The Times has announced it will be introducing a paid model for NYTimes.com in 2011. The site will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number.

The Newsroom Summit, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and Newsplex (www.wan-ifra.org/newsplex) will focus on what the next generation newsroom will look like and how it will operate. Full conference details can be found at www.ifra.com/newsroomsummit.

Mr Sulzberger is responsible for the New York Times’ long-term business strategy and runs the company’s flagship enterprise on a day-to-day basis. He believes reader engagement is the future of the news business model.

Other speakers at the Newsroom Summit include:

  Jeff Jarvis, Associated Professor and Director of the Interactive Journalism Program, City University of New York (via Videolink);

  Adrian Jenkings, Chief Executive, Archant Ltd., UK;

  Marcelo Rech, General Director for Product, RBS Group, Brazil;

  Reetta Meriläinen, Editor-in-Chief Helsingin Sanomat, Finland;

  Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor, Washington Post, USA;

  Marc Walder, CEO Switzerland/Germany, Ringier, Switzerland;

  Andreas Wiele, Member of the Board/President BILD Division and Magazines, Axel Springer, Germany;

  and many others. Full details at www.ifra.com/newsroomsummit.

The event will be preceded by a one-day Newsplex workshop on editorial management and reorganisation, and by a guided tour of the Telegraph Media Group newsroom.

WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. The organisation was created by the merger of the World Association of Newspapers and IFRA, the research and service organisation for the news publishing industry.

Learn more about WAN-IFRA at www.wan-ifra.org or through the WAN-IFRA Magazine.

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, WAN-IFRA, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org.