Video interview with Vasily Gatov on savings

Vasily Gatov, Media3's strategy director and an IFRA Board member, discusses some of the things that Russia's largest print media company is doing to manage the current crisis. The interview w ...>

No Iceberg - Separating Truth from Fiction About Newspapers In This Recession

By Earl J. Wilkinson The death of the newspaper is one of the great exaggerations of today’s economic downturn. It is a myth being perpetuated by people, companies, and the t ...>

Cases of other countries

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Video: Kevin Beatty, Associated Newspapers

Kevin Beatty is the Group Managing Director of Associated Newspapers in the U.K., as well as vice president on the IFRA Board. Here Beatty discusses how his company, IFRA and the industry are ...>

IFRA Magazine annual survey on budget spending priorities in 2009

Download the PDF showing the answers from the respondents world wide. The survey was ...>

Increasing circulation: Q&A with Joe Spitzer, Dow Jones & Co. (Asia)

Joe Spitzer is Director of Communications, Asia, for Dow Jones & Co. IFRA: What would be your top idea for increasing circulation/reach in 2009? Joe Spitzer: We are focusing ou ...>

5 wild ideas for better newsroom management

Juan Antonio Giner, editor of Innovations in Newspapers, offers some additional suggestions for editorial reorganisation in 2009: Idea 1: Organize the newsroom around audiences, instead of ...>

Interview with Hans Lindberg, UNT Distribution

UNT Distribution is a Swedish distribution company owned by publisher Upsala Nya Tidning. UNT delivers national and regional morning papers as well as 15 magazines and other publications. A ...>

Voices of Africa Project

The following information about the Voices of Africa Media Foundation was provided by Pim de Wit and Henri W. Aalders of Voices of Africa. De Wit is the managing director of Voices of Africa; Aalders is the foundation's program manager. The Voices of Africa Media ...>

Interview with Kristina Bürén, IFRA Sweden

IFRA: What recommendations do you have for publishers who aren’t doing anything with mobile yet, and aren’t sure where to start? Kristina Bürén: I think one way to start is to make you ...>

Interview with Alberto Tascón from Prisacom

Text not yet available in English. IFRA: ¿Cuáles crees que van a ser las claves para 2009 en cuanto a las webs de periódicos se refiere? Alberto Tascón: Creo que este va a se ...>

Torry Pedersen: "Moving images will be a commodity for news sites"

IFRA Magazine: What do you think will be the most relevant products or services in news publishing websites next year? Torry Pedersen: Bringing news! Fully utilizing the webs potential ...>

Le Figaro can rely on its brand -- an interview with Luciano Bosio

Available in French only Italien d’origine, Luciano Bosio est l’un des experts les plus reconnus du marché de la presse en France. Il a passé 7 ans chez Ipsos Media, 8 ans chez RCS M ...>

S. Malkov on free-newspaper developments in Russia

Available in Russian only Вопрос: Почему вы выбрали для «Нашей Газеты» бесплатную модель? Cергей Малков: Бесплатная газета, доставляемая во все почтовые ...>

Olga Jaginova, IMHO VI, on online advertising trends in Russia

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Eugene Abov, GIPP vice president, on Russian publishers' priorities in 2008

Available in Russian only. Два минувших года стали рекордными по динамике и объемам медийных слияний и поглощений на российском рынке. Уверен, что при определении издательских страт ...>

Allan Marshall's advertising tips for 2008

Three factors will dominate the future of advertising technologies in our industry. > The first is the realisation that sales systems are about sales! The original sales systems were rea ...>

Grabbing the long tail

Vin Crosbie, managing partner of Digital Deliverance LLC, contributed this Viewpoint on convergence in 2008. The English-language idiom “He Can’t See the Forest for the Trees” means someone is so preoccupied with the parts that he cannot perceive the whole. Ever si ...>

Challenges for convergence in 2008 and beyond

Dietmar Schantin is the director of IFRA Newsplex. A shorter version of this text appeared in the January 2008 issue of IFRA Magazine on page 29. In 2006 and 2007 many things changed in newsr ...>

Free Papers: Interview with Brad Moore, General Manager of RedEye

IFRA Magazine: RedEye launched a Saturday edition earlier this year. How is that issue being received by readers and advertisers? Brad Moore: We launched the Saturday edi ...>

