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	WAN - Newspaper Growth Defies Conventional Wisdom
		Contrary to conventional wisdom, newspaper circulation is growing and new newspapers are being launched at a remarkable rate, new and revised data from the World Association of Newspapers shows.
		The total number of paid-for daily newspaper titles worldwide jumped over the 10,000 mark for the first time in history, to 10,104, a 13 percent growth from 2001, when there were 8,930 titles.
		The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 76 national newspaper associations, newspaper companies and individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and 10 regional and world-wide press groups.
	www.wan-press.org /article12949.html (685 words)

	World Press Freedom Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World Press Freedom Day honours sacrifices around the world made for press freedom and puts pressure on governments that deny their citizenry of this basic human right.
		UNESCO marks World Press Freedom Day by conferring the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on a deserving individual.
		The Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in BogotÃ¡, on December 17 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day (376 words)

	World Association of Newspapers condemns Cuba, Myanmar, Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		World Association of Newspapers condemns Cuba, Myanmar, Venezuela
		that the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers (WAN) says readiness to adapt in a fiercely competitive, digital world is key to survival for what in recent years was deemed a newspaper industry in crisis and with an uncertain future.
		Economically, newspapers saw a "global rebound" in 2003, according to Balding, who said there was a new "enthusiasm" and confidence among industry leaders.
	www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=21447 (183 words)

	Press Freedom Home Page
		The World Association of Newspapers together with its fellow Tunisian Monitoring Group (TMG) members, condemns the court decision given on the 1st October to expel the officially acknowledged opposition party of the Tunisian ruling party, the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), and the PDP’s official newspaper Al-Mawkef from their premises.
		WAN against the decision to award the 2007 WAN Golden Pen of Freedom to Mr Shi, claiming that the Chinese court "handled the case according to law and made the appropriate sentence" and that the Chinese constitution protects press freedom.
		The World Association of Newspapers travelled to Sudan in December to participate in an historic media roundtable with participants from the north and south to discuss press freedom and media development under the country’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
	www.wan-press.org /rubrique1.html (2383 words)

	UNESCO Upgrades Status of World Association of Newspapers: UNESCO-CI
		"WAN believes that our common ambition of helping the development of a strong, free and independent press throughout the world in the years ahead will be greatly facilitated by the granting of this new status," said Timothy Balding, Director General of the Paris-based WAN.
		Associate Relations status is given to organisations "that are broadly international in membership, bring together specialist international professional associations, have proven competence in an important field of education, science, culture or communication, and have a record of regular major contributions to UNESCO's work."
		In recent years, UNESCO and WAN have collaborated on several major programmes, including projects to build a distribution network and a printing plant in the former Yugoslavia, initiatives to aid the press in Afghanistan, East Timor and Colombia, and on a variety of training and literacy projects around the globe.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5760&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (421 words)

	WAN - Newspaper, Magazine and Book Publishers Organizations to Address Search Engine Practices
		A task force of global and European publishers organizations, led by the World Association of Newspapers, has agreed to work together to examine the options open to publishers to assert their rights to recognition and recompense, and to ultimately improve the relationships between content creators/producers and news aggregators and search engines.
		The group will examine whether new standards and policies can be drafted to formalize the commercial relationship between publishers and the search engines and content aggregators, which provide a valuable service to publishers in terms of traffic generation but have built their business models in large part on taking content for free.
		The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 73 national newspaper associations, newspapers and newspaper executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
	www.wan-press.org /article9055.html (427 words)

	World Press Freedom Day - May 3
		Throughout the world, 3 May serves as an occasion to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression and as a reminder that many journalists brave death or jail to bring people their daily news.
		The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, instituted in 1997, is intended to honour each year a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if some risk was involved.
		The World Press Freedom Committee, with 44 affiliated organizations on six continents, is in the forefront of the struggle for a press free of government interference everywhere and for full and free flow of news.
	www.un.org /depts/dhl/press (342 words)

	WAN - Gavin O’Reilly Elected President of World Association of Newspapers
		WAN - Gavin O’Reilly Elected President of World Association of Newspapers
		Mr O’Reilly, who is Irish, was elected President Wednesday by the WAN Annual General Meeting, held during the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Seoul, Korea.
		The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
	www.wan-press.org /article7357.html (433 words)

	World Association of Newspapers: UNESCO-CI
		Newspapers wishing to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on 3 May have a resource at http://www.worldpressfreedomday.com, where the World Association of Newspapers and World Editors Forum provide editorial and advertising materials, free of charge, for downloading and publication on that day.
		World Press Freedom Day exists to recognise the sacrifices made in the struggle for freedom of the press and to put pressure on the numerous countries that continue to deny their citizens this basic human right.
		The WEF is the division of WAN that represents senior news executives.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9020&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (523 words)

