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Archive for January, 2009

Don’t Skimp on Training – What Do You Think?

Friday, January 30th, 2009

My article today on WhatTheyThink about the importance of investing in training in these tough times really struck a chord with our readers. I have gotten more mail on this article than I usually get, ranging from other resources that are available (see below) to those wondering why employers ...

President Obama Greets Print Industry Leaders at White House

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Kodak’s Antonio Perez and Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy were among a delegation of 13 tech industry CEOs who visited the White House Wednesday to discuss President Obama’s economic rescue plan. It was the first corporate sit down by the new President. Those who attended lent support to President Obama's ...

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the U.S. Postal Service

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

"I reluctantly request that Congress remove the annual appropriation bill rider, first added in 1983, that requires the Postal Service to deliver mail six days each week." stated Postmaster General John E. Potter said in testimony before congress today. The request comes as the Postal Service is looking at another loss ...

CPSIA and Printed Products

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

A book publisher contacted us with concerns about the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) on print on-demand production of books: We are a book publisher who thanks to your newsletters have become aware of the benefits of using print-on-demand when introducing new titles or reprinting slower selling ...

The Digital Newsweekly

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Last summer U.S. News & World Report went from a weekly publication to a bi-weekely. In November the magazine went to a monthly schedule. Today Portfolio is reporting the soft launch of a digital newsweekly that mimics the old weekly format of the magazine: But U.S. News hasn't given up on the ...

B2B Marketers: Priorities and Challenges for 2009

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Last week, MarketingSherpa published the results of a survey of B2B marketers that it conducted earlier this year.  The survey was directed to marketers in B2B organizations with revenues of more than $250 million and asked those marketers to describe their most important objectives, priorities, challenges and "pain points" for ...

Is Screen to Introduce a Violet Technology Newspaper CtP Unit?

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

At risk of muddying the water in the eternal CtP debate about thermal and violet technologies, I would like to quote from an interview recently given by Kyohei Fujisawa, the President of Media and Precision Technology of Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company. This quote is from an interview given to the ...