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‘Journalism is approaching its historical extinction.’ Andrey Mir’s announcement on AI, the media and truth
Is journalism living out its final years? In this interview, media theorist Andrey Mir presents a shocking thesis on post-journalism, digital orality and AI, which could profoundly reshape our relationship with information, authority and truth.
Bauer Media: how the specialist publishing giant is adapting to the age of AI summaries
Stuart Forrest, Head of Audience Development at Bauer Media UK, and Germany, takes a clear-eyed look at the state of SEO in the era of AI Overviews.
Paulo Celso Pereira: “The race for pageviews is killing the media”
Paulo Celso Pereira, executive editor of O Globo, studied subscription strategies at the world’s leading newspapers for INMA. His conclusion: to survive, publishers must rethink everything, from content to metrics. Interview.
“If you found digital transformation difficult, you’re not going to like what’s coming”
Earl Wilkinson, INMA CEO, started off the 85th-annual World Congress of News with Donald Trump literally, and figuratively looming over proceedings. But while Wilkinson pointed to Trump as the “elephant in the room” he was very clear that Trump was only one of a number of dangerous elements potentially threatening those assembled.
Big deal?
Why the World Congress of News Media was so big this year Earl Wilkinson was visibly surprised by the size of the audience at last week’s congress in London. From my point of view the size of the audience was in direct relation to the size of the issues at stake.
Let’s talk dirty
Of course we all follow the pure North Star of journalism, but INMA’s Earl Wilkinson asks if it is so wrong to be seduced by the less noble possibilities of new platforms. Quality and credibility remain the bedrock of news publishing, but less noble factors like brand, reach, and impact are just as key to relevance in the future.
What our clients say about New World Encounters
“NWE session on lessons news publishers could learn from Silicon Valley was an insightful conversation with people who are clearly in the know, and a wonderful chance to get involved with the most experienced and brightest minds in our sector.”
Dmitry Shishkin
Independent Digital Consultant
“NWE delivers a unique and insightful view on today’s news business by gathering leading media scholars, top innovators in journalism and highly experienced media executives. The result is really impressive and knowledgeable.”
Denis Teyssou
Medialab R&D Editorial manager, AFP
“Exciting meeting with DIE ZEIT organised by New World Encounters as part of its Virtual Tour Digital Revenues. Interesting feedback from Die Zeit on the engagement and retention of digital subscribers. A programme of very stimulating meetings between colleagues.”
Arnaud Broustet
Managing Director and General Manager at Quotidien La Croix, Bayard Group
“Very interesting debate around social networks, confirming the need for news media to use these platforms mainly to redirect to their own websites; and to deploy a proactive policy of offline presence.”
Sébastien Hersant
Director of Digital Transformation, ESH Médias
“Perfectly prepared interventions by our German colleagues from Funke Media Group and very concrete take aways to feed our digital projects!”
Bruno Pachent
Executive Director Médias Sud Europe / CEO La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées / CEO Le Petit Bleu
“Really impressive New World Encounters session by Christian Roepke of ZEIT ONLINE. Combination of a clear, simple overall proposition, coupled with extraordinary precision in the detail of execution is an example to all media businesses. Thanks to David Sallinen and team for organising.”
Duncan Hooper
Head of digital, CGTN Europe
Our Think Tank Events – Watch The Videos and Read our reports
New World Encounters is an Upgrade Media initiative connecting people, companies and organizations across borders and industries, around specific, current themes by providing physical to virtual to hybrid encounters. Breaking through fixed patterns, creating room for new solutions in the new world we are all creating – FOR A NEW DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD. Below you can find the links to our past events – watch video recordings of the events and download the resulting reports full of valuable takeaways for free.
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