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On August 29th, another American newspaper will jump on the tabloid bandwagon. The daily newspaper of Troy, New York called The Record, whose circulation has dropped 45% over the past ten years, is making the switch, simultaneously adding more local coverage and hiring new staff. The paper's VP of advertising and marketing, D. Lee Karlson, is optimistic because where most advertisers cringe at the thought of smaller pages on which to place their ads, The Record's advertisers welcome the change because surveys show that most readers welcome a smaller newspaper and will thus be more engaged when reading it. But not everyone in the newspaper business thinks a compact format can save waning circulations.

First there was the trend to compact newspapers, and then an explosion of new titles to compete with free papers and attract young readers. But what will be the defining newsroom trends in 2005? The answer is certain to emerge at the 12th World Editors Forum, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, from 29 May to 1 June.

Among the topics to be examined at the Forum, the annual global meeting for senior newsroom executives, will be:
- The rise of the "citizen journalist." Call it what you will -- participatory journalism, public journalism or open source journalism -- it is becoming a clear that more and more readers are becoming involved in the news gathering and debating process. Conference participants will be able to discuss the subject with keynote speaker Dan Gillmor, ex-columnist of the San Jose Mercury News, major blogger and author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People."
- The risks and challenges posed by RSS (Real Simple Syndication) and news aggregators such as Google News and Google Alerts, in which general and personalised news is provided by machines, not editors. "Personalised news" has moved from being a slogan to reality, but very few newspapers are ready for this revolution. The session will feature Rich Skrenta, CEO of Topix.net, Susan Mernit, a US-based consultant and former senior executive with AOL, and a representative from Google.
- An audit of changing formats. The rush to compact newspapers is well documented, but what is less clear are the results of the latest format and design changes. The WEF conference will examine the innovations that have worked and those that have not in a session featuring newspaper designer Mario Garcia and Didier Pillet, Editor of France's largest circulation general interest newspaper, Ouest France.

First there was the trend to compact newspapers, and then an explosion of new titles to compete with free papers and attract young readers. But what will be the defining newsroom trends in 2005? The answer is certain to emerge at the 12th World Editors Forum, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, from 29 May to 1 June.

Among the topics to be examined at the Forum, the annual global meeting for senior newsroom executives, will be:
- The rise of the "citizen journalist." Call it what you will -- participatory journalism, public journalism or open source journalism -- it is becoming a clear that more and more readers are becoming involved in the news gathering and debating process. Conference participants will be able to discuss the subject with keynote speaker Dan Gillmor, ex-columnist of the San Jose Mercury News, major blogger and author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People."
- The risks and challenges posed by RSS (Real Simple Syndication) and news aggregators such as Google News and Google Alerts, in which general and personalised news is provided by machines, not editors. "Personalised news" has moved from being a slogan to reality, but very few newspapers are ready for this revolution. The session will feature Rich Skrenta, CEO of Topix.net, Susan Mernit, a US-based consultant and former senior executive with AOL, and a representative from Google.
- An audit of changing formats. The rush to compact newspapers is well documented, but what is less clear are the results of the latest format and design changes. The WEF conference will examine the innovations that have worked and those that have not in a session featuring newspaper designer Mario Garcia and Didier Pillet, Editor of France's largest circulation general interest newspaper, Ouest France.

From Dagblad van het Noorden and the Dutch Commissariaat voor de Media (PDF file): In Britain and other European countries, the "compact revolution" refers to the trend of quality newspapers adopting the tabloid format, but that's not to say that all newly launched tabloids are in this genre. Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden reports that newspaper group Noordelijke Dagblad Combinatie (NDC) is planning to bring a tabloid to the market that will feature entertainment, action news and celebrities. The paper, tentatively titled NL NWS, borrows from the more traditional British tabloid model, featuring a "page 3 girl." Another tidbit from the Netherlands: did you know media consolidation there exceeds that in other European countries, with two groups, PCM and De Telegraaf, sharing 95.5% of the newspaper market? This report, in PDF format, examines the phenomenon.

Source: Dagblad van het Noorden and the Dutch Commissariaat voor de Media (PDF file)

From Dagblad van het Noorden and the Dutch Commissariaat voor de Media (PDF file): In Britain and other European countries, the "compact revolution" refers to the trend of quality newspapers adopting the tabloid format, but that's not to say that all newly launched tabloids are in this genre. Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden reports that newspaper group Noordelijke Dagblad Combinatie (NDC) is planning to bring a tabloid to the market that will feature entertainment, action news and celebrities. The paper, tentatively titled NL NWS, borrows from the more traditional British tabloid model, featuring a "page 3 girl." Another tidbit from the Netherlands: did you know media consolidation there exceeds that in other European countries, with two groups, PCM and De Telegraaf, sharing 95.5% of the newspaper market? This report, in PDF format, examines the phenomenon.

Source: Dagblad van het Noorden and the Dutch Commissariaat voor de Media (PDF file)

From Media Guardian: The "compact revolution" was the catchword on everyone's lips at our 11th World Editors Forum in Istanbul. Today, columnist Roy Greenslade employs the same metaphor to imply that perhaps the revolutionaries have gotten a bit carried away in their overhaul of traditional newspaper formatting: "Revolutions are never smooth transitions. After an initial burst of fervour there are usually periods of relative calm during which everyone - the leaders and the led - are able to assess whether tearing up the old world was a good idea after all. It is a worrying time for the leaders because they can't go back. But how do they maintain the momentum? Why, they ask themselves, has the initial euphoria vanished? That's the quandary facing both the Independent and the Times just now in the great compact revolution. As the latest official circulation figures reveal, the sales rises prompted by the move away from the broadsheet format have slowed dramatically in the past couple of months."

Source: Media Guardian