Case studies of the two newspaper companies - Adresseavisen in Norway and Nordjyske in Denmark - will be presented by their chief executives at the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Göteborg, Sweden, from 1 to 4 June. The companies are combining local focus with multi-media innovation to carve unique places for themselves in the media landscape.
More than 1,500 publishers, chief editors and other senior newspaper executives are expected in Göteborg for the Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2008, the global meetings of the world’s press. There is still time to register for the events, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and hosted by the Swedish Newspaper Publishers Association. Full details can be found at www.wansweden2008.com.
Andresseavisen, whose flagship is a regional daily distributed in the middle part of Norway with a focus on the commercial district of Trondheim, is combining long-term investment on its online channels with strategic alliances with regional newspapers. CEO Per Axel Koch will present an overview of both commercial and editorial strategies.
Nordjyske, which operates in northern Denmark, is one of the best examples of a multimedia organisation with newspapers at its heart - in addition to a regional daily and an assortment of weeklies, it produces radio, TV and online out of a single newsroom. Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Per Lyngby will discuss the company’s organisational development and results.
Other presentations include:
 A first business session on "Newspapers: A Multi-Media, Growth Business" - the Congress theme -- featuring Dean Singleton, the Vice Chairman and CEO of the MediaNews Group in the United States, Nelson Sirotsky, President & CEO of RBS Group in Brazil, Tim Bowdler, Chief Executive of Johnston Press in the United Kingdom, Leif Johansson, CEO of AB Volvo, and Fredrik Arp, CEO of the Volvo Car Corporation.
Presentation of the best from the 2008 strategy reports of WAN’s major Shaping the Future of the Newspaper research project, analyzing developments and opportunities in the press industry . Highlights will include the results of a ’Scenario Planning’ process engaged by WAN to look at the threats, opportunities and possible disruptions lying ahead for the newspaper industry - and identifying a series of ’roadmaps’ to help publishers anticipate change.
A session on "Protecting Publishers Interests", which will provide a summary of actions and projects to protect newspaper content investments, including the Automated Content Access Protocol and media rights to cover public events. Speakers include Gavin O’Reilly, Chief Operating Officer of Ireland-based Independent News & Media and Dominic Young, Director of Editorial Services for News International.
World Press Trends in the Newspaper Industry, the annual survey of world-wide circulation, advertising and other trends presented by Timothy Balding, CEO of WAN.
The 2008 Global Report on Innovations in Newspapers by the Innovation International Media Consulting Group, which will focus on new supplements and magazines that sell more newspapers; on what works (and doesn’t work) in free newspaper publishing; on training for the multi-media era; on a review of the Scandinavian newspaper markets; on multi-media newsroom management - and much else. The presentation will be made by Juan Senor and the team of Innovation consultants.
A session on how press groups are using outsourcing of editorial, advertising, and digital functions to reduce costs and streamline their businesses. Speakers include Tony Watson, Editor-in-Chief of The Press Association in the United Kingdom, Joe Webb, the Deputy Managing Director of Independent Newspapers in Ireland, and Philip Shepherd, Partner in PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the United Kingdom.
Other Congress speakers include: Giorgio Valerio, Managing Director, RCS Quotidiani, Italy; I. Venkat, Board Director, Eenadu, India; Sara Ohrvall, Senior Vice President/Research & Development, the Bonnier Group, Sweden; Tomas Brunegard, CEO, the Stampen Group, Sweden;, Denmark; Christian Van Thillo, Chief Executive Officer, De Persgroep, Belgium; Robert Barnard, Partner, D-Code, Canada; Anna Serner, CEO & Managing Director, Swedish Newspaper Publishers Association; Katarina Graffman, Cultural Anthropologist, Inculture, Sweden; Francis Morel, Managing Director, and Pierre Conte, Deputy Managing Director/New Media & Advertising, Le Figaro Group, France; and Arne Wallin, President, Holmen Paper.
The Congress, Forum and Expo will be opened by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Full details at www.wansweden2008.com. Sponsors for the events now include Volvo, Holmen Paper, SAS, Bonnier, the Stampen Group, Öhrlings Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Tidningsutgivarna, V-Tab, Latte, VLT, RIA, KBA-Nordic, StingPlay and Taxi Göteborg.
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