TECHNOLOGY GUIDE & DIRECTORY 2020/21

HELPING PUBLISHERS CONNECT WITH TODAY’S INNOVATORS

CONTENT READER REVENUE NEWSPAPER MANAGEMENT TECH STACK PRODUCTION Luc Rademakers on what Recent report highlights Production, distribution publishers should look tech considersations lessons learned during for in a CMS needed for success the pandemic 6 8 16 Protecmedia1page210x297.pdf 7 04/12/2020 14:39:15

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Our ‘Silver Linings’ Playbook

By Dean Roper, Editor-in-Chief of WAN-IFRA

The fallout of the ongoing pandemic for the news media industry As more publishers move to an audiences-first focus, their ability remains a bit of a mystery. But its initial impact is clear and has to leverage quality data (increasingly first-party) will pave the way been well-documented: a brutal decline in advertising revenue (al- toward a more sustainable business and future. As our report ready tipping that way pre-pandemic) – particularly in print. about the tech associated with a reader revenue strategy clearly So we won’t dwell on that in this publication – that would be revealed (see page 8), a comprehensive, coherent data strategy is too easy. Instead, here we will talk about the silver lining(s) that al- imperative. And that is critical not only for reader revenue strate- ways emerge during a crisis. gies but across the board. That strategy will inform every part of It is true that the “Change or Die” or “Now or Never” pleas the business. from news executives and media analysts during the pandemic Product development has taken on an even greater impor- carry more weight and urgency than they have in the past years. tance during the pandemic as newsrooms and publishers some- And I would say those pleas are not falling on deaf ears; in times need to pivot to the right product at the right time, or fact, it looks like most news publishers around the world are “an- tweak something that can prove a game-changer. To be able to swering the bell,” so to speak. do that, culture is the key, says Anita Zielina on page 12. As we have heard from hundreds of news executives and ex- Increasingly, new technologies like AI are playing a role for perts during our virtual events over the past nine months, their publishers – whether it be for content creation or helping to sur- newsrooms, businesses, production facilities have been tested like face content for digital subscriptions or predicting churn. But it is never before. But for the most part, they not only adapted quickly also being considered in production. Check out page 14 for the during the crisis, they proved to be agile, innovative, increasingly latest hype vs. reality advice. experimental and resilient. That’s just a few examples of recommendations we have in It has also brought more of a singular focus to their core pur- the Guide part of this edition. Finding the right technology part- pose, strategies, content and products. And as always, technology ners has never been more crucial, and this Directory of our mem- has played a central role in all of that. ber suppliers should prove invaluable in choosing yours.

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10 big ideas for newsroom trans­formation and digital revenue growth

COVID-19 has rapidly accelerated the inaugural WAN-IFRA programme led by 1. News publishing was industrial; shift from print and advertising reve- Grzegorz Piechota (media researcher and now it is a service: When news was nue towards digital and subscrip- consultant) and George Brock (Visiting confined to only print, it was essentially tion-based revenue. As newsroom Professor of Practice, Cass Business School, an industrial process, but now it is a digital transformation enters a more City, University of London). service business. Publishers must worry intensive reader-centric phase and Brock and Piechota joined WAN-IFRA’s about the reader in every possible as- revenue sources continue to be dis- virtual Digital Media Asia 2020 conference pect from UX to subscription mes- rupted, newsroom leaders need to de- to take participants through a checklist of sages. Every aspect of a publisher’s re- velop new editorial visions, find ways key actions to guarantee success in digital lationship with each reader matters. to engage their audiences and attract publishing. The duo is training and leading Not every company that has moved new readers and re-organise their the five-month-long Newsroom and Busi- into digital has understood that the newsrooms to deliver on new strate- ness Transformation Asia 2020 (NBTA switch to becoming a service business gies. 2020) programme co-organised by WAN- affects the newsroom and its journal- IFRA and the Facebook Journalism Project. ists just as much as other departments. Amid the background, 10 news media While the news industry is witnessing 2. Think hard about style and “voice” companies (Bisnis Indonesia, Kompas crushing commercial pressures linked to online: Digital has changed journalism Media, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily In- the global pandemic, it is also seeing an to become less formal. Print language quirer, Sin Chew Daily, Singapore Press extraordinary spike in the demand for and visuals do not work as well in the Holdings, Bangkok Post, The Edge, The Ja- good journalism. Here are 10 things pub- digital medium – one of those discov- karta Post, and United Daily News Group) lishers must remember as they think their eries that only a few publishers have from six Asian cities have embarked on an way through the next few years. successfully been able to make. NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21 5

In digital, the publisher-reader relation- tion and share their competencies experiments with new editorial and ship is much closer, which means that throughout the organisation. Further- commercial products that can produce the publication’s editorial personality is more, these talents should be inte- insights for the lowest possible cost, crucial because the tone, pitch and grated into the company, and one such and then scrutinise and learn from the voice will influence every step of the method is to develop cross-functional (audience) data gathered through reader’s journey. An example of an ex- teams around top talents. those experiments. Don’t: Use experi- treme combination of a traditional title 8. Use data to understand audiences ments as an excuse to haphazardly effectively adjusting its voice on a digi- deeply and be customer-centric: “throw things on the wall to see what tal platform is The Washington Post on Publishers should leverage granular sticks.” TikTok. digital audience data to understand 10. Audits to cut resource-wasting 3. Digital change before reaping digi- and build deep relationships with read- habits: Regularly performing digital tal revenue rewards: Holistic, com- ers, especially their most valuable ones. content audits can help publishers pany-wide digital change in culture Publishers should also communicate more effectively understand the types and operations must be implemented ­directly with their audiences, such as of articles that their audiences are before digital revenue ambitions (both through email newsletters, and most interested in and channel their advertising and subscriptions) can be ­develop processes and products with resources to cover those topics. In es- actualised. In other words, breaking audiences in mind. sence, this would garner higher returns down silos between editorial, commer- 9. Facilitate innovation through on their investments and eliminate cial and technological functions to real- quality­-controlled experiments – practices that inhibit growth in digital ise common digital transformation ob- Do: Meticulously design and supervise readership and subscription revenue. jectives is crucial. 4. Holistic change must be driven from the top: Senior management must provide a transformation roadmap with clearly communicated “North Star” goals; incentivise good “change ideas” and allow them to bubble up from anywhere in their or- NEWSROOM ganisations; and remain steadfast in the face of challenges. 5. Promote your distinctive value: A TRANSFORMATION: publication’s distinctive value must be the cornerstone of any news publish- er’s attempt at digital transformation. And publishers must aggressively pro- 10 BIG IDEAS mote to their audiences how their pub- lication’s unique value satisfies their By George Brock and Grzegorz Piechota needs. 6. Think mobile: As readership and ad- vertising revenues from print news­ papers and desktop computers con- tinue to decline and/or stagnate, publishers need to consider ways to reach and grow their readers via Download Report ­mobile devices. This may include pro- ducing specific types of content and WAN-IFRA published these ideas as products or adapting the style and a report that is free to our Members. voice of the publication for mobile The report can be downloaded at consumers. this address: 7. Invest in the right digital talents: wan-ifra.org/insight/news- Publishers must be willing to invest in room-transformation-10-big-ideas talented staff with outstanding skills who can galvanise digital transforma- 6 CMS DEVELOPMENT WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21

Business goals and data are central to CMS choices

We asked industry veteran Third: Simplify your internal processes Video has not yet lived up to expectations Luc Rademakers about tech- as much as possible, minimise time con- on the advertising market. Nevertheless, nological trends that should sumption and ensure that they are mean- the use of video content will continue to ingful for the employees in the first place. grow. The video culture is already very be kept in mind when plan- A top-notch CMS system that is not used strong in South Korea, China and Japan. ning for a new content man- optimally is an under-used investment. Meanwhile, Europe and the US are taking agement system. Crucially, he Fourth: Data is the building block for longer to make the transition from text to says a robust CMS is no every tech solution. Therefore it requires video. Despite this, the evolution will con- longer a solution just for the clean-up, organisation, prioritisation and tinue. Video publishing will be a core com- newsroom but a means to placing the data strategy at the front of petency in any digital strategy, and there- the ship. fore also in CMS. link common business goals. And fifth: Do not look for a solution News media companies with a more that offers all possible options in a ready- text-driven history need to adopt this made way, and also be critical about the video culture as much as possible because WAN-IFRA: What has struck you ROI of those options. A new car also offers the consumer is demanding and uncom- about the impact of the pandemic on a number of options that are smart but promising in this regard. Media brands publishers everyday work? not necessarily essential. Choose some- must ensure that they are sufficiently at- Luc Rademakers: Remote working is cer- thing that functions within your market tractive to recruit video native employees. tainly one of the most important things I strategy and usage. After all, the UX and relevance of video can think of. With great dedication and must be world class. Additionally, it’s evi- creativity, a major change in work organi- Do we have to take into account that dent that you need the right system to sation was implemented in all media com- automation, machine learning, AI will make this content available whenever panies in the world. Many jobs and tasks handle parts of the editorial work, there is a demand. are now executed remotely. That would better than humans? I would also add that we cannot forget have been unthinkable in 2019. Many Humans and machines have a tradition of about the audio boom that is taking place, publishers now have office space that’s collaboration. This won’t be different in a and the same rules, for the most part, turned out not to be so necessary. In terms well-considered vision about how to use apply here. of mind shift, many things are now possi- available tech and data. So yes, by apply- ble that otherwise would not have been ing machine learning correctly, judged by What trends will develop in the short discussable until 2025. That is a challenge its added value in content creation and an- term? but also a great opportunity for IT services. alytics, certain processes previously exe- Personalisation. Distributing the right con- cuted manually can be done using more tent to the right end user at the right time What first steps should you take knowledge – and as we have seen, already in the right context and on the right plat- when you think about a new CMS? are. Some media are already running algo- form. Nothing is as annoying and useless First: Start by understanding your most rithm-driven decision-making processes in as receiving advertisements for which you essential business goals and by defining the editorial area which produce surprising are not the right person. With content, we your strategy for the next years. results. Which newsroom wouldn’t like to still make far too many of the same mis- Second: A CMS should focus on ac- know which front page will have the most takes. Too much mainstream content is still quiring and maintaining an optimal cus- impact? We will see more AI-tools appear being distributed and too little is user fo- tomer relationship. To do this, you need to empowering predictive analytics, recom- cused, targeted and personalised content. have your internal operations in order, but mendations and content production. This cannot be solved without an intelli- the focus must always remain the cus- gent CMS that can demonstrate its return tomer. That sounds obvious but isn’t al- Will video play an even more impor- on investment. ways the case. tant role? CMS DEVELOPMENT WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21 7

The way customers consume content looking for alliances to offer integrated is rapidly changing. What will be the services to their customers in order to importance of customisation? achieve further growth. On top of that it is The way we deal with the internet is essential that we can connect databases changing. That has consequences for any across company and industry boundaries. CMS. Media companies want more agility Media companies in most cases have a and flexibility, they have more websites, long history of client proximity. That makes there are more devices, there are new media data extremely interesting and valu- forms of interaction, there are more and able. As a result, protecting and using more cloud services. them intelligently at the same time is a Besides a classic CMS, there are also challenge. solutions of decoupled and headless CMS architectures. Has GDPR fallen off the radar? If your publishing activity is mostly In a sense, yes. Though this really isn’t the text-based, traditional CMS architectures case. There will be more privacy regula- are ideal. tions and data use restrictions which will With the headless CMS – of interest make both the storage and commercial due to scratch models in a digital era – the use of data more difficult. When different back and front end are separated which industries jointly set up initiatives that re- makes them suitable for personalisation quire the convergence of their customer and customer engagement via multiple Luc Rademakers is Senior Advisor at data, new ethical or deontological ques- channels. Though their main disadvantage PMP, an international strategy consult- tions may arise. ing company in media and telecoms, is that they do not provide pages and web In public organisations the data policy among other sectors. Rademakers had sitemaps. One could argue they organise broad experience leading media trans- can be very different from that in private content in its pure form. formation in executive roles. He is also companies. It can also differ greatly from A decoupled CMS can be an interest- an associate of the Global Advisory country to country. Banks have their own ing alternative if you hesitate between Team at WAN-IFRA. deontological rules on customer data. choosing a more traditional monolith CMS There are still a lot of opportunities, but and a headless one. A decoupled CMS still data policy and privacy issues to tackle is a push model, delivering the raw and Unfortunately it’s becoming more impor- when it comes to this. I have no doubt formatted content to any front-end envi- tant every year. The larger and more inter- about the fact that media companies are ronment. Yet you still have templates to re- esting your database becomes in terms of developing into data firms, in which the spect, but you get more flexibility. content, the more interesting it becomes CMS plays an important role. The main thing is that you build your for all kinds of cyberattacks. You need ap- content production and distribution on the propriate safeguards to ward off attacks. Is there any final advice you would basics of the philosophy of Content as a This is another reason why the need for a like to share with publishers consider- Service (CaaS). You will then be able to 24/7 emergency support by your vendor is ing investing in a new CMS? look at content management in a totally important. The CMS should be easy-to-use. That is different way. A content strategy should There will always be an area of tension why it is important to share knowledge in- be an enterprise-wide ecosystem, integrat- between protecting your data and making ternally, including about how to work to- ing processes, connecting talent, sharing it available. By 2020, we have become gether more efficiently, share best prac- data, and connecting digital and IT system more convinced of the importance of shar- tices and lessons and build solutions knowledge in a CaaS hub. Research, test- ing data, anonymised but connected. Had together. A CMS is no longer a system for ing, developing and valuing your content we had more data on how the Corona one department or silo of the company, strategy becomes an integrated process. virus developed among the population, but a means to establish common goals. A And, as in any industry, the quality of the the devastating impact on lives and the cross-disciplinary team, with a common in- product will still make the difference. If economy would certainly have been less- terest in IT and content, will demonstrate your content offering is poor, having the ened. Traceability of users is not necessar- many opportunities to improve processes best CMS will bring little benefit. ily an invasion of privacy whilst untracea- and output. bility can cost lives. A cyber attack is always a nightmare. Companies from various industries, Do we need to pay increased atten- banks, insurance companies, telecom com- tion to security? panies, energy suppliers, media, etc. are 8 READER REVENUE WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21

Report examines underpinnings of reader revenue tech stack

As we were preparing the And that starts with data Publishers we spoke with for the report articles for this issue, two “While there are thousands of individual ­include the Financial Times, The Econo- things happened that drove company scenarios, there seems to be at mist, the Swedish regional news group home the growing signifi- least one universal truth: Future-proofing Mitt­media, Nordjyske Medier and Politken cance of reader revenue for your digital subscription business begins (both of Denmark), and Switzerland’s news publishers. with getting your data in order.” ­Tamedia.