Alexander Kahlmann: Einsparpotenziale in der Zeitung

Not yet available in English Alexander Kahlmann hat als Senior-Berater bei der Unternehmensberatung Schickler in Hamburg Einblick in die Strukturen bei Zeitungsverlagen, die organisa ...>

Savings in the printing plant - tips from KBA

Not yet available in English Januar 2008 - Die größten Einspar- und Rationalisierungseffekte lassen sich durch möglichst umfassende Automationslösungen erzielen. Solche sind meist in ...>

Interview with Knud Erik Rødbro, Executive Manager of Schur Packaging Systems, Denmark

IFRA Magazine: What are the most important trends for 2008 in mailroom area for newspapers (supplements, added value finishing, perfect integration between the mailroom with othe ...>

Interview with Karsten Koeppe, Druckhaus Spandau

Not yet available in English Januar 2008 - Karsten Koeppe ist Leiter Versorgungstechnik im Druckhaus Spandau des Axel Springer Verlags. Der Betrieb ist seit zehn Jahren EMAS-zertifi ...>

Cost savings tips from Roland Glin, EAE

Not available in English January 2008 - Roland Glin (Leitung PR und Dokumentation bei der EAE Ewert Ahrensburg Electronic GmbH) sieht erhebliches Einsparpotenzial im Druckhaus: "Aus Sicht des Maschinensteuerers und Workflow-Optimierers EAE sind die meisten Lösunge ...>

Printing cost calculation model helps to reduce costs

IFRA Special Report 3.37 Newspaper production is very capital-intensive, so tools are required that allow a fast and detailed calculation of production costs. Changes to the length of print ...>

Cost savings: Interview with Ronald Sonnleitner

Engineer Ronald Sonnleitner is head of IT and prepress at the Landesverlag Druckservice in Wels, Austria, where 70 different newspaper titles as well as 30 different semi-commercial obje ...>

IFRA Board Member Jan de Roos

Jan de Roos has been CEO of NDC/VBK de uitgevers since 2004, during which time he has overseen the acquisition of VBK (Veen Bosch & Keuning Uitgevers) as well as the merger of that organisation with NDC (Noordelijke Dagblad Combinatie). From 1998 to 2004, he was CEO of NDC ...>

IFRA Board Member Luc Rademakers

Luc Rademakers has been general manager unit paid newspapers for Belgium’s Concentra Media as well as general editor in chief of Gazet van Antwerpen & Het Belang van Limburg since 2007. From 2004-2007, he was editor in chief of Gazet van Antwerpen, and from 2000 to 200 ...>

IFRA Board Member Kalle Jungkvist

Kalle Jungkvist has been the editor in chief of Sweden’s Aftonbladet New Media since 1999. From 1991 to 1999, he was the managing editor of Aftonbladet, which he had joined as a reporter in 1977 and where he later worked as news editor. Before joining Aftonbladet, he worked ...>

IFRA Board Member Tobias Trevisan

Tobias Trevisan was born on 17th March 1959 in Basle (Switzerland). He graduated with a degree in economics from Basle University in 1984. He is also a professional advertising manager and has received management training from the Harvard Business School (AMP). He entered t ...>

Xenia Shevnina on trends in the Russian advertising market

Available only in Russian По данным АКАР, получаемым в том числе и на основе оценок экспертов ГИПП, обнародованным в середине лета, объем рекламы в прессе увеличился на 21,3% по срав ...>

Robert Picard: Measure the quality of journalism? that is a real problem

Robert Picard is Professor of Economics at the Jönköping International Business School. His research focuses on economic structures of media markets, media industries and firms; the demand ...>

Advertiser relations: Consultant Len Kubas on 10 things newspapers can do

We believe that newspapers can adopt many positive measures to will improve relations with advertisers that should result in more advertising revenues and more satisfied customers. 1. ...>

Why invest now? Viewpoints of some users

Michael Gill, Editor-in-Chief, Financial Review, Australia What are your expectations for the coming year? We have developed a Flex-based application model for our digital platform. It is integrated with a Cyber Newspaper production platform, with its own e ...>

Ifra Strategy 2007: Focus on India

The Indian publishing industry has seen unforeseen growth in the last two years. It has also become a prosperous market for print publishing. The boom in the Indian economy and the country's growing literacy levels have augmented this growth for newspapers. India is also a ...>

Interview with Robert Granfeldt Jr. about Spotted

newspaper techniques: When did Spotted start and on which Morris website? Robert Granfeldt Jr: The program was conceived in Jacksonville, Florida as a part of Jacksonvi ...>

Interview with Piet Bakker on free dailies in 2007

newspaper techniques: You have been tracking free daily newspapers for some years now. Does their ongoing growth rate (22 million copies a day this time last year and 30 million ...>

Comment effectuer des choix industriels en 2007?

