APA grew by 4.9 percent in 2022 – Revenue of EUR 74.35 million made it the highest-grossing nationally operating news agency group in Europe – The focus in 2023 is Trusted AI – Brief Report. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the energy crisis made 2022 a […]
WeiterlesenAlongside Digital Workplace and Digital Platforms, the innovative field of Data & AI forms the third pillar of APA Group’s current digital strategy. In his keynote address at an event held on Thursday morning at the APA Press Centre, APA CEO Clemens Pig presented the key aspects of APA Trusted AI, the future AI strategy […]
WeiterlesenBuilding on our successful cooperation in the development of the prototype for the media industry login platform MediaKey, APA is continuing its cooperation with Google in 2023 and has concluded a corresponding transformation cooperation. Google will support a selection of APA’s innovation projects via the Google News Initiative, while APA will contribute digital competence and […]
WeiterlesenA digital offensive in journalism, new communication platforms and major IT orders provided a strong boost in growth for APA – Austria Press Agency in its 75th year as an independent media-owned cooperative news agency group. The annual report for 2021 was presented at the annual general meeting on 15 June. Consolidated revenue was EUR […]
WeiterlesenEs gibt viele Formen der Wissenschaftsvermittlung. Warum habt ihr das Format Podcast gewählt? Sylvia Maier-Kubala (links im Bild): Dass an einem Podcast kein Weg vorbei geht, war uns schon länger klar. Ein Podcast bedeutet die Erschließung neuer Zielgruppen. Auch von Seiten der Partner aus dem APA-Science-Netzwerk spürten wir eine steigende Erwartungshaltung. Doch erst mit dem Relaunch […]
WeiterlesenAPA – Austria Press Agency is expanding its reporting on the topic of climate and sustainability. A newly established interdepartmental climate team with members from all disciplines, from politics to culture and science to business, will devote greater attention to the diverse and highly interconnected aspects of the subject area. Sandra Walder has returned to […]
WeiterlesenDie APA – Austria Presse Agentur beging am 6. Oktober 2021 ihr 75-jähriges Jubiläum als unabhängige, genossenschaftlich organisierte Nachrichtenagentur mit einem Festakt. Zum Auftakt des Events im Wiener Arsenal würdigte Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen die APA. Diese stelle mit ihren verlässlichen, faktenbasierten und möglichst objektiven Nachrichten eine „Grundlage für die liberale Demokratie“ dar und […]
WeiterlesenDie Medienbranche befindet sich in einem großen Transformationsprozess. Um die technologischen und digitalen Umwälzungen bestmöglich zu bewältigen, empfiehlt es sich, die Mitarbeitenden einzubinden und unternehmensübergreifend Entwicklungen voranzutreiben, waren sich die Diskutantinnen und Diskutanten der Debatte „Transformation und Technik“ bei den Österreichischen Medientagen einig. Hochtechnologisches Agenturgeschäft „Medienhäuser gewinnen das Match der digitalen Zukunft nicht, wenn sie […]
WeiterlesenAPA – Austria Press Agency celebrates its 75th anniversary. The agency was founded on 1 September 1946 on the initiative of the Reuters and AP news agencies as a cooperative owned by Austrian daily newspapers. Now, as then, the values of reliability, speed and balance, along with transparency and independence, remain paramount in the anniversary […]
WeiterlesenInterview – the industry magazine Horizont with Clemens Pig – by Jürgen Hofer and Martin Wurnitsch, Friday, 16 October 2020 CEO Clemens Pig is committed to innovation. In this exclusive interview with HORIZONT, he describes how this was structurally established, how growth can occur and what new services are now being launched. As CEO of […]
WeiterlesenIn 2021 APA – Austria Press Agency will again sponsor two grants for the certificate course in digital journalism at the fjum_forum for journalism and media in Vienna. The new course begins in January next year and offers six months of in-depth training in the area of digital journalism. The funding from APA is for […]
WeiterlesenThe media industry is facing enormous pressure to innovate, which has „increased immensely“ in recent times, APA CEO Clemens Pig observed on 24 October at the Austrian Media Days, the Austrian media’s biggest industry gathering. Yet the transformation in the media provides an opportunity for a „democratic dividend“ and „digital dividend“, he said. The corona […]
WeiterlesenWhether election results, population age structure, changes in temperature or climate, percentage of green areas, overnight stays, kindergarten places and much more: public organisations collect enormous quantities of statistical data. Currently, a large portion of this data is not textually developed or is insufficiently so. This is due less to a lack of interest than […]
WeiterlesenAt a time in which physical contact is still kept to a minimum, new formats for digital communication are developing swiftly and often encountering a new level of acceptance. For example, virtual press conferences have also experienced an upturn. After all, interaction can also be generated in digital space, for instance by means of a […]
WeiterlesenThere are already signs of development and findings that will lead to lasting changes. The need for reliable information and categorisation is even greater than before the outbreak of COVID-19. The online portals of domestic TV stations and newspapers have recorded above-average access figures in recent weeks. In addition to this, a comprehensive push for […]
WeiterlesenAPA – Austria Press Agency presented an increase in result and revenue at its general meeting on Wednesday. Consolidated revenue totalled EUR 66 million in 2019 compared with EUR 63.71 million in 2018. The growth generated in revenue was therefore 3.6 percent. APA-Group’s operating result (EBIT) was EUR 2.16 million in 2019 compared with EUR […]
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