The 62nd World Association of Newspapers and 16th World Editors Forum have been postponed to later this year, as the global economic crisis has led to extremely low registration numbers.

The management at WAN, of which Shaping the Future of the Newspaper is a project of, believes newspaper companies will learn to better operate under the weight of the crisis as the year passes, and will be more likely to invest in conferences as important tools toward the end of the year. The events were scheduled to take place March 22 through 25 in Hyderabad, India.

WAN is currently in talks to reschedule the event for Nov. 30 - Dec. 3, 2009 in Hyderabad. An exact new schedule will be confirmed soon.

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