The seminar organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) focussed on challenges print is facing in the future. Tariq Ansari, managing director at Mid-Day said, "Differentiated content is crucial for newspapers. The ones who achieve it are the only ones that will survive.? Jayant Mammen Matthew, editor and senior general manager at Malayala Manorama said, "The future of newspapers will be to offer local news. And the main challenge will be to make sure that the local news does not go down the road of local irrelevance." Writer Shobhaa De said, "According to me, the real challenge faced by newspapers today is how to marry credibility with commerce. It is how to survive in the business, and at the same time, be able to grab the attention of those whom one is addressing."

Also the issues of initial public offers and private equity funding were discussed. The Financial Express reports that big newspaper publishing houses are "sitting on huge cash piles but do not know how to grow the business." Ashok Wadhwa from Ambit finance, said, "For newspapers, private equity funding is a means to increasing their market valuation before going for an IPO."

Sources: agencyfaqs!, The Financial Express