Countries are optimistic about the future of the printing industry
The sixty-fifth world newspaper Congress 5 days of heat transfer film in Thailand's capital Bangkok closing, from around the world more than 1000 media and industry representatives attended the meeting, the management and business issues facing the media survival and development issues, facing the newspaper industry in the age of new media and emerging business models and revenue discussed.
Daniel, editor in chief of the English and Malay newspapers in Singapore Press Holdings, said the group's profit last year reached 35%, indicating that the demand for news is still very high. Daniel said that the industry is currently facing the challenge is twofold, first of all readers are moving at a rapid rate of digital information, while the income of digital information can not support the cost of its foundation. So the printing industry has to survive, and the strategy to be adopted is to increase the subscription revenue of the newspaper through digital payment. Daniel also called for the newspaper industry through the establishment of an integrated, multi platform news editing platform to achieve this transformation, re allocation of employment and wages, and to seek new sources of income, he called it "a response to the new horizon and present a different need in the future". He said that if the move is successful, the newspaper will continue to maintain its high profit industry position. In the face of digital impact, delegates from various countries are considered, the present situation of the newspaper industry and the media faces can not be ignored, but for the newspaper industry or the printing industry in the future, they still hold an optimistic attitude. From the United Arab Emirates "360 sports newspaper" CEO Michael said, the printing industry is not dying industry, just need to re define and more concentrated display of information, but the key point is to continue to provide more high quality information and content. Other experts said that despite the challenges posed by digital challenges, the future of the press and publishing industry still looks promising.
During the meeting, the World Association of newspapers and news will be published at the end of this year's free gold award to Burma "the 11 media group responsible person Dantavon. Be Yela Jay, President of the world editors forum, said in the award ceremony, the military junta in Burma during the reign of is not afraid of strong pressure and censorship, continued to express freedom of expression.