Editors and publishers, education specialists, foundation and government officials will gather in Warsaw, Poland, next month to examine an issue that his been a major challenge for news media and is essential to their future: how to attract young people to news when there is so much competition for their attention.

Leboncoin.fr the leading publisher of online classifieds in France, has been offering advertising services to real estate professionals since 2009. Today, realtors can publish classifieds ads on Leboncon.fr via two channels: A web-based channel whereby ads are inserted one-by-one on Leboncoin, and a channel with automated upload, which is operated by Leboncoin's partner Concept Multimedia (CMM), a Spir group company. CMM is also acting as sales channel for this offering.

Some of Asia's leading news media companies, including Singapore Press Holdings, South China Morning Post, Kompas, and the Nation Group, were among the winners of the 4th annual Asian Digital Media Awards presented tonight (13 November) in a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Workshops and master-classes, plus interactive presentations and exclusive research findings set to be highlights; media professionals from across Arab world to pick up new skills and techniques for success.

An unprecedented top-level press freedom mission is being sent to the United Kingdom by the world's press freedom organisations in response to recent actions by the British government.

Legislation set to introduce severe financial penalties for breaching code of conduct; new law could gag press in the name of national security.

Both also pledge to help develop a strong media environment in Ethiopia.

The annual Arab Free Press Forum is returning to Tunisia, which sparked the popular uprisings in the Arab world, to examine and assess the region's independent news media in transition and to help it develop.

Radio France Internationale journalists murdered after kidnapping takes place in remote northern town; French authorities accuse terrorist groups of targeting veteran correspondents.

The release of cross-platform metrics by the Alliance for Audited Media summarize the extension of the Houston Chronicle Media Group's (HCMG) diverse product mix, and affirms the company's position as the number one media company in Houston, reaching 3.2 million Houstonians weekly, 700,000 more consumers than any Houston radio or broadcast station.

News executives who believe their organizations must do a better job of engaging young people will meet in Poland in December to explore how best to go about it, with a focus on what works now and what the industry needs to do for future success.

WAN-IFRA's rolling series of global digital media events comes to Asia next month when Digital Media Asia brings publishers and editors together with hackers, designers, producers and other new media professionals to explore the latest trends in social media, content monetisation, mobile and tablet publishing.