms a unique resource centre that will help you shaping your
long term innovation strategy.
WAN-IFRA’s Portfolio
Products and Services

5. Who We Serve
WAN-IFRA represents and serves 18,000 publications and over 3,000 companies
and institutions (individual publishing companies, technical suppliers, service
providers, national publishers associations, education and research institutions) in
more than 120 countries. WAN-IFRA is a multi stakeholder service organisation. Its
engagement with members and users mirrors the diversity of the industry and the
variety of disciplines. We serve an active, engaged, rapidly growing group of highly
educated and affluent media executives, innovators, thought leaders, and early
adopters. Individual media companies represent 61% of our membership, suppliers
18%, associations 13%, and affiliates including education and other institutions 8%.
Media Executives and Business Developers
In 2015, more than 4,000 individual media executives coming from 120 countries
have participated in our 57 global, regional and special interests conferences and
workshops.
Editors and Journalists
The World Editors Forum is the leading network for print and digital editors around
the world. It is built on a commitment to defend press freedom and promote
editorial excellence.
Innovation Officers, Technology Entrepreneurs
WAN-IFRA's Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI) works around the world
with publishers, chief innovation officers, chief digital officers, technology
entrepreneurs, executives from innovation centers and technology clusters. Our
affiliates and supporters include publishers’ media labs in France, the UK, Belgium,
Denmark, Norway, Finland, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Israel, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and
Austria.
We connect and work with academic institutions and innovation clusters affiliated to
the Global Alliance for Media Innovation: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne, University of Central Lancashire, NTU in Singapore, PUCRS’ Ubilab in
Porto Alegre Brazil, NTNU Trondheim in Norway, VUB in Brussels, University of
Neuchâtel in Switzerland, University of Texas in Austin, Aarhus University in
Copenhagen, VTT in Finland,...
Production and Technology Managers
WAN-IFRA is a longstanding trusted partner for technology officers, engineers,
plant managers, software and hardware developers in the newspaper industry. Its
World Printers Forum proudly perpetuates its leading role to address bottlenecks in
the production workflow and contributes to the constant improvement of quality
and sustainability. The World Printers Forum supports the International Color
Quality Club, with 165 newspapers from 37 countries competing in the last INCQC
contest.
Public Affair Officers, Legal Counsels
Because technical challenges are increasingly becoming political challenges, WAN-
IFRA’s Global Media Policy Forum brings together legal affairs officers, public
counsels, representatives of trade bodies and institutions. The Forum derives its
authority from WAN-IFRA’s Committee of Association Directors representing 80
national trade associations around the globe.
9,000
EXECUTIVES
working in 3,500 news
organisations, technology
enterprises, and trade
bodies use WAN-IFRA
services every year
1.2 Million
PAGE VIEWS
of features, reviews, and
more at www.wan-ifra.org
every year
40,000
FOLLOWERS
Engaging with WAN-IFRA
on social networks. Our
blogs are followed by
163,000 users
39,000
SUBSCRIBERS
To our Daily Executive
News Service, World
Editors Forum, and World
Printers Forum Newsletters
Member Profiles

6. Member Profiles
WAN-IFRA welcomes new
members in 2015
Adwonce (Denmark) supplies
ads (classified and obituaries)
to all daily and weekly
newspapers in Denmark and other European
countries. The company also develops and
markets web-based tools for the design &
handling of classifieds. http://adwonce.com
Associations Inc.
(USA) is a media
sales and placement service based in Des
Moines, Iowa, USA. Publishers contract with
Associations Inc. to sell regional, national and
international advertising for their publications
and web sites. The company also acts as a media
placement service. www.associationsinc.us
CeleraOne GmbH
(Germany) is an
independent provider of software for paid
content and real-time targeting solutions of paid
content systems as well as advanced fetures
such as Single Sign-On, Product Information
Mangement, and live CRM tools for data driven
customer life cycle. www.celeraone.com
Clock Ltd. (UK) Is a multi award-
winning full service digital
design and build agency. They say they build
digital experiences that people love. Their team
place the user and the usability of the product at
the core of everything they do, be it websites
and applications, loyalty platforms or publishing
content management systems.
www.clock.co.uk
Cxense (Norway) says it enables the
world’s leading publishers and
media to take control of their
audience data to deliver more engaging and
personalized user experiences. The company
says businesses using Cxense’s advanced real-
time analytics, data management (DMP),
advertising, search and personalisation
technology gain more engaged users, increased
digital revenue and higher sales conversions.
