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Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition

10 reasons to choose the right CMS

You already have software and systems to publish your newspaper or to manage your radio or TV output, and you might be wondering why you need yet more software to publish online and to mobile phones. Put simply, a good CMS will help you…

//May 22 / 2013 //read more

Malaysian media merger highlights key shift in digital transition

Malaysian media powerhouse Catcha Media didn’t leave anyone guessing why it was merging two of its businesses with social news aggregator Says.com. The groups believe that the combination will allow them to dominate the Malaysian digital…

//May 16 / 2013 //read more

Invest in audience measurement to keep track of changing market

As markets develop digitally especially in this age of mobile data, long held assumptions about your online audience may change as a study in South Africa has recently shown. The changes in the online audience there highlight the…

//May 10 / 2013 //read more

Competition grows in Russia’s rapidly growing digital ad market

While growth in the Russian digital advertising market is slowing, the share of digital ads continues to grow, and in three to four years, digital advertising is predicted to capture a third of the market. The rapid growth in digital…

//May 8 / 2013 //read more

Growing an online portal

Designed to provide a baseline understanding of the techniques and tools available to online media, the seminar was designed to lay a foundation for audience and revenue development for a new Indonesian online portal and to provide a…

//May 2 / 2013 //read more

How to keep your editorial Twitter accounts from being hacked

More than a half dozen major news organisations including Reuters, Al Jazeera, the BBC and The Guardian have had their Twitter accounts taken over by hackers in the last year, and outlets in emerging democracies could be next. Twitter is…

//May 2 / 2013 //read more

Diversity in Latin American markets drives paid content strategies

Even though most Latin American newspapers and magazines still enjoy rising circulation and advertising revenue, many are rolling out paid content strategies. But the diverse market conditions across the region mean that there is no…

//April 29 / 2013 //read more

Developing new revenue streams to support investigative journalism

News organisations are developing new models to support the important work of long-form, investigative journalism. Paid content, partnerships and multi-platform publishing are just a few of the ways that news groups are finding success in…

//April 29 / 2013 //read more

Twitter: Advanced search tools for journalists

Twitter has a number of advanced search options that will help journalists find updates and photos to help them illustrate their stories. It can help them zero in on updates with photos, as well as finding updates by location so they can…

//April 18 / 2013 //read more

Traditional versus digital ads: ‘Reach’ versus ‘each’

The digital transition challenges us to think differently. Media leaders need to understand how the business of digital media fundamentally changes how consumers read, listen to and view our content, and how advertisers can reach their…

//April 11 / 2013 //read more