Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
International Data Group, the owner of InfoWorld says the magazine's last print edition is April 2, 2007. Below is edited statements from the press release issued by IDG. "Unique visitor traffic at infoworld.com has increased 85 percent (February 2006 compared to February 2007), reflecting audience migration online, as well as ...Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Dr. Joe made an interesting post in his "FREE Marketing, Management and Economic Notes" this week. He referenced an Ad Age article I was finally able to read last night. Scary stuff! - See Dr. Joe's comments on this movement. - Click here to read the Ad Age article.Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Sandy Alexander is among the best run companies in the printing industry and is very likely THE best in North America. WhatTheyThink.com's contributing editor Jean Marie Hershey recently interviewed Sandy's CEO Roy Grossman. Headquartered in Clifton, N.J., the privately owned, $140 million company augments its extensive web and sheet fed ...Sunday, February 25th, 2007
On Monday, WhatTheyThink.com plans to announce the purchase of PrintPlanet.com which is currently owned by Printable Technologies. As many know, PrintPlanet.com is the printing industry's largest forum community with over 10,000 unique members. We are very excited about this purchase. The forums will remain free to all and we plan to ...Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article today about Xerox and Kodak entitled When Neighbors Become Rivals. The author, William Bulkeley, says the two have been friendly neighbors until recently as "digital convergence and financial travails are increasingly turning the two imaging companies into rivals." Highlights: - It "will be a ...Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
DirectMag.com reports that Superior Printing Inks has achieved more than a 50% response on it's direct mail efforts. The campaign targets printing plant executives and managers. In the mailing, Superior Printing Inks offers to set up an on-site ink-mixing demonstration at the printing plant. Highlights - Superior used a 3-D variable data ...Friday, February 16th, 2007
Folio's recent issue includes a column entitled Production and Manufacturing Imperatives for 2007. The article has comments from several executives about the challenges for the world of production in 2007. Highlights: David Steinhardt, President, CEO, IDEAlliance "In the postal arena, the flat-sequence sortation system is going to really change how magazines ...Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Zinio Systems has been acquired by Gilvest LP and the new owners will provide new capital to fund technology advancements Zinio claims to be involved with 1,200 digital magazine titles and textbooks from more than 240 publisher partners. The company provides fulfillment services for publishers along with domestic and international ...Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
American Advertising Federation recently polled 1,000 ad industry leaders according to AdWeek. Many expect to increase spending in non-traditional media. Highlights: - Just over 10 percent of those surveyed said they still earmark all of their budgets for traditional media. - 12 percent said they direct up to 40 percent of their ...Friday, February 2nd, 2007
PIA/GATF Awards Metropolitan New York Territory to PIA of NYS PIA/GATF announced today that PIA/GATF members in the metropolitan New York and Northern New Jersey jurisdiction are now eligible for membership in the Printing and Imaging Association of New York State (PIA of NYS), which has established a presence in the ...
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