Cxense is based in Oslo, Norway, with offices
worldwide. www.cxense.com
Google (USA) is a global
technology leader focused on improving the
ways people connect with information. Google’s
innovations in web search and advertising have
made its website a top Internet property and its
brand one of the most recognised in the world.
Google’s services for the news and publishing
industry span from monetisation platforms to
analytics tools, and from content distribution
channels to internal collaboration tools.
www.google.com
Localstars (UK) builds
multiple format adverts and provides fully
integrated systems. www.localstars.com
MakroSolutions
(Germany) has more than
more than 15 years of project experience
specialising in mechanical and plant
engineering. The company supplies a complete
package encompassing trading, plant planning,
construction, assembly, installation,
maintenance, support and software
development. www.makrosolutions.com
miLibris (France) is
an intermediation
platform between content providers and sales
portals. The company provides distribution
services and tools designed for the book and
newspaper industry. www.milibris.com/en
netzstrategen (Germany)
is a digital consulting
firm, academy and agency. The company says its
raw materials are ideas produced by its biggest
asset: a team of experienced professionals. The
company says it clients expect ideas based on
digital analytics data, observations in the
marketplace and knowledge of technologies as
well as its intuition and creativity and the
methods it uses to engage with clients
www.netzstrategen.com
NewsWhip (Ireland) tracks
content published online
and ranks it based on social
interactions. NewsWhip, Spike, API, Insights.
www.newswhip.com
Ninestars (India)
was founded in
1999 and is a
leading content digitisation and digital
transformation company for newspapers, books
and magazines. http://ninestars.in
OwnLocal (USA) is a
digital ad agency for
local media. The
company helps
newspapers monetize online with automated
sales process and provides complete digital
marketing services, including SEO, SEM and
website hosting. http://ownlocal.com
Q.I. Press Controls
(The Netherlands)
develops and
delivers innovative,
high quality optical measure and control
systems. The company serves both newspaper
and magazine printing. Its solutions are
supported by a global service network.
www.qipc.com
RealCom (Norway) is a
software company
supplying control systems
for newspaper mailrooms. It
also undertakes complete retrofit and upgrade
projects. Further, it supplies performance
management systems to logistics- and
production companies. www.realcom.no
Vuukle (India) is a
Digital Audience
Development
Platform for
publishers. It delivers better user experience
and higher engagement. At the same time,
Vuukle develops new revenue streams for
publishers and helps them analyse, rate and
improve their performance. http://vuukle.com
Académie du
journalisme et des
médias (AJM)
Université de
Neuchâtel
(Switzerland) is an
internationally renowned educational and
research centre in Switzerland, which focuses on
the study of journalism and media management.
Beside the education of journalists, it researches
how the media work today and how it will
develop. www2.unine.ch/ajm
C.A. Editora El
Nacional
(Venezuela)
publishes a daily newspaper founded in 943 in
Caracas with a circulation of 80,000 per day.
www.el-nacional.com
Daily News Ltd.
(Trinidad and
Tobago) publishes
a daily newspaper founded in 1993 by Therese
Mills. Since 2010, Newsday prints USA Today
international edition.
www.newsday.co.tt
Diario El
Universal
(Venezuela) publishes a daily newspaper
founded in 1909 in Caracas with a circulation of
about 150,000 per day.
www.eluniversal.com
21 Editorial Monterrey S.A.
(Mexico) publishers of the daily
Spanish-language newspaper
ABC, which was founded in 1985 and is based in
Monterrey, Nueva Leon, with a circulation of
about 40,000 copies per day.
