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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Keeping print a float
B-to-b publishers have gotten used to the idea of advertising dollars migrating to the Web, but none wants to see vast sums of money moving out of print. As the economy becomes less certain, though, b-to-b publishers are aware that advertisers could make sudden shifts in strategy ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Jeff Hayzlett Chief Business Development Officer of Kodak will appear on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice on Thursday, January 17th, at 9:00 PM EST.
Hayzlett says:
Tune in to see me, along with a few other folks from Kodak and the cast at the bottom of this note, be a part of an entertaining ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
I got an email today from Warren. He's the President & CEO of Pazazz Printing. He wanted me to check out a couple of videos they had posted on YouTube. Ordinarily this would be a quick check it out and move on to other things.
But ...
Posted in Environment and Sustainability, Print, Printing Industry, Web 2.0 | 22 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
The Printing Industry will celebrate it's 564th birthday in 2008. Over the last 564 years the materials and processes used to place ink on paper have evolved, but one thing has remained constant: print remains a highly effective method of distributing and consuming informaton.
To mark the event, Frank Romano wrote ...
Posted in Printing Industry | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Christina Capecchi of MinnPost (an interesting experiment in new media news delivery we cover last August) has an amusing article on "Typography psychology: What does your typeface say about you?." The premise of Capecchi's article is person's font of choice reflects on their personality.
Update: More font fun via Kottke's links: ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
The Wall Street has an article on Getty Images attempts to its online presence (7 day free link):
Getty, which sells the rights to images to major advertisers and publications, seeks to boost sales from sources outside its high-resolution photos and capitalize on the growing ease of Web image posting.
The Seattle ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
A new study from Pew Internet examines "how people use the internet, libraries, and
government agencies when they need help:"
Americans deal with a complex array of issues and problems in their everyday lives – from health care to education to employment to retirement. Many of these problems require negotiating a ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Today Xerox unveiled a transformation of its corporate identity "designed to reflect today's Xerox, a customer-centric company built on a continuing history of innovative ideas, products and services that meet the needs of businesses small to large."
The Xerox logo is now a "lowercase treatment of the Xerox name - in ...
Posted in Printing Industry News | 13 Comments »
Monday, January 7th, 2008
The CMO Council, an organization "dedicated to advancing the effectiveness, stature and influence of chief marketing executives faced with a unique set of complex and daunting organizational, operational, cultural and strategic business challenges across multiple industry sectors and markets worldwide" has started an initiative aimed at helping marketers understand the ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
Last nights Simpsons' includes a scene mocking the death of newspapers.
Update: Youtube clip removed. Rex Hammock has the clip from Hulu.com: Nelson (of the Simpsons) on newspapers.
Is news print media doomed when its demise is highlighted in pop culture?
Posted in Newspapers | 7 Comments »