Firstly, several major US-based publishing companies, including The New York Times, Gannett, Tribune and News Corp released their most recent quarterly results and all saw their digital subscriptions growing – often surging – by 30 percent or more. Secondly, during WAN-IFRA’s virtual Digital Media Europe conference in No- vember, a number of speakers from Euro- pean publishers such as Norway’s Amedia, The building blocks of France’s L’Equipe and UK-based DC Thom- son discussed the rise in digital subscrip- a reader revenue tech stack tions they are seeing as well as the increas- ing emphasis they are placing on this key HOW DATA, TECH AND KPI’S HELP TO FUEL DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS revenue source. Late this past summer, WAN-IFRA re- leased our second reader revenue report, titled “The building blocks of a tech reader revenue stack,” which examines what publishers need to consider about the technology and systems that underpin this essential income source. The following are our key takeaways from the report, which is available free for WAN-IFRA Members, and may be pur- chased by non-members. What we have learned from our mem- Download Report bers and other exchanges is that many publishers are at different stages and tra- If your company is a WAN-IFRA jectories with their reader revenue strate- Member, please use this link to JULY 2020 gies. And many, particularly those starting download the report for free. out, have questions about the tech associ- wan-ifra.org/insight/the-building- ated with reader revenue. But even the blocks-of-a-reader-revenue-tech- most advanced at this confess to the com- stack plex nature of it all. READER REVENUE WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21 9

10 things to consider for your tech stack project

Here are some of the issues new systems, be sure the APIs are W Building your own vs. buying or where the publishers and ex- there and clear to pave the way so partnering: Whether it is purchasing your data flows seamlessly between a data warehousing solution or build- perts we spoke with seemed systems, and critically, from editorial to ing your own data layer platform or to reach common ground. marketing to commercial to the entire even your own analytics, for example, chain of a digital subscription journey. there are clear upsides and downsides to each. It mostly depends on your W Template for a tech stack? There W Make it easy on your journalists: in-house skillsets, long-term strategy, is no single right way to implement a If the above is achieved, it implies that and, naturally, budget. But what is technology and data strategy associ- your journalists have easy-to-under- clear is you should have... ated with a publisher’s reader revenue stand tools and dashboards (and KPIs... strategy, but a common thread that more on that in a minute) to drive W Tech, data and product ‘experts’ publishers told us... engagement, conversion and loyalty. should be embedded in the newsroom and the entire chain to remain agile W Start with your data, then the W Common KPIs: As Tor Jacobsen of and to ensure that the right people tech: Clean, easily accessible and Schibsted tells: “The great thing with have the right data at their fingertips actionable first-party data can serve as digital subscriptions is that success is to drive their KPIs. a backbone of any digital subscription easy to measure. The KPIs are really strategy. The scope and objectives of a the same for the editorial team, the W Common comms across systems: data strategy may vary, but whatever marketing team and the team working One of the most technically challeng- strategy is adopted, it should form with data analytics. [...] it’s the perfect ing aspects of driving digital subscrip- the basis of all subsequent tech stack way of combining the KPIs for all inter- tions is getting customer journeys, decisions. nal teams. And to make that happen, promotions, marketing messaging you don’t necessarily need to build a and other customer communications W Seamless integration: It is not so system, it’s more about having some aligned across systems as well as much about which technologies or key KPIs to follow.” across platforms. tools you use, or even how you imple- ment them... it’s more about how your W Regarding first-party data, the pub- W Test, test, test: That is the cul- technologies are talking to each other lishers we spoke with broadly divided tural side of the equation, to start seamlessly, i.e. integrated. it into three categories: interactions, somewhere and create a continuous content, and consumers. The key to feedback loop. “You will never find the W Asking the right questions: That understanding an audience is to work perfect solution for everyone, but you means if / when you are investing in out how the three are linked. can perfect your solution over time.” 10 READER REVENUE WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21

Solutions providers with reader revenue-related tech offerings

ANALYTICS CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Chartbeat https://chartbeat.com Deep BI www.deep.bi alfa Media Partner https://alfamedia.com/en Facebook www.facebook.com/facebookmedia Atex www.atex.com Google Dos al Cubo www.dosalcubo.com https://analytics.google.com/analytics/ D-Share www.dshare.com web/provision/#/provision EidosMedia www.eidosmedia.com Linkpulse https://www.linkpulse.com Funkinform https://www.funkinform.de SEMrush https://www.linkpulse.com IcemanMedia AB smartocto (includes the company https://icemanmedia.com formerly called Content Insights) https://smartocto.com InterRed www.interred.de/en Twipe Mobile Solutions Naviga (formerly Newscycle) www.twipemobile.com www.navigaglobal.com Visiolink www.visiolink.com ppi media https://ppimedia.de/en Protecmedia www.protecmedia.com/cover Publish Inc. https://publishprotocol.io ARTIFICIAL Quintype https://www.quintype.com INTELLIGENCE Stibo DX (formerly CCI Europe and Escenic) www.stibodx.com United Robots http://unitedrobots.ai WoodWing www.woodwing.com/en Sophi (Globe and Mail) https://sophi.io

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Solutions providers with reader revenue-related tech offerings

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Few¢ents www.fewcents.co alfa Media Partner https://alfamedia.com/en InterRed www.interred.de/en Atex www.atex.com Poool https://poool.fr/en EidosMedia www.eidosmedia.com WhiteBeard www.whitebeard.me Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ facebookmedia Funkinform https://www.funkinform.de Google https://developers.google.com/ SUBSCRIPTION amp INTELLIGENCE InterRed www.interred.de/en ppi media https://ppimedia.de/en Chartbeat https://chartbeat.com PressReader www.pressreader.com Mather Economics www.mathereconomics.com Protecmedia www.protecmedia.com/cover Naviga www.navigaglobal.com Stibo DX (formerly Escenic) www.stibodx.com Twipe Mobile Solutions www.twipemobile.com SUBSCRIPTION Visiolink www.visiolink.com MANAGEMENT/BILLING WoodWing www.woodwing.com/en

AdvantageCS www.advantagecs.com Anygraaf https://neo-digital-publishing. anygraaf.net Dozens of solutions providers around the world are active in the spaces that are ASMIQ AG https://asmiq.ch/en covered in this report. We’ve compiled Deep BI https://www.deep.bi a list of WAN-IFRA Member companies Google (in alphabetical order) that work in these https://developers.google.com/news/ subscribe areas. It is worth keeping in mind that many of these companies offer solutions MPP Global www.mppglobal.com in more than one of the areas mentioned Protecmedia as well as in related areas that are outside www.protecmedia.com/cover the scope of what we have covered. Swanest https://swanest.com/business/media 12 PRODUCT THINKING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21

Product in newsrooms: How to start your journey

How can news organisations Why product thinking “Just having a product team doesn’t nec- bring product thinking into requires cultural change essarily mean that you automatically have In her role, Zielina is leading a new pro- product culture,” Zielina says. their newsrooms, and start gramme at CUNY to train the next genera- “I’m saying that because sometimes I working in a more agile, tion of news executives to address the de- still see organisations that feel like, ‘oh, I’m forward-­thinking, and user-­ mand for innovation and leadership in the just going to hire a product manager and industry. Working at the intersection of that will kind of magically install product centric way? Anita Zielina, media, technology, and leadership, she culture in all that we are doing. And obvi- ­Director of Innovation & places a big emphasis on how cultural ously, that’s not really how it works.” Leadership, Craig Newmark­ change is often required to lead to changes in strategy. What makes a successful J-School/CUNY in the United The same applies to bringing product product team? States, has some ­advice. thinking into a news organisation, and be- Naturally, strong product teams are an in- coming more product-savvy. tegral part of a product-savvy news organ- “The most important thing is that isation. What sets them apart from others, The first articles and research reports product thinking is in many aspects the however, is the fact that they have been about product in news began appearing opposite of how newsrooms traditionally given the power to actually be able to ef- at least a decade ago, but only recently work,” Zielina says. fect change. has the idea of weaving product thinking Product culture strongly builds on col- “Power means budget, power means into the newsroom, and approaching laboration, experimentation, a coaching employees that directly report to you, and product development in a more user-cen- and delegating leadership style, and di- power means a seat at the table at the tric way, become a priority for news or- verse teams. highest management level of the media ganisations. organisation,” Zielina says. This trend has picked up a considerable “So if you have product teams but you amount of speed this year, as many news “The most important don’t give them that power, they are not organisations reacted to the coronavirus thing is that product going to be as effective as you might want pandemic by creating new products and thinking is in many them to be.” Product teams usually include people services designed to meet the needs of aspects the opposite their readers. with diverse competencies, such as knowl- of how newsrooms But what is product in a news media edge of journalism, software engineering, context anyway? As an emerging focus traditionally work.” marketing, and design. area that is still forming itself, there is no Working in product is also highly inter- universal definition of what product actu- disciplinary, and requires solid communica- ally means. On the other hand, “old newsroom” tion and negotiation skills. For Zielina, it’s the following: culture has been characterised by a lone People who are good at working with “Product is a function at the intersec- wolf mindset, perfectionism, a directive others tend to perform better in a product tion of editorial, tech, and business that leadership style, and little to no interdisci- management role, as a lot of time is spent actively ensures all products and services a plinary work. dealing with different stakeholders across media organisation creates address user So how do you go about bringing departments, and getting them to follow a needs, provide an excellent user experi- these more agile elements into your or- shared goal, according to Zielina. “If you’re ence and advance the overarching busi- ganisation? First of all, approaching the the product person, you’re kind of like the ness strategy.” challenge in a superficial manner likely spider in the middle of the web and trying won’t bring success. to pull a lot of strings,” she says. PRODUCT THINKING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21 13

Product culture tions in response to the pandemic, and ad- For Zielina, the products that are particu- isn’t just for the big players dressed readers’ changing informational larly interesting are those that cater to new When thinking about successful product needs by surfacing or launching a wide interests that emerged this year. teams with a lot of agency and power, array of news products. As advertising revenues continue to ­organisations such as Bloomberg, The Wall “Many news organisations used this dwindle, and many news organisations are Street Journal, and The Washington Post product development effort to become a turning to subscription and membership come to mind. But this does not mean bit more holistic in terms of how they ap- models to remain financially viable, under- that smaller news organisations with lim- proach user-centric product development standing readers and their needs is be- ited resources­ can’t bring product culture and product design,” Zielina says. coming all the more important. into their newsrooms. They just need to “They used some of these new prod- “When we want people to pay for our start small. ucts as test cases on how they could build products, we ultimately need to under- “Obviously, many things are easier if products in a new way.” stand how to truly serve them,” she says. you are an organisation that’s relatively rich and can invest money. No one’s going to contest that,” Zielina says. “But one assumption that I want to get rid of, if possible, is that to do product right, you need a lot of money. Ultimately, “When we want people to pay product is not about investing millions in technology.” for our products, we ultimately Earlier this year, the Newmark J-School need to understand how to ran a two-month pilot training, helping truly serve them.” 25 U.S. and international participants launch products around COVID-19, im- Anita Zielina, Director of Innovation & Leadership, prove team communication while working Craig Newmark J-School/CUNY remotely, and embrace an audience-first ethos. This has since grown into the ­Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms programme starting in January 2021, ­developed by the J-School in collaboration with News Catalyst and the Google News Initiative. “One of the big learnings was that if you just designate one person and help them upskill to become a product person, and just pick one project or product where you want to work in an iterative, agile and user-centric way, that often shows tremen- dous results. So you don’t have to start by completely reshuffling your organisation,” Zielina says.

