WAN-IFRA to release World Press Trends at Publish Asia

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) plans to release its annual World Press Trends report at the Publish Asia 2010 Conference and Expo, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 3-5 August 2010.

World Press Trends, covers 233 countries and territories where newspapers are published. Asian newspapers are found at the top of the growth table with some of the world's largest newspapers.

World Press Trends will be the subject of a major presentation at Publish Asia, which has been themed, 'Rethink, Rebuild and Reach Out!' The event includes three concurrent conferences (CEO Conference, Newsroom Summit and Printing Summit), four learning workshops and an exhibition of the latest products and services from suppliers to the industry.

An early bird registration discount is available until 2 July.

Speakers at Publish Asia 2010 include:

Maani Safa, head of mobile at The Telegraph in the United Kingdom
Roman Gallo, director for media strategies at PPF Media in the Czech Republic.
Shaun Morgan, business development manager at Fairfax Media in Australia.
Theo Blanco, VP for sales and marketing at Upsala Nya Tidning in Sweden.
Azrul Ananda, chief operating officer, Jawa Pos, Indonesia.
Geoff Tan, SVP, head of strategic marketing and customer service for Singapore Press Holdings.
Pichai Chuensuksawadi, editor-in-chief, The Bangkok Post, Thailand.
Kasturi Balaji, MD of Kasturi and Sons, publisher of The Hindu newspaper in India.
Emmanuel Sauquet, Asia Pacific director of Partnerships for Google.
Sanat Hazra, technical director of Times of India.

Publish Asia also offers four, one-day learning workshops on iPad for newspapers, cross media advertising, implementing the newsroom 3.0, and cost control in production.

For more information, go to www.publishasia.com.

For more on World Press Trends, go to www.wan-press.org/worldpresstrends2010/home.php.