GLOBAL
Wan-Ifra has announced the 2020 winners of its World Digital Media Awards...
2 days ago
GLOBAL
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) recently released the 30th World Press Trends report...
6 Nov 2019
AFRICA
The accuracy of reporting on China's involvement in Africa can be "deeply misleading". What needs to be done to fix it...
Yu-Shan Wu 30 Apr 2019
CHINA
HONG KONG, CHINA: Chinese internet giant Alibaba said Friday it would buy Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, following weeks of speculation over the future of the English-language newspaper...
14 Dec 2015
CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA: China's official news agency Xinhua has re-launched its English-language presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, it announced - all of which are blocked in China...
5 Mar 2015
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals World's Best Advertising competition has announced five additional appointments to the 2014 Executive Jury.
27 Jan 2014
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW YORK CITY, US: The number of journalists killed and imprisoned fell in 2013 but it was still the second worst year on record for reporters in prison, a US-based watchdog said yesterday.
19 Dec 2013
CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA: Apple chief executive Tim Cook has apologised to Chinese consumers after the US technology giant was subjected to a barrage of criticism in state-run media over alleged "arrogance" and double standards.
3 Apr 2013
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, US: The Midas Awards, for the World's Best Financial Advertising, announced the award winners for the 2012 competition. This year's Midas Grand Jury awarded one Grand Midas, 26 Gold Ingots, 46 Silver Ingots, and 63 Finalists. The 2012 Midas Awards competition received entries from 28 countries and is reputed to be the only international competition that recognises excellence in financial services communications on a global scale.
21 Dec 2012
CHINA
BEIJING, CHINA: With just over four weeks until the Digital Asia Festival kicks off, the organisers have announced that over 600 entries from 14 countries have been received into the 2012 awards.
9 Oct 2012
CHINA
SHANGHAI, CHINA: The 2012 Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival (AME Awards) will take place 26 and 27 April 2012 at the Pudong Shangri-La hotel in Shanghai, China. Entries can now be submitted to The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards at www.ame.asia.
1 Dec 2011
CHINA
HONG KONG, CHINA: Leading Asian publishers ended a three-day examination of online, mobile, tablet and social media on Friday, 25 November 2011, with part of their deliberations looking at content strategies. The real focus, however, was on how to profit from all their good content.
28 Nov 2011
CHINA
HONG KONG, CHINA: Cheryl Goh, head of e-media at Malaysia's New Straits Times, has joined the programme for Digital Media Asia, which will be held in Hong Kong from 23 to 25 November next. The New Straits Times, which has increased its profits 100% between 2009 and 2011, has been undergoing a radical transformation, and Goh's presentation will look at the goals and outcomes of the change.
17 Nov 2011
CHINA
HONG KONG, CHINA: With the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum successfully completed in Vienna, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is turning its attention to Hong Kong, where the annual Digital Media Asia conference and Asian Digital Media Awards will look at the best in online, mobile and tablet publishing.
20 Oct 2011
