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A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW The Printers (Mysore) have recently put in place new mailroom technology in partnership with Ferag – a mailroom refit incorporating a TTR-paced conveyor and ABL stacking technology. A UTR universal conveyor and two HPS high performance stackers with AVN automatic wrapping system and JobStrap N-RT were ordered as replacement investment. The UTR’s ability to convey two newspaper copies in a single clamp halves the speed of up to 70000 copies per hour through the chain, enabling the HPS high performance stackers to receive and deliver them reliably. Two other significant aspects – low noise level and good quality of bundles. See page 12 for more.

1 FROM THE EDITOR After Cambridge Analytica, trust in social media takes a further beating here’s always been this battle between print targeted. The situation is so bad (Facebook lost and digital. Although some say that the best billions in market cap) that Facebook CEO Mark Tis for both to work in tandem, it often does Zukerberg took out full-page ads in several British not happen that way and there always seems to be a and American newspapers, including the New York battle. But now, there is a far more serious issue to Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal to contend with – even as digital revenues are on the rise, aplogise for the scandal that has hit the headlines the the ‘trust’ curve is going down. Indeed, according past two weeks. “We have a responsibility to protect to Steffen Damborg, expert advisor, WAN-IFRA your information. If we can't, we don't deserve it,” Global Advisory, who was speaking at the Digital said the ad. India Media Conference in Mumbai recently, “trust, Tim Adams, writing for the Guardian, captures the which had a positive effect on willingness to pay, concerns well. He says, “The sheer pace of change of took a tumble as far as platforms were concerned”. the digital revolution in our century has meant that The winner in the end is good journalism. Clearly, equivalent rebalancing is critically overdue… When the need for innovative, investigative and high quality faced with the often anonymised global entity of the journalism is perhaps greater than ever before, Internet, it has been easy to buy the argument that considering the times we are in. the forces at work in it are too opaque and complex In an interview (reproduced in this issue) with to hold to account. What the Cambridge Analytica Dean Roper, editor-in-chief, World News Publishing revelations bring to light – through old-fashioned Focus, a WAN-IFRA publication, Damborg, whose journalistic persistence – is that those forces are, in work is focused largely on the digital transformation fact, open to the same kinds of manipulation and in media organisations, says that the more mature the corruption that any media needs protection from, newspaper market, the more focus there is on digital but on a far greater scale. paid content business models. Most Western media have gone from a print-only bundling business model he other big news is Goss International (printing to a mixed online and print business model where Tpress business) and manroland web systems, the print business still delivers most of the revenues both manufacturers and service providers of web and earnings, he adds. But what is pertinent is that offset printing systems for newspapers, commercial with the rise in digital revenues and news publishers products and packaging, combining to form a new finding success with online subscriptions, the need entity. The merger is expected to be completed by the for high-quality journalism has increased. And that is middle of this year. It is a clear indication that one good news for young journalists who wish to make of the best ways to face challenges and survive in a a mark. depressing market, with the future none too bright, is However, the world of the Internet and social to team up and find a fresh lease of energy. media is so dynamic that things can change in quite dramatic fashion. As it indeed has with Cambridge Sashi Nair Analytica, a data mining and analysis company that [email protected] illicitly obtained information from as many as 50 million Facebook profiles by abusing the latter’s data- sharing features. With trust in social media already on a downward spiral, it has got worse after Cambridge Analytica’s data breach and its dubious Facebook data gathering tactics, with individuals being systematically

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Even as digital revenues rise, trust deficit grows 6 Susan Philip reports on a Digital Media India 2018 conference session

Paid content 2.0 affects more than just editorial strategy 8 A World News Publishing Focus article

Industry Updates 12

General News 26

Events Calendar 33

Cover page image: Courtesy, Ferag C o n t e s

4 April 2018 Even as digital revenues rise, trust deficit grows Paid content, specifically digital content of newspapers – the options, pros and cons, and the success rate – was one of the topics of discussion at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India Conference 2018 in Mumbai recently. Susan Philip reports ostulating that publishers in the Western world Explaining why the digital subscription model are losing business in the classical format to was successful, Damborg said Netflix, Spotify and Pstrong digital competitors, Steffen Damborg, others had educated the market; users were now expert advisor, WAN-IFRA Global Advisory, said accustomed to online subscription; it was convenient traditional revenues (print + digital ads and circulation) for customers; it came cheaper; there was higher fell from 167 billion USD in 2012 to 154 billion USD revenue and a predictable business model as well. The in 2016, with a CGAR of -2 per cent. On the other meter model dominated in the US, while Freemium hand, the Google and Facebook audience grew 36 was preferred in Germany. If not subscription, then per cent to reach 64 per cent, and their combined registration seemed to be the mantra, and there share of the new ad spends increased 11 per cent to appeared to be a shift towards the hybrid model pay touch 89 per cent. wall. However, the other side of the coin was the fact that Damborg provided statistics on the proportion of trust, which had a positive effect on willingness to pay, Western countries that paid for news online in 2015 took a tumble as far as platforms were concerned, and average annual news spend per customer with whereas it increased with respect to journalism, respect to subscriptions vs one-off payments. It was between 2012 and 2018, Damborg said. found that countries with mostly ongoing payment The WAN-IFRA standpoint is that very few modules paid more than those preferring a one-off newspapers will survive on advertisements only. You payment pattern. must have substantial digital revenues from customers, Damborg referred to the fact that Facebook had Damborg told the conference. He quoted statistics to changed its newsfeed algorithm to show more content show that US newspapers witnessed a surge in digital from friends, less from publishers and brands. In an subscriptions and that there had been a 34 per cent interview with CNN, Facebook VP Adam Mosseri growth in digital subscribers year on year in Norway had described the move as a "rebalancing" of how and Sweden, from 2013 to 2017. the company’s algorithms ranked items in the main feed. They were really saying to corporates including media, ‘Pay if you want access to peoples news feed’, Damborg pointed out. Facebook was now forcing Photos: WAN-IFRA Steffen Damborg. A view of the audience.

6 April 2018 Paid content is the top-priority

“Shifting strategy from reach + ads to engagement + subscriptions is not a simple change in business model, it is forcing publishers to rethink the content they create and the audience that they are targeting.” Reuters Institute

A graphic shows various revenue streams available to publishers. news media to focus on its own platforms and their and offline) and apps. He also talked of the use of direct customer relations. This would change the different business models by the same publisher, with media business model towards paid content delivered the same CMS, and discussed the impact of Big Data on own platform, he felt. and Machine Learning in the field of news reporting Damborg said the right tech stack was required and publishing. to work with digital subscriptions – these include Saying that charging for digital content held Dashboard, a Rights Management Features Set, journalists accountable for news quality, Damborg Payment Gateway, CRM, CMS and SSO. He discussed discussed premium content. He talked about trends various models for charging for content, including in premium publishing and used the example of the subscriptions, Freemium, metering, micropayments, Premium Section in Jylands-Posten. Exclusive look memberships, product sales, direct transfers and and feel, aesthetics, no or high-end commercials and advertising. He took the audience through aspects lean-back mode were some of the qualities. Content such as frequency and incentives. types included long narratives, reviews, multi-media The former ranged from yearly/monthly to live/ productions, comments, editorials and columns. on-demand and staggered, while the latter included Damborg left the delegates with the thought that vouchers, discount promos, gifting (both online the demand for innovative, investigative and high quality journalism was greater than ever. This was good news for ambitious journalists eager to make Schibsted Group’s own CMS, The Creation a difference in the newsroom. They were the scarce Suite, implemented at Swedish publisher SvD, resource when it comes to building a paid content is meant to be easy and intuitive, and allows digital audience, Damborg said. reporters and editors to assign stories ‘news’ The seventh edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital and ‘lifetime’ values. The editor has to make Conference for news publishers was a forum to only two decisions – how important is the story, discuss ideas on revenue strategies, use of audience

and it’s lifetime. The rest is done by predictive intelligence, platform publishing and viral content in < analysis. The Schibsted Group traces social media. individual usage behavior using collaborative e-mail filtering, and on curates newsletters (Steffen Damborg is a digital director and board member with over accordingly to deliver personalized editorial 10 years experience in all aspects of running an online business in the Scandinavian media market. A digital disruption specialist, his current newsletters. These personalised newsletters focus is the digital transformation of the media industry, different consistently outperform manually curated aspects of online media publishing, strategic development and emergent ones, statistics show. approaches towards new, sustainable digital business models in the media market in the Nordic region.)