The coronavirus pandemic and product development From a product perspective, the coronavi- rus pandemic can almost be viewed as a blessing in disguise, showing many news organisations that they are capable of working in a more agile and for- ward-thinking manner than they may have been used to (often to their own surprise). For example, they quickly and success- fully adapted to remote working condi- 14 TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21

Mitra added that 5G technology would have an impact across a variety of fields. In Beyond the hype medicine, for example, it could usher in better modes of diagnosis and treatment of, and even remote follow-up on, dis- of AI, 5G and IoT eases and ailments. These are solutions that would benefit large and less densely populated countries such as Australia and By Arulnathan John Chaudhry said Yantra is designed to deliver many African nations. quick, fact-based content. ‘’Yantra collates ‘’There will also be a rise in autono- How will artificial intelligence data points from the internet and con- mous vehicles by then, and these could nects the data points to create about 220 communicate with virtually any device, (AI) and 5G, and the Internet fact-based news stories daily in English such as smartphones or drones,’’ he said. of Things (IoT) affect the and Hindi on a wide variety of topics.’’ Attractions could also take on new ­consumption of news and That said, she emphasised that AI has to leases of life, thanks to 5G. Mitra consid- ­entertainment? Publishers work in tandem with humans. “While it is ered a future where museums and other good for factual articles, it lacks (the) em- sites could boost flagging attendance fig- will have an exciting future pathy that (is) essential for human interest ures through new experiences driven by leveraging these technologies and opinion stories. So, Yantra only does Augmented Reality (AR) and/or Virtual Re- to stay ahead. factual stories.’’ ality (VR), in addition to the usual exhibits. Specifically with Newsbytes, Chaudhry ‘’The museums could add these experi- said Yantra works by ‘’filling in the ineffi- ences without having to change the exhib- During WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Asia vir- ciency gaps and creating more affordable its frequently,’’ he said. tual event this past October, Peter Kabel, content’’ compared to competitors, As for journalism and news publishers, Professor of Interactive Media Design at thereby helping to fulfil her dream of dis- Mitra and Chaudhry both agreed that the the Hamburg University of Applied rupting the global media industry through type of news content would not signifi- Sciences, set the tone for the tech talk by the production of affordable, high-quality cantly change under 5G, but its transmis- saying ‘’the future is a welcome guest, and content across more platforms throughout sion and curation would need to be exam- IoT and 5G are going to turn the world up- India. ined more closely. side down.’’ As for Cricketpeida, Chaundry said AI and the sport of cricket go well together. Huge tech changes not right around Better media through AI This ‘’cricket version of Google’’ collects all the corner, but soon According to Shikha Chaudhry, co-founder available data on the game to answer However, the arrival of such a ‘’golden fu- of Elysium Labs and co-founder of News- questions, provide player and game statis- ture’’ of new technologies, as Kabel put it, bytes India, ‘’AI is overhyped everywhere, tics and deliver a treasure trove of trivia is still far off. For one thing, Mitra noted and underhyped in the media. Contrary to that could turn a cricket newbie into a veri- the capital investment and infrastructure popular expectation, AI is nowhere near table guru. “It is like an encyclopaedia on required was enormous. That was why he taking over the world.’’ cricket, which is a religion in India,’’ she said 5G rollouts were currently limited to To demonstrate how the current state said. the US, the UK, and several North Asian of today’s AI technology can benefit pub- cities, where government and private lishers now, she shared how her group The coming 5G future funding were also available to drive the ef- was using artificial intelligence to trans- Diptendu Mitra, Director of the Global forts. form news and content creation. The com- Strategy Group of KPMG, Singapore, saw Despite the hurdles ahead, Kabel, pany currently operates three different ser- 5G technology as a means for news or- Chaudhry and Mitra were convinced that it vices using AI: ganisations to transmit and curate news would not be long before AI, 5G, and IoT W Newsbytes, which uses a search en- content and experiences faster and better. to a smaller extent would play major roles gine called Yantra to generate digital ‘’Under 5G, numerous devices can in creating faster and more varied news news content, connect with one another with little or no content for a more connected world. W Another entity that creates customised latency (lagging), very fast communication versions of Yantra for clients dealing in and no delays,” he said. “Imagine being in About the author: Arulnathan John is a content creation, a train going at 250 kmh and having no freelance journalist. In his past life, he W And Cricketpedia, a search engine for connectivity problems!’’ was a 20-year news and copywriting all things related to cricket. veteran of Singapore Press Holdings.

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Lessons learned Newspaper production: coping with the pandemic

As the pandemic gets worse in most became the new normal for most parts of tions to address the challenge. Employees parts of the world, the lessons a news organisation. Yet as editorial teams were split into blue and orange teams and learned so far in newspaper produc- managed to transition to working from worked in different shifts to minimise tion facilities globally are worth a home, print production operations faced physical contact. Several of their staff who closer look going forward. more challenges. were commuting daily from Malaysia to At The New York Times, which has 26 Singapore were provided accommodation The initial COVID-19-induced lockdowns printing sites in the US, discussions about by the company after the lockdown was that took place in the spring and the sub- how to handle the situation started in Feb- announced. sequent challenges dealt a huge blow to ruary, and subsequently began the process the operations and distribution of news­ of remote working and a distributed work Collaboration papers. On one side were the logistical environment. However, most departments The Globe and Mail in Canada had a simi- challenges while on the other was the and employees at its College Printing facil- lar game plan in place, focusing on health drastic drop in circulation numbers. How- ity were not in a position to work from and safety, contingency planning and ever, newspapers around the world rose to home, so the company resorted to meas- communication. the occasion and showed unprecedented ures like temperature screening, increased “For health and safety, we eliminated levels of resilience. And this crisis has frequency of cleaning and sanitising, con- unnecessary touch points before reaching helped to future-proof them for possible centrating on high touch-point areas, dis- the final destination. We allowed cus­ other crises. tribution of hand sanitisers and gloves, tomers and carriers to alter delivery in- suspension of non-essential visits to the structions for safety reasons. For example The new normal in production plant and implementation of social dis- changing delivery instructions from ‘front Flexible shifts and “work from home” tancing guidelines. door of the building’ to label and left in were largely considered luxuries before the At Singapore Press Holdings, they in- the lobby’,” said Vito Petrucci, Manager, pandemic struck. But when it did strike, it troduced split-plant and split-press opera- National distribution and logistics, Globe NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 2020/21 17

and Mail, during the World Printers volved, while trying to overcome the trans- ­Summit in late October. portational restrictions in place. The use of plastic bags was discour- At The New York Times, distributors aged to reduce chances of surface transfer. adopted several measures such as increas- Digital sales boost sales “For contingency planning, we pre- ing the frequency of cleaning the distribu- of printed newspapers pared ourselves in the event that someone tion centres, providing gloves and sanitis- tested for COVID-19. We had scenarios at ers to the personnel, staggering the arrival At Mediahuis, Belgium, parent com- root level and district level. In most cases, time of carriers to the depots, limiting the pany of Printing Partners, print still neighbouring carriers or independent con- number of carriers allowed inside distribu- constitutes a significant portion of tractors were ready to assist,” Petrucci said. tion centres at a time and introducing “gr- the revenue. However, the pandemic At Times of India similar arrangements ab-and-go” policies whereby the carrier boosted the sales of its digital con- were also brought into place. Circulation does not enter the distribution centre, in- tent. Its websites and apps saw a figures had declined significantly, so the stead the car or truck is loaded for them. huge increase in the influx of visitors. team reduced activities in accordance with In India the stringent lockdown condi- Despite the content being behind the print order, running a minimum num- tions meant that there were about 2,000 paywalls, people showed a willing- ber of presses and calling in a minimum hotspots where newspapers had no entry. ness to pay for it. number of staff for work. This coupled with transport bans and a In India, the industry came together to shortage of delivery boys caused huge dis- “Double-digit growth of digital sales secure government support to print and ruptions in the delivery chain of newspa- have also partly positively influenced distribute copies. Most of the big publish- pers. The Times of India team therefore the sales of printed newspapers,” ing houses also made an agreement that if tried to tap into local grocery shops, kiosks said Paul Huybrechts, Managing one of them faced a problem of a press and pharmacies to ensure distribution of ­Director of Printing Partners, during being locked down due to infection, oth- copies, and liaised with residents associa- one of WAN-IFRA’s webinars. ers would share their resources to help tions and housing complexes to create The company offers a subscription them keep going. awareness among readers about the model wherein the Saturday publica- safety of newspapers. At high-rise build- tion is in print, but during the week Communication is key during crisis ings, the copies were left at the ground only digital content is available. Times of India arranged guest houses for floor to be picked up by the readers later. “This model was very popular,” the resident staff at the plants. One room The case was similar at The Globe and Huybrechts said. was allocated per person, big areas like Mail, which experienced access issues with conference rooms were converted to bed- buildings and condos. Approximately rooms, transportation services were ar- 1,600 subscriptions were affected. Corpo- ranged and food was supplied. rate accounts, lounges, airports and retail- “We have been communicating regu- ers were also severely affected. “We no- Download Report larly with the employees. Communicating ticed an increase in suspensions specifically with people is the only way to keep them from multi-dwelling units and long-term motivated, or else what they would hear care homes due to fear. We continue to in- would be the fake news and rumours,” form customers regarding the steps taken said Snehasis Roy, Technical Director at to ensure the product is delivered safely as BCCL, during a WAN-IFRA webinar. per the guidelines outlined by Health Can- The Globe and Mail’s Petrucci also said ada and public health,” Petrucci said. communication was the key to their suc- However, he added that on the bright cess during the crisis. “We looked at com- side, one of the outcomes of the situation The COVID-19 pandemic rocked the munication both internally and externally. was improved overall service levels. “We news industry as print and produc- It was done frequently and consistently. In still continue to encourage physical dis- tion operations came under pres- this situation there was no such thing as tancing, mask wearing, and frequent hand sure. The virus and subsequent lock- over communicating,” he said. washing. We continue to listen to the ex- downs had a major impact on perts and rely on Health Canada and pub- production, as managers had to Managing distribution lic health guidelines. We continue to com- adapt their processes to produce, Other major challenges publishers faced municate with our partners frequently. print and distribute their products. during the lockdown were with distribu- And we continue to learn to live with Our survey examines how print oper- tion and logistics. Naturally, they had to COVID-19,” he said. ations have been affected and how ensure the safety of the personnel in- they adapted to the new reality.

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ppi Media GmbH PressReader Hamburg, Germany Richmond, Canada Phone: +49 40 22743360 Phone: +1 604-278-4604 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ppimedia.de www.about.pressreader.com

ppi Media develops highly efficient solutions and services for We’re on a mission to improve the way people discover stories ­media companies. The owner-managed software house was that matter. With offices in Vancouver, Dublin, and Manila, we’re founded in 1984 and has since become the leading workflow building a place for people to find great content from anywhere specialist for automated newspaper production. in the world. That’s why we’ve partnered with thousands of publishers to give readers unlimited access to leading newspapers 80% of all daily newspapers on the German market are produced and magazines. using products developed by ppi Media. Media companies in ­Europe, Asia, Africa and the US use the company’s solutions in We’re all about choice. Using their daily work for the planning, pro­duction and editorial work- their phone or tablet, readers flows of digital and print products. can browse content online or download entire issues using ppi Media also guides companies seeking innovation through their the PressReader app. They can digital transformation process. subscribe for unlimited access, or get the full experience spon- sored by one of our partners. The possibilities are endless. TAGS ad booking & management business innovation content creation digital assembly line digital transformation magazine multichannel publishing newspaper output management TAGS digital content digital media digital media provider production automation enews epaper magazines newspapers online newspapers

Project Syndicate Protecmedia Prague, Czechia Madrid, Spain Phone: +420 22 6218355 Phone: +34 915730808 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.protecmedia.com www.project-syndicate.org Leading company in technological innovation with more than Project Syndicate is the leading provider of opinion commentary 40 years of international experience, in 26 countries around the and analysis by the world’s most respected thought leaders. world. Through careful consultation with our partners, we build bespoke print and video content feeds which allow publishers to elevate Protecmedia offers solutions for the news media, covering the quality, breadth, and range of their editorial offerings. ­editorial, audiences and advertising processes. As a technological partner, it accompanies its clients in their digital transformation More than 500 publishers in over 150 countries rely on Project and offers them permanent sup- Syndicate to bring important ideas by some of the world’s most port to ensure the efficiency and recognised statesmen, Nobel laureates, leading economists, availability of their technological ­academics, and social and cultural thinkers to their readers. resources.

Notable contributors include Joseph Stiglitz, Bill Gates, Christine Lagarde, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Raghuram Rajan, Yuriko Koike, Jeffrey Sachs, Ian Buruma, Nina Khruscheva, Dambisa Moyo, and many more.

TAGS DXP WCM advertising manager artificial intelligence cloud computing digital media digital subscriptions media news TAGS commentary editorial multimedia opinion video reader revenue web CMS EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 25

smartocto Sputnik News Agency Nijmegen, Netherlands and Radio Phone: +31 850606628 Moscow, Russia Email: [email protected] Phone: +7 495-645-6601 (7358) www.smartocto.com Email: [email protected] www.sputniknews.com Smartocto is a smart editorial analytics system that brings ac- tionable data into the newsroom. We analyse every story with Sputnik is one of the largest international media companies actionable notifications, crystal clear modular big screens and ­offering country-specific and regional multimedia websites in insightful historical reports. This gives you the power to go from 32 languages, analog and digital radio broadcasting in Russian, data to action, optimise and steer towards online success whether English, French and other languages in more than 90 cities and your game is impact, engagement or conversion. online. We come from the media ourselves, we know the dynamics of newsrooms and that’s why we have a different approach to data. Sputnik newsfeeds deliver 24/7 content to leading international With metrics going far beyond the standard pageviews and reach, media around the world in English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese we connect the dots between publishers and their audience. We and Farsi. Sputnik websites get more than 60 million visitors. are the Waze of the content industry! Twenty-two bureaus around the world, from Tokyo to Our features include: ­Monte­video, employ more than 1,000 people from dozens W A/B testing and orchestration of countries. W Big screens W Historical reports Sputnik is part of the Rossiya Segodnya media group with its W Smart notifications headquarters in Moscow. W Predictive analysis

TAGS audience behaviour dashboard data editorial analytics TAGS news newsfeed news agency social networks mobile apps notifications optimisation reader engagement realtime reports radio radio broadcasts press center photo photo database

Stibo DX The Associated Press Aarhus, Denmark New York, United States Phone: +45 8733 5588 Phone: +1 2074827400 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.stibodx.com www.ap.org

Stibo DX develops content and digital asset management systems The Associated Press is an independent global news organisation for media companies all over the world. We help our customers dedicated to factual reporting. create engaging content, reach new audiences, and run a profit- able media business. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of Our CUE publishing platform reinvents storytelling in every fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential pro- digital format. It enables media companies to create compelling vider of the technology and services vital to the news business. content and engage with audiences across all channels: on the web, on mobile, on social media, in More than half the world’s apps, in print, and beyond. population sees AP journalism With key features such as media-­ every day. neutral content creation, multichan- nel publishing, and open platform Online: www.ap.org ex­tensibility, CUE supports today’s ­story-first newsrooms like no other digital publishing platform.