www.periodicoabc.mx
EPFL+ECAL Lab Ecole
polytechnique fédérale de
Lausanne + University of
Art and Design Lausanne
(Switzerland) is a laboratory located in the ECAL
(University of Art and Design Lausanne)
building, belonging to EPFL (Ecole
polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). Its aim is
to explore the potential of emerging
technologies through design – in other words, to
transform scientific performance into user
experience. It also tackles the challenges
presented by new technologies. www.epfl-ecal-
lab.ch
ESH Médias Editions
Suisses Holding SA,
(Switzerland) publishes
mainly regional
newspapers using all
available platforms: print, digital and mobile,
which are well represented in their
corresponding regions. For example, in the
canton Neuchatel, the French-language
newspaper L’Express, was founded in 1738;
L’Impartial, which was founded in 1881, is also
well established in the canton of Jura. In the
canton Valais, Le Nouvelliste, was founded in
1903 and is based in Sion. Other activities of
ESH Médias include contract printing for other
newspapers and magazines and their
distribution. www.eshmedias.ch/accueil
Grupo Expansión (Mexico) is a
business and financial news
publishing company founded in
1966. Today, the group has a
portfolio of 16 magazines such as
including: Expansión,
Manufactura, Obras, IDC, Quién,
and 11 websites such as: Obrasweb,
Manufactura.mx. Throughout its history, the
Grupo Expansión has distinguished itself for its
high quality and journalistic ethics based on
transparency. http://grupoexpansion.mx
I!AN – fræ"slusetur
(Iceland) IDAN’s
Vocational Education
and Training Centre
was formed by the merger of four educational
centres from industry and tourism in the spring
of 2006. The role of IDAN is primarily to improve
the ability of companies and employees in the
automobile, construction and metal industries
and the printing, food and restaurant industries.
www.idan.is
Information
Matrix Co.,
Ltd.
(Myanmar) is an IT, media and services company
based in Yangon. The company was created in
2001 through the merger of Myanmar Inforithm
Ltd. and Maze Media. It publishes the following
titles: 7Day (daily, circulation 25,000); 7Day
News Journal, (weekly, circ. 14,000); and Internet
Journal (weekly, circ. 3,000)
www.informationmatrix.com
International Papers FZE (United
Arab Emirates) is one of the three
companies of the IPPM Group. The
alliance was formed in 2007
among Paper Master, International
Papers FZE & Hans Andersson Paper with a
mission to become a global leader in the paper
trade and converting business. With modern
converting plants, large purpose-built factory/
warehouse facilities in the UAE and Sweden, and
worldwide associate facilities, the group is one
of the fastest growing in this segment in the
Middle East. www.ippm.ae
Kaldor Ltd (United
Kingdom) is a software
house that conceives,
designs and builds beautiful and innovative
mobile content platforms and applications. Their
Pugpig is the lightest, fastest, most flexible
publishingplatform, putting structured content
at the heart of the publishing process. http://
kaldorgroup.com
MWM System AB
(Sweden) says it
offers systems that
result in increased profits and improved
efficiency for the printing industry. Along with its
system offerings, MWM offers consulting
services, including process improvement
suggestions to assist in increasing efficiency on a
multitude of levels in the production process.
www.mwm.se
NTNU - The
Norwegian
University of
Science and
Technology.
Whether evaluating the commercial possibilities
of an idea, starting a company, or in need of
advice on intellectual property rights – NTNU
provides its scientific community with the
necessary expertise. The commercialisation of
new technology is one of the key tasks of
NTNU’s Technology Transfer Office.
www.ntnu.no
PUCRS -
Pontifícia
Universidade
Católica do Rio Grande
do Sul (PUCRS / Brazil) is a private university with
a traditional school of journalism and a large
number of research labs at its Technological Park
(Tecnopuc). www.pucrs.br
Raju printing
press (India)
publishers of Karnataka, a Kannada-language
weekly newspaper, which is based in Bangalore
and has a circulation of 50,000 per week.
(website not available)
Recherche-Scout
GmbH (Germany)
supports journalists
by offering them access to new sources and
experts. Journalists can leave their questions or
ask for more information. The questions are sent
to all press offices and PR agencies in all
German-speaking countries that can offer their
expertise and information.
www.recherchescout.com
TBC (Hong Kong) has built the biggest network
of social media communities through providing
trending content: such as Emotion &
Relationships; Infographics; Kids & Animals; Pop
Culture & Celebrities; Personal Tech; Sports &
Personal Challenge; and Food (website not
available)
Transmatico (Germany)
transforms print products
like advertorials, magazines, brochures into web,
tablet- and mobile-optimised microsites without
internal IT support of the publisher by
transforming existing PDFs and also digitising
ads as sellable online products.
www.transmatico.com
Tresite (Mexico) offers IT
services to communication
media companies,
corporations, government and universities. The
company was founded more than 10 years ago
and has a business unit focused exclusively on
offerings and services for newspapers.
