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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

WAN: DIGITAL MEDIA STUDY USA TOUR

A first class study tour.

The World Association of Newspapers is offering a unique opportunity to visit some of America’s leading newspaper and web technology companies and return home with many profit-generating digital publishing ideas.

The tour will start in Chicago on 26 November before moving to the west coast cities of Seattle, Sacramento and San Jose. Visits will include:

Chicago

The Chicago Tribune
The Tribune has been a leader in online revenue making and cross-media advertising. Chicago is the headquarters and strategic hub of several major newspapers, both print and online, across the U.S.

Classified Ventures
Classified Ventures CEO Daniel Jauernig will talk about the classifieds network, owned by the top six newspaper chains in the U.S., which includes Cars.com, Apartments.com, Homescape.com and HomeGain.com.

Seattle

Microsoft
Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies Group, which is bringing newspapers, including the New York Times, to tablet PCs.

MSN
MSN, one of the world's most trafficked and profitable web sites, with revenues of more than $1 billion USD. MSN General Manager Steve Cvengros and a variety of MSN producers will lead the discussion on MSN.com’s strategy for content and moneymaking.

Seattle Times
Executives from both the Seattle Times and Seattletimes.com will share innovations in editorial and advertising strategies.

Sacramento and San Jose

Stanford University’s Cantor Centre for the Arts
A joint seminar, - “Media companies in an era of change”

McClatchy
McClatchy, the largest newspaper chain in America, where CEO Gary Pruitt and Chris Hendricks, President of McClatchy Interactive will discuss innovative strategies on the print and digital sides of the business.

Google
A visit to Google’s fascinating 8,000-employee headquarters in Mountain View. Participants will hear about the innovative product development process and of Google’s many unique online advancements.

Media News Group Interactive
Presentation and discussion with Eric Grilly, President of Media News Group Interactive, one of the most profitable online operations in the news world.

Yahoo!
The number one website in the world in terms of traffic. Participants will go behind the scenes to see their impressive search functionality infrastructure with Yahoo!’s top news and business executives.

More information here.

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