TAGS CMS content management system DAM digital asset management digital publishing e-paper extensibility TAGS accurate agency fact reporting data fast headless CMS multichannel publishing publishing platform multiformat photo technology text video 26 EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21

Twipe United Robots Leuven, Belgium Malmö, Sweden Email: [email protected] Phone: +46 708800384 www.twipemobile.com Email: [email protected] www.unitedrobots.ai

We help publishers engage more readers and monetise premium United Robots provide automated editorial content on topics content. ranging from sports to traffic, weather, real estate sales, stock We offer a state-of-the-art digital publishing and analytics SaaS markets, company registrations and more. platform, developed in close collaboration with leading newspa- We deliver texts enriched with images, maps, videos, graphics = pers. At Twipe, we are innovation and technology leaders in the top quality content straight to your site, app, newsletters... area of edition based publishing. Every month more than 8 million We have a proven track record: >3 million texts delivered since digital editions are downloaded from our platform. We help news- 2015 to some 100 news sites across Europe and North America. papers including The Telegraph, Le Monde and DuMont grow their subscription and reader revenues. Solutions include Replica Robot texts work for many publishing use cases: editions, mobile-optimised Next- W Immediate updates (traffic, etc) Gen editions, and our personali- W Hyperlocal targeting (sports, real estate sales, etc) sation technology JAMES. W Providing bulk of content for new local sites or verticals Contact our team today to (weather, traffic, sports, company registrations, etc) learn more about our technol- W Personalised newsletters (sports, stock markets, etc) ogy and how we can help you W Free up reporters’ time to do quality journalism grow. TAGS automated content automated content software automated texts automatic sports texts news automation TAGS analytics artificial intelligence digital digital edition news automation software robot journalism robot texts ePaper machine learning personalisation publishing robot writer robot journalism software

UpScore Visiolink ApS Hamburg, Germany Viby J, Denmark Phone: +49 163 6159708 Phone: +45-70233544 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.upscore.com www.visiolink.com

UpScore is a comprehensive Content-Intelligence platform for We grow businesses. Can we help grow yours? digital newsrooms, editorial teams and product management. Complete information for better insights – Exceptionally detailed With more than 2000 newspaper and magazine titles, Visiolink is data in real-time and flexible tools to assess how your content a market leading and well-renowned supplier of digital publica- resonates with your visitors and subscribers. tion solutions to the European media industry. We focus our work Smart tools for better decision-mak- on generating new readers, advertising revenues and exceptional ing – Intelligent metrics and integrated publishing platforms to our customers. By further enriching the content scores provide the decision-mak- ePaper with engagement increas- ing support for editorial, engagement and ing features, such as Podcasts, subscription questions. Narrated Articles and Interactive Integrated are automated solutions and Crosswords, our clients can rely on content recommendation engines that long-lasting relationships with their help to maximise the recirculation and subscribers. user engagement. For more information, please feel free to contact us.

TAGS business intelligence clickable ads digital archive TAGS analytics audience engagement content intelligence digital newspaper digital publishing e-magazine e-paper content score media publishing reader behaviour recommendations podcast software solutions EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 27

WhiteBeard WoodWing Software Amsterdam, Netherlands Zaandam / Amsterdam, Netherlands Phone: +31 634376007 Phone: +31 756 143400 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.whitebeard.me www.woodwing.com

Powerful publishing software for today’s newsrooms of all sizes: WoodWing Software helps magazines, newspapers, and book editorial tools, paywall, analytics, distribution, all in one place. publishers create and manage content across teams, and publish across channels.

Our solutions enable large teams to efficiently work together on content processes, within systems that are easy to manage. This enables publishers to increase content quality, reduce costs, short- en time-to-market, develop new revenue streams, and ultimately realise the full potential of their content.

We have a global network of solutions partners, and custom- ers include Hearst, Forbes, Axel Springer, Aller Media, Persgroep and many more.

TAGS CMS content management system TAGS content management digital asset management editorial CRM editorial paywall subscriptions mobile multichannel online print publishing software workflow

Xalok Digital Media News Inc Miami, United States Phone: +1 305 733 7070 Email: [email protected] www.xalok.com

Xalok is a popular Content Management Systems (CMS) among digital media outlets in Latin America and Spain, with more than 50 information sites in production. Nearly 2,500 journalists in 10 countries make use of the tool, distributing content to more than 300 million users each month. The Xalok platform offers newsrooms quick, easy and agile solutions to create content in a multiplatform environment. Through a visual edition that maintains control of the publication flow, the editors decide and control the distribution of the content on any device and platform. The system can be extended to all types of publications and includes specific modules and integrations with analytics, business intelligence and digital subscriptions.

TAGS business intelligence CMS content management system content creation content distribution content edition digital content digital media digital subscriptions Xalok 28 ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21

AdOps Latam adwonce a/s Lima, Peru Copenhagen, Denmark Phone: +51 954692221 Phone: +45 38 10 62 00 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.adopslatam.com www.adwonce.com

Ad Operations Latam is an expert media agency. To date, we have Your advertisers should be able to make ready-to-print ads, place worked with more than 40 media companies in the LATAM region them in your newspaper and pay for them in just a few minutes. optimising their advertising management systems (adserver), They should be able to make ads from any device at any time. providing commercial teams with high-impact format tools, and Your employees should be able to manage all your publica- efficiently managing programmatic revenues. tions from a smartphone. They should be able to adjust prices, deadlines and customer types with just a few clicks or taps on the This formula has positioned us as a leading partner for media screen. ­outlets throughout the region; we are more than a supplier, we are a strategic partner aimed at helping media companies Your newspaper should have a to achieve their business objectives. complete DIY ad solution.

With adwonce – you could.

TAGS ad optimisation adserver advertising TAGS DIY SaaS accessible ads advertising classifieds media agency programmatic rich formats death notices mobile advertising smartphone user friendly

African News Agency alfa Media Cape Town, South Africa Partner GmbH Phone: +27 488 4001 Rödermark, Germany Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 6074 3104-0 www.africannewsagency.com Email: [email protected] www.alfamedia.com The African News Agency, ANA, is Africa’s first and only multi­ media news content syndication platform. Software from media professionals for media professionals – we have been a strong and reliable partner of media companies ANA offers exclusive African focused content, minute-by-minute for almost 40 years and always have a firm eye on the future. news copy, pictures and video; produced by ANA and strategic Our classic editorial system has become our Digital Experience African media partners. Platform! Our advertising system is designed to do everything conveniently in your browser and on the go. In addition to this core business, ANA also offers specialised media To stay ahead of the competition, you need to keep a constant services such as press release dissemination and brand messaging. eye on the user experience when creating news and various ­content for all channels. With us, you can create, manage and distribute all content from your digital platform, making it easy for you to create that positive user experience. alfa Media offers all the workflows necessary for digitalisation, as well as the mind- set for modern working. Consequently, our Digital Experience Platform (DXP) provides you with the most advanced publishing options.

TAGS Africa African news media agency news news content pic- TAGS SaaS advertising apps automation cms mobile tures press releases video newsroom planning video production web ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 29

AntiAdblock.com, s.r.o. Anygraaf Oy Prague, Czechia Helsinki, Finland Phone: +420 724 356642 Phone: +358 424 22171 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.antiadblock.com www.anygraaf.com

ANTIADBLOCK is an ad-recovery solution that helps digital- Anygraaf provides tools for subscription (circulation and content publishers increase their revenue through enabling the distribution), content access (paywalls), carrier, route (paperboys) display of advertisements to users who use an ad blocker in their and mailroom management. browsers. Neo by Anygraaf provides a single holistic console for planning, Initially, ANTIADBLOCK enables publishers to gain awareness of producing and sharing content across channels. Our tools, apps the size of blocked ad inventory, by detecting and measuring the and systems help to increase collaboration and reader engage- amount of content consumed with an ad blocker installed. ment and maintain revenue across channels. Engaging ANTIADBLOCK, NeoDirect is an integrated module in Neo providing easy to use publishers regain the ability to tools for creating web and mobile sites with PWA capabilities. monetise their content con- Anygraaf’s AProfit ad system is designed for complete sumed by users with an ad ­management of your ad business. It enables an efficient control blocker as a part of their ad of ad customers (CRM) and provides ERP with versatile reports for inventory. supporting the business. ANTIADBLOCK was devel- Anygraaf’s Planner is one of the really few flat plan solutions oped with maximum focus on collaborating both with ads and editorial needs. the requirements of a digi- tal-content publisher.

TAGS ad recovery adblock bypassing adblocking digital revenue boost monetisation unblocking TAGS advertising circulation delivery distribution editorial

Atex DanAds Stockholm, Sweden New York, United States Phone: +39 02 86801 Phone: +46 708235037 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.atex.com www.danads.com

Atex is a global software company providing solutions to the DanAds is a completely customisable and scalable self-service media industry. Our platforms are based on futureproof tech­ platform for global publishers that need a more sophisticated nology and provide innovative approaches for news organisations self-service solution. to produce content efficiently, manage advertising and reach their audiences and targets on any channel. With our wholly customisable and white-labeled solution DanAds Enterprise, the future of guaranteed self-serve advertising is finally Content. Assets. Digital. Print. Mobile. Advertising. Cloud. here.

TAGS advertising digital digital asset management editorial systems web CMS web publishing TAGS self-service self-service ad system 30 ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21

Datability Solutions, Few¢ents Inc. Singapore, Singapore Newark, United States Phone: +1 415 358 5346 Phone: +1 302 357 3678 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.fewcents.co www.izooto.com Few¢ents helps digital publishers unbundle and monetise iZooto, the owned audience marketing platform for media ­premium content. ­publishers, is focused on helping publishers build, engage and retain their audience using web push notifications. Few¢ents enables pay-per-content in 52 currencies without fixed transaction fees. Publishers can embed Few¢ents easily, monetise With ­iZooto, publishers are able to invest and lay the foundation better than ads, and increase revenue from non-subscribers. of a ­marketing stack that helps them to win their audience’s attention – a mission-­critical task as publishers step out of the For publishers, Few¢ents is an extremely efficient paywall. shadow of walled gardens. For users, we are Started in 2016, iZooto has quickly grown to a market leader a convenient, local posi­tion in Asia with customers across the region. Over 15,000 e-wallet to unlock ­marketers and editors use iZooto to push over 12B notifications global content without every month to engage, retain and monetise their audience. subscriptions. ­iZooto also works with partners including Taboola, Pubmatic ­helping them tap into push notifications as a media inventory.

TAGS engagement tool for publishers owned audience marketing TAGS adtech analytics customise fintech micropayments web push notifications pay per article pay per content paywall reader revenue wallet

FUNKINFORM GmbH IPONWEB Ettlingen, Germany London, United Kingdom Phone: +49 7243 5950 Phone: +1 9174965521 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.funkinform.de www.iponweb.com

Funkinform develops software for the publishing and media IPONWEB builds programmatic and real-time trading technology ­industry. Using our cross-media publishing system DIALOG, that allows brands, agencies, and media owners to maximise their ­modern media companies can publish and market their content digital advertising operations and performance. across all channels. We take a flexible approach to combining productised trading DIALOG has set the benchmark for process optimisation and technology and infrastructure with bespoke development to covers practically the entire value creation chain of media pro­ ­deliver solutions purpose-built around individual business goals duction: from planning, production and production management and requirements. to commercialisation. Some of our technologies include: Our solutions are used to publish more than 400 newspapers, W BidSwitch: a globally scaled media trading infrastructure magazines, weekly papers, websites and mobile media across W The MediaGrid: a supply management platform for next-gen Europe. programmatic W BidCore: a customisable bidder technology W Multi-Channel TV Marketplace: an omni-channel audience management and campaign planning engine

TAGS DSP RTB ad server ad tech advertising TAGS content management editorial solutions content creation demand side platform marketing programmatic content planning cross-media publishing real-time bidding supply side platform ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 31

Lineup Systems Linkpulse London, United Kingdom Oslo, Norway Phone: +44 (0) 2034402400 Phone: +47 90060557 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.lineup.com www.linkpulse.com

Lineup Systems is a leading provider of media sales technology. Linkpulse is the editor’s choice, and provides publishers with the We build and deliver sales solutions that improve business perfor- leverage they need to succeed with analytics and automation. mance and empower publishers to achieve sustainable com- mercial growth. Our SaaS-based solution Adpoint is the world’s Our intuitive data processing lets you present your readers what #1 multi-channel end-to-end advertising sales system, currently they want and helps your team do their best work and deliver on driving revenue, optimising workflow and simplifying IT at over your KPIs. 4,800 media titles across four continents. Setting the industry standard in advertising sales technology, Adpoint offers integrated Some people call it big data or AI. We call it: Telling the right story management of the advertising sales and order process, from lead to every reader. through to final billing, with full functionality right out of the box. Adpoint CRM: Best-of-breed CRM designed for faster, more effec- Linkpulse is a platform for: Management, Editors, Journalists, tive media selling Developers and Subscription. Adpoint OMS: The world’s most powerful multimedia order man- agement engine Adpoint Finance: Fully integrated cash management, invoicing and credit control solution 360 Analytics: Connects all sales, customers and order manage- ment data across multiple sales channels within a single system

TAGS Adpoint Lineup media multi-channel sales solution TAGS analytics dashboard editorial real-time recommendations

Marfeel Mikz Licensing AB Barcelona, Spain Malmoe, Sweden Phone: +34 9173412540 Phone: +46 70 638 1601 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.marfeel.com www.mikzalliance.com

Marfeel is a publisher platform that revolutionises the way pub- Mikz Alliance is building an open infrastructure for influencer mar- lishers create, optimise and monetise mobile websites. Marfeel’s keting that can help the influencer marketing industry to grow. proprietary technology analyses publishers’ unique audience – WAN-IFRA members get a white-label DSP/SSP (Demand Side/ user habits, behaviour and usage patterns – and dynamically ad- Supply Side) platform. The platform supports all aspects of the justs the mobile site layout to maximise readership, engagement, campaign workflow and is pre-integrated into the Mikz Alliance page views, loading time, and ultimately ad revenue. Influencer Exchange. The platform comes hosted in the cloud. Members also get full support, education and may participate in Marfeel’s exclusive partnerships with the roadmap development. over 20,000 global ad networks and Mikz Alliance invites WAN-IFRA members to join as a preferred exchanges ensure top-paying ads from Supply Side Platform (SSP) member in their markets. We populate premium advertisers. Marfeel’s mobile your market with vetted influencers having more than 1,000 in website conversion and monetisation following on Instagram. solution has been recognised by Google As a WAN-IFRA member, you will benefit from a 30 percent and Facebook, leading to strategic alli- ­discount on the Mikz Alliance membership fee and can monetise ances with the search engine in 2015, by a marketplace fee charged to influencers in your market. and with the social network in 2017. You will also be part of our global network.