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Your Guide to the Changing Media Landscape World News Publishing Focus Paid content 2.0 affects more than just edit strategy It cannot be an easy time for editors to navigate the myriad challenges facing their newsrooms today. What is my editorial strategy for distributed content? How do we ramp up video? Are we mobile- first yet? How do we cleverly leverage and utilise the right data? And increasingly, paid content strategies are forcing newsrooms to rethink their entire editorial strategy. WAN-IFRA Global Advisory consultant Steffen Damborg, formerly Digital Director and chief development officer at JP/Politikens Hus in Denmark, focuses much of his research and energy on the larger topic of digital transformation for media organisations. Dean Roper, director of Insights, WAN-IFRA, talked to him about some of the newsroom questions troubling editors In the newsrooms that you visit or editors you have It is really the time to revisit paid content. The re- spoken with, what are some of the major burning thinking of the revenue strategy online is a huge topic issues they are debating today? for WAN-IFRA. We're constantly observing current Steffen Damborg: The topics vary a great deal. trends, results, and benchmarks regarding online paid But the more mature the newspaper market, the more content business models with a special focus on digital focus there is on digital paid content business models. subscriptions. Increasingly, the discussion leads to such And we often discuss how to re-invent the business topics as AI, naturally big data, and machine learning model online – paid content version 2.0, so to speak. algorithms and how they might play a role in news- Most Western media have gone from a print-only rooms. Will man or machine do the writing, curation, bundling business model to a mixed online and print and space management in the long run? business model where the print business still delivers most of the revenues and earnings. The more unbun- Where would the issue of “Doing more with dled online offering has gone from advertisement- less” rank in their priority agendas or challenges, based to a mixed model charging for content. In the and why? Or is it more about “Doing better with paid digital content 1.0 era, most publishers chose less”? between the metered and the freemium model. We see a great shift focusing more on quality and less What we see now are more complex models mixing on quantity when looking at the publisher that is really metering and freemium, niche verticals, and newsletter businesses extending the brand and harvesting more focusing on paid content strategies. As newsrooms intensively in the segments of the most loyal readers/ become more market-driven, customer-focused and users. Most publishers are now aware that more fre- metrics-centric, it becomes evident that high-quality quent online users show more willingness to pay for journalism, which is closest to an individual publisher’s content consumption. Hence, you should meet the DNA, converts the most paying online customers demand of this particularly loyal audience segment and and maximises the net promoter score or equivalent stop chasing random clicks from social fly-bys. measures of customer satisfaction.

8 April 2018 Actually, the changes are not as visible as they were introducing social and video specialists in the news- room. I think this is partly because the paid dailies have always produced paid content. This is at the core of the newspaper­ business. So what we see is more the print newsroom taking over from the web journalist producing the premium content – but in a coordinated effort with editors, researchers, multimedia producers and video journalists. This is particularly visible for European publishers choosing mostly the premium model. Here, you often see light news and breaking news mixed with paywalled premium content on the Photo: WNPF Steffen Damborg. homepage.

How has it introduced or changed newsroom/ For those newsrooms that have indeed imple- journalist KPIs? mented a decent paid-content strategy, what are Because of new digital business models and KPIs, some of the discernible ways that has affected, we have seen great changes in the newsroom. In the not just their content strategy, but also their old days, a newspaper was produced and prioritised workflow and organisation? according to the news criteria and the gut feeling of Going from free to paid online makes a huge differ- a group of senior editors. Nowadays, we see a set of ence. Adding the reader revenue stream to the business competing criteria based on metrics blended in to the model increases the ROI on the high-quality content newsroom process. This alters the newsworthiness units since they are converting free users to paying cus- of each story. tomers, and at the same time increasing the subscribers’ And hence, again we are seeing changes in the space retention rate. With the change of business models, management of the webpage based on the A/B we have seen a shift from the more silo-based separa- testing of stories and headlines, conversion rates of tion of print and online news orgs into an integrated news stories and longer formats – these are all effect- newsroom where free vs paid content (at least for the ing the traditional prioritisations of content in the publishers going with the freemium model) seems to newsroom. define the roles. On the rise we see roles such as Head By the same token, we see a shift from page impres- of Content, Head of Premium Content, Head of sions (PI) and clicks (CTR) to more refined engage- Editorial Development, Head of Editorial Marketing ment measures involving parameters such as, for emerging… These new roles signal a change from a instance, scroll depth, social sharing rate, comment product-oriented newsroom organisation to a more rate, opt-in rate for newsletters and free trials. market-driven content orientation. Also, we see changes in the space management of How cross-departmental has some of this the webpage, A/B testing stories and headlines, con- planning and execution developed around paid version rates of news stories effecting the traditional content? prioritisations of content in the newsroom, and a shift This is a very sensitive question. Today you see pub- from page impressions and clicks to more refined lishers at both ends of the continuum, from watertight bulkheads between commercial and editorial depart- engagement measures. We are seeing more deliber- ments at the one end to commercial departments ate planning on how to maximise reach and audience having the ultimate say at the other end. interaction with the most important news stories Most classic news outlets are defending the au- throughout the day and week on various platforms, us- tonomy of the newsroom, whereas you see digital ing different formats and even different story angles. newcomers testing boundaries more often. Between those two extremes, we see a lot of good examples Has the re-engineering of newsrooms around of how increased interdepartmental cooperation can paid content taken on the scale of what may have really push the news outlet forward and accelerate the happened around social, video or mobile? digital transformation needed.

April 2018 9 to pay for. That is good news for all talented people In the newsroom, what are some of the chal- working in newsrooms. Also in the future, there will lenges around technology today, in terms of be a high demand for talent delivering extraordinary embracing/integrating analytics into everyday content across platforms using the classic journalist reporting/business? It would seem essential, of skillset in combination with the editorial toolbox at course, when working on a paid content strat- hand in today’s digital publishing environment. egy… As I mentioned before, we now see publishers work- What level of sophistication have newsrooms ing with big data, artificial intelligence, and machine reached in terms of practically utilising useful learning in their quest to maximise paid-content rev- data to shape their editorial strategy, particularly enues. But if you let your algorithms decide what your on the paid-content side? readers shall digest, obviously it comes with a risk. Some of the largest publishing groups have a high As with clickbait mania, the risk of killing the creative degree of sophistication in their usage of data to con- and innovative processes in the newsroom is present. vert free users to subscribers. But most newsrooms are There are numerous consumer behaviour studies still using pageviews and clicks as central metrics for stressing that willingness to pay for editorial content editorial performance. goes hand in hand with the news outlet’s ability to We need to build more refined measures for audi- present content that continuously gives the news con- ence engagement and start using machine learning

sumer unexpected delight. People paying for content algorithms to optimise conversion, upsell and retention. have high expectations. People value the creative story There is still a huge potential waiting to be harvested. < they did not expect and that exceeds their anticipated satisfaction consuming the product. (This article had appeared in the September - October 207 issue of the If we just give the customers more of the kind of World News Publishing Focus.) content that converted free readers yesterday, we jeopardise the core DNA of the newsroom and the offering it produces and what customers are willing

Tribute to Gutenberg on Printers Day The Department of Printing Technology, Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Sivakasi organised Printer’s Day on 24th February to pay tribute to Johannes Gutenberg, the Father of Printing, the inventor of the moveable type. M. Nandakumar, principal and Head of the Department of Printing Technology, presided. Students and members of

staff gathered to mark the day. They placed flowers Photo: AGPC near portrait of Gutenberg. Some of the speakers on stage with Gutenberg's Nandakumar said that everyone who had gathered portrait in front catching the eye. must be proud to be a printer because “we belong to the field which was the invention of the Millennium”. Though inventions like that of the electric bulb by Thomas Alva Edision, the automobile by Karl Benz, the telephone by Alexander Graham

Bell, the radio by Guglielmo Marconi, and the television by John Baird ranked at the top, the invention of moveable type and the printing press was the one that topped the list and won the < Invention of the Millennium Award because printing technology helped literacy greatly expand.

