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Juan Senor, vice president of the International Media Consulting Group, discussed the 2009 Global Report on Innovations in Newspapers. He answered three main questions: What do people want from a newspaper in the 21st century? Where is the money? How do we get there?
Senor predicted that the paper will always be around. Although it will never die, the business model and the content proposition have changed.
Kees Spaan, President, Dutch Newspaper Publishers Association and Chairman, Copyright Working Party and Vice President, European Newspaper Publishers Association, kicks off the Google conversation this afternoon at the World Newspaper Congress.
See our full report on the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper blog.
WAN-IFRA Joint CEO Timothy Balding presents the 2009 World Newspaper Trends report in the opening joint session of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum on Tuesday afternoon. Under the conference slogan "Newspapers: A multi-media growth business," Balding presents statistics that, in some regards, would argue the claim.
Alexander P. Strakhov, Chief Executive Officer, Media3, discussed the economic crisis that Russia is just now beginning to feel at this morning's Newspaper Congress.
Marieke van der Donk, senior manager, Entertainment and Media, PricewaterhouseCoopers N.V. (Netherlands), predicts a growth of 6.8 percent in advertising during the next few years, but it will not come from online advertising in newspapers.
Per Bowallius, president of GISAB, Mitt i, was missing from this morning's session, The Resourceful Newspaper Company: Achieving Business Efficiency and Creating a Sustainable Future.
Bowallius, from Sweden, reportedly has the swine flu and was not allowed into the country. His presentation was entitled "Conquering the Big City Market from the Suburbs."
The session will continue with its first two speakers: Marieke van der Donk and Alexander P. Strakhov.
Bharat Gupta, director of Jagran Prakashan in India, told the World Newspaper Congress about "The making of the world's highest read newspaper."
Here is the daily wrap-up from Hyderabad, India, on the third day of the 62nd World Newspaper Congress, 16th World Editors Forum, and Info Services Expo 2009.