TAGS exchange influencer marketing influencers TAGS PWA adtech advertising Marfeel mobile infrastructure marketplace monetise SSP self-service monetisation publishing technology supply side platform white-label 32 ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21

Naviga Pongrass Publishing Kalmar, Sweden Systems Phone: +46 480 36 20 00 Sydney, Australia Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 293696100 www.navigaglobal.com Email: [email protected] www.pongrass.net Naviga Content Engagement Platform – the only end-to-end content monetisation platform enabling media companies to Providing print and digital solutions to the publishing industry for create, enrich, deliver, and monetise their content. over 35 years. W Content – Create content your customers will love. Suppliers of complete turnkey software solutions to all aspects Deliver in ways they’ll engage of the publishing sector, from ad booking, classified pagination, W Audience – Engage your audiences with meaningful ad layout, ad tracking, editorial tracking, content management, experiences story editing and pagination systems. W Ad – Manage your advertising for both digital and print Key to the success of the Pongrass Advertising suite is the single on a single solution database integration of the various companion products of the W Commerce – Unify the subscription experience suite. All Pongrass software can be installed individually or in any combination for the ultimate in configuration flexibility. Working as a system integrator in Australia and New Zealand and with its channel partners around the world, Pongrass let pub- lishers automate and efficiently manage print and digital publica- tions within a scalable, open software environment.

TAGS ad booking order entry classified ad layout ad tracking TAGS advertsing management CMS content management system editorial tracking CRM pagination production CRM digital advertising newspaper software subscription software

Poool Protecmedia Bordeaux, France Madrid, Spain Phone: +33 613669304 Phone: +34 915730808 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.poool.tech www.protecmedia.com

Poool is a tech startup that aims to reshape the way people access Leading company in technological innovation with more than and finance content. 40 years of international experience, in 26 countries around the Our products – from our emblematic dynamic paywall to our world. brand new payment solution – help publishers to quickly test strategies based on acquisition, engagement and monetisation Protecmedia offers solutions for the media news, covering and to operate them with ease. Put simply, to maximise their ­editorial, audiences and advertising processes. As a technological average revenue per user! partner, it accompanies its clients in their digital transformation We also accompany our clients and offers them permanent sup- through the design and imple- port to ensure the efficiency and mentation of their monetisation availability of their technological strategies via our consulting resources. offers and we are proud to be launching the first Digital Media Review, a French Observatory about premium content access.

TAGS DXP WCM advertising manager artificial intelligence TAGS ARPU content engagement monetisation payment cloud computing digital media digital subscriptions media news paywall personalisation revenue subscription reader revenue web CMS ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 33

Rubrikk Group AS S2i Consultoria Oslo, Norway Informatica, S.A. Phone: +34 622010373 Madrid, Spain Email: [email protected] Phone: +34 917 823 420 www.rubrikkgroup.com Email: [email protected] www.s2i.es Rubrikk brings back classifieds revenue to publishers. Actively looking for top Publishers in top countries. Some of S2i is a company specialised in multimedia solutions of software our partners: El Mundo, Libero.it, Focus.de, Newsnow.co.uk, for media, in commercial and sales systems. ­NoticiasAoMinuto, Excélsior.com.mx. Rubrikk provides a Classifieds Aggregator as a White Label, Leader in the Spanish market with the main communication that can become part of a Publisher property. This generates Ad- groups, have allowed us to gain the knowledge and expertise ditional Traffic, New Visitors, from SEO long tail: 5% to 10% extra necessary to evolve, with a controlled cost of your investment. traffic for your site. Functionally, we guarantee our clients the most effective solution for their needs, while focusing their attention on the management We take care of technology and of their business. monetisation. No investments, only profit at 100% Gross By integrating online with the main Ad-Sever, we are among Margin. the leading companies in the field of digital advertising in Spain, ­managing ads for portals with more than 60 million unique users.

TAGS alternative built on Salesforce commercial and sales systems digital advertising Integrating online with the main ad-sever TAGS SEO automotive classifieds content employment media CRM multi-company solution real estate revenue subfolder white label widgets multimedia solution any sales channel (internet, radio and print) SaaS

Strossle Talea Solutions Stockholm, Sweden Helsinki, Finland Phone: +46 700 460 319 Phone: +358 456777779 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.strossle.com www.talea.media

Strossle provides media companies with technologies and solu- Talea is a media sales platform that provides cross-media tools tions that disrupt old media models. We offer content discovery for media sales and 24/7 self-service for customers and media built on predictive analysis. No tagging, no guessing, no human agencies. A media advertising service platform as SaaS, Talea mistakes. Just super relevant recommendations based on millions has been acclaimed and awarded for easy-to-use and visual of observations. UX experience. Our platform allows media companies to share users and traffic in an eco-system of quality media. Let your readers find the best articles on other media sites. And get new engaged readers in return. Yet again, this cross-pro- motion technique is based on intelligent recommendations. But you control who you want to share traffic with. It’s time to reclaim the digital ad spend from Facebook and Google.

TAGS SaaS advertising automation campaigns cross-channel TAGS content discovery mediatech native advertising widgets efficient media media companies omnichannel sales 34 ADVERTISING/MARKETING WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21

The Associated Press ViewPay New York, United States Paris, France Phone: +1 2074827400 Phone: +33 967266164 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ap.org www.viewpay.tv

The Associated Press is an independent global news organisation ViewPay is an innovative technology allowing press publishers dedicated to factual reporting. to treat digital readers differently depending on their interest: frequent readers are detected and pushed into the subscription Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of funnel (Enroller) while occasional readers are encouraged to fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential pro- unlock articles by watching a user chosen video ad as a payment vider of the technology and services vital to the news business. mean (AdvertPayment).

More than half the world’s ViewPay is the solution for pub- population sees AP journalism lishers willing to gain subscrib- every day. ers AND monetise their premium content while respecting their Online: www.ap.org readers digital experience. The AdvertPayment module enhance many dynamic paywalls on the market.

TAGS accurate agency fact reporting data fast TAGS adtech advertising advertpayment multiformat photo technology text video markelys subscription viewpay

WordProof Amsterdam, Netherlands Phone: +31 620946272 Email: [email protected] www.wordproof.com

The Dutch startup WordProof (2019), winner of the ‘Blockchains for Social Good’ contest by the European Commission, is on a mission to restore trust in the internet. Fraud and fake news make the internet unreliable. WordProof’s Timestamp Ecosystem enables consumers, social platforms and search engines to verify the authenticity of your content. To save the world, we need more truth on the internet. To achieve this, publishers need to be rewarded for making a shift towards more transparency and accountability. For the first time in history, an open, simple and there- fore inclusive solution is available to make transparency and ­accountability the default on the internet: timestamping. We believe that publishers have the power to change the ­internet for the better. Together with advertisers, policy ­makers and big-tech, we invite you to become part of the journey ­towards the Trusted Web.

TAGS SEO accountability blockchain monetisation plagiarism revisions structured data timestamp transparency trust COMMERCIAL/CRM WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 35

AdOps Latam AdvantageCS Lima, Peru Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Phone: +51 954692221 Phone: +1 7343273651 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.adopslatam.com www.advantagecs.com

Ad Operations Latam is an expert media agency, to date, we have AdvantageCS is the developer of Advantage – subscription, worked with more than 40 media companies in the LATAM region marketing and membership management software for publishers. optimizing their advertising management systems (adserver), Leading companies rely on Advantage to manage their digital providing commercial teams with high-impact format tools, and subscriptions, entitlements, magazines, bundles, e-products, efficiently managing programmatic revenues. conferences and events, membership and donations, continu- ity programs, product orders, payments and customer service. This formula has positioned us as a leading partner for media Advantage also offers a comprehensive eCommerce platform, ­outlets throughout the region; we are more than a supplier, multi-channel sales, high availability, sophisticated business we are a strategic partner aimed at helping media companies intelligence tools, multi-currency, multi-local taxation, direct debit to achieve their business objectives. processing and a multi-lingual interface.

A privately-held corporation, AdvantageCS has developed soft- ware for publishers since 1979. Financially sound, with a world- wide reputation for superior software and service, AdvantageCS is a trusted partner of many global information companies.

TAGS ad optimisation adserver advertising TAGS digital ubscriptions marketing membership management media agency programmatic rich formats ecommerce

Deep.BI Few¢ents Freemont, CA, United States Singapore, Singapore Phone: +1 415 636 7646 Phone: +1 415 358 5346 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.deep.bi www.fewcents.co

Deep.BI provides subscription sales intelligence and real-time data Few¢ents helps digital publishers unbundle and monetise warehousing for media. Every customer interaction lands on the ­premium content. platform and is immediately ready for use (analytics, prediction models, automation). Few¢ents enables pay-per-content in 52 currencies without fixed We focus on actionable insights for media companies and spe- transaction fees. Publishers can embed Few¢ents easily, monetise cialise in providing key metrics and analytics: RFV Scoring, Deep better than ads, and increase revenue from non-subscribers. Content Attribution Scoring and Propensity to Subscribe models. Deep.BI has extensive knowledge about media audience habits For Publishers, Few¢ents is an extremely efficient paywall. and more than 15 years experience in the industry. We provide out-of-the-box and customised solutions based on our highly For Users, we are scalable platform to support a convenient, local the whole subscription funnel: e-wallet to unlock higher engagement, adaptive global content without paywalls, increased conversion subscriptions. and better retention.

TAGS AI analytics big data business intelligence churn prevention content attribution scoring dynamic paywall integrations with key TAGS adtech analytics customise fintech micropayments platforms marketing automation subscriptions sales pay per article pay per content paywall reader revenue wallet 36 COMMERCIAL/CRM WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020

Kirchner + Robrecht Lineup Systems management London, United Kingdom consultants GmbH Phone: +44 (0) 2034402400 Alzenau, Berlin, Munich, Germany Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 6023 94353 0 www.lineup.com Email: [email protected] www.kirchner-robrecht.com Lineup Systems is a leading provider of media sales technology. We build and deliver sales solutions that improve business perfor- Kirchner + Robrecht management consultants is a long-standing mance and empower publishers to achieve sustainable com- partner of companies in the media and communication sectors. mercial growth. Our SaaS-based solution Adpoint is the world’s For 25 years, we have provided support in the development of #1 multi-channel end-to-end advertising sales system, currently corporate and business strategies, the conception of marketing driving revenue, optimising workflow and simplifying IT at over and sales strategies, the redesign of organisations, the opti­ 4,800 media titles across four continents. Setting the industry misation of processes, the strategic use of IT as well as the devel- standard in advertising sales technology, Adpoint offers integrated opment and execution of digital and cross-media solutions. management of the advertising sales and order process, from lead through to final billing, with full functionality right out of the box. We have many years of practical experience, offer excellent Adpoint CRM: Best-of-breed CRM designed for faster, more effec- consulting know-how and are among the industry’s leading tive media selling knowledge hubs. Other assets include management competence Adpoint OMS: The world’s most powerful multimedia order man- in implementation support in both classical and agile project agement engine management methods. Adpoint Finance: Fully integrated cash management, invoicing and credit control solution 360 Analytics: Connects all sales, customers and order manage- TAGS advisory beratung consulting digital strategy ment data across multiple sales channels within a single system digitalstrategie IT Systeme IT-systems process optimisation prozessoptimierung Six Sigma +Lean TAGS Adpoint Lineup media multi-channel sales solution

Mather Economics MPP Global Atlanta, United States Warrington, United Kingdom Phone: +1 770 993-4111 Phone: +44 844 873 1418 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.mathereconomics.com www.mppglobal.com

Mather Economics is a global business consultancy that works MPP Global delivers eSuite, powering media through subscrip- with leading news media companies around the world to grow tion & billing, providing publishers with the freedom to monetise revenues, increase subscription levels, optimize operations, and digital content and print publications in real time. eSuite provides transform businesses. next generation print subscription management and accelerates To support digital audience analytics, Mather developed digital revenues, whilst future-proofing infrastructure capability. ­Listener™, a first-party data collection tool designed to ease data gathering, integrate with your fulfillment systems, and scale your With offices throughout the Americas, Europe and AsiaPacific, ­ operations to grow digital revenue. MPP Global has an impressive track record of maximising­ customer­ Mather has combined technology, audience & content ana- lifetime value. Clients include The Times, ­McClatchy, ­L’Équipe, lytics, and strategic consulting to help you achieve the level of Racing Post, The Irish Times, Daily Mail, Torstar, Mainichi, Berliner­ ­operations used by the best-in-class businesses for a fraction of ­Verlag, ­Yomiuri, Jysk ­Fynske ­Medier, Organizacion Editorial the cost. We act as the intelligence layer for your technology ­Mexicana and American City Business Journal. to push recommendations into common publisher fulfillment systems and are an extension of your digital revenue management team.