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two HPS high performance stackers with AVN automatic wrapping system and JobStrap N-RT were ordered last year as a replacement investment. Printers (Mysore) chooses The Prajavani daily newspaper – published in the local language, Kannada – has a circulation in Ferag mailroom technology excess of 520000 copies produced at seven printing The Printers (Mysore) publishes Prajavani, the daily locations. Upwards of 280000 copies of the Deccan newspaper in Bengaluru, as well as Deccan Herald, Herald are printed daily. The Bangalore printing one of the largest circulated English-language daily plant currently produces part editions of the two newspapers in South India. Following positive broadsheet newspapers to the tune of 140000 copies experiences accumulated over the past 19 years, the at night and 65000 copies in evening production. company’s new mailroom technology was again The UTR’s ability to convey two newspaper copies implemented in partnership with Ferag. in a single clamp halves the speed of up to 70000 The success of the South Indian media company copies per hour through the chain, enabling the HPS comes down not least to the modern technology used high performance stackers to receive and deliver them in every stage of production. Whether it was notebook reliably. V.Srinivas, general manager, Production & computers for correspondents or bringing colour into Materials, The Printers (Mysore), attests to the very the daily newspaper – The Printers (Mysore) has for low noise level and good quality of the bundles decades been a technology trendsetter in India. produced by Ferag technology. Flanking the company’s 1997 investment in a KBA Srinivas said after the commissioning of the new Colora printing press in Bengaluru was a mailroom mailroom technology in June 2017 that he was refit incorporating a TTR paced conveyor and ABL “very happy with how the installation went”. Not stacking technology. A UTR universal conveyor and interrupting daily production was a challenge, yet the Materials in this section: Provided by respective company /PR agency /PR company respective by Provided section: this in Materials A striking view of the mailroom refit at the Printers (Mysore) in Bengaluru.

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Copies of Metro Life, a Deccan Herald supplement, stream down the conveyor. Ferag technicians effected a problem-free transition The ABB control panel on the Wifag OF370 in Halifax. from the old to the new technology. He mentioned completed. The Halifax Herald in Nova Scotia is the strong satisfaction both on this front and with the largest independently owned newspaper publisher support received while getting the new technology up in Canada. The publisher has just the one press at and running and surmounting the obstacles involved. its print site just outside Halifax. With no backup The print run was delivered punctually right on the press, the commissioning of the new systems had to first day following the technology changeover. be undertaken without interrupting the normal daily production. ABB completes 3-year The Herald’s Wifag OF370 printing press at their print centre just outside Halifax consists of two project at Halifax Herald 4/1 printing towers, one 2/2 printing unit and one 4/4 tower, a double folder, and five reelstands. The A three-year project to upgrade the controls and project to upgrade the press was divided into three drives on the press used for The Halifax Herald’s phases. ABB reported previously about the successful flagship newspaper,The Chronicle Herald, was recently completion of the first phase – the commissioning of the controls on the printing units and folder, the control consoles and the production management systems. The remaining phases – the replacement of all the press drives and then the controls and drives of the reelstands – have now been completed too. The drives retrofit phase involved the replacement of all major drive components on the press, including those for the printing units, folders and the draw rollers. In order to ensure that the production work at the Halifax Herald was not hindered in any way, the new drives and motion control had to be commissioned in parallel with the existing systems. The new drives were initially installed in temporary cabinets, which Mike Murtha, director, Production and Facilities, at the Halifax made it possible for the ABB commissioning team Herald, with one of the ABB control consoles. to switch easily and quickly between the old and new

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has given us a lot of extra flexibility. We can now use our double folder for two independent productions, which was previously not possible. We have also eliminated single points of failure and now have a control system for which spare parts will be available for at least the next 10 years,” says Murtha. “Now, with the completion of the drives and reelstand retrofits, we have modern, reliable, state-of-the-art systems everywhere on the press. That is a great reassurance for us all at the Halifax Herald.” “Projects like this are always a challenge for everyone involved,” Murtha points out. “We had to make sure that our daily production could carry on without hindrance and the ABB team did a great job to ensure this. Their ingenious solutions during the transition phases were only part of the story. They worked with us as real partners to guarantee the success of the project.” One of the other contributing factors to the success of the project was the excellent cooperation between the ABB Printing team in Switzerland and ABB in Canada. Goss, manroland web systems to combine The press at the Halifax Herald. Goss International’s printing press business (Goss) systems. This was essential to take advantages of the and manroland web systems, both manufacturers and short periods when the press was not in production, service providers of web offset printing systems for typically between about 3am and 10am on weekdays newspapers, commercial products and packaging, are with a larger window at the weekends. planning to combine their complementary businesses. Matthias Bilgerig, automation team leader at ABB The combined company will benefit from the Printing in Switzerland, says, “Much of the effort companies’ complementary geographic footprints, and even more of the complexity of a project like create extensive synergies, ensure long-term viability, this lie in the transitional phase where old and new and provide value-oriented solutions, especially in systems need to run together with high precision. the area of aftermarket services. That is a challenge for us engineers, but is essential if In the future, the new entity will be a strong the press is to stay in production on a daily basis”. business partner to all international web printers. The final phase consisted of the replacement of Subject to regulatory approval, the merger the controls and drives on the five reelstands. The is expected to be completed by the middle Halifax Herald can print all its normal products with of 2018. The Contiweb business of Goss just four reelstands, so one reelstand at a time could International is not included in the transaction. be taken out of service for the retrofit. The plan Says Alexander Wasserman, CEO of manroland: foresaw a shutdown time of two weeks per reelstand “manroland is on the path for continued success. We for all the installation, commissioning and testing want to continue to develop this path by creating work. By the fifth reelstand the ABB crew had cut synergies, fostering the further development of our this down to three days. R&D activities and strengthening our innovation Says Mike Murtha, director, Production and focus. Our customers will be able to choose from Facilities, at the Halifax Herald: “The replacement a wider portfolio of products and services.” Mohit of the original EAE controls with the ABB systems Uberoi, CEO of Goss states: “This combination

16 April 2018 Industry Updates will enable us to achieve extensive synergies that will CX epaper also offers options including the display help us optimally serve our customers into the future. of article details pages with social media buttons, The combination will strive to provide a best-in-class while ads can also be viewed as details page. The product offering and customer service.” The current wide functional range of CX epaper is topped off shareholders of Goss, American Industrial Partners, with tracking options. and of manroland, Possehl Group (Lübeck), will continue to co-own the combined company. The new company will rely on the combined Two new cooperation expertise of its employees and will further continue its activities in the fields of innovative partners for Market-X web printing systems, services, consumables and With the offer of qualified parts for various system components for the newspaper, commercial, printing press brands from GWS Printing Systems packaging and digital printing markets. In addition to and the competence in furniture solutions for offices, the new machinery and service business, the expansion factories and workshops from Schreiber + Weinert, of the business with retrofits and upgrades, and the the product range offered by the online shop systematic expansion of e-commerce activities will manroland web Store has been expanded by two be major areas of focus. suppliers The new combined company with its broad product GWS Printing Systems and Schreiber + Weinert range will seek to be a strong business partner for all will also offer their products on manroland web web-fed printers. The common goal is to support the systems' B2B online market place. The involvement excellent performance of its customers with the best- of Schreiber + Weinert represents a first, in that they of-best approach of both Goss and manroland web are suppliers who do not originate from the printing systems Printing. The combination will not impact any industry. current business of both companies. The transaction The Market-X trading platform is the logical further is expected to be completed by mid-2018. development of the existing manroland web Store and will offer existing, as well as new customers, ppi Media’s CX epaper an even greater selection of products and services. Since the commencement of the pilot phase in finds another customer August 2017, Market-X has been broadened by numerous suppliers and today it is raising the ‘one- CX epaper by ppi Media is used at numerous stop-shopping’ purchase experience for the printing publishing houses and institutions around the world. industry to a new level. In order to further develop The slim e-paper solution provides a simple way the comprehensive service, manroland web systems to turn print PDFs into digital publications and to are consistently working on convincing evermore- publish them in an easy-to-use viewer. Thanks to its qualified suppliers to participate in the B2B market responsive design, end users can also comfortably place of the future. access the publications on mobile devices. In the cases of GWS Printing Systems and Schreiber A comprehensive text analysis recognises URLs in + Weinert, the process has progressed successfully. the print PDF and turns them into clickable links GWS Printing Systems represents the acquisition of a which are described by the text found in the PDF. The successful partner for us, which expands our portfolio function played an important role for the Siegerländer as a first step with parts for various printing press Wochen-Anzeiger when making their decision: “The brands, as well as further printing press associated features of the CX epaper, especially its handling of components. This represents a major success for hyperlinks, convinced us and made us switch to ppi manroland web systems. Media’s solution. We are very excited to offer our “The provider of solutions in the web offset readers an even more comfortable digital reading printing sector began providing service upgrades experience and look forward to further possible co- on third party presses several years ago. Now these operations with ppi Media,” says Elisabeth Trapp, customers can additionally avail of our trading CEO of the Siegerländer-Wochenanzeiger GmbH & platform which covers the relevant spare parts, Co. KG. In addition to the smart handling of URLs, worldwide,” according to Alexander Wachter, VP

