The global summit meetings of the world's press will be held from 22 to 25 March 2009 in Hyderabad and will be hosted by the Indian Newspaper Society. India has than 2000 daily newspapers in 100 languages with a combined circulation of 88 million.

The choice of  Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh and India's fifth largest city, was made by the Board of the World Association of Newspapers during its meeting Tuesday in Vienna, Austria.

The 2008 events, scheduled for 1 to 4 June 2008, will be held in Göteborg, Sweden.

"India is probably the most exciting newspaper market in the world at the moment," said Timothy Balding, CEO of the Paris-based WAN, which organises the events. "There is tremendous growth, change and innovation, both in print and digitally. Our choice of India also reflects our admiration for this huge country's respect for a free press as a pillar of democracy."

Source: WAN Press Release