Available in French and German Les conseils d'Andreas Schaffner, directeur de Ringier Print Adligenswil AG En 2005, l’imprimerie Ringier d’Adligenswil a lancé un vaste plan de modernisatio ...>

Claude Gagnon, président et éditeur du quotidien Le Droit

Available only in French Le Droit appartient au groupe Gesca. Filiale de Power Corporation, Gesca publie sept quotidiens, édite des magazines, produit des émissions de télévision et ...>

Christopher Bisco, Managing director (Publishing)

Christopher Bisco joined Cumbrian Newspapers Group based in Carlisle in 2001. Prior to that, he worked for Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspaper plc (acquired in 1999 by Johnston Press). He has ...>

What content works?

By Paul A.Camp, CEO of a company called Content That Works (www.contentthatworks.com), established in 2000 by former managers of Thomson Newspapers. To that point, I do not have all the answers. Indeed far from it. What I have an interesting vantage point in that ...>

Reducir costes: Entrevista a Severino Santirso y Jose Ángel Cabezón, La Voz de Galicia

Available in Spanish only técnicas de prensa: ¿Qué medidas se han puesto en práctica en vuestras plantas para mantener los costes en un nivel reducido? Santirso /Cabezón: ...>

Reducir costes: Entrevista con Julián Esteban, Director Gerente Técnico Industrial de El Mundo

Available only in Spanish tdp: ¿Qué medidas habéis puesto en marcha para reducir costes en vuestras plantas de producción? Julián Esteban: En principio, hemos puesto e ...>

Reducing costs: Interview with Rick Edmonds, Poynter Institute

técnicas de prensa: Analysts say that you can reduce costs reducing (what you do, staff...) or making more with what you have. Which long term strategies could help not only to reduce co ...>

Online advertising in 2007 – newspapers participate in the boom

Online advertising is booming worldwide. According to estimations of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, total turnover in the third quarter of 2006 for th ...>

IFRA Board Member Pichai Chuensuksawadi

Pichai Chuensuksawadi has been Editor in Chief of The Post Publishing Public Company in Bangkok, Thailand since June 2002. Before that, he was Editor of the Bangkok Post from 1994 to 2002. From 1984 to 1994, he held a number of other positions at the newspaper, including ...>

IFRA Board Member K.N. Shanth Kumar

Currently Director of The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd and the Editor of its publications, K.N. Shanth Kumar has been involved in the company’s management since 1983. He joined the IFRA Board in 2004.>

IFRA Board Secretary Reiner Mittelbach

On 1 November 2001, Reiner Mittelbach, IFRA CEO, took over the helm at the IFRA headquarters in Darmstadt as well as the network of IFRA affiliates and representations that has been built up worldwide in recent years. Mittelbach began his career in 1986 with Unilever in th ...>

IFRA Board Member Peter Kluthe

Peter Kluthe joined Germany’s Frankfurter Societät in September 1977, and has been the Chief Executive since 1983 with responsibility for technology and commercial administration. He is responsible for planning and operating the Mörfelden printing location (production o ...>

IFRA Board Member Niklas Jonason

Niklas Jonason is Managing Director for Sweden's Stadsporten Citygate AB, a group of companies that develops new media services for newspapers. The company is owned by 11 publishing groups in Sweden. Jonason has 19 years of experience in media and telecom industries as Res ...>

IFRA Board Member Mikäel Pentikäinen

Mikael Pentikäinen is President of Sanoma Corporation, which is one of five divisions of SanomaWSOY Group, the leading media company in the Nordic region. SanomaWSOY Corporation is a significant magazine and educational publisher in Europe and publishes some newspapers in ...>

IFRA Board Member Carlo Lombardi

Carlo Lombardi began his career working for SEME in Milan, and in 1962 became General Manager. He later moved to Rome to work for GATE. In 1975, was appointed General Manager of IL RINNOVAMENTO, publisher of the newspaper PAESE SERA and in 1977 was elected President of Pae ...>