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eCommerce, Remote Services, Customer Support at and customer satisfaction has top priority in both of manroland web systems. As a logical consequence of our service oriented companies,” is how Wachter the cooperation, the range provided will be further explains the fundamentals of the cooperation. expanded. This will be, once again, real added value manroland web systems will continue its efforts for mutual and new customers. to attract new, interesting partners and to introduce Schreiber + Weinert represents the first time a improved functions into the most modern shop in supplier has entered the Market-X trading platform, the printing industry. “We are working inexorably who is not directly involved in the printing industry. and intensively on the implementation of further The company has been providing solutions for a functionalities, optimising the technical support, and worldwide clientele in the sector of furniture solutions a constant expansion of the product range. The for offices, factories and workshops for over 50 years. primary focus lies on providing our customers a "With Schreiber + Weinert we have a partner in our modern, convenient and reliable one-stop-shopping Market-X platform who is able to provide additional purchasing experience, which is available worldwide, useful products for the printing industry as well as for around the clock, seven days a week," says Wachter. other industries. This raises the character of our shop to the next level: Market-X is a comprehensive online B2B platform, which will, in the long-term, provide QIPC completes register our existing and future customers with everything they require for their daily business routines. Of system retrofit in UAE course, furnishing items are an integral component. Whereas the printing industry in other parts of the We are delighted to have acquired such a strong and world has increasingly been discovering the merits of reliable partner,” says Wachter. retrofitting, in the United Arab Emirates this is not The cooperation will definitely lead to more than yet part of daily practice. The process, which involves just the sale of pure hardware, in the medium-term. the installation of state-of-the art innovations in the Schreiber + Weinert provide excellent consulting field of automation technology on existing printing and planning competences in the sector of space presses, still has to win over popularity in the region. and furnishing concepts for offices, factories and Gulf News was the first printing concern in the UAE workshops. What about the example of storage of to decide on having its register system retrofitted. spare parts in close proximity to our customer's To carry out the project, the company chose QI printing presses? Are the work places in the Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in office space of printing houses ergonomically measurement and control systems for the printing designed in order to enable long-term healthy work industry. “We see clear benefits in automated register environments? control and an upgrade of our now outdated cut-off “The mission statement of Schreiber + Weinert fits control,” explains Michael Condon of Gulf News, perfectly with that of manroland web systems. Quality a company which now has a pioneering role in the region. “After having used a similar system from QIPC on our new KBA Cortina press, we decided to modernise our manroland CROMOMAN too.” QIPC is delighted that Gulf News has opted for them to install the trailblazing system. “What’s more, we are absolutely convinced that the success of this project will start to rouse the interests of other printing companies in the region,” Erwin van Rossem, head of sales at QIPC, believes. In total, 33 mRC-3D cameras for colour register and cut-off control were installed on nine towers. “The Happy partners pictured at the contract signing ceremony: (from right) biggest savings will be during start-up,” anticipates Eric van Kessel, commercial director, GWS; Walter Donkers, managing director, GWS; Alexander Wassermann, managing director, manroland Michael Condon. “Thanks to automation of the web systems; Alexander Wachter, VP eCommerce, Remote Services, register system and improvements in the cut-off Customer Support manroland web systems. control, operators can devote more attention instead

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brands. Examples of how Color-Logic can benefit brands in different printing processes, including offset, digital, inkjet, flexo, gravure, and cold foil, have been provided by licensed Color-Logic printers around the world. The Color-Logic videos show files printed using a variety of digital presses/printers, including those made by Agfa, Canon, CGS, Domino, EFI Vutek, HP Indigo, HP Scitex, Mark Andy, Ricoh, Scodix, Screen, and Xerox, as well as conventional presses from Heidelberg, Komori, Mark Andy, MAN Roland, The mRC-3D klein. and Nilpeter. Discussing the videos, Color-Logic director of Sales to ink-water balance and density. As a result we are and Marketing Mark Geeves says: “All print begins now able to achieve better results more quickly and with design. We have found, however, that often waste can be reduced by between 30 to 40 percent.” brand managers and graphic designers are unaware Erwin van Rossem adds, “Gulf News will now be what print really can do, particularly with regard to able to recover the costs of the investment within paper, printing process, and coatings. Static images two years.” often do not capture the possibilities of decorative effects or metallics in digital or conventional print Koenig & Bauer announces today. The Color-Logic videos offer brand managers and graphic designers a starting point from which 3.7 per cent price rise they can request physical samples from a licensed Color-Logic printer, or any of our press or printer Koenig & Bauer has announced a price increase manufacturer partners around the world.” with effect from 1st April this year for the entire Color-Logic develops color communication product portfolio. “This price increase is being systems and software tool sets for a variety of special effected against the background of rising prices effect printing applications. The company provides and is a necessary step for us to continue offering brand owners, product managers, corporations, and our customers innovative solutions and an excellent their advertising agencies the ability to differentiate level of service,” says Ralf Sammeck, executive vice- themselves and their clients with a simple print president, Sales, at Koenig & Bauer. “Our goal is to production process that yields dramatic results. grow together with our customers, and to continue to be their reliable partner in a constantly changing market.” The innovative technologies embodied by Live presentation of Rapida the highly automated presses from Koenig & Bauer, not to mention their special features in terms of 75 Pro in Sao Paulo automation, efficient make-ready and inline processes, At ExpoPrint Latin America in Sao Paulo, Brazil, offer the user tangible economic benefits and secure recently, Koenig & Bauer booked a generous stand the sustainability of business growth. The moderate measuring close to 200 m2 (Stand 520). The designated price increase will enable further innovation and is showpiece is a half-format sheetfed offset press of thus an investment in the future. the Rapida 75 Pro series, which is being exhibited for the first time at a trade fair in South America. Last year the Rapida 75 Pro was the bestseller B2 press Color-Logic videos show in Brazil. how print can weave magic The Rapida 75 Pro can be seen in live production, demonstrating fast job changes and printing speeds New videos on the Color-Logic website (www. up to 16000 sheets per hour for a variety of high- color-logic.com) let brand managers and graphic quality posters, cut-out models and games on paper designers see how print can differentiate their and board. Configured as a five-colour coater press

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with extended delivery, 450 mm raised foundations coating. Brasilgrafica is another major user with three and additional board-handling accessories, it especially long Rapida presses in medium and large processes sheets up to a maximum format of 605 format. The longest, a Rapida 106, comprises a total x 750 mm. Comprehensive automation features are of 12 printing and finishing units. The Rapida 75 incorporated to facilitate fast job changes, including PRO from the Koenig & Bauer stand at ExpoPrint inking units which can be disengaged when not will also be heading directly to a Brazilian user once required for a particular job, fully automatic FAPC the trade show closes its doors. plate changers and CleanTronic Synchro washing systems to enable parallel washing processes. Coating forme changes, too, are completed in Pantone, X-Rite appoint next to no time thanks to SAPC automation. The new president ErgoTronic console provides not only a wallscreen display, but also online measuring and control X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC, have systems for print quality assurance. ErgoTronic announce the appointment of Ondrej Kruk to the ColorDrive enables ink density measurements and role of president. A proven Danaher executive, Kruk colour control according to Lab values, QualityPass brings a combination of commercial and operational delivers measurement reports as proof of the attained experience to Pantone and X-Rite. Kruk will lead quality, and ErgoTronic ACR optimises register the continued expansion of Pantone and X-Rite’s settings. With LogoTronic CIPLinkX, furthermore, product and solution portfolio beyond color to the Rapida 75 Pro boasts an interface to pre-press material appearance. for the conversion of CIP3 PPF data into press “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to presetting data. lead a company with such a legacy of innovation in Brazil is a traditionally strong market for Koenig creating tools and technologies for colour selection, & Bauer. But Last year, for example, Grafica Rami communication, formulation and measurement,” says installed an eight-colour Rapida 106 with coater Kruk. “Pantone and X-Rite’s latest developments go and triple-length delivery for packaging production, beyond colour, enabling customers to advance the as well as a Rapida RDC 106 rotary die-cutter. The creation, communication and delivery of colour and company already operates several half-format appearance as they transition to digital processes Rapidas and a further Rapida 106 with double and use more complex materials. Our ability to solve

On the Koenig & Bauer stand, a five-colour Rapida 75 Pro with coater and extended delivery can be seen printing high-quality jobs on paper and board.

