The chief executive of Independent News & Media has told the company's AGM that product innovation will be the ingredient of its future success.
Vincent Crowley said there was a shift in how news is gathered and collated.
He gave the example of the Anglo Tapes story as a cross platform, cross title story where audio was available on the Independent website alongside the print story.
A new manager of digital activities was among a number of high profile appointments at the group in recent months.
Today's AGM heard that INM's net debt in 2012 was €422m.
Vincent Crowley said forthcoming financial plans including a restructuring of the group's pension scheme and a €40m capital raise which will see a reduction in debt to €118m.
