Les Hinton joins 62nd World Newspaper Congress
Hinton, chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, will speak at the congress session about the company¹s multimedia strategies, including plans to shift away from free content on the internet.
The Journal, already one of the most successful newspapers in generating revenue from paid web content, recently announced it will soon charge for mobile delivery, and will launch a new subscription-based premium news site, Wall Street Journal Professional.
It is part of News Corporation¹s plans, announced by Murdoch in August, to create a new paid-for business model for digital news delivery. The company believes significant revenues can be generated from the sale of digital delivery of newspapers. "I believe if we are successful we will be followed by other media," Murdoch has said.
Hinton is among a slate of top-rank industry speakers who will examine new business and editorial strategies at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress, 16th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo, the global meetings of the world¹s press. More than 1,500 publishers, chief editors, managing directors, CEOs are other senior newspaper executives are expected to attend.
For more information, go to www.wanindia2009.com.
Registration for the event is still open. Special measures have been taken by Indian authorities to facilitate the processing of visas for congress and forum participants and Hyderabad is linked by direct flights to major cities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Hinton has spent his entire career at News Corp. Before joining Dow Jones, he had been executive chairman of News International, News Corporation¹s UK newspaper group, where he oversaw Britain¹s largest publisher of national newspapers including The Times, the Sunday Times, The Sun, The News of the World, and the Times Literary Supplement.
Prior to News International, he worked in the United States for 20 years, first as a correspondent for the company¹s newspapers in Britain and Australia and later in senior management positions in News Corp.¹s publishing and television divisions. He was president and chief executive officer of News America Publishing, responsible for US publishing operations, and chairman and CEO of Fox Television Stations.
The conferences will be opened by Pratibha Patil the President of India.