20 April 2018 Industry Updates important customer problems, today and in the future, positions Pantone and X-Rite for long-term manroland presents new growth.” press for flexible printing For the past three years, Kruk has been the General Manager of Alltec, a Danaher business offering laser Varioman is the name given to the newly conceived marking and engraving technology under the Alltec packaging printing press from manroland web systems. and FOBA brands. Kruk earned his MBA from Varioman means that manroland web systems has Harvard Business School and graduated from the created a technology platform which combines the University of Economics in Prague with a master’s benefits of varied technologies and processes while degree in Economics. He has lived, studied and specifically avoiding the weak points inherent in worked in several European countries, Latin America other technologies and simultaneously providing top and the United States. He is fluent in Czech, English, customer benefits. German and Spanish. The pilot press is an offset gravure hybrid press, Founded in 1958, X-Rite Incorporated is a global which prints foils and provides the proven core leader in the science and technology of colour and competences of the Augsburg printing system like appearance. With Pantone, X-Rite employs more mature design, system integration and service and than 800 people in 11 countries. The company’s maintenance packages. This new packaging printing corporate headquarters are located in Grand Rapids, press, the Varioman f:line, was presented before Mich, with regional headquarters in Europe and numerous customers and interested parties from Asia and service centers across Europe, West Asia, around the globe recently in Augsburg. Asia, and the Americas. X-Rite offers a full range of What customer benefits does the new technology solutions used by manufacturers, retailers, printers, bring? manroland web systems has based the photographers and graphic design houses to achieve Varioman f:line on its decades of experience in offset precise management and communication of colour printing and has connected this with the most modern and appearance throughout their processes. X-Rite automation. The strongly performing business partner products and services are recognised standards in and total solutions provider for the print industry has the printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, created a technology, which specifically avoids the video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles and weak points inherent in other processes: the mixture medical industries. of offset and gravure here, provides particularly Pantone provides the universal language of colour short make-ready and changeover times with reduced that enables colour-critical decisions through every start-up waste rates, achieved through high levels of stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers. automation and format flexibility. manroland web More than 10 million designers and producers around systems' Varioman f:line is ideal for printing flexible the world rely on Pantone products and services to foils for Shrink-Sleeve applications as well as for a help define, communicate and control colour from further array of substrates, such as foils, paper and inspiration to realisation – leveraging advanced aluminium foils. X-Rite technology to achieve colour consistency The Varioman fits perfectly in the production gap across various materials and finishes for graphics, of medium sized print runs with excellent offset fashion and product design. Pantone Standards printing technology and the cost benefits inherent in feature digital and physical color specification this technology. The special offset printing units have and workflow tools. The Pantone Color Institute been developed with the cooperation partner Goebel provides brand identity consulting and custom color GmbH. services, as well as trend forecasting inclusive of its This translates to the highest levels of flexibility for annual Color of the Year announcement, Fashion the customer; very important in modern packaging Color Trend Reports, forecast publications and more. printing, which must meet the present day demands Pantone B2B Licensing incorporates the Pantone of numerous job changeovers, short runs with many Color System into different products and services, sub-jobs and a plethora of ‘on demand’ print runs. enabling licensees to communicate and reproduce Time is saved and costs are minimised thanks to the certified Pantone values and improve efficiencies for highest degree of modern automation in printing, their users. direct from the house of manroland web systems.

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At the same time, the combination of technologies like the degree of variability and particularly the quality of the printed product from the offset side, with the benefits provided by gravure printing e.g. in the areas of varnishing, adhesives and opaque white, are important factors for the packaging printing of today and the differentiation that a modern printing house requires from its offerings. A comprehensive, all-round, worry-free service package is a further assurance of the presses availability throughout its entire service lifetime.

SGI Dubai boosts Drytac Drytac is an international manufacturer of adhesive-coated products, including graphic films, window films, double-sided tapes, self-adhesive sales in West Asia print media, label stock, industrial adhesives, and heat-activated and pressure-sensitive laminates and mounting adhesives. Drytac can also Drytac, an international manufacturer of self- create unique customized adhesive products to customer specifications. adhesive materials for the print, label and industrial markets, exhibited at Sign & Graphic Imaging (SGI) effective products are very well received in the Middle Middle East which took place at the Dubai World East. Following the event, Wellcare Infotech has seen Trade Centre in January. In conjunction with the a spike in both interest and sales of our easy to apply company’s UAE distributor Wellcare Infotech, Drytac products,” says Broad. Drytac showcased a wide gamut of its high-quality, self-adhesive vinyls for multiple graphics applications – with great success. Says Steve Broad, Europe and Klingele is CorruCut Asia sales director at Drytac: “The stand was busy development partner throughout the three-day event and it was great to work alongside our partner Wellcare Infotech The focus on growth markets, such as conventional highlighting our range of solutions.” and digital packaging printing, is a key element of the SGI Middle East has been running for 19 years successful Koenig & Bauer strategy. With its decision and is an established and proven business forum to re-enter the market for presses dedicated to the for exhibitors serving the signage (digital & processing of corrugated board, the company has conventional), printing, POP/POS and outdoor now taken the next logical step along this road. advertising industries. Adds Steve Broad: “There The new Koenig & Bauer presses were officially was a lot of interest in Drytac SpotOn printable unveiled to the market at the FEFCO Technical PVC film with its unique dot-patterned removable Seminar 2017 in Vienna. And just a short time later, adhesive and our ViziPrint range of self-adhesive the Klingele Group was welcomed on board as a printable clear PET films for graphics applications. top-class cooperation partner for the high board line Drytac's comprehensive Polar range of fully printable rotary die-cutter CorruCut. “After Koenig & Bauer self-adhesive films – with matched overlaminate announced its return to the corrugated market at components – also generated a lot of interest at the drupa 2016, we followed the further developments show.” very closely. The branch was simply lacking another Drytac’s Polar cast air gloss vinyl was also used potential supplier to the premium segment,” says Jan in the popular car wrapping demonstrations on the Klingele, managing partner of the Klingele Group and Wellcare Infotech stand. On a daily basis, vehicle president of the European Federation of Corrugated graphics were printed on Drytac film by an Epson Board Manufacturers (FEFCO). SureColor SC-S Series machine and applied to Over the past two years, Koenig & Bauer has gathered a BMW Z-Series car, creating a stunning colour- a strong new team to push ahead development of changing effect. “We've been attending this event the press. Says Koenig & Bauer executive board for the past three years and our high quality, cost- member Christoph Müller: “We studied the market

22 April 2018 Industry Updates very carefully and also spoke directly with many of the companies. On this basis, we then sat down to Color-Logic certifies HP design a press which mirrors the specific needs of Indigo 30000 press the customers as precisely as possible.” The Klingele Group has ordered a six-colour press with a working width of 2800 mm for its Delmenhorst box plant. The press is in every respect a completely new design – from the feeder, via the printing units and rotary die-cutter to the delivery. The CorruCut also incorporates a number of unique features such as a vacuum-belt feeder without infeed shaft, a new solution for anilox roller exchange and an overhead vacuum delivery. Explains Klingele: “The concept presented by Koenig & Bauer and the many new technical ideas embodied in the press sealed our decision in favour of the CorruCut. We are now looking forward to accompanying the new rotary die-cutter through to series maturity in cooperation with Koenig & Bauer.” The Color-Logic metallic package and swatch book. The new CorruCut will first be set up and tested at the Koenig & Bauer manufacturing plant in Würzburg, Color-Logic has certified the HP Indigo 30000 digital and is then scheduled for delivery in early 2019. In press for metallic carton applications. Confirming addition, the two companies have already concluded the certification, Color-Logic CTO Richard Ainge an agreement on further presses in the future. says: “Test forms and samples files from the HP The Klingele Group was founded in 1920 and Indigo 30000 have confirmed the ability of the press current managing partner Jan Klingele represents to produce all Color-Logic decorative effects and the third generation of the owning family. The our 250 metallic colors with excellent results. The company is an international supplier with a total of digital HP Indigo 30000 also enables brands to take around 2400 employees. The product range covers advantage of Color-Logic Security-FX techniques corrugated base paper manufactured using recycled in the design and use of variable metallic data for waste paper, innovative and sustainable packaging addition security capabilities. The Color-Logic system solutions for a diversity of industries and applications, and design tools are perfect for any brand desiring to as well as adhesives. Together with affiliated partners, differentiate themselves from the competition. The the company’s paper and packaging divisions serve size and format of the HP Indigo 30000, together customers through two paper mills, twelve corrugated with its production speed, open up new markets for board plants and eight processing plants in Europa, licensed Color-Logic printers in the packaging and Africa and Central America. POP markets.”