www.tresite.com
Vanguardia
(Mexico) Daily
newspaper founded
in 1975 by Armando Castilla Sánchez and 50
collaborators in Saltillo.
www.vanguardia.com.mx
Wochit (USA) is a content
creation platform that
enables storytellers to create video in any
language in minutes, using a combination of
search of licensed content from AP, Reuters,
Getty and more, and a creative editing tool with
human voice, creators can produce a video in
10-15 minutes. www.wochit.com
www.ntnu.no

7. Our Values
Your WAN-IFRA
Everything we do is because
we believe that freedom of
expression is a
fundamental right, a
touchstone of all our
freedoms, and press freedom
enhanced by solid
independent news publishing
companies is one of its
fundamental pillars.
Driven by members,
publishers, associations and
technology suppliers, we
believe in solidarity in
action and community
commitment: we draw on the
collective pool of strengths
and skills to the benefit of
each member of our
community.
We are passionate about the
future of news, through
promotion of a free press,
quality journalism,
editorial integrity, and
adoption of these values by
new generations.
We believe that business
sustainability is the best
guarantee for publishers to
remain independent and
contribute to freedom of
expression in open societies.
We are solution driven,
delivering services through
which members can find
solutions to their challenges.
We have the ability to deal
with uncertainty. We are
proactive and a driver of new
business models, with a
holistic point of view and a
sense of urgency.
We are committed to
curiosity, open innovation
and networking, sharing
professional knowledge inside
and outside the organisation.
We champion diversity and
promote integrity in all we
do.
WAN-IFRA has a strong pedigree and offers a
level of expertise that its members appreciate. It’s that
level of expertise and meticulous attention to detail
which helps people like me and our business deal
with the industry’s challenges”.
Kevin Beatty , CEO, dmg::media, United Kingdom
“

8. Our media freedom activities are
funded and supported by
individual membership, support
from public agencies (Sida in
Sweden, Norwegian and Danish
Ministries of Foreign Affairs,
UNESCO,…), and private
foundations (Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, Knight
Foundation, Open Society
Foundation, IREX, etc)
WAN-IFRA works to strengthen the
skills, capacity and networks of media
and their institutions in a local,
regional and international context.
Development actions include
capacity building initiatives such as
skills development training, coaching,
mentoring, networking and skills-
exchange activities. WAN-IFRA often
engages in both advocacy and
development in parallel.
This dual approach of applying
advocacy and development is
designed to treat the media
ecosystem in its entirety, from content
to capacity building, organisational
structure to legal and regulatory
frameworks and the media’s overall
position in society. It allows WAN-
IFRA to address challenges to media
freedom from multiple perspectives,
leveraging experiences and synergies
between advocacy and development
projects, partnerships and the wider
expertise of WAN-IFRA’s international
community to encourage meaningful
change within societies.
Our 2015-2017 Media Freedom
Programme aims to assist meaningful
change in more than 25 countries
across the Middle East and North
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and South
East Asia, as well as certain hotspots
in Europe and Latin America. Within
each of the selected intervention
countries, there is significant potential
for democratic growth to take hold
and flourish. WAN-IFRA believes that
media is at the heart of unlocking and
supporting this potential within any
society.
Our works aims to:
1. Improve citizen empowerment
and engagement through
broader access to independent
media on and offline;
2. Better protect media against
political, economic, and legal
pressures, as well as physical
harm;
3. Empower media with greater
potential to bring about positive
social change (poverty reduction,
equality and human rights);
4. Ensure gender equality in media;
5. Provide more tools for citizens to
advocate on behalf of media
freedom and democracy.
Join the Media
Freedom Brain
Trust
Our Brain Trust helps media in
emerging, transitional, or
post-conflict countries
succeed as agents of change
in their societies. Members
engage with WAN-IFRA’s work
by sharing their expertise.
