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Since then, we\u2019ve expanded to almost 35 countries in Europe, aggregating news from numerous publishers for iOS devices in addition to Samsung phones and B2B partnerships with automotive manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our latest offering is Jaxon, an Esports app that provides news and calendar information on popular games like Apex Legends, CS:GO, Dota, Fortnite, League of Legends, and Valorant, with many more in the works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What role do images play in news?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Visual media makes news more interesting. No matter the news content\u2014be it sports, cars, politics\u2014adding images and videos to the news content adds a strong audience appeal. To capitalize on that magnetic draw, we invariably attach a captivating image or video to every news card.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the challenges of managing visual media?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A major challenge is optimization, that is, the imperative process of transforming images for the most compelling user experience on the many devices we support: Samsung flagships, Samsung medium flagships, and iPhones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>By way of explanation, transforming images means editing them dynamically, at scale, and through automation without altering the originals. Simple transformations include resizing, cropping, format changes, and compression. 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Cloudinary also optimizes the images related to all that content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you automate at-scale transformation of images with sustained high quality?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We want people\u2019s faces to be the focus of many pictures, but accomplishing that requires a lot of cropping and resizing. Cloudinary does all that for us through automation with a technology called face detection, which enables us to publish news content much faster. Manually cropping or resizing the images would be a lot more time consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, a key goal of ours is to provide our audience with an experience of the most accurate news. The process starts with recommendations from Cloudinary\u2019s machine-learning model, after which our editorial team reviews all the pictures before weaving them into the content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you optimize images for your tech stack?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a content management system on which editors write news stories. For images, the editors upload them with the Cloudinary Upload Widget through drag-and-drop to the Cloudinary system within the CMS, where they\u2019re up for editing. Cloudinary then dynamically resizes, crops, and compresses the images, applying other transformations as required before generating URLs for the images. To double-check, the editors preview all the imagery in the CMS before publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you measure the benefit of optimizing visual assets?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our app design mandates that we deliver news with both text and images. As a yardstick, we measure the overall impact of news stories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have millions of users on various devices with different form factors. We\u2019re dedicated to providing them with a seamless experience so that our editors need not do anything to accommodate end-users\u2019 mobile devices. Instead, the editors just focus on choosing the right pictures and generating the right news content. In other words, a tremendous value-add from Cloudinary is ensuring that everything just works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s on the horizon for upday?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, we launched a pilot phase in a few markets as a precursor to expanding to other countries. And we\u2019re looking into various models with a goal of growing our tech stack to multiple levels in various geographies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we grow, we\u2019ll continue to count on Cloudinary to transform our media assets. Whether B2C or B2B, we\u2019re passionate about providing customers with reliable, traced, and fact-validated news along with high-quality visual media. To that end, we\u2019ve had practical guidance and exceptional help from Cloudinary experts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A case in point is that, at Cloudinary\u2019s suggestion, we\u2019ve established a centralized service, which eliminates the need to integrate all our apps with Cloudinary. All those apps have to do is to integrate with our central app, which functions through Cloudinary\u2019s APIs. The result is a focused view of what gets transformed and how that\u2019s done across business units. The bottom line is that we now onboard and integrate new products and apps much faster than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does your crystal ball say vis-\u00e0-vis the future of media for news delivery? Will AR, VR, 360, and video come into play?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a fascinating industry topic. I believe that visual media will grow in the direction of all the technologies you cited. What matters is what people want. They have options and, for many, smartphones are their primary means of consuming information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, people of different demographics consume content in different ways. Many teenagers get news from TikTok; those in their mid-20s or early 30s tend to prefer Instagram and, of course, YouTube caters to all ages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting horizon ahead for the news business because we\u2019ll be able to cover news through more channels. Some people like video because it&#8217;s easier to watch footage than read text. The way I see it, all things are possible and have equal opportunities to develop and grow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s your passion and what do you aspire for in the times ahead?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My background is in Computer Science Engineering. 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