First look at the DIS2019 agenda

The first ever FIPP Insider events to take place in South Africa will be in Cape Town on 21 August and Johannesburg on 22 August. 

FIPP will host its first media industry tour to Los Angeles’ Silicon Beach later this year. The Silicon Beach Tour will take place immediately following the FIPP World Media Congress, from 14-15 November 2019.

Creator and anchor of BBC World News programme Outside Source, Ros Atkins, is the latest speaker to be confirmed for the FIPP World Media Congress. Not only an experienced journalist who has covered major elections, political summits and, of course, Brexit, Ros is also the founder and project director of the 50:50 Project which works to increase female representation in the media.

Delegates attending the FIPP World Media Congress in Las Vegas in November will benefit from a new partnership between FIPP and SkyTeam Global Meetings.

'Paywalls: How to start your subscription strategy' is a comprehensive report about how media companies can start a subscription monetisation strategy. Focussed on the international publishing industry, the report is an in depth analysis of how to build lasting and profitable relationships with readers.

Meredith Corporation has appointed Patrick Moffitt as managing editor of Parents and Parents Latina, effective immediately. Patrick reports directly to Parents editor-in-chief Liz Vaccariello.

The first internet ad appears in 1994, and we’ve been forecasting the rise of internet advertising ever since – and we’ve often found that its growth has exceeded our expectations. In our latest edition of our Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on 8 July, we forecast for the first time that internet advertising will exceed 50per cent of the ad market 

Hannah Williams is head of digital content for BBC Good Food, an Immediate Media-owned brand with a 30 year old legacy in print and digital. Here, she talks to us about the publication’s successful first steps into the world of voice. 

Condé Nast has appointed Natalia Gamero de Castillo as managing director of Condé Nast Spain, effective immediately. Javier Pascual del Olmo will become chairman. He continues to be CEO and chairman of Mexico and Latin America.