Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Eastman Kodak Company today reported a GAAP earnings improvement of $877 million for the third quarter of 2006, on sales of $3.204 billion, largely as the result of the recording of a tax valuation charge in the year-ago quarter of $778 million. Print Segment Highlights - Graphic Communications Group sales were $880 ...Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Commercial printers and industry suppliers have recently made announcements about their environmental efforts. In a competitive environment, these actions are becoming even more important as customers decide which company will get their business. One commercial printer we spoke with at Graph Expo said their environmental efforts are highlighted on the ...Monday, October 30th, 2006
According to research commissioned by Magazine Publishers of America, magazines are the most effective medium for advertisers across the purchase funnel, especially in the key measure of purchase intent. The study, entitled "Measuring Media Effectiveness: Comparing Media Contribution Throughout the Purchase Funnel", was conducted by Marketing Evolution. "Magazines surprising strength will, ...Monday, October 30th, 2006
"The medium is not the message; the message is the message." Wall Street Journal, a Dow Jones publication, has 788,000 paid subscribers to their web site as of September 30, 2006, up 3.1% over the prior year period. This online subscriber base is larger than all but four U.S. print newspapers. ...Friday, October 27th, 2006
DM NEWS reports that First Class volume will "decline 2.8 percent from a 2006 estimate of 97.546 billion pieces to 94.775 billion in 2007. That decline of 2.771 billion pieces would cost the USPS $1 billion in revenue. The USPS also projects a 1.9 percent rise in Standard Mail volume, ...Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Janus Capital Group, an investment and mutual fund company with $158 billion in assets, owns a printing company called Rapid Solutions Group (RSG). Originally RSG was the marketing division of DST Output Technologies. It was sold to Capital Group Partners in December 2003, a wholly owned subsidiary of Janus. According ...Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Paidcontent.org reports that Merrill Lynch analyst Lauren Fine has released a report about the newspaper market. Among the findings: - online now represents 6-7% of newspaper ad revenues on average. - assuming (aggressive) double-digit growth for online ad revenues through 2012 and then 5% thereafter, while print ad revenues drop by 1.5% ...Thursday, October 26th, 2006
DM News reports that "America's first catalog brand Montgomery Ward has brought back its holiday catalog." The decision was based on customer feedback. The 148 page catalog aims to push consumers to the company's web site where more than 45,000 products are listed...Thursday, October 26th, 2006
American Printer has an excellent article in their October issue detailing Papa John's print business. A subliminal theme in the article is that the company selected a GOSS Sunday 2000 press, but more interesting is the discussion of Papa John's print business... How Schnatter (John Schnatter founder of Papa John's) ...Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox, a book written by Charles D. Ellis was reviewed by James Michaels of Forbes yesterday. Joe Wilson took over from his dad in the late 1940s. The 412, Xerox's first truly competitive product, would have to sell for $47,000 and was far too big ...
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