IFRA Board President Horst Pirker

A member of the management of Austria's Styria Medien AG since 1984, Horst Pirker has been the company’s Chairman of the Board since 1999. He is the 11th president of IFRA. Previously, he was Business Manager of the Kleine Zeitung before assuming the position of Publishi ...>

IFRA Board Member Mohamed K. Alayyan

Mohamed Alayyan is the Publisher and CEO of Al Ghad newspaper; Jordan’s most independent Arabic daily newspaper. Less than a year since its launch date, Al Ghad has captured the second largest readership market share, and built the largest network of subscribers. He ent ...>

IFRA Board Treasurer Tore Stangebye

Tore Stangebye is Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Edda Media AS, which was established in October 2006 as a separate company after Orkla Media was acquired by Mecom Group. Previously, he was Director of Norway’s Orkla Media from 2001. Before that, he was ...>

IFRA Board Member Per B. Jørgensen

Per B. Jørgensen is the Managing Director and Editor in Chief of De Bergske Blade in Denmark. He was formerly the Managing Director of Skive Folkeblad G/S. He joined the IFRA Board in 2000.>

IFRA Board Member Martin Kall

Currently CEO of Tamedia AG, Martin Kall previously held executive positions with Ringier AG in Zurich and is also a former managing director for Bertelsmann. He joined the IFRA Board in 2003.>

IFRA Board Member Gérard Démocrate

Gérard Démocrate has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of France's Société Professionnelle des Papiers de Presse (SPPP), which deals with newsprint and other papers and Compagnie Française des Papiers de Presse (CFPP) since 2002. From 1998 to 2002, he was Sales Man ...>

IFRA Board Member Iñaki Arechabaleta Torróntegui

Iñaki Arechabaleta Torrontegui joined Grupo Correo Prensa Española, S.A. in September 2002, which is today Vocento, S.A., where he is Managing Director Printed Press, with responsibilities for ...>

IFRA Board Member Marc Vangeel

Marc Vangeel has been the Managing Director of Concentra Media’s Regional Publishing since 2001. He joined Concentra Group in 1994, and previously held a number of positions with the company’s Regional Publishing Group, including: Director-General; Assistant Directo ...>

IFRA Board Member Philip J. Alberdingk Thijm

After a brief stint in the insurance industry, Philip Alberdingk Thijm joined CCH a family owned business-to-business publisher in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. In 1995, CCH was acquired by Wolte ...>

IFRA Board Member Terry Grote

Terry Grote is Managing Director for The Independent & Independent on Sunday. A newspaperman of 30 years experience, he began his career as a reporter on weekly regional newspapers rising through various editorships to become Editorial Director and then Chief Executive of ...>

IFRA Board Member Kevin Beatty

Kevin Beatty was recently appointed Group Managing Director of Associated Newspapers Ltd, publisher of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Metro, Ireland on Sunday, Loot and Buy a Sell as well as a series of leading web sites. Previously he was Managing ...>

IFRA Board Member Rodolfo Alvarez Rapaport

Rodolfo Alvarez Rapaport is the Operations Manager at El Mercurio Newspaper, the main national newspaper in Chile. He has been responsible for managing operations, technology and investments ...>

IFRA Board Member Mark S. Mikolajczyk

Mark S. Mikolajczyk is President and Publisher of FLORIDA TODAY and CEO of Cape Publications, Inc., Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A., which is the parent corporation for FLORIDA TODAY and a variety of other publications. Both are part of Gannett Company, Inc. He assumed these pos ...>

IFRA Board Member Phillip Crawley

Phillip Crawley is the Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. He worked in Europe, Asia and New Zealand before he joined The Globe and Mail in October 1998 as President and COO. He was appointed Publisher and CEO in June 1999. He is also a ...>

New Readers: Case study - Group Sud-Ouest and Bordeaux 7

Christophe Galichon, manager of the ‘supplements’ division for the Group Sud-Ouest A true multimedia group (operates also a local television), the Sud-Ouest group ...>

Cost savings: Q&A with Chuck Blevins, industry consultant

newspaper techniques: How are cost-reduction plans evolving at newspapers today? Chuck Blevins: One big issue is in implementing waste controls and presets on presses, bu ...>

Cost savings: American papers slim down

by Randy Woods In North America, one of the last regions on earth where the broadsheet format and 48.8-gram (30 pound) newsprint still hold sway, many media companies are also beginning to realize the material benefits of producing smaller formats and thinner pape ...>

