| April 28, 2021
The Cultural Change Ignition Program was co-organised by WAN-IFRA and the Facebook Journalism Project from October 2020 to January 2021. It worked with 30 media leaders from fifteen news companies from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, to refresh their digital and management skills and reflect on guiding their companies into the future.
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During the sessions, participants were invited to consider profound day-to-day cultural changes within their news organizations, conceptualize their role in society and rethink the ways they operate, compete and monetize” explained Julieta Shama, Head of News Partnerships at Facebook for Spanish Speaking Latin America.
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News organizations worldwide have taken important steps to adapt to the digital era. But some measures are just not enough,â said Rodrigo Bonilla, Americas Director, WAN-IFRA. âT
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Investors must use new metrics to judge the value of tech companies, or risk missing out on future prosperity
22 February 2021 • 6:00am
After a dearth of floats last year, 2021 has seen a flurry of new listings - many of them tech companies with more, including Deliveroo, Transferwise and Darktrace, slated to happen this year.
Meanwhile Lord Hill’s review of the listing regime in London, which is considering measures to ensure that London is getting its due share of listings, is drawing to a close.
There are broadly two opposing camps in the debate: those who wish to maintain the City’s reputation as a gold standard for listing, with little relaxation of the existing rules, and those who wish to make it easier to attract high-growth companies, typically in the tech sector, who might otherwise be tempted to list in Asia or the US.