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Ninestars Information Quintype Technologies Pvt.Ltd Bengaluru, India Bangalore, India Phone: +91 9019218218 Phone: +91 9880597937 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.quintype.com www.ninestars.in Quintype is a cloud-hosted, data-driven publishing platform for W We are a content-tech and SaaS Company digital publishers. Quintype is used by digital content creators across the world to experience a seamless way of creating and W We are leading Historical Newspaper publishing content across channels and devices. Digitisation Services Company Publishers face major challenges on three fronts: Content, W We provide digital solutions to News Publishers to launch Audience Engagement and Monetisation. These challenges are their Mobile Application for their publications compounded by the fact that content creators struggle to keep up with changes in the technology landscape. W We provide photo digitsation services with meta-tagging and discovery via a front end application to search the repository Quintype abstracts all of the technology changes in a simple, W We have been providing Digitisation and easy to use interface for content Digital solutions/services to Print Media since 1999 publishers, so that they focus on creating great content without getting overwhelmed by ­technology.

TAGS SaaS mobile photo digitisation TAGS digital publishing audience engagement content management

S2i Consultoria WhiteBeard Informatica, S.A. Amsterdam, Netherlands Madrid, Spain Phone: +31 634376007 Phone: +34 917 823 420 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.whitebeard.me www.s2i.es Powerful publishing software for today’s newsrooms of all sizes: S2i is a company specialised in multimedia solutions of software editorial tools, paywall, analytics, distribution, all in one place. for media, in commercial and sales systems.

Leader in the Spanish market with the main communication groups, have allowed us to gain the knowledge and expertise necessary to evolve, with a controlled cost of your investment. Functionally, we guarantee our clients the most effective solution for their needs, while focusing their attention on the management of their business.

By integrating online with the main Ad-Sever, we are among the leading companies in the field of digital advertising in Spain, ­managing ads for portals with more than 60 million unique users.

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APA-IT Informations Technologie GmbH Chartbeat Vienna, Austria New York, United States Phone: +43 1 36060-1234 Phone: +1 908 256 0404 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.apa-it.at www.chartbeat.com

APA-IT Informations Technologie GmbH offers support with a Chartbeat’s analytics and optimisation tools give content creators ­focus on media solutions and IT-outsourcing. As a subsidiary of mission-critical insights – in real time and across desktop, social APA – Austria Press Agency, we are responsible for the IT of the and mobile platforms – to turn visitors into loyal audiences. Austrian news agency as well as numerous other media enter­ Chartbeat helps content creators understand what, within their prises. This expertise and insight into the industry make APA-IT content, keeps people engaged. an expert for IT solutions for publishers and media-related ­c­ompanies. Partnering with more than 60,000 media brands across 60+ Existing systems and tools are constantly developed and tailored countries, Chartbeat’s software to individual customer needs. As such, APA-IT is always available – and frontline tools help the from conception to operation. world’s leading organisations measure and value the attention W Establishment of APA-IT Informations Technologie GmbH: 2002 earned by their content. W Managing Directors: Alexander Falchetto, Clemens Prerovsky W Employees: 140 W Revenues 2018: EUR 26.7 m

TAGS CMS archive digital publishing distribution e-paper TAGS analytics audience engagement content intelligence editorial system hosting media solutions outsourcing video media publishing reader behaviour

InterRed GmbH Marfeel Siegen, Germany Barcelona, Spain Phone: +49 271 30377-0 Phone: +34 9173412540 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.interred.de www.marfeel.com

InterRed: Future Publishing Solutions Marfeel is a publisher platform that revolutionizes the way pub- InterRed offers future-proof print, web, tablet and mobile solu- lishers create, optimise and monetise mobile websites. Marfeel’s tions for publishers, corporate publishing and content marketing. proprietary technology analyses publishers’ unique audience InterRed is one of the leading providers of content management – user habits, behavior and usage patterns – and dynamically ad- systems (CMS), editorial systems, multi-channel publishing and of- justs the mobile site layout to maximise readership, engagement, fers print-, web- and mobile-solutions for newspapers, magazines page views, loading time, and ultimately ad revenue. and periodicals, corporate publishing and catalogs. InterRed’s line of products consisting of the overall solution Marfeel’s exclusive partnerships with InterRed ContentHub, the editorial over 20,000 global ad networks and system InterRed Print, the web content exchanges ensure top-paying ads from management system InterRed Online, premium advertisers. Marfeel’s mobile the app-solution InterRed AppPublishing website conversion and monetisation and additional AI and reporting modules solution has been recognised by Google has something in store for every line of and Facebook, leading to strategic alli- business and every use case. ances with the search engine in 2015, and with the social network in 2017.

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Ninestars Information PEIQ by multicom | Technologies Pvt.Ltd GOGOL Bangalore, India Augsburg, Germany Phone: +91 9880597937 Phone: +49 821 907 844-16 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ninestars.in www.peiq.de

W We are a content-tech and SaaS Company PEIQ assists over 600 newspapers in creating successful stories (PEIQ CREATE), in publishing and monetising (PEIQ PORTAL) and W We are leading Historical Newspaper in efficiently constructing the printed newspaper (PEIQ PRINT). In Digitisation Services Company the cloud, with intelligent assistance functions and proven best practices. W We provide digital solutions to News Publishers to launch their Mobile Application for thier publications

W We provide photo digitsation services with meta-tagging and discovery via a front end application to search the repository

W We have been providing Digitisation and Digital solutions/services to Print Media since 1999

TAGS ad booking ad production CMS digital publishing digital storytelling e-paper editorial system news portal TAGS SaaS mobile photo digitisation online marketing modules page planning

PressReader PUBLISH, Inc. Richmond, Canada Seoul, South Korea Phone: +1 604-278-4604 Phone: +82 2 6332 2245 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.about.pressreader.com www.publishprotocol.io

We’re on a mission to improve the way people discover stories PUBLISH is an award winning blockchain-based digital media that matter. With offices in Vancouver, Dublin, and Manila, we’re start-up. Its mission is to secure the editorial and financial inde- building a place for people to find great content from anywhere pendence of newspaper and magazine businesses, especially as it in the world. That’s why we’ve partnered with thousands of relates to content management, tokenization, platform gamifica- publishers to give readers unlimited access to leading newspapers tion, and information authentication and verification. and magazines. Its initiatives include a blockchain media protocol and platform, a consortium of media enterprises and technology providers We’re all about choice. Using tasked with the objective of their Phone: or tablet, readers developing the PUBLISH eco­ can browse content online or system, a blockchain-based download entire issues using content management system the PressReader app. They can facilitating the launch of subscribe for unlimited access, PUBLISHprotocol-­based tokens, or get the full experience spon- a cryptocurrency wallet, and a sored by one of our partners. cryptocurrency exchange. The possibilities are endless.

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Quintype Stibo DX Bengaluru, India Aarhus, Denmark Phone: +91 9019218218 Phone: +45 8733 5588 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.quintype.com www.stibodx.com

Quintype is a cloud-hosted, data-driven publishing platform for Stibo DX develops content and digital asset management systems digital publishers. Quintype is used by digital content creators for media companies all over the world. We help our customers across the world to experience a seamless way of creating and create engaging content, reach new audiences, and run a profit- publishing content across channels and devices. able media business. Our CUE publishing platform reinvents storytelling in every Publishers face major challenges on three fronts: content, digital format. It enables media companies to create compelling audience engagement and monetisation. These challenges are content and engage with audiences across all channels: on the compounded by the fact that content creators struggle to keep up web, on mobile, on social media, in with changes in the technology landscape. apps, in print, and beyond. With key features such as media-­ Quintype abstracts all of the neutral content creation, multichan- technology changes in a simple, nel publishing, and open platform easy to use interface for content ex­tensibility, CUE supports today’s publishers, so that they focus ­story-first newsrooms like no other on creating great content digital publishing platform. without getting overwhelmed by ­technology. TAGS CMS content management system DAM digital asset management digital publishing e-paper extensibility TAGS digital publishing audience engagement content management headless CMS multichannel publishing publishing platform

Twipe Visiolink ApS Leuven, Belgium Viby J, Denmark Email: [email protected] Phone: +45-70233544 www.twipemobile.com Email: [email protected] www.visiolink.com

We help publishers engage more readers and monetise premium We grow businesses. Can we help grow yours? content. We offer a state-of-the-art digital publishing and analytics SaaS With more than 2,000 newspaper and magazine titles, Visiolink is platform, developed in close collaboration with leading newspa- a market leading and well-renowned supplier of digital publica- pers. At Twipe, we are innovation and technology leaders in the tion solutions to the European media industry. We focus our work area of edition based publishing. Every month more than 8 million on generating new readers, advertising revenues and exceptional digital editions are downloaded from our platform. We help news- publishing platforms to our customers. By further enriching the papers including The Telegraph, Le Monde and DuMont grow ePaper with engagement increas- their subscription and reader revenues. Solutions include Replica ing features, such as Podcasts, editions, mobile-optimised Next- Narrated Articles and Interactive Gen editions, and our personali- Crosswords, our clients can rely on sation technology JAMES. long-lasting relationships with their Contact our team today to subscribers. learn more about our technol- ogy and how we can help you For more information, please feel grow. free to contact us.

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WoodWing Software Zaandam / Amsterdam, Netherlands Phone: +31 756 143400 Email: [email protected] www.woodwing.com

WoodWing Software helps magazines, newspapers, and book publishers create and manage content across teams, and publish across channels.

Our solutions enable large teams to efficiently work together on content processes, within systems that are easy to manage. This enables publishers to increase content quality, reduce costs, short- en time-to-market, develop new revenue streams, and ultimately realize the full potential of their content.

We have a global network of solutions partners, and custom- ers include Hearst, Forbes, Axel Springer, Aller Media, Persgroep and many more.

TAGS content management digital asset management editorial mobile multichannel online print publishing software workflow

Bausteine des Tech-Stacks The building blocks of für Lesereinnahmen a reader revenue tech stack ERFOLGREICHES DIGITAL-ABOGESCHÄFT DANK DATEN, TECHNOLOGIEN UND KPIS

HOW DATA, TECH AND KPI’S HELP TO FUEL DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

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adwonce a/s AntiAdblock.com, s.r.o. Copenhagen, Denmark Prague, Czechia Phone: +45 38 10 62 00 Phone: +420 724 356642 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.adwonce.com www.antiadblock.com

Your advertisers should be able to make ready-to-print ads, place ANTIADBLOCK is an ad-recovery solution that helps digital- them in your newspaper and pay for them in just a few minutes. content publishers increase their revenue through enabling the They should be able to make ads from any device at any time. display of advertisements to users who use an ad blocker in their Your employees should be able to manage all your publica- browsers. tions from a smartphone. They should be able to adjust prices, Initially, ANTIADBLOCK enables publishers to gain awareness of deadlines and customer types with just a few clicks or taps on the the size of blocked ad inventory, by detecting and measuring the screen. amount of content consumed with an ad blocker installed. Engaging ANTIADBLOCK, Your newspaper should have a publishers regain the ability to complete DIY ad solution. monetise their content con- sumed by users with an ad With adwonce – you could. blocker as a part of their ad inventory. ANTIADBLOCK was devel- oped with maximum focus on the requirements of a digi- tal-content publisher.

TAGS DIY SaaS accessible ads advertising classifieds TAGS ad recovery adblock bypassing adblocking digital revenue boost death notices mobile advertising smartphone user friendly monetisation unblocking

Axate Systems Ltd Blink London, United Kingdom California, United States Phone: +44 7739808020 Phone: +1 6503130380 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.axate.com www.blink.net

Axate is the simplest, quickest and most scalable way for Blink offers a suite of tools designed to convert your anonymous users & publishers to monetise content online. monetise content. We focus on improving every step of the funnel, offering a seemless user experience & custom built placements and popups. Axate offers a frictionless, innovative payment system that lets Blink Identity consumers pay casually for the content they want, without having W Single sign-on means one account across the Web to commit to a subscription. W Blink has integrated with social network logins Blink Donate We’re live on tens of sites already, and the network is growing W Audience segmentation & targeting fast. Implementation is free. W Seamless payment flows W Support for a variety of payment methods, including Apple Pay, Get in touch at [email protected] for more information. Google Pay & PayPal Blink Subscribe W Leverage rich first party data to segment and target your audience W Access audience analytics & targeting through our publisher dashboard W Fastest flows from anonymous user to subscriber

TAGS casual payment digital media micropayment TAGS analytics conversion donations funnel monetise content news publishing pay per article payments revenue subscriptions targeting user experience

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Distribution Innovation Few¢ents Oslo, Norway Singapore, Singapore Phone: +47 228 27800 Phone: +1 415 358 5346 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.di.no www.fewcents.co

Distribution Innovation is a leading technology company devel- Few¢ents helps digital publishers unbundle and monetise oping and operating services for the newspaper and logistics ­premium content. industries. DI is owned by Norwegian companies Schibsted Media Group and Amedia and we are the industry standard in the Nordic Few¢ents enables pay-per-content in 52 currencies without fixed countries. transaction fees. Publishers can embed Few¢ents easily, monetise DI’s newspaper services cover the printing, subscription and dis- better than ads, and increase revenue from non-subscribers. tribution information flows for customer service, printing plants, packing facilities, transporters, distribution centers, carriers and re- For Publishers, Few¢ents is an extremely efficient paywall. tailers. The services for logistics companies covers various services for online stores, parcel delivery and logistics in general. DI does For Users, we are business development on top of the carrier networks, and has a convenient, local developed the consumer services www.morgenlevering.no and e-wallet to unlock www.megtildeg.no, and the delivery tool www.planandgo.no. DI global content without has the last two decades helped media houses and distribution subscriptions. companies in two waves of digital transformation, where last mile goes from being a challenge to an opportunity.