A 3D representation of the new high board line rotary die-cutter CorruCut from Koenig & Bauer.

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Drytac has announced that its SpotOn Floor 200 Drytac SpotOn Floor 200 film has won Printing News Wide-Format & Signage wins award Top Product Award for Floor Graphic Media. Voted on exclusively by Printing News Wide-Format & Signage readers, the Top Product Award for Floor Graphic Media will be presented to Darren Speizer, Drytac's Vice-President of Sales, at the upcoming ISA Expo. SpotOn Floor 200 is simple to print and apply and can be cleanly removed without residue. The film is incredibly quick and easy to install, thanks to Drytac's unique dot-pattern adhesive, and is slip-certified, without the need for lamination, saving users both time and money. Ideal for short-term, indoor floor graphics applications, the 8mm (200µ) embossed printable white matte monomeric PVC film can be applied to multiple surfaces including floor or ceramic tiles, sealed wood or concrete, waxed vinyl, marble, terrazzo surfaces, and more. Drytac will be showcasing the full range of SpotOn solutions, alongside its ViziPrint, ReTac, WipeErase and Polar ranges, at the upcoming ISA Expo. Drytac’s stunning SpotOn Floor.

Media think they’re on a pulpit: CJI Dipak Misra Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said recently that the press should not think they are “sitting on some pulpit”. The chief justice’s remarks on the state of the media came during the hearing of a petition filed by online news portal, The Wire, against a Gujarat High Court decision. The top judge said some of what the media put out amounted to “sheer contempt of court”. With specific reference to the electronic media, he said journalists behaved as if they had turned “popes or guardians overnight”. In a direct criticism of the press, he said: “They [the journalists] are sitting on some kind of pulpit... that is not real journalism. I don’t want to name any particular electronic media, but the way things have been vilified...” The chief justice said he had “never gagged the press” but “they cannot write anything about anyone from their imagination”. He made it clear that his remarks were not in any way connected to the case being heard. There has been a series of critical commentaries in the media following the January 12 press meet by four senior most Supreme Court judges and the treatment of PIL petitions filed in the Lucknow Medical College scam. The oral observations from the chief justice began when senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for the news portal, said defamation proceedings and gag orders cannot be used to “throttle journalism”. To this, the chief justice asked whether Sibal was contending “they (journalists) can write whatever they want?”

Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, who was present, tried to provide a measured response, saying, “The press have to be responsible, but there should not be unfair gagging.” Senior advocate Gopal < Subramanium said, “With great freedom comes great responsibility.” (Courtesy: The Hindu)

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Mishra, 57, was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai where he developed multiple organ failure Senior TOI journalist Ranjan Roy before a liver transplant could be carried out. He had steered the re-launch of the National Herald. passes away (Courtesy: The Hindu) Senior journalist and chief of the Times News Network (TNN) Ranjan Roy passed away at his home in NDTV's Uma Sudhir bags Gurgaon recently after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 57. Photo: TOI Chameli Devi Award Ranjan Roy. Roy, an alumnus of St Stephens College NDTV’s Uma Sudhir has been awarded the prestigious and Princeton University, US, was also a Chameli Devi Jain award for 2017. The Media Foundation, member of the editorial board of the Times News which gives the award, said Sudhir was chosen for the Network (TNN). He began his journalistic career in recognition for her impressive body of work covering vital 1982 at the Press Trust of India in New Delhi, and issues relating to politics, children, women, human rights, worked with the Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur agriculture, rural distress and minority issues. “Her incisive and New York, before returning to India in 2004 to and analytical reports help create awareness of ground head the Times News Network. realities in various states. The jurors were impressed with Editor-in-chief of the Press Trust of India (PTI) the amount of work put into her stories through travelling, Vijay Joshi, who worked with Roy in the 1980s and talking to people, examining underlying issues and finally 90s, remembers him as a fine editor, mentor and conveying the stories with a humane touch.” motivator, saying “Like all good journalists, Ranjan The award was presented on March 9 at the India was cynical and yet had the insatiable curiosity of a International Centre in New Delhi. Named after Chameli reporter. He had strong views, but had the intellect Devi Jain, a freedom fighter and home maker, the award of an academic. But what really blew me away was recognises women journalists for upholding standards of his outlook to life, and indeed death, when he found excellence through a sustained body of work. out about his illness. He never let that small detail of The jury commended Suraksha P, senior reporter of impending death pull him down, and until the end The New Indian Express, with an Honourable Mention refused to be depressed. If he did, he didn’t show it for her Aadhaar-related series on leprosy patients to those around him.” who had no access to social benefit schemes. Colleagues at the Times of India recalled his “wonderfully impish charm” and the journalistic (Courtesy: NDTV.com / The New Indian Express) acumen with which he “meticulously curated the best stories from across the length and breadth of India”. Roy leaves behind his parents, wife Vidhu Middle Eastern Digital Media and son Aman. Awards announced (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) The winners of WAN-IFRA's Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards for 2018 were honoured at the close of the first day of the 13th annual Middle East National Herald’s Conference which took place recently. Neelabh Mishra is dead The winners are automatically eligible for WAN- IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards, which recognise Senior journalist and editor-in-chief the very best digital initiatives globally. of National Herald, Neelabh Mishra, passed away on February 24 at a THE WINNERS Chennai hospital. He was critically ill

Photo: The Hindu Best News Website or Mobile Service 2018/ Neelabh Mishra. and with complications resulting Winner: A1 Bilad EST, Saudi Arabia from non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Competition in a general news category is always

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fierce due to the sheer number of candidates and the Best Data Visualisation 2018/ Winner: Khaleej quality of news sites in the region. To help the judges Times, UAE make such a tough call, they gave points for a number Data visualisation is as much an art as a science, of criteria, including excellent content, but also UX with the outstanding performers using infographics (user experience), innovative design, and appropriate that bring visual impact to information which might use of multiple media to better tell the story. Since easily otherwise be glossed over. The Khaleej Times heavy multimedia and interface design can also take won this category with a VAT calculator that the their toll on bandwidth, load speeds and added value judges felt transformed a story about a new VAT rate from the user perspective were also part of the mix. into a workable tool for users and a great point of With care being taken to keep the awards grounded in engagement for the publisher. commercial reality, the site's contribution to revenue goals was also taken into consideration. Bearing in Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audience mind all these factors the winner is a true all-rounder, 2018/ Winner: Khaleej Times, UAE so congratulations to Saudi Arabia's Al Bilad EST, a A second win for the Khaleej Times, and another Smart Newspaper project, which one jury member well-deserved one for its boldness in engaging with summed up as follows: “great synergy of technology, a younger audience, in this case around a subject content and design, creating an engaging user that might not be expected from the Dubai-based experience.” publisher. As one judge noted, “'The Harley Ladies of Dubai' was a surprising departure – and might be Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment more of the tone the magazine should be aiming at Website or Mobile Services 2018/ Winner: Hia for its young readers – tackling gender stereotypes.” Magazine, UAE Lifestyle, Sports, and Entertainment lend them- Best in Social Media Engagement 2018/ Winner: selves most naturally to the multimedia approach, Rudaw Media Network, Iraq which made for a rich line-up in this category. The Key to success in this category were measurable winner, Hia Magazine from the UAE, not only dazzled growth in user engagement, effective use of the visually and in terms of interaction but notably chosen social media platforms, and remaining faithful impressed the judges on the issue of growing the to the tone and voice of the parent news brand across audience and generating more revenue. As one judge the new platform. The Rudaw 100 Million Users put it, “The presentation gives a good account of the project did all that, in the process earning the judges' strategy for making this magazine more successful – plaudits. “This is a stunning entry and deserves to win. and from the figures supplied, it certainly seems to Great content and real journalism have been tailored be working with the target market.” impressively for different social media platforms,” one judge commented. Best Use of Online Video 2018/ Winner: The National, UAE Best Digital News Start-up 2018/ Winner: The National from the UAE won this award with Sayidaty Magazine, UAE video that was not only carefully chosen and shot Since the industry lives off new approaches, Sayidaty for aesthetic and emotional impact, but also well Magazine is a welcome addition to the publisher's thought-out for use across different platforms in stable with its new web portal for Saudi women. social media and mobile. About Her (abouther.com) impressed one of the As important as the aesthetics are, the entries were judges as being “an innovative and interesting site. judged firmly within the context of their value to The tone of the writing is relentlessly positive.” both viewers and the publisher, and here as well The National stood out, with one judge commenting, Best Digital Marketing Campaign 2018/ Winner: “Taking a lead from Facebook video trailblazers Hia Magazine, UAE like AJ+ and NowThis, this is a well-executed Hia Magazine joined the Khaleej Times as the video strategy with clever selection of content with second double-winner for a joint project between relevance to an international audience.” Hiamag.com and Tiffany & Co. Clear messaging, an

