Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
The Newspaper Association of America is reporting increased newspaper Web site readership: More than 59.6 million people visited newspaper Web sites in July 2007, a nine percent increase over the same period a year ago and the second largest monthly audience since NAA began tracking these numbers in 2004 (May ...Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Printing industry educator Annette Wolf Bensen sent her thoughts on the state of industry education: I am grateful to Frank Romano for his articles on this important subject, and I am gratified by the passion of the responses. I applaud all the educational funding efforts. It’s obvious that prospective students ...Monday, October 29th, 2007
Hemlock Printers a family-owned printing company located in Vancouver BC, Canada has developed a comprehensive strategy to embrace sustainability and reduce the impact its operations and products have on the environment. Last week, Gail Nickel-Kailing sat down with members of Hemlock's Sustainability Committee to find out what the printer is doing ...Monday, October 29th, 2007
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released the its Internet Advertising Revenue Report covering the second quarter and the first six months of 2007. The report shows record growth: Internet advertising revenues (U.S.) for the first six months of 2007 were nearly $10 billion, setting yet another new record and representing ...Friday, October 26th, 2007
Margie Dana and Frank Romano have both written recently on WhatTheyThink.com on the issues faced by print buyers: lack of formal training, low awareness by management about what they do, having limited resources for education and professional development, and more. And they are right in each case. But in my ...Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Janus Capital Group Inc. reported their earnings today and announced plans to sell its printing business, Rapid Solutions Group (RSG). RSG reported a third quarter net loss of $38.6 million, which includes a $36.0 million impairment charge, net of tax. In light of Janus’ decision to sell its printing and ...Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Folio magazine is reporting that Rachael Ray's magazine Everyday with Rachael Ray has switched to recycled paper: Magazine publishers may be slow in making the switch to recycled paper, but one of the industry’s biggest success stories of the last few years is already there. Last week Everyday with Rachael Ray—whose advertising ...Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Self-publishing service provider Lulu has acquired the PrintOnDemand.com business. The web site was owned by Chuck Surprise and offered weekly news updates about digital printing and a directory of digital print services providers. Currently the site does not offer either of these services. Lulu is using the site as a ...Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Andrew Tribute commented on Advanced Vision Technologies purchase of Graphic Microsystems Inc in today's eXpert Row Commentary and speculates on the future of press quality control tools: Neither AVT nor GMI have much presence in the sheet fed offset market. In this the standard for color management and control has long ...Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Update 10/24: Karen Fulton, President, Printing Industries Association of San Diego (PIASD) reports that they are still trying to determine if any of their members or their members' employees were affected. "Lots of our members' plants are in the areas evacuated and were closed, as was our office. We don't know ...
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