TAGS address services business development distribution technology e-commerce Innovation newspaper distribution newspaper logistics TAGS adtech analytics customise fintech micropayments parcel delivery services Route planning and optimisation subscription pay per article pay per content paywall reader revenue wallet

Poool PUBLISH, Inc. Bordeaux, France Seoul, South Korea Phone: +33 613669304 Phone: +82 2 6332 2245 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.poool.tech www.publishprotocol.io

Poool is a tech startup that aims to reshape the way people access PUBLISH is an award winning blockchain-based digital media and finance content. start-up. Its mission is to secure the editorial and financial inde- Our products – from our emblematic dynamic paywall to our pendence of newspaper and magazine businesses, especially as it brand new payment solution – help publishers to quickly test relates to content management, tokenisation, platform gamifica- strategies based on acquisition, engagement and monetisation tion, and information authentication and verification. and to operate them with ease. Put simply, to maximise their Its initiatives include a blockchain media protocol and platform, average revenue per user! a consortium of media enterprises and technology providers We also accompany our clients tasked with the objective of through the design and imple- developing the PUBLISH eco­ mentation of their monetisation system, a blockchain-based strategies via our consulting content management system offers and we are proud to be facilitating the launch of launching the first Digital Media PUBLISHprotocol-­based tokens, Review, a French Observatory a cryptocurrency wallet, and a about premium content access. cryptocurrency exchange.

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Rubrikk Group AS smartocto Oslo, Norway Nijmegen, Netherlands Phone: +34 622010373 Phone: +31 850606628 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.rubrikkgroup.com www.smartocto.com

Rubrikk brings back Classifieds Revenue to publishers. Smartocto is a smart editorial analytics system that brings ac- Actively looking for top Publishers in top countries. Some of tionable data into the newsroom. We analyse every story with our partners: El Mundo, Libero.it, Focus.de, Newsnow.co.uk, actionable notifications, crystal clear modular big screens and ­NoticiasAoMinuto, Excélsior.com.mx. insightful historical reports. This gives you the power to go from Rubrikk provides a Classifieds Aggregator as a White Label, data to action, optimise and steer towards online success whether that can become part of a Publisher property. This generates ad- your game is impact, engagement or conversion. ditional traffic, new visitors, from SEO long tail: 5% to 10% extra We come from the media ourselves, we know the dynamics of traffic for your site. newsrooms and that’s why we have a different approach to data. With metrics going far beyond the standard pageviews and reach, We take care of technology and we connect the dots between publishers and their audience. We monetisation. No investments, are the Waze of the content industry! only profit at 100% Gross Our features include: Margin. W A/B testing and orchestration W Big screens W Historical reports W Smart notifications W Predictive analysis

TAGS SEO automotive classifieds content employment TAGS audience behaviour dashboard data editorial analytics real estate revenue subfolder white label widgets notifications optimisation reader engagement realtime reports

Strossle United Robots Stockholm, Sweden Malmö, Sweden Phone: +46 700 460 319 Phone: +46 708800384 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.strossle.com www.unitedrobots.ai

Strossle provides media companies with technologies and solu- United Robots provide automated editorial content on topics tions that disrupt old media models. We offer content discovery ranging from sports to traffic, weather, real estate sales, stock built on predictive analysis. No tagging, no guessing, no human markets, company registrations and more. mistakes. Just super relevant recommendations based on millions We deliver texts enriched with images, maps, videos, graphics = of observations. top quality content straight to your site, app, newsletters... Our platform allows media companies to share users and traffic We have a proven track record: >3 million texts delivered since in an eco-system of quality media. Let your readers find the best 2015 to some 100 news sites across Europe and North America. articles on other media sites. And get new engaged readers in return. Robot texts work for many publishing use cases: Yet again, this cross-pro- W Immediate updates (traffic etc) motion technique is based on W Hyperlocal targeting (sports, real estate sales etc) intelligent recommendations. W Providing bulk of content for new local sites or verticals But you control who you want (weather, traffic, sports, company registrations etc) to share traffic with. It’s time W Personalised newsletters (sports, stock markets etc) to reclaim the digital ad spend W Free up reporters’ time to do quality journalism from Facebook and Google. TAGS automated content automated content software automated texts automatic sports texts news automation news automation software robot journalism robot texts TAGS content discovery mediatech native advertising widgets robot writer robot journalism software 46 STARTUP WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020

ViewPay WordProof Paris, France Amsterdam, Netherlands Phone: +33 967266164 Phone: +31 620946272 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.viewpay.tv www.wordproof.com

ViewPay is an innovative technology allowing press publishers The Dutch startup WordProof (2019), winner of the ‘Blockchains to treat digital readers differently depending on their interest: for Social Good’ contest by the European Commission, is on a frequent readers are detected and pushed into the subscription mission to restore trust in the internet. Fraud and fake news make funnel (Enroller) while occasional readers are encouraged to the internet unreliable. WordProof’s Timestamp Ecosystem enables unlock articles by watching a user chosen video ad as a payment consumers, social platforms and search engines to verify the mean (AdvertPayment). authenticity of your content. To save the world, we need more truth on the internet. ViewPay is the solution for pub- To achieve this, publishers need to be rewarded for making a lishers willing to gain subscrib- shift towards more transparency and accountability. ers AND monetise their premium For the first time in history, an open, simple and there- content while respecting their fore inclusive solution is available to make transparency and readers digital experience. The ­accountability the default on the internet: timestamping. AdvertPayment module enhance We believe that publishers have the power to change the many dynamic paywalls on the ­internet for the better. Together with advertisers, policy ­makers market. and big-tech, we invite you to become part of the journey ­towards the Trusted Web.

TAGS adtech advertising advertpayment TAGS SEO accountability blockchain monetisation plagiarism markelys subscription viewpay revisions structured data timestamp transparency trust

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ABB Agfa Baden, Switzerland Mortsel, Belgium Phone: +41 58 586 8610 Phone: +32 3 444 2111 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.abb.com/printing www.agfa.com

ABB Printing is a leading automation supplier to the newspaper Agfa offers dedicated newspaper solutions that provide workflow industry worldwide. We are specialists in modular press control automation in the cloud, coupled with enhanced production and drives-retrofit solutions for newspaper presses from all leading control from data input up to the press. Proven and cost-effective manufacturers. Our solutions give you the opportunity to replace prepress systems provide a comprehensive solution for economical the controls or drives on selected press units, thereby freeing up operation, cost saving and profitability. spare parts for the rest of the press and minimising the cost of keeping the presses in reliable production. This is normally done without taking the press units out of production. Our completely integrated production-management and press-­ automation systems provide end-to-end control over the entire newspaper-production process, and provide management infor- mation essential to improving profitability. These solutions also allow the integration of existing systems, thereby protecting your previous investments. Our customers include some of the largest press-retrofit and ­integrated-workflow installations in the world. TAGS cloud and SaaS services CTP newspaper systems ecological & economical plate solutions financing solutions TAGS delivery management drives lifecycle management ink saving solution prepress workflow automation mailroom automation multisite integration press control production press management integration pressroom chemicals management production tracking & analysis reel handling retrofit professional service & support remote services

DCOS Sweden AB EAE Engineering Kinna, Sweden Automation Electronics Phone: +46 704 173624 Ahrensburg, Germany Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 4102 480 0 www.dcos.se Email: [email protected] www.eae.com DCOS is the leading single-source automation provider focused on the printing industry; Retrofits, Inspection-, Drive & Control EAE is a supplier of controls, automation solutions and software Systems. for newspaper printers. EAE keeps setting new standards with its “Less is more” approach for its control console Desk7, offering We are experts in solutions to future-proof the drive and control more flexibility and lower manning. systems of existing press equipment to ensure maximum waste efficiency, uptime and productivity. Centralised multi-section control via one single control console offers the possibility to have DCOS Closed-Loop Print fewer controls consoles than ­Inspection System is the most machine sections. sold closed-loop density system in newspaper applications over Press control via mobile the last years with unrivaled platform. ­performance and waste savings.

TAGS control console Desk7 multi-section control press control via mobile platform press planning reelmanagement TAGS automation camera closed-loop color control reelstand retrofit specialist press automation press retrofit control system drive system efficiency productivity quality retrofit press software automation

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FotoWare IcemanMedia Ltd Oslo, Norway Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +47 92 43 97 33 Phone: +46 70 591 7866 [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.fotoware.com www.icemanmedia.com

FotoWare is a Norwegian software company that helps people IcemanMedia Ltd offer a unique set of cloudservices to improve and organisations to work better with their visual content. Our any editorial workflow. IcemanMediaDropBox™ optimizes the in- Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution makes it easy to store, flow of content from any field activity, agency, free lance provider manage, find and share all of your important files, and is avail- or project, into the chosen CMS solution, channel or desk. able as a cloud service or on-premise. IcemanMediaHub™ connects any solution or service, without timeconsuming integration projects. A large number of unique With more than 20 years of micro solutions and services, such as geopositioning, semantic experience, FotoWare is one search, translation, image recognition, machine learning and AI, of the world’s leading DAM are available. IcemanMediaHub™ is optimised to take advantage providers with more than 4,000 of elastic cloud environments and is fully scalable regarding the customers, among them Axel amount of content or solutions connected. Springer, Financial Times and OpenStore™ is the flagship archiving service with extensive Thomson Reuters. inbuilt tools for a fast and efficient support of editorial workflows. IcemanMedia Ltd is a proud partner of Schibsted Media Group, Bonnier News, Swedish National Television and Swedish National Radio, TR Media and ATG

TAGS brand asset management cloud services TAGS archives CMS solutions cloud editorial workflow content administration digital asset management geoposition semantic search image recognition integration media management SaaS visual files machine learning micro services

Kodak Koenig & Bauer Watford, United Kingdom Digital & Webfed Phone: +32 2 352 2878 AG & Co. KG Email: [email protected] Würzburg, Germany www.kodak.com Phone: +49 931 9090 Email: [email protected] Kodak is a technology company focused on imaging. We provide www.koenig-bauer.com – directly and through partnerships with other companies – ­hardware, software, consumables and services to customers in Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed in Würzburg develops, plans graphic arts, commercial printing, publishing, packaging, enter- and markets tailor-made web presses for digital and offset tainment and commercial films, and consumer products’ markets. ­printing. This Koenig & Bauer subsidiary has long been a trend­ setter when it comes to high-tech newspaper presses. This is in With our world-class R&D capabilities, innovative solutions’ addition to highly automated systems for commercial and pub­ ­portfolio and trusted brand, Kodak is helping customers around lications printing. the globe to sustainably grow their own businesses and enjoy their lives. Koenig & Bauer Digital & ­Webfed is also active in the Follow us on Twitter @KodakPrint, or like us on Facebook growing high-volume digital at Kodak. printing market with its RotaJET presses.

TAGS CTP computer-to-plate digital plate making plates platesetter prepress process-free thermal violet TAGS digital & webfed presses EDITORIALPRESS (INCLUDING PRE-PRESS) WAN-IFRAWAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY DIRECTORY 2020/21 2020 49

Krause-Biagosch MakroSolutions GmbH GmbH Schkeuditz, Germany Bielefeld, Germany Phone: +49 34207 4040-0 Phone: +49 521 4599-7198 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.makrosolutions.com www.krause.de MakroElectronics Krause is known as a technology leader in Computer to Plate W Repair of PLC components, operator panels, programming Systems – CTP. From a ready page to the ready plate Krause offers units, industry PCs and drive components of any manufacturer workflow solutions, platesetters, processors and OEM punch (Ferag, Schur, Muller Martini, ...) benders for all market segments. W Buy and Sale of Spare parts The JetNet is a scalable workflow from load balancing up to a W System analysis fully automated plate production controlling various sites. W Software development The Krause PlateStream is the first platesetter with 100 to 400+ plates per hour incorporating Industry 4.0 and 3D printed MakroSolutions components. W Trade of Mailroom and Post-Press equipment and installation The BlueFin processor comple- W Industrial assembly ments the Platestream to a fully W Plant inspection, maintenance and production support integrated production system and W Spare Parts & RetroFit is open to work with any available plate for Violet technology.

TAGS (BlueFin) Processor CTP computer to plate Krause pallet loading plate production PlateStream Platesetter TAGS production maintenance industrial assembly trade & sell pro- violet technology workflow duction equipment

manroland Goss Group MWM Group AB Augsburg, Germany Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +49 821 424 0 Phone: +46 8 5000 8770 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.mwm.se www.manrolandgoss.com MWM Group supplies system solutions for printing and media manroland web systems and Goss International become one companies. ­company: The manroland Goss Group. Our Print 365 is a suite of modules from estimation, scheduling, We aspire to be an exceptional supplier serving global print tracking and invoicing for printing companies. ­markets with value-adding products and services. Media 365 is a data warehouse platform for publishers for digital By combining the strengths and opportunities of two leading tracking of online subscribers. web offset equipment and service suppliers, we will create a truly ­global entity, offering the broadest portfolio available on the market, with a lower cost structure focused on lean operation principles.

TAGS MIS-Systems Media 365 Print 365 digital behaviour TAGS print printing prepress postpress digital tracking estimation invoicing pre calculation automation service solutions production planning production tracking 50 PRESS (INCLUDING PRE-PRESS) WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020/21 EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020

New Proimage Ltd News Hub Media Plymouth, United States London, United Kingdom Phone: +1 248 412 8810 Phone: +44 8454 588600 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.newshubmedia.com www.new-proimage.com

New Proimage Limited is a leading developer of software products News Hub Media is a global software development company that for the newspaper publishing industry. Workflow management, specializes in innovative systems for digital and print publishing print production and colour management are the areas where our and printing. NHM provides impactful software solutions, using products excel. the latest technology to achieve improved production manage- Our flagship workflow solution, NewsWay, is well-known and ment, quality, and efficiency. widely used. It offers full flexibility and scalability for both plate- The NHM solutions, Automator and WebImposer, are auto- meking in print plants and managing workflow and transmission mated prepress workflow system designed for the newspaper at publishing sites. Fully web-based and recently redesigned to industry. Other News Hub Media products include ColorSaver address cutting-edge software and web technologies, NewsWay is for ink optimisation, Claro and AI4Images.com for automated a future-proof solution for both on-premise and cloud operations. image enhancement, ARK for digital asset management, and Our colour management solutions OnColor and OnColor ECO ­GoMediaHub for pre-media have a proven track record in solving colour management require- process management. ments in the newspaper environment. For a complete client list, click: With an extensive track record of successful implementations https://www.newshubmedia. worldwide, we are dedicated to serving our customers’ needs by com/customers. Contact NHM at providing new solutions whenever and wherever needed. +1 248-412-8810.