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effective social media dimension, brand voice and Pettersson’s primary task will be to advise on the demonstrably efficient targeting were the key factors implementation of WAN-IFRA’s five-year media in its success. freedom strategic roadmap and assist the expansion of programmes successfully implemented under Best Branded Content Project 2018/ Winner: the tenure of outgoing chairman, Lars Munch. Ethos Interactive, Saudi Arabia Earlier, Pettersson was the political editor-in-chief at With the growing importance of native/content Aftonbladet, Scandinavia’s largest daily newspaper. She advertising, this category is set to grow in importance is co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Fokus, with judges looking for joint projects that demonstrate Sweden’s leading newsmagazine. During her time strong branding and generate effective engagement. at Fokus, the publication won one of Sweden’s most Saudi Arabia-based Ethos Interactive won for its prestigious awards for reinventing political journalism. McDonald's Taskita Menu, which a jury member At Aftonbladet, Karin quadrupled the readership of found to be a “very effective and entertaining way the editorial page and started a new digital brand for to engage the viewer while establishing emotional editorial journalism online. She won the European connection to the product.”​ Newspaper Award for a series about Roma people in Stockholm, and is the 2017 Nieman-Berkman Fellow Karin Pettersson to head WAN- in Journalism Innovation. IFRA Media Freedom Board Associated Journals appoints Karin Pettersson, director of Public Policy at the new editorial team Schibsted Media Group, has been elected chairwoman of the WAN-IFRA Media Freedom Board. She The Associated Journals, a company founded in succeeds Lars Henrik Munch, chairman of JP/ 1937 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has appointed senior Politikens Hus, who had held the post since 2013.In journalist Mrinal Pande as group senior editorial her new role, Karin Pettersson will advise and guide advisor. Pande has earlier served as editor of Saptahik WAN-IFRA in its mission to address challenges to Hindustan and later as group editor of the Hindi media freedom worldwide, develop programmes to publications of the Hindustan Times house: the daily strengthen business and editorial competencies, and Hindustan, a monthly digest Kadambini and a magazine increase diversity of leadership and voices within the for children, Nandan. She has also previously been media. Her election to the role was confirmed at a the Editor of Vama and senior editorial adviser to meeting of WAN-IFRA’s executive committee in NDTV and Doordarshan. London on 9th March, 2018. The first Indian woman to be the editor-in-chief “I have spent my life in journalism, politics and of a multi-edition national daily newspaper, Pande advocacy. What fundamentally drives me is a belief was chairperson of Prasar Bharati and is the founder that journalism has the power to make the world a president of the Indian Women’s Press Corps. better place. Around the globe authoritarian regimes She has written extensively in Hindi and English, threaten freedom of expression and the possibility including novels, short stories and essays, and has for journalists to report and speak truth to power. written several columns in various newspapers. She There is an urgent need to strengthen our profession, has published many books in Hindi and English. She and the work that WAN-IFRA does to support was given a Padma Shri for services as a journalist and human rights and fundamental democratic values is also received the Red Ink Award from the Mumbai extremely important,” said Pettersson. Press Club. The Media Freedom Board has a primary The Company also announced the appointment role to provide both guidance and insight to of Zafar Agha as group editor-in chief for its the organisation’s strategic direction, as well as newspapers and digital properties with immediate practical support to WAN-IFRA’s on-going work effect. Agha, most recently editor-in-chief of with approximately 150 media entities and 600+ Qaumi Awaz, a senior journalist and a well-known media professionals in 25 countries worldwide. columnist with nearly three decades of print

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and electronic experience, started his career in ties. He has been the Kathmandu correspondent for 1980 with the first Indian news magazine, Link. The Hindu, a contributing editor with Himal, a South He has worked for The Business and Political Observer, Asian magazine, and an analyst with the International India Today and The Patriot and has been writing Crisis Group. columns both for national and foreign newspapers. His TV programme Guftagu on ETV (Urdu) was (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) widely seen and perceived as the most watched programme in Urdu. Senor editorial positions at HT (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) for Anil Penna, Ramesh Vinayak Hindustan Times has appointed Anil Penna as the Harish Khare quits The Tribune rewrite head and promoted Ramesh Vinayak to the post of executive editor. Harish Khare, editor-in-chief of The Tribune, a “He will build a rewrite desk worthy of our size and Chandigarh-based newspaper, resigned from his post vintage, train reporters and editors, and also ensure barely two months after it published a shocking report important stories get the treatment they deserve. on security flaws in the Aadhaar database. The Delhi Penna retired from in January after a brilliant stint bureau head of the newspaper, K.V. Prasad, will take Mint there. He has been a reporter for top international over as the interim editor. However, there are also wires (covering the fall of Kabul from Kabul and the strong rumours that Sanjaya Baru, former editor-in- Asian financial crisis from HK among others) and an chief of Business Standard and author of The Accidental editor,” said Sukumar Ranganathan, editor-in-chief, Prime Minister, might take over as the editorial head of Hindustan Times. Penna will report to Kunal Pradhan The Tribune. and be part of HT’s editorial leadership team headed Khare, who was the media advisor to former Prime by Sukumar Ranganathan. Minister, Manmohan Singh from 2009 till 2012, has In another internal email Saumya Bhattacharya, previously been associated with several English managing editor, Hindustan Times, made the dailies including The Hindu, Hindustan Times and The announcement of Ramesh Vinayak’s promotion to Times of India, holding various editorial positions. He joined The Tribune in June 2015 and even offered to executive editor. “Since joining Hindustan Times in quit last year in protest against the three-column 2009 as Resident Editor, Chandigarh, Ramesh has apology that The Tribune made for publishing reports led our robust coverage of Jammu and Kashmir, on Bikram Singh Majithia, a former minister, and his Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh. involvement in the drug trade. According to an online Under his tutelage, our Chandigarh edition has news portal, the apology was reportedly forced upon become sharper and stronger,” she said, giving credit him. to Vinayak’s leadership for HT’s leading performance, as per IRS 2018, in Punjab and Haryana. (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) Prashant Jha is political editor, PackPlus South attracts record Hindustan Times crowds Hindustan Times Media has appointed Prashant Jha as political editor and chief of bureau to lead With a footfall of more than ten thousand visitors, the coverage of politics and government. Jha was South India’s largest packaging show, PackPlus South associate editor of Hindustan Times, writing on Indian 2018, set a record for the most attended packaging politics and foreign policy. He has also worked as show in the region. The four-day show concluded political columnist for Nepal’s leading dailies for with Print Fair on 12th March at the Hitex Exhibition over five years, focusing, in particular, on the role of Centre in Hyderabad. There were more than 250 the far-left, rise of identity politics, and Nepal-India exhibitors and 150-plus live demos.

