Archive for the ‘Printing Industry News’ Category

Harrumph to Drupa: A Respectful Response

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

“...drupa is just an elaborate evasion for vendors who are utterly unable to explain their products satisfactorily or provide useful and relevant demos at home. Drupa also encourages hurried and half-baked decisions by users who are unable to gather their own information from other sources.” Yikes! I don’t consider myself an apologist ...

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Hits 10-Year Low

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Bloomberg.com Europe reported on Friday that Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG has hit a 10-Year Low after JPMorgan downgraded the company's recommendation from neutral to underweight: JPMorgan cut its recommendation to ``underweight'' from ``neutral,'' arguing the Heidelberg, Germany-based company lacks growth and its reorganization plan is insufficient. The manufacturer said yesterday that it's ...

The Worst Fonts

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The keri design and print blog has the top 5 Worst Fonts: There are some fonts that should never be used for anything serious. Actually, there are A LOT of fonts that shouldn't ever be used for anything. Period. But there's a handfull of fonts that are horrible because they're overused, ...

VistaPrint Execs See Pay Increases

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Boston Business Journal is reporting senior executives at VistaPrint are scheduled to receive generous pay increases, bonuses and perks even though the company's stock has dropped 27 percent in the last year: The brunt of the salary bumps was mostly reserved for the company's top lieutenants. For example, CEO Robert Kean ...

A Perfect Storm for Print Media?

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Steve Rubel public relations executive at Edelman and blogger wonders if we are living in a perfect storm for print media. Steve points to three factors at work that indicate we are: rising fuels costs and distribution of print; consumer awareness of their environmental impact when consuming media; and popularity ...

Hayzlett Hijacks WTT Video Studio

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Wanted to make sure you guys saw this. It's posted over at WhatTheyThink.com as way to sort of wrap up our video coverage of drupa. I'll give you the back story. We always like to get Jeff Hayzlett of Kodak on video when we're at shows and ...

Keeping an Eye on Postal Rates

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

American Business Media had a short brief in their latest E-news update on future postal rate increases: Under the postal reform law passed in 2006, the Postal Service is entitled to increase its average rates by class annually by a percentage equal to the prior year's CPI increase. Given its precarious ...

NYC-Based Graphic Scholarship Fund Presents $53,000 in Grants to 25 Students

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

It began six years ago in a borrowed conference room with a blank sheet of paper and a cash balance of zero. It culminated last night in the theatre of the Hearst Tower in New York City with the award of nearly $53,000 in scholarships to 25 college and college-bound ...

Motorola and Kodak Partner to Roll Out New Mobile Phones with 5MP Camera

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Motorola and Kodak have announced the MOTOZINE ZN5 mobile phone that combines technology developed by both companies. According to the release: The MOTOZINE ZN5 combines a high-quality phone and camera experience to help content-craving consumers seize inspiration and share the content they create and love with the world. Unveiled today in ...

Online Publisher Drives Growth with Print Advertising

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Entrepreneur.com has the story of Jim Daniels owner of Rhode Island-based JDD Publishing. Daniels' company publishes Internet marketing books, services and software via the Internet. Not satisfied with the return electronic advertising was bringing, Daniels set out to use his database of leads and customers to create a direct marketing ...