Remote publishing workflows are, for obvious reasons, not the same as in-office workflows. Yet, says Kilian Schalk, founder of Purple Gray Consulting, many a team flounder and productivity nose-dives because they do not adjust long-established workflows for new remote working requirements.

After taking a look back at the pivotal moments in publishing over the last decade, FIPP Insider now looks ahead at the next 10 years. With the help of industry experts, Ashley and Charlotte explore the three key areas shaping the media: technology, business and finance; and culture.

There aren’t too many things that we can be sure of in these increasingly bizarre times. But here are two.

Over the past couple of weeks, magazine media offices and newsrooms around the world have followed public health guidelines and sent their staff home to work online because of the global coronavirus pandemic. But, what does remote work mean for magazine media companies, and how can we address the challenges?

With rapid changes happening hourly in countries around the world, magazine media companies have also had to shift abruptly in response to the coronavirus outbreak —  putting workflows online, allowing employees to work remotely, and pulling down paywalls. 

VDZ and FIPP, joint organisers of the Digital Innovators’ Summit (DIS), are today announcing that the 2020 edition will be postponed until September. This is due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Is the infodemic borne from the global coronavirus hysteria showing us that people turn to reliable media brands when social media channels cannot be trusted?  

Remote publishing workflows are, for obvious reasons, not the same as in-office workflows. Yet, says Kilian Schalk, founder of Purple Gray Consulting, many a team flounder and productivity nose-dives because they do not adjust long-established workflows for new remote working requirements.

VDZ and FIPP, joint organisers of the Digital Innovators’ Summit (DIS), are today announcing that the 2020 edition will be postponed until September. This is due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak.

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In 2020, the 43rd edition of the FIPP World Media Congress, will take place in picturesque Estoril, Portugal on 15 and 16 September (within Opening Night on 14 September).

To be launched on 24 March at the DIS2020 (Digital Innovators' Summit) in Berlin, Innovation in Media 2020-21 World Report focuses on human capital and monetisation. 

After taking a look back at the pivotal moments in publishing over the last decade, FIPP Insider now looks ahead at the next 10 years. With the help of industry experts, Ashley and Charlotte explore the three key areas shaping the media: technology, business and finance; and culture.

There aren’t too many things that we can be sure of in these increasingly bizarre times. But here are two.

Over the past couple of weeks, magazine media offices and newsrooms around the world have followed public health guidelines and sent their staff home to work online because of the global coronavirus pandemic. But, what does remote work mean for magazine media companies, and how can we address the challenges?

Is the infodemic borne from the global coronavirus hysteria showing us that people turn to reliable media brands when social media channels cannot be trusted?  

Magazine media companies are becoming more intricately focused on human capital as we move in to a new decade. As a result of continuous change on the media landscape, companies are looking for talent with diverse skillsets to work with new processes, new technology and on new products.

It is now nearly two years since the introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Yet while many publishers have ensured they comply with its basic statutes some are still struggling to come to terms with the way it has changed the media landscape. The fact that different countries appear to have taken different perspectives on its guidelines has further complicated matters.

Scott Lamb explains Medium’s publishing strength and the centrality of building relationships between readers and editorial entities. He also looks back at his time at BuzzFeed and offers his views on how venture-backed media entities, like BuzzFeed and Vice, might evolve in the future.

Reporting strong results across the board in its latest quarterly earnings release, the music streaming giant Spotify gave a special mention to an entertainment trend which has really taken off recently. In a letter to shareholders it wrote: "We have seen early indications that our investments in podcasts are having a positive impact on conversion of free to paid users". Spotify isn't the only company to see the benefits of the medium, either.

"Social Media in the Middle East: 2019 in review" covers the latest stories, trends and research in social media usage from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The report is authored by Professor Damian Radcliffe, and PhD student Hadil Abuhmaid, at the University of Oregon.

FIPP's latest Global Digital Subscription Snapshot reveals the music streaming services with the most subscribers worldwide.

FIPP has today launched a new media insights platform in partnership with Demand Exchange, an AI-driven content syndication system that brings together relevant reports from across the global media industry.

Nearly half of social media users from 18 to 34 years old have participated in social commerce on platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, an October study conducted by Bizrate Insights showed.

There is now more than 400 subscription video on demand (SVOD) services worldwide. In our most recent Global Digital Subscription Snapshot we found global paid subscription numbers totalling 683 million, and that excludes the estimated 75 million subscribers to Amazon Prime Video.