	FPINS International - Larry Kilman, Director of Communications, World Association of Newspapers
		The meeting of more than 300 broadcasting organizations from more than 100 countries is taking place in conjunction with the World Summit on the Information Society, where scores of governments are gathering to discuss how the internet and other electronic distribution technologies can empower the voiceless and contribute to building knowledge societies².
		The stark truth, however, is that many of the principal barriers and obstacles to the free flow of information through these new channels have been erected and are being maintained by dozens of those very governments, Mr Balding said.
		It represents 18,000 newspapers; its membership includes 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 100 countries, 13 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
	www.fotopressnews.org /wan_com.html (336 words)

	÷ÓÅÍÉÒÎÁÑ ÇÁÚÅÔÎÁÑ ÁÓÓÏÃÉÁÃÉÑ / World Association of Newspapers
		Tesfaye Tadesse, a lawyer, human rights activist and owner and editor of the newspaper Lubar and the magazine Mestawet, was hacked to death by two men armed with machetes outside his home in Addis Ababa.
		As editor of the only independent newspaper in the republic, Yudina had received many threats for her reporting of corruption and criticism of millionaire President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
		Sayomchai Vijitwittayapong, a reporter for the newspaper Matichon in Phichit in central Thailand, was found shot dead in his car on 10 January, after reportedly agreeing to meet an unknown source.
	www.wan-press.ru /press_freedom/killed1998.php (1627 words)

	World IP Day: Activities 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Close to 2,000 World Intellectual Property Day posters, highlighting this year's theme, were developed and distributed to business centres and to the community of intellectual property practitioners to promote local events and/or raise awareness of World Intellectual Property Day.
		Two newspaper supplements will be publicizing World Intellectual Property Day, and will include the message of the Director General of WIPO for the occasion.
		Haider Shamsi and Associates (Private) Limited, the management consulting arm of Haider Shamsi and Co., Chartered Accountants ( www.firms.findlaw.com/Haidershamsi) will be organizing a half day seminar on the theme of intellectual property rights and their implications and importance for a growing organization.
	www.wipo.int /about-ip/en/world_ip/2004/activities.html (6617 words)

	÷ÓÅÍÉÒÎÁÑ ÇÁÚÅÔÎÁÑ ÁÓÓÏÃÉÁÃÉÑ / World Association of Newspapers
		Supriadi, a journalist with the "Medan Pos" newspaper, was found hacked to death on 5 August in Buki Hagu village (in the North Aceh district of Indonesia).
		Lyubov Loboda, editor of the local newspaper "Vesti", was stabbed to death on Panshev Street in the city of Kuybyshev.
		Abdul Juma Jalloh, news manager of the newspaper "African Champion", was arrested in Freetown by a member of the (pro President Kabbah) Civil Defence Forces and handed over to Ecomog soldiers who accused him of being an RUF rebel and of setting fire to houses.
	www.wan-press.ru /press_freedom/killed1999.php (2771 words)

	World Association of Newspapers convenes conferences in Seoul
		World Association of Newspapers convenes conferences in Seoul
		Via World Association of Newspapers : The World Association of Newspapers is holding its 58th World Newspaper Congress and 12th World Editors Forum in Seoul from May 29 to June 1.
		Topics at the conferences include free newspapers, visual journalism, the increasing use and popularity of tabloid newspapers and new media, according to The Korea Times.
	www.ojr.org /ojr/blog/Events/576 (109 words)

	IOF > Programmes, Projects and Partnerships > World Osteoporosis Day > National Activities 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Around October 20, LIOS advertisements were published in many newspapers and magazines, 200 big posters (3 x 6 meters) appeared on the streets of the 3 biggest Italian cities (Milan, Rome and Naples), and the same posters in a reduced size were displayed in 60 health and fitness centres around Italy.
		World Osteoporosis Day activities were organized by the Osteoporosis Patient Society of Turkey and the Turkish Osteoporosis Society in Silivri, a small town of 30,000 people about 70 km outside of Ýstanbul.
		World Osteoporosis Day on the 20th of October is the ideal time to start making the changes to our lifestyles to give us all a better chance of escaping broken bones in the future.
	www.osteofound.org /activities/world_osteoporosis_day/2004_activities.php (10261 words)

	Letter to Fidel Castro from World Association of Newspapers
		Letter to Fidel Castro from World Association of Newspapers
		We understand that at least 17 journalists from the independent press have been arrested since 1 January 1999, and that nine journalists remain behind bars, seven of whom have not been given a trial.
		… Raúl Rivero, a member of the WAN Press Freedom Committee and the director of "CubaPress", was detained on 1 March and is being held in the Playa Municipality police station;
	www.fiu.edu /~fcf/ltrworassocjourn.html (555 words)

