| abstract | - The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations and individual newspaper executives in 100 countries. Founded in 1948, the association represents more than 18,000 publications on five continents. Newspapers represent a 190 billion US dollar business globally with 1.6 billion readers a day. Newspapers are the world's second largest advertising medium (29.8%), exceeding the combined budget of radio, outdoor, cinema, magazines and the internet. Combined with magazines, print is the world's largest advertising medium with a 42 percent share. WAN's main objectives are to:
* defend and promote press freedom and the economic independence of newspapers as an essential condition for that freedom.
* support the development of newspaper publishing around the world by fostering communications and contacts between newspaper executives from different regions and cultures.
* promote co-operation between its member organisations, whether national, regional or worldwide. In pursuit of these objectives, the World Association of Newspapers:
* represents the newspaper industry in all international discussions on media issues, to defend both press freedom and the professional and business interests of the press.
* promotes a world-wide exchange of information and ideas on producing better and more profitable newspapers;
* opposes restrictions of all kinds on the free flow of information, on the circulation of newspapers and on advertising;
* campaigns vigorously against press freedom violations and obstacles;
* helps newspapers in developing countries, through training and other co-operation projects;
* channels legal, material and humanitarian aid to victimised publishers and journalists; WAN is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a global network of non-governmental organizations that monitors free expression violations worldwide and defends journalists, writers, Internet users and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. It also belongs to the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of 16 free expression groups that seeks to pressure Tunisia into improving its human rights record. WAN works closely in a number of fields with the European Newspaper Publishers Association, a regional association based in Brussels.
- Die 1948 gegründete World Association of Newspapers (WAN) versteht sich als weltweiter Dachverband 72 nationaler Zeitungsverbände. Des Weiteren gehören ihr zahlreiche Vorstände von Zeitungen in über 100 Ländern und einige Nachrichtenagenturen als Mitglieder an. Die WAN beschreibt ihre Ziele als
* Verteidigung der Pressefreiheit und der ökonomischen Unabhängigkeit von Zeitungen
* Leisten eines Beitrags zur Weiterentwicklung der Zeitungsbranche durch die Förderung von Kommunikation zwischen Zeitungen in aller Welt
* Förderung von Kooperationen zwischen den Mitgliederorganisationen Die WAN hat ihren Sitz in Paris, ihr Generaldirektor ist Timothy Balding.
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