TAGS ai4images automatedpreflight digitalassetmanagement TAGS CTP color RIP fanout pre-press printing imageenhancement inksavings pagepairing prepressworkflow saas register repro transmission workflow

Newstech Papierfabrik Palm Mumbai, India Aalen, Germany Phone: +91 22 243 79266 / 67 Phone: +49 7361 577-0 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.newstechindia.com www.palm.de

NEWSTECH – Newspaper Technologists since 1984. A single window Compa- PALM is a leading company in the European paper industry and ny representing World’s leading Manufacturers for all Newspaper & Publica- specialised in the production of Newsprint and Corrugated Case tion, Production & Distribution, Systems and Consumables, in Pre-Press, Press Material. All products are manufactured in an environmentally and Post-Press operations, with a Network of Offices, Distributors and Dealers friendly way from 100% recycled fibres. around India. Manufacturers: Entry Level Mailroom & Ink Pumping Systems. Distributor for: PROTECMEDIA, Spain: Content Management Systems for Mul- Besides standard newsprint for coldset, heatset and flexo printing timedia. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., Japan: High Speed Web-Offset PALM also produces the improved newsprint grades Palm Print Presses. BETZ GmbH, Germany: UV Ink Pumping & Color Mixing Systems. and Palm Top with a whiteness of ISO 68%. IST Metz, Germany: UV Curing Systems for High Speed Web-Offset Printing. SCHUR, Sweden: Fully integrated modular Mailroom Systems, from Press PALM operates five paper mills Folder to Loading Bay. HI-TECH Robotics, India: Automatic Guided Vehicles with a production capacity of (AGV) for Newsprint Rolls TRANSPAK, Taiwan: Automatic Strapping Machines. 2.2 million tonnes per year. DSC, Germany: Printing Chemicals. MOSCA, Malaysia: PP Straps CONTI-TECH, Germany: Printing Blankets Sales & Service Offices at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kottayam, Kolkata and New Delhi with the Head Office located in Mumbai and the Manufacturing Unit near Mumbai.

TAGS AGVs UV curing systems consumables content management systems ink pumping systems mailroom systems presses production & distribution TAGS Palm News Palm Print Palm Top EDITORIALPRESS (INCLUDING PRE-PRESS) WAN-IFRAWAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY DIRECTORY 2020/21 2020 51

ppi Media GmbH Q.I. Press Controls B.V. Hamburg, Germany Oosterhout, Netherlands Phone: +49 40 22743360 Phone: +31 162 408 222 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ppimedia.de www.qipc.com ppi Media develops highly efficient solutions and services for QIPC develops innovative, high quality optical measure and ­media companies. The owner-managed software house was ­control systems. IDS-3D is an ‘all in one’ fully image based colour founded in 1984 and has since become the leading workflow and register control system. Gain even more efficiency with the specialist for automated newspaper production. Smart Presetting for damp and ink-keys.

80% of all daily newspapers on the German market are produced With the latest feature Enhanced Print Fault Detection, that scans using products developed by ppi Media. Media companies in 100% of the image, no defect will stay undetected. ­Europe, Asia, Africa and the US use the company’s solutions in their daily work for the planning, pro­duction and editorial work- We are globally active in the flows of digital and print products. newspaper and magazine ­printing industry. Our total ppi Media also guides companies seeking innovation through their solutions are supported by a digital transformation process. worldwide service network.

TAGS ad booking & management business innovation content creation digital assembly line digital transformation magazine multichannel publishing newspaper output management TAGS smart ink presetting colour control damp control production automation image based colour control print defect detection register control

Sputnik News Agency Stora Enso Paper Oy and Radio Helsinki, Finland Moscow, Russia Phone: +358 400686283 Phone: +7 495-645-6601 (7358) Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.storaenso.com www.sputniknews.com

Sputnik is one of the largest international media companies Stora Enso is the second largest paper producer in Europe with an ­offering country-specific and regional multimedia websites in established customer base and a wide product portfolio for print 32 languages, analog and digital radio broadcasting in Russian, and office use. Customers benefit from Stora Enso’s broad selec- English, French and other languages in more than 90 cities and tion of papers made from recycled and virgin fibre as well as our online. valuable industry experience, know-how and customer support.

Sputnik newsfeeds deliver 24/7 content to leading international media around the world in English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese and Farsi. Sputnik websites get more than 60 million visitors. Twenty-two bureaus around the world, from Tokyo to ­Monte­video, employ more than 1,000 people from dozens of countries.

Sputnik is part of the Rossiya Segodnya media group with its headquarters in Moscow.

TAGS news newsfeed news agency social networks mobile apps radio radio broadcasts press center photo photo database TAGS newsprint recycled paper sustainability 52 EDITORIALPRESS (INCLUDING PRE-PRESS) WAN-IFRAWAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY DIRECTORY 2020/21 2020 EDITORIAL WAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY 2020

techniweb TechNova Imaging Systems Vitry Sur Seine, France Navi Mumbai, India Phone: +33 147187033 Phone: +91 98 33172510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.techniweb.eu www.technovaworld.com

Looking for a cost-effective and reliable solution in web press W Full range of CTP Plates : Conventional Violet, Chem-free cleaning? Technocleaner is the reference solution for modernisa- Violet, Conventional Thermal, Processless Thermal, Chem-free tion. Cleaning directly with the web, the microemulsion agent is Thermal & Inkjet sprayed on both sides. Blankets, satellites, inking, dampening roll- W Violet, Thermal & Inkjet CTP Systems ers, web leads are cleaned by the same system, one per web, out W Software & Workflows of the printing unit. techniweb provides a global cleaning method W FOGRA approved Chemicals “ALL IN ONE WASH” for all type of newspaper presses with many W STP/ETP Solutions references around the world. W Adhesives & Glues No limitation in the process, W Printing Blankets your machine is clean whatever W Printing Rollers the web width changes. W Spray Dampening Systems ROI: Optimal cleaning methods, W UV Curing Systems top-quality printing, non-stop W Pressroom & Mailroom Automation Solutions production and no maintenance W SHE Audits cost. W Application Support W 24x7 Total TechSupport TAGS blankets washing common impression cylinders cleaning dampening rollers cleaning global cleaning guide rollers cleaning TAGS adhesives automation blankets CTP systems inking rollers cleaning maintenance costs savings digital offset plates FOGRA printing chemicals rollers microemulsion cleaning agents press cleaning web cleaning SHE software & workflows

The Printers House Pvt. Ltd. TMI Service GmbH New Delhi, India Ahrensburg, Germany Phone: +91 11 23313071 Phone: +49 171 41 42219 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.tph.co.in www.TMI-Service.EU

We are globally renowned manufactures of high precision ‘Orient’ The TMI Group is a specialist in newspaper production. range of 2 x 1 Web Offset Presses. Our Company was established in the year 1946 and is a pioneer in the field of Web Offset Press We operate in 13 locations across Germany for local publishers manufacturing in India. and printers in a smooth, punctual and cost-effective manner. ’Orient’ Web Offset Presses are most suitable for printing news- papers, books & periodicals. We have been providing impeccable Our services: service to the Newspaper & Printing community around the world W Operating all departments of a printing plant, for several years and our company is considered as one of the W Works and services contracts in individual areas of a printing most reliable & reputed sources of Web Offset Printing Machines plant. in the world. Take advantage of our wide-ranging expertise in newspaper, Our product range comprises the following models: freesheet and commercial production. W Orient Super – 30,000 cph W Orient X-Cel – 36,000 cph W Orient X-Press – 50,000 cph W We have an installed base of more than 10,000 printing units in 45 countries around the world.

TAGS Orient Super value for money X-Cel X-Press book web high precision newspaper web tph web offset TAGS newspaper production maintenance

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UPM Communication Papers Augsburg, Germany Phone: Tel. +49 (0)821 310 90 Email: [email protected] www.upmpaper.com

UPM paper for Coldset Web Offset printing enable high quality printed products with exceptional haptic properties.

Our CSWO product portfolio contains Newsprint, MFS, SC, LWC and WFU paper grades.

UPM CSWO papers are suitable for newspapers, supplements, retail flyers, telephone directories and all kind of special publications.

Always up-to-date paper specifications are available in the online paper cata- logue www.upmpaper.com/papers

TAGS MFS SC WFC WFU newsprint

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Distribution Innovation MakroSolutions GmbH Oslo, Norway Schkeuditz, Germany Phone: +47 228 27800 Phone: +49 34207 4040-0 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.di.no www.makrosolutions.com

Distribution Innovation is a leading technology company devel- MakroElectronics oping and operating services for the newspaper and logistics W Repair of PLC components, operator panels, programming industries. DI is owned by Norwegian companies Schibsted Media units, industry PCs and drive components of any manufacturer Group and Amedia and we are the industry standard in the Nordic (Ferag, Schur, Muller Martini, ...) countries. W Buy and Sale of Spare parts DI’s newspaper services cover the printing, subscription and dis- W System analysis tribution information flows for customer service, printing plants, W Software development packing facilities, transporters, distribution centers, carriers and re- tailers. The services for logistics companies covers various services MakroSolutions for online stores, parcel delivery and logistics in general. DI does W Trade of Mailroom and Post-Press equipment and installation business development on top of the carrier networks, and has W Industrial assembly developed the consumer services www.morgenlevering.no and W Plant inspection, maintenance and production support www.megtildeg.no, and the delivery tool www.planandgo.no. DI W Spare Parts & RetroFit has for the last two decades helped media houses and distribution companies in two waves of digital transformation, where last mile goes from being a challenge to an opportunity.

TAGS address services business development distribution technology e-commerce innovation newspaper distribution newspaper logistics TAGS production maintenance industrial assembly trade & sell pro- parcel delivery services route planning and optimisation subscription duction equipment

MSS Modular Software Müller Martini Druckverarbeitungs- Solutions GmbH Systeme AG Husum, Germany Zofingen, Switzerland Phone: +49 178 42 65 64 5 Phone: +41 62 745 45 45 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.mss-vip.de www.mullermartini.com

MSS provides its all-in-one “V.I.P.” application for production-planning, ­insert- Intelligent Muller Martini mailroom systems, with a performance and storage-management as well as production tracking and reporting. up to 100,000 copies per hour, process and convey in time printed V.I.P. digitalises the complete production, starting with insert- and printing- newspapers automatically from press to loading dock. But punc- orders, ending with creation of FERAG- or Müller-Martini-Data. An intelligent tual publishing of the newspaper is no longer the sole criterion in plan board provides the whole resource and stuff usage on one screen. the mailroom. Every day, not only daily but One-click-optimisation of feeder-assignments is one of the most valuable especially weekly newspapers are supple- features of V.I.P. Localisation of the mented with billions of commercial inserts needed inserts and transport to the and preprinted sections using high-perfor- machines is organised by the V.I.P. mance inserting systems. Counting up to storage plug-in. 40 inserts per issue, the challenge lies in V.I.P. integrates a lot of isolated the reliable assembly and secure handling other systems via well approved stan- of very thick copies. Nevertheless, they dardized interfaces and can connect need to stand up to the same requirements several printing plants on one system. regarding zoning according to target groups. TAGS feeder-assignment insert-management insert-storage-management intelligent graphical planboard multi-site-system production-planning production-tracking TAGS commercial Inserts connectivity economically Finishing 4.0 reporting standardised interfaces workflow-management inserting mailroom newspaper reporting workflow zoning EDITORIALPOST-PRESS WAN-IFRAWAN-IFRA TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY DIRECTORY 2020/21 2020 55

Newstech TechNova Imaging Systems Mumbai, India Navi Mumbai, India Phone: +91 22 243 79266 / 67 Phone: +91 98 33172510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.newstechindia.com www.technovaworld.com

NEWSTECH – Newspaper Technologists since 1984. A single window Compa- W Full range of CTP Plates : Conventional Violet, Chem-free ny representing World’s leading Manufacturers for all Newspaper & Publica- Violet, Conventional Thermal, Processless Thermal, Chem-free tion, Production & Distribution, Systems and Consumables, in Pre-Press, Press Thermal & Inkjet and Post-Press operations, with a Network of Offices, Distributors and Dealers W Violet, Thermal & Inkjet CTP Systems around India. Manufacturers: Entry Level Mailroom & Ink Pumping Systems. W Software & Workflows Distributor for: PROTECMEDIA, Spain: Content Management Systems for Mul- W FOGRA approved Chemicals timedia. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., Japan: High Speed Web-Offset W STP/ETP Solutions Presses. BETZ GmbH, Germany: UV Ink Pumping & Color Mixing Systems. W Adhesives & Glues IST Metz, Germany: UV Curing Systems for High Speed Web-Offset Printing. W Printing Blankets SCHUR, Sweden: Fully integrated modular Mailroom Systems, from Press W Printing Rollers Folder to Loading Bay. HI-TECH Robotics, India: Automatic Guided Vehicles W Spray Dampening Systems (AGV) for Newsprint Rolls TRANSPAK, Taiwan: Automatic Strapping Machines. W UV Curing Systems DSC, Germany: Printing Chemicals. MOSCA, Malaysia: PP Straps CONTI-TECH, W Pressroom & Mailroom Automation Solutions Germany: Printing Blankets Sales & Service Offices at Bangalore, Chennai, W SHE Audits Hyderabad, Kottayam, Kolkata and New Delhi with the Head Office located in W Application Support Mumbai and the Manufacturing Unit near Mumbai. W 24x7 Total TechSupport

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