Learn more on
www.wanifra-braintrust.org
Media Freedom Programmes
WAN-IFRA Partners

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academy
Executive Programmes - eRev wan-ifra.org/wan-ifra-executive-
programmes
Media Professionals
Programme
wan-ifra.org/microsites/media-
development
Digital Media Awards wan-ifra.org/microsites/awards
World Young Reader Prize wan-ifra.org/microsites/youth-
engagement-news-literacy
Forums, Special Interest Communities
World Editors Forum wan-ifra.org/microsites/world-editors-
forum
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printers-online-forum
Alliance for Media Innovation wan-ifra.org/microsites/gami
Research & Material Testing
Centre
www.wan-ifra.org/showcases/
research-material-testing-centre
Ad Blocking Resource Centre wan-ifra.org/microsites/ad-blocking
News Literacy and Youth
engagement
wan-ifra.org/microsites/youth-
engagement-news-literacy

10. Real Facts
about your membership
OUR FULL RANGE OF BENEFITS
Members and their subsidiaries qualify for full membership benefits. All employees of
member companies are entitled to membership login and access to all benefits, including
free access to the online library download area. WAN-IFRA members are granted
membership in the World Editors Forum, World Printers Forum and Global Alliance for Media
Innovation membership. Let us know if you want to be affiliated by sending an email to
membership@wan-ifra.org.
Benefit Non-members Members
Access to all Content
World News Publishing Focus Standard rate Free, full access
Asian Newsmedia Focus Standard rate Free, full access
10 to 12 Business and Technology Reports per year Standard rate (250 Euros/report) Free, full access
Executive News Service (Daily) Available free for limited period Free, full access
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World Press Trends Database Standard rate (2,000 Euros) Free, full access
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Call for expressions of interest No Free, only for members
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Our Marketing Platforms
Sponsorship and exhibitions Standard rate Preferential rate
WAN-IFRA endorsement No Yes
By comparing the efficiency of our workflow with that of other newsrooms,
WAN-IFRA has convinced our reporters that the editorial logic of digital writing is
not out of reach. Before, the editorial team was distracted with a constant flow of
technological advances. WAN-IFRA’s training helped us refocus on good digital
journalism practices. That brought immediate positive impact on user
engagement.
David Haeberli, Digital Chief Editor, La Tribune de Genève, Switzerland
“

11. MEMBER SERVICE DESK
For more information, or to join, go
to wan-ifra.org/membership, or
contact Margaret Bostanian on
membership@wan-ifra.org
or +49 69 2400 63 288
If you are an association or a trade
body, contact Elena Perotti,
Executive Director Public Affairs and
Media Policy, Paris, France
on elena.perotti@wan-ifra.org
or +33 1 47 42 85 38
Vincent Peyrègne, CEO
Paris, France
vincent.peyregne@wan-ifra.org
Dir +33 6 87 92 17 25
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Dir +49 69 24 00 63 221
EUROPE AND AFRICA
Ralf Ressmann, Director
Frankfurt, Germany
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Dir +49 69 24 00 63 251
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Mechthild Schimpf, Director
Frankfurt, Germany
mechthild.schimpf@wan-ifra.org
Dir +49 69 24 00 63 252
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Randy Covington, NewsOps
Columbia, SC, USA
rrandy.covington@wan-ifra.org
Dir +1 803 777 5998
LATIN AMERICA
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Mexico City, Mexico
rodrigo.bonilla@wan-ifra.org
Dir +52 1 55 5275 82 12
ASIA PACIFIC
Gilles Demptos, Director
Singapore
gilles.demptos@wan-ifra.org
Dir : +65 6562 8443
SOUTH ASIA
Magdoom Mohamed, Director
Chennai, India
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Dir +91 44 421 12 893
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12. World Press Trends, the annual report on the global newspaper industry in numbers,
trends and changes, is available online. For more information about our database and
what is included, go to wan-ifra.org/wpt.
Focus on World Press Trends
Disrupted, Diversified and Digital
A profound shift in the newspaper business model,
which has been evolving for years, is finally here.
Global newspaper circulation revenues are higher
than advertising revenues for the first time in the
century. Audiences have become publishers’
biggest source of revenue. The industry generated
an estimated US$ 179 billion in circulation and
revenue in 2014. Ninety-two billion dollars came
from print and digital circulation, while $ 86 billion
came from advertising.
With 2.8 million jobs, magazines and newspapers
represent together the third global creative industry
before book publishing, music or film industries. In
2015, it is clear that the story of the newspaper
industry is not one of doom and gloom and decline.
Newspapers around the world are proving their
value and resilience in the face of massive
competition. They are discovering new markets and
new business models that are today as pertinent to
news production as advertising and circulation
revenues. From print newspaper businesses, they
have transformed themselves into true multi
platform news media businesses, aiming for
revenues that are increasingly diversified and digital.
At the same time, for the majority of newspapers
around the world, print will continue to be a major
source of revenue for years to come.