Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
As the year ends, a flurry of deals have been announced: - RR Donnelley will buy Perry Judd's in a $176 million all cash deal. - Bowne plans to buy St Ives Financial, the financial print division of St Ives plc. - And Advo and Valassis finally decided to put their differences aside ...Sunday, December 17th, 2006
GAM reports in their recent issue that average pay increased in 2005 2.9%, the same rise reported in the last four surveys. But, according to the article: "When compared to general salary averages, industry pay increases fell short. Compensation adjustments for salaried workers across all industries averaged 3.5%, reports business analysts ...Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Last week Limited Brands became the third major cataloger since early November to take strides in its use of post-consumer waste recycled paper and virgin pulp from responsibly logged forests according to an article by DM NEWS. Limited Brands is the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. Recently Dell said "it ...Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Publishers like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer were impacted this last week by the storms in the Northwest. Power to the Seattle Times plant was knocked out which forced the cancellation of the press run for the Friday morning editions. The last time The Times didn't publish was in 1953. Both papers' ...Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
In July, Valassis, a leading direct marketing services company, agreed to acquire ADVO, “the nation’s leading direct mail media company,†for $37 per share in cash. The numbers: a deal worth about $1.3 billion, combined 7,900 employees in nine countries; 94 of the top 100 advertisers in the US, and ...Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
According to a filing EFI made with the SEC yesterday, two more suits have been filed against the company alleging among other things that certain of the Company’s current and past officers and directors breached their fiduciary duty to the Company by improperly backdating certain grants of EFI stock options ...Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
DST announced today that since the inception of its eStatements solution in November 2005, nearly 23,000 advisors have subscribed to the service and nearly 4.5 million copies of individual statements (more than 15 million pages) have been delivered. Twelve management companies, including AIM Investments, American Funds, MFS and OppenheimerFunds, participate ...Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
In a recent article for B2B Magazine, Paul Gillin writes that the industry he once dreamed of working in is on a death spiral. In this essay, he says newspapers must change forever and a different model of publishing and journalism will take hold. Highlights and excerpts: IN THE PAST: - A ...Monday, December 11th, 2006
Marketers will increase overall budgets, shift more dollars online and try new technologies, according to BtoB's "2007 Marketing Priorities and Plans" survey. Highlights and Excerpts: - 62.7% of respondents plan to increase their marketing budgets in 2007; 29.4% said they will keep them flat; and 8.0% said they plan to decrease ...Monday, December 11th, 2006
The Landmark Postal Reform Accountability and Enhancement Act is considered as one of the most important reforms in decades at the USPS. The act provides a mechanism for controlling pricing, basically replacing the lengthy rate-setting process. This should hold rates around inflation with a cap tied to the consumer price ...
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