Study Tour · Conference · New Delhi · July 19–22, 2027Home to a quarter of the world’s population, South Asia is at the centre of profound change in news media. The 2027 INMA South Asia News Media Festival will examine how publishers can stay closely connected to changing audience needs, create distinctive and relevant journalism, and build the business models needed not just to grow, but to endure.
This is where the region’s news leaders and operators come together to compare notes, challenge assumptions, contribute experience, learn from peers and ideate around what comes next for South Asian news media.
How publishers can read changing behaviours more sharply, build stronger relationships, create habit, and stay relevant to the next generation of news consumers.
How editorial teams can sharpen content, strengthen originality and trust, and produce journalism that is useful, differentiated and worth returning to.
How publishers are turning reach, relevance and engagement into revenue through advertising, reader revenue, transactions, commerce, events, licensing and new business models.
How AI, automation, data and technology are changing workflows, products, decision-making and the economics of running a modern media company.
The festival is designed as a working forum, not just a showcase. Participants will hear what is working, question what is not, contribute their own experience and leave with sharper thinking, practical ideas and new perspectives they can take back to their organisations. We’ll surface case-led answers to:
We invite management teams to join INMA for a study tour of Delhi media companies, innovators, technology players, start-ups and adjacent industries.
The tour will offer an inside look at how organisations are responding to shifts in consumption, new technologies, changing revenue models and the need to operate with greater speed and agility.
FITT at IIT Delhi · HT Digital · The Indian Express · NDTV · Network18 · Paytm · Times Internet · Upstox · WPP Media · IPG Mediabrands · Friday Filmworks · Google · Microsoft · Pratilipi · VerSe Innovation · Condé Nast Technology Lab · Inshorts · amongst others
Two days of visits to leading media houses, innovators, start-ups and adjacent industries.
Two days of case studies, strategic conversations, practical lessons and peer exchange tailored to South Asian news media.
Designed for cross-functional management teams, the festival brings together leaders from business, newsroom, marketing, advertising, product, data, technology and audience teams. Speakers and participants will include news media leaders, industry pioneers, innovators, researchers, academics and experts shaping the next phase of the industry.
Hotel and programme updates will be published here as they are confirmed. Fees are on the Registration page. Contact INMA’s South Asia team for group registrations.
