WAN-Ifra's World News Media Congress 2020 in Zaragoza, Spain, is the latest casualty of the COVID-19 crisis.

Less than a week after the New Zealand government outlawed magazine production, Bauer Media has announced it will close its NZ business, making all staff redundant.

Three initiatives to support media organisations and journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic have been announced by Australia's Judith Neilson Institute.

Readers of 60 of News Corp Australia's free newspapers are to be herded towards a paywall subscription offer next week with the shutdown of print production.

If you haven't already seen it on the national broadcaster, here's the ABC's guide to working from home, courtesy of Mark Humphries.

New Zealand news media companies have gained a reprieve after a sudden and unexpected ban had shut down all but paid daily newspapers.

Growing women's voices in media is top of the agenda of the fourth Women in News Summit, taking place on the opening day of WAN-Ifra's World News Media Congress.

Publishers are getting wise to the demand for trusted content, and that readers are willing to pay for it.

Speakers at WAN-Ifra's Berlin Publishing Days looked at publishing strategies from all possible angles, including digital, print and mobile, and from the smallest independent publisher in the regions to major groups covering ...

Newspapers "are emphatically not dead but are enjoying a rebirth and a bright future".

Ifra World Publishing Expo, now part of the Berlin Publishing Days, closed tonight after two days of surprisingly intense activity.

There are no rules on accepting external funding as a media company, but beware strings attached.

WAN-Ifra has called on Pakistan to release Jang Media Group owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman pending a decision on his trial on charges which date back to 1986.

All in Print China - which attracted more than 100,000 visitors in 2018 - is set to be this year's biggest printing trade show following the postponement of DRUPA.

Hong Kong daily the South China Morning Post is to transform its flagship China Conference event to a virtual, interactive format.

Seven West Media will be able to proceed with other M&A plans, now that the merger of its Pacific Magazines with Bauer Media has been given the nod.

Potential purchasers of Australian Associated Press are being warned off a possible deal by media controlled by client and shareholder News Corp Australia.

News Corp Australia has surprised its critics with the launch of a web series on climate change.

Restructuring and transformation continue at Australia's Ten Network, close to two years after the broadcaster was placed in voluntary administration.

Another streaming service is to vie for Australia's SVOD market with the launch of joint venture Britbox.

Mobile journalism trainer Robb Montgomery has published his latest gear list... and it's l-e-a-n.

News Corp Australia - which last week launched a new news podcast - says it has "no plans" to follow its UK sister company into the talk radio arena.

Growth in Netflix has powered the adoption of pay and subscription TV in Australia, paving the way for the arrival of Disney+ and Apple+.

Figures from News Corp's Kayo sports streaming service paint an interesting picture of how subscribers use the service.

Production of the daily Dainik Jagran at more than 35 printing sites across the north of India has been streamlined through the introduction of ppi Media's solutions.

Bilingual and multiplatform, the Content-X system at The Printers Mysore in Bangalore has been implemented in just six months.

The VRM group, which is headquartered in Mainz, reaches more than one million readers and has a circulation of more than 320,000 copies.

Australian Community Media is doing its bit for tourism in areas which were badly affected by bushfires.

Delegates in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Key Executives Mega-Conference find themselves in the midst of an experiment.

Doors open and close on Sydney's street and music press with a revival of Rolling Stone this month and the end of The Brag.

Books for preschoolers are back as News Corp Australia aims to encourage and inspire families to read with young children in its annual Raise a Reader campaign.

Two scenarios are said to explain Antony Catalano's return to Australia's classified real estate market.

News Corp's news aggregation platform Knewz has appeared in beta form, "powered by artificial intelligence and curated by news editors".

Eight times now, former head of EidosMedia Australia has braved mud, sweat and tears to help raise funds for the Smith Family charity.

Australia's competition regulator has started work on its inquiry into the digital advertising supply chain.

As the South China Morning Post moves from 'local paper' to a global one with more than 94 per cent of online traffic coming from overseas, it's building a stronger data culture with more data-informed decisions.

Dutch private equity company Main Capital Partners has taken control of content software specialist WoodWing after building a relationship over recent years.

Former Fairfax metro managing director Chris Janz has additional responsibilities after being named chief digital and publishing officer at Nine.

Telaria, which is merging with supply-side platform Rubicon Project, is to deliver a market-first cost-per-completed-view offering for News Corp.

A new Smart Pre-setting feature from QIPC-EAE is delivering on a promise to save an extra 150-200 copies with each press start-up.

Are you tied to your press manufacturer or original supplier for press controls? Many people thought that, but ABB has been working to show that this is not true, giving press owners freedom of choice.

A new star launched into the web-offset printing firmament last month with the global launch of the Wisprint brand.

A three-stage press installation at Stuart Web in Florida has transformed the commercial printer's single-width press, virtually without upsetting production.

A recently-acquired Goss Universal 50 at leading Colombian newspaper Vanguardia Liberal is to have its QI Press Controls' colour register and cut-off system updated.

When Gerhard Tapken bought the newspaper printing company of which he was managing director in 2018, "many people thought I was crazy".

Three elderly but trusted Harris web presses are now 'state-of-the-art', thanks to new control technology.

Consistent performance over a decade and millions of copies has helped QIPC/EAE to an upgrade order from one of China's biggest media groups.

A five-tower press relocated from Malaysia is to be the centrepiece of a comprehensive upgrade for New Zealand's Beacon Print in Whakatāne.

Xeikon says digital web presses using its new Sirius technology will run at up to 30 metres per minute.

Technology from HP and Koenig & Bauer comes together in what is being billed as the biggest digital inkjet web press in the world.

Digital printing plant now being installed in Montpelier, France is central to a new initiative aimed at building a future for a regional daily and the nation's press.

New features for inkjet web print finishing are being launched by Tecnau at Canon's Poing event.

Koenig & Bauer's RotaJet digital press has been named a 'winner' in this year's German Design Awards.

Printers from Thailand learned more about LED-UV printing at an open day in Bangkok.

Having consolidated first to bring IPMG's NSW sites together, and again to allow the closure of PMP Moorebank, Ovato had something to show guests at Warwick Farm yesterday.

Former chairman of IPMG Michael Hannan is back in the chair following its merger with PMP to create Australian printing giant Ovato.

Installation of a used M600 heatset press in Mumbai is a breakthrough for manroland Goss web systems India in collaboration with GWS.

A reconfigured M600 commercial press has been kitted out with LED UV drying in a project for a Mauritius-based printing company.

Vibrant print samples from a demonstration of LED-UV curing technology are included in a new 'look-book'.

Images and film of the days of linos and letterpress are becoming increasingly rare.

Museums and letterpress printers in Australia have been urged to help stop rare items from Melbourne Museum of Printing going overseas or worse still, being scrapped.

Printing and telecommunications equipment which charts much of the history of the industry comes under the hammer in Melbourne at the end of this month.

New Zealand's two historic Cossar presses are in limbo after hopes of housing them in a new museum were abandoned.

What did Gutenberg's first wooden printing press look like? An impression of the print pioneer's 1436 original is helping raise funds for a Sydney museum.

The resolution is terrible but the typography is engaging.