Cost savings: Göteborgs-Posten study case

by Randy Woods Stampen AB, which owns Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden’s largest regional daily, is continually looking for ways to reduce expenses, but that is not the company’s primary mis ...>

New Readers: Interview with Imee Alcantara, Philippine Daily Inquirer

newspaper techniques: How important have these wireless projects been for your ability to attract new audience? Alcantara: Very high in importance. In fact, for 2 ...>

Mobile strategy: The mobile generation does not wait

The market shares of daily newspapers are decreasing slowly but continually. Diametrically opposed to this trend is the development of media services for the generation that has grown up with ...>

Citizen Journalism: Paid participation

The saying goes, "You get what you pay for." Hence the latest debate in the realm of citizen journalism is whether commercial publishing companies should pay for content they use from volunteer reporters. Proponents of compensating citizen journalists argue that it is only ...>

Free newspapers: Pelle Anderson's views on free papers in 2006

newspaper techniques: What are your thoughts on what to expect in the free daily newspaper global market in the coming year? Specifically, I am interested in whether you think la ...>

Free newspapers: Interview with Free Daily Newspaper website creator Piet Bakker

newspaper techniques: You began the Free Daily Newspapers website (http://users.fmg.uva.nl/ pbakker/freedailies) in August 2004, but when and how did you become interested in tracking free ...>

Advertisers want: Classifieds

Earlier this year NAA commissioned McKinsey and Co. to do a white paper on classified advertising as we move ahead. They listed the following steps that newspapers need to take to be successful going forward: 1. Measure your market position/Benchmark 2. Maintain your posi ...>

Cost savings: Added colour capacity offsets costs

by Randy Woods While the term “savings” mostly applies to costs that can be reduced or avoided, it can arguably used for other costs that can later lead to revenue growth. Case in po ...>

Cost Savings: Associated's cost-cutting

by Randy Woods Automated production software is the key element of cost reduction strategies at the U.K.’s Associated Newspapers, owner of The Daily Mail and Evening Standard. Here are some tools Associated uses to impact its workflow: > Vio Worldwide’s Cer ...>

Cost savings: Q&A with Niko Ruokosuo

newspaper techniques: What are some of the ways you have kept your costs low? Niko Ruokosuo: The best dollar saved is the one that never gets spent in the first place. At Sanoma Kaupunkilehdet (a free sheet division of Sanoma), we have built ...>

Ifra in 2006: Ifra India highlights

Ifra India will start the year with a training on Computer to Plate in January 2006 at Mumbai. With more and more Indian newspapers converting to CtP system, this training comes at the right time to enhance the knowledge of Indian newspapers. The programme will look into wo ...>

Ifra in 2006: Long-term consulting

newspaper techniques: What is the message you would like to give members about consulting in 2006? Uwe Junglas: Until now one of the benefits of Ifra consulting was that we offered solutions in a quick fashion. So we went into companies, proposed changes, ...>

New Readers: Interview with Poul Melbye

newspaper techniques: Where do you see your biggest potential new audience group? Poul Melbye: The biggest potential is what we call the young generation and that really comprises people between 25 and 40. The big issue is that they read les ...>

New Readers: 2006 initiatives

newspaper techniques: What will be your main endeavour in increasing your audience in 2006, both as far as products and marketing? “We are working to create a consistent flow of content from our community website into print. That gives the print prod ...>

New Readers: Reader panels give consistent feedback

newspaper techniques: Could you say a little bit more about your role and what you do? Vincent Peyrègne: As Development Manager, I'm the head of the media rese ...>

Expanding the core business: The success model of CityXpress

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Expanding the core business: Interview with Michael Weimar

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Expanding the core business : KPMG introduces itself

KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG is one of Germany’s leading auditing and consulting companies. http://www.kpmg.de The teams of consultants are organised according to sectors in order ...>

Expanding the core business: Interview with Günter Thiel, CEO of the PIN Group AG

The publishing houses Axel Springer, Georg von Holtzbrinck and WAZ have bundled their activities on the market for postal services by establishing a company, in cooperation with Rosalia AG (Lu ...>

Free newspapers: The German situation

When will free newspapers come to Germany? And when they come, what will be the consequences for the paid-for newspapers? newspaper techniques asked Hans-Joachim Fuhrmann, member of the board of the BDZV (German Newspaper Publishers’ Association). newspaper ...>