Sachini Kavindya

Overcoming barriers to building successful digital subscription news products

2021-04-15. Asian news publishers The Jakarta Post and The Philippine Daily Inquirer reveal their strategies for developing and sustaining successful digital news products at the Asian Media Leaders e-Summit 2021. At a session at the Asian Media Leaders eSummit (AMLS) 2021, Rudyard Arbolado, President and CEO of The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), and Adisti Sawitri, […]

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How Die Presse built its data capabilities and transitioned to a data-friendly news organization

2021-04-15. Behind the Austrian publisher’s successful digital transformation is the strategy that aligns business and journalism and unites all staff under the single goal of monetising quality journalism Vienna-based Die Presse introduced a paywall for their digital content in 2017. While it helped the publisher start earning online reader revenue, it was only a precursor

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Improving user loyalty and retention through data-informed approaches

2021-04-14. Many publishers in Asia are running initiatives to gain a better understanding of their readers and drive higher loyalty and retention. At WAN-IFRA’s 2021 Asian Media Leaders eSummit, leaders from the South China Morning Post, Singapore Press Holdings, MediaCorp, and REV Media Group shared their perspectives on using a data-informed approach to evolve their

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Mexico asked to reopen investigation into journalist’s murder in 2012

To reinforce the fight against impunity for crimes of violence against journalists in Mexico, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), its local partner Propuesta Cívica and the Mexican newsweekly Proceso have asked the federal authorities to reopen the investigation into Proceso reporter Regina Martínez’s murder in 2012, an investigation marred by many irregularities. They submitted a formal

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Hong Kong: Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year and two months in jail for “unauthorized assembly”

Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder and 2020 RSF Press Freedom Awards laureate, was sentenced on 16th April by a Hong Kong court to one year and two months in prison for two cases of “unauthorised assembly”. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for Lai’s immediate release and the end of judicial harassment against him. Jimmy Lai,

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RSF urges French premier to refer “global security” bill’s article 24 to constitutional council

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on France’s prime minister to keep his promise to refer a controversial article in his government’s “global security” bill to the constitutional council following the bill’s definitive approval by both parliamentary chambers. Article 24 on “causing the identification” of police officers poses a major threat to press freedom, RSF says.

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Alarm after two journalists murdered in Brazil

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the extremely tense climate for journalists in Brazil after a series of press freedom violations in recent weeks, including the murders of two journalists. The authorities must punish those responsible and protect media personnel throughout the country, RSF says. Several media outlets and reporters have been the targets of threats

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Hunger strike is last resort for some imprisoned Moroccan journalists

As Omar Radi and Suleiman Raissouni, two Moroccan journalists who have been held provisionally for months, continue hunger strikes to press their demands to be freed, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Moroccan authorities to stop subjecting journalists to arbitrary and abusive prosecutions that drive them to put their lives in danger. Radi, a

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Radio reporter gunned on city street in central Somalia

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a radio reporter’s murder yesterday by two gunmen in the city of Galkayo, in central Somalia, and calls on the Somali authorities to take urgent steps to improve journalists’ safety. Jamal Farah Adan, who freelanced for Radio Daljir, Radio Galkayo and Radio Garowe, three of the most important radio stations in the centre of

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