	World War II Collections
		Consists primarily of an extensive run of minutes of the board of directors (1915-1964), and scattered throughout the files are minutes of the executive committee, with minutes of the finance and other committees and of general membership committees.
		The minutes illustrate the history of the Association, and documents its political endorsements and its efforts to promote revised tax structures, energy policy, civic planning, school desegregation, public transportation, World War II relief, youth job programs, and professional sports.
		Of particular interest are letters received during the World War II years from people stationed or teaching overseas, or working in hospitals on the homefront.
	www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/ww2.htm (4108 words)

	wa991001 - WAN, UNESCO To Help Rebuild Press Following Kosovo war - World Association of Newspapers (WAN), Paris, 1 ...
		Just three months after the Serbia-NATO war, the World Association of Newspapers and UNESCO have begun a major programme to help rebuild the independent press in Kosovo and Serbia and to help it grow in Macedonia.
		Before the war, APM Transpress was delivering more newspapers than the government controlled distribution network and the new project includes expansion of the network.
		It represents 17,000 newspapers; its membership includes 61 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 93 countries, 17 news agencies and seven regional and world-wide press groups.
	www.bndlg.de /~wplarre/wa991001.htm (1280 words)

	ISCIP - The NIS Observed: Analytical Review - 24 October 2003
		Not a single security service in the world has [ever] conducted a similar operation in analogous conditions…And, when everything is behind us, we can say that not a single hostage suffered during the operation.
		Closer ties with the OIC would be a boon for Moscow, opening economic opportunities for Russian companies in the oil-rich Muslim world, easing tensions between Russia and Muslim countries over the war in Chechnya, and winning for the Kremlin vital geo-strategic allies in the race to counterbalance U.S. and Chinese influence in Asia.
		In the last two years, approximately twenty independent political newspapers have folded in Belarus, either due to direct interference by the authorities or to the discriminatory economic measures of the state.
	www.bu.edu /iscip/digest/vol8/ed0817.html (8598 words)

	World Association of Newspapers calls for impartial inquiry into Belarusian reporter’s murder :: Charter'97 :: News :: ...
		Gavin O’Reilly, president of the World Association of Newspapers, and George Brock, president of the World Editors Forum, have petitioned several high-ranking Belarusian officials to ensure an impartial investigation into Veronika Cherkasova’s murder and stop harassment of the reporter’s family.
		Copies of the letters were addressed to Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general and Koichiro Matsuura, director-general of UNESCO, according to the press office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).
		Cherkasova, a reporter with the Minsk-based private newspaper Salidarnasts, was found stabbed to death in her apartment on October 20, 2004.
	www.charter97.org /eng/news/2005/02/08/mezh (432 words)

	MAN Roland > Company > Partners >Associations & Colleges > World Association of Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		MAN Roland Druckmaschinen Group is a strategic partner of World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
		This international association represents more than 17,000 newspapers from all continents, 61 national and 7 regional publishers organisations and 17 news agencies.
		With this partnership, not only the end customer but the responsibility as manufacturer of equipment for the democratic freedom of press, has become the centre point of the field of activity for MAN Roland Druckmaschinen Group.
	www.man-roland.de /en/p0097/p0103/p0106/p0052/index.jsp (98 words)

	World-Wide Web Resources - African American Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ethnic NewsWatch is a fulltext database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
		Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), promotes the development of library and information services for African Americans and other people of African descent.
		Association for the Study of African American Life and History
	www.uky.edu /Subject/africanam.html (1190 words)

	INSN » World Association of Newspapers statement
		We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications in 100 countries, to express our grave concern at the serious assault on press freedom following your recent measures to take control of the government.
		This entry was posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2005 at 9:11 pm and is filed under Press freedom.
		One Response to &#8220;World Association of Newspapers statement”
	insn.org /?p=337 (575 words)

	Presseportal - Satellite Newspapers and World Association of Newspapers / "CLiENT" Program Presented at World ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS (ots) - Satellite Newspapers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Satellite Enterprises Corp (OTC BB: SENR), announced that it will be present at the World Association of Newspapers expo 2004 in Istanbul to promote its CLiENT system for worldwide newspaper distribution.
		The World Association of Newspapers will host 750 Presidents and CEOs of major newspapers from around the world at a Convention in Istanbul.
		Satellite Newspapers will demonstrate its CLiENT Internet-based software program that allows publishers to distribute their newspapers and make money, where they were losing money by trying to distribute their conventional printed publications in remote areas.
	www.presseportal.de /print.htx?nr=560883 (295 words)

	INMA - Biography of Earl J. Wilkinson
		The 39-year-old native Texan is a recipient of the 2005 Silver Shovel Award, presented by INMA for meritorious lifetime service to the newspaper industry and to the association.
		Among the newspapers to whom he has recently presented are: the Chicago Tribune and The Dallas Morning News, USA; News Ltd., Australia; Wellington Newspapers, New Zealand; and The Times Of India, India.
		Newspaper Outlook 2004: Differentiation and Value In a Cluttered Marketplace, December 2004.
	www.inma.org /wilkinson.cfm (2386 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The World Press Freedom Committee is an international umbrella organization that includes 45 journalistic groups -- print and broadcast, labor and management, journalists, editors, publishers and owners on six continents -- united in the defense and promotion of press freedom.
		A world campaign for the principles of the 10-point Charter for a Free Press, now available in seven languages.
		Implementation of joint activities for the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, an affiliation of nine major world free-press organizations.
	www.wpfc.org /index.jsp?page=Internet%20Press%20Freedom%20Conference (212 words)

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