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PackPlus South 2018 showcased high-end security made mandatory as per the amended GR 2017. “In and anti-counterfeiting packaging solutions, weighing case a ministry/ department/ attached subordinate and labeling machines, automated slitting, rewinding office/ field office, still insists that the advertisement systems, paper-cup making machines and fully should be published in newspapers, a request to automated multi-track (fill and seal) machines. DAVP should be sent in a signed letter stating that Organized in a separate hall, Print Fair 2018 the competent authority has approved publication showcased a range of state-of-the-art machines, of newspaper advertisement(s) despite the new GFR materials and technologies that ranged from provisions,” the advisory issued by I&B Ministry adds. production presses, wide-format printers to specialty However, it also adds a condition that only window printing materials for commercial printing, package advertisements should be published in newspapers converting and digital sign industries. Among the along with publications on CPPP, GeM and the crowd-pulling exhibits were full-colour production websites of respective organisations. printing systems. Exhibitors included Konica Minolta, Canon, Arrow (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) Digital, Epson, Monotech Systems, Xerox, Riso, Crystal Digital, Sai Enterprises and Avery Dennison. I&B Ministry proposes No ads of tender notices in allocation of Rs 1 cr for newspapers Journalists Welfare Scheme Advertisement in cases of tenders above a certain The Information & Broadcasting Ministry (MIB) threshold, value should be placed on the Central has proposed an allocation of Rs 1 crore to the Public Procurement Portal (CPPP), Government Journalists Welfare Scheme in BE 2018-19. Currently, e-Marketplace (GeM) Portal, as well as on the websites the provision is of Rs 20 lakh for the scheme. The of Ministries/Departments/organisations, says an ministry has proposed a five-fold increase in the office memorandum from the Ministry of Finance. allocation as the present amount appears to be According to the memorandum, the requirement insufficient. Already, there are 17 (10 death cases of compulsory advertisement in newspapers as per and 7 ailment cases) cases pending with the Press the General Financial Rules (GFR), 2005 has been Information Bureau (PIB) for a referral to the dispensed with, and GFR 2017 is applicable. committee. The Finance Ministry has also requested other Although the ministry had sent a proposal to its ministries and departments to provide year-wise budget wing for allocation of additional fund of Rs details of expenditure on advertisements in papers 20 lakh for the scheme by re-appropriation, it has not and magazines for procurement, if any, issued been able to locate savings for making this additional by them. It has also directed the ministries and allocation of funds at this stage. departments to provide the number of tenders year- The Journalists Welfare Scheme has the objective to wise where advertisements in the newspapers have provide one-time ex-gratia relief on an urgent basis not been made by them in accordance with GFR to journalists or to their families in event of extreme 2017. The deadline for submitting the information hardship. is March 31, 2018. The financial assistance available under this scheme Last year in May, the Ministry of Information and is up to Rs 5 lakh to the family under extreme Broadcasting had issue an advisory informing about hardship on account of death of journalist and in the new provision as given in the amended GFR 2017, case of permanent disability rendering the journalist in respect to tender advertisement for procurement incapable of earning a livelihood. of goods and services. “These rules have done While the limit is up to Rs 3 lakh in case of major away with the need for publishing advertisements in ailments such as cancer, renal failure, heart ailments newspapers for procurement of goods and services,” etc, in case of accidents causing serious injuries the advisory reads. E-publishing of advertisement on necessitating hospitalisation, the limit is up to Rs 2 CPPP at www.eprocure.gov.in and on GeM has been lakh.

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In 2016-17, Rs 15 lakh was earmarked for the scheme. However, Rs 25.88 lakh was disbursed after getting the additional amount re-appropriated. Similarly, in 2015-16 Rs. 28 lakh and in 2014-15 Rs Our Journals 22.46 lakh was disbursed against the provision of Rs 15 lakh under the scheme.

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Women in News Editorial Leadership Award: Call for nominations WAN-IFRA in partnership with SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, is pleased to announce the launch of nominations for the 2018 Women in News Editorial Leadership Award. The award recognises the exemplary contribution of an editor to her newsroom and under her leadership, the contribution of her newspaper to society. One outstanding editor from sub- Saharan Africa and one from Middle East (West Asia) and North Africa will be named Laureates in 2018.The city’s citizen activism is getting a boost through online engagement, while newer residents get a quick wrap-up of their locality even before they arrive. The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award will be awarded to two outstanding woman editors who are first amongst their peers in inspiring and paving the way forward for the next generation of leaders. The winners should possess a proven track record of success within her newsroom, have demonstrated uncompromising editorial integrity throughout her career, and have a strong commitment to the principles of press freedom and its power to promote democracy and good governance. In 2017, the award was given to Karima Kamal, columnist and contributing editor for Al Masry Al Youm from Egypt and Kenyan journalist Pamella Sittoni, editor of the international desk for the Nation Media Group and managing editor for The East African. The 2018 recipients of the Women in News Leadership Award will be honoured during the WAN- IFRA World News Media Congress in Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, 6-8 June 2018. The winners will receive an all expenses paid trip to attend the World News Media Congress 2018, the premier global annual meeting of the world’s press. Eligible nominees must be based in the sub-Saharan region of Africa or the Middle East and North African Region, hold a senior editorial role as of 1st January 2018, and work in a news media role (newspapers, magazines and digital-only). The media house can be any size from across the regions. Anyone is free to nominate a potential candidate from their markets or indeed from other markets. However, it is strongly recommended that nominations be made by superiors, peers or colleagues in order to maintain the integrity of the nominations. Deadline for nominations is 8 April 2018. For enquiries, you can contact Melanie Walker, director, Media Development WAN-IFRA at [email protected]. For more information and to download a nomination form: http://womeninnews.org/faq. Women in News (WIN) works to increase women’s leadership and voices in the news. It does so through targeted capacity building actions to develop media leaders, combined with a partnership-

driven approach to advocacy that aims to sensitise and mobilise the industry on gender equality. <

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May 15-18, organised by WAN- information from vijayalakshmi. April IFRA, in Helsinki, Finland: [email protected] Artificial Intelligence, Content April 9, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Monetisation and Customer June 26, organised by WAN-IFRA, Copenhagen, Denmark: Pre-DME Experience – WAN-IFRA Study in New York: North American Workshop: Digital Subscriptions Tour. More information from Digital Media Awards 2018/ – Churn Rate Remedies. More [email protected] Digital Media North America information from angela.pontes@ May 15-18, organised by FESPA, in 2018/ More information from wan-ifra.org Berlin: FESPA Global Print Expo [email protected] April 10-11, organised by WAN- 2018/ European Sign Expo IFRA, in Copenhagen, Denmark: 2018/ FESPA Awards 2018. More July European Digital Media Awards information on FESPA website 2018/ Digital Media Europe 2018. May 16-17, organised by WAN- July 10-11, organised by WAN- More information from angela. IFRA, in Bengaluru: Data IFRA, in Kuala Lumpur: Digital [email protected] Journalism. More information Subscriptions Summit. More April 12-13, organised by WAN- from vijayalakshmi.murali@wan- information from wilson.leong@ IFRA, in Copenhagen and Oslo: ifra.org wan-ifra.org Study Tour – Revenue Innovators May 18-19, organised by WAN- in Scandanavia. More information IFRA, in Bengaluru: Writing for August from nicole.frankenhauser@wan- Web and Digital Media. More ifra.org information from vijayalakshmi. August 6-10, organised by INMA, April 16-19, organised by INMA, [email protected] in New Delhi: INMA South Asia in Canary Wharf, London: INMA May 31-June 5, organised by INMA, Media Festival. More information Media Subscriptions Summit. in Washington DC: INMA World on INMA website More information on INMA Congress of News Media. More website information on INMA website September April 24-26, organised by WAN- IFRA, in Bali, Indonesia: Publish June September 10-14, organised by Asia 2018. More information from WAN-IFRA, in Paris/ Brussels/ [email protected] June 6-8, organised by WAN-IFRA, London: Study Tour – New Digital April 26-27, organised by WAN- in Estoril, Cascais, Portugal: World Business. More information from IFRA, in Hyderabad: Attracting News Media Congress 2018/ 25th [email protected] Millennials to News Sites. More World Editors Forum/ Women in September 25-27, organised by information from vijayalakshmi. News Summit. More information WAN-IFRA, in Hyderabad: WAN- [email protected] on WAN-IFRA website IFRA India 2018 Conference & Expo. More information from May June 18-19, organised by WAN- IFRA, in Chennai: Social Media [email protected] for News. More information from September 24-28, organised by May 8-9, organised by WAN- [email protected] INMA, in Amsterdam: INMA IFRA, in Frankfurt: Premium Ads June 20-21, organised by WAN- Media Innovation Week. More and First Part Data - Workshop. information on INMA website More information from nicole. IFRA, in Chennai: Mobile [email protected] Reporting and Video Journalism. May 14-15, organised by WAN- More information from IFRA, in Bengaluru: Audience [email protected] Engagement and Multimedia June 22-23, organised by WAN- Storytelling. More information IFRA, in Chennai: Newsroom from vijayalakshmi.murali@wan- Innovation and Leadership. More ifra.org

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