"The Congress and Forum produced many ideas that will have an impact on the
future direction of our industry. We feel it is important to share this
information with as wide an audience as possible, particularly at a time
when advertising revenues have fallen," said Timothy Balding, Director
General of the Paris-based WAN.

"The web site cannot reproduce all the benefits of attending the Congress
and Forum, but the information we provide there may help newspaper men and
women who are looking for ways to increase revenues, cut costs and improve
their products," he said.

The 54th World Newspaper Congress and 8th World Editors Forum held in Hong
Kong in June was the third largest since WAN began the annual event in 1948.
More than 1,000 publishers, managing directors, CEOs, senior editors and
other top newspaper executives from 75 countries attended the event.

The annual meetings are next scheduled for 26 to 29 May 2002 in Bruges and
Brussels, Belgium.

The special pages on the WAN web site include summaries of every
presentation made at the Congress and the Forum. While the Congress focused
on the business of running newspapers ­ its theme was "Reinventing the
Newspaper Company" -- the Forum focused on newsroom issues around the theme,
"Newspapers: A Portal to the Future."

The materials cover a full range of issues of concern to the newspaper
industry, from some of the industry's most interesting personalities. The
user-friendly site offers everything from the latest trends and innovations
in newspapers, to management and strategy development, to a look at future
of the newsroom.

The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry,
represents 17,000 newspapers; its membership includes 67 national newspaper
associations, individual newspaper executives in 93 countries, 17 news
agencies and eight regional and world-wide press groups.

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications, WAN, 25 rue
d'Astorg, 75008 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49
48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: [email protected]
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Larry Kilman
Director of Communications
World Association of Newspapers
25, rue d'Astorg
75008 Paris France
Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00
Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48
E-mail: [email protected]
Visit our web site at www.wan-press.org