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WhatTheyThink celebrates 10 years!

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Apparently we're about to go into our rebellious teens. We just turned 10, but we're going on 20. We don't know it all yet, but we're close. ;-) WhatTheyThink started 10 years ago this year and we've been reflecting on it and sharing this fact with people in ...

Graphic Arts Monthly among titles to be closed by RBI

Friday, April 16th, 2010

In a press release today, Reed Business Information announced the intent to complete the divestment process started in July 2009 by by shuttering 23 remaining titles. Included in the list is the printing industry's Graphic Arts Monthly and Graphic Arts Blue Book. A memo by CEO Keith Jones notes: This is ...

USPS delivers for you…but not on weekends?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The Postal Service, facing what they called "unprecedented volume declines" and a projected $238 billion shortfall over the next decade announced an aggressive plan of cost cutting yesterday. Among the items in the cost cutting plan was a bullet point to "adjust delivery days to better reflect volumes and ...

E&P Finds a Buyer, Nixes Long Time Editor Mitchell

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher for the past 8 years posted a tweet tonight saying that E&P had indeed found a buyer instead of the magazine going under.  The twist was that he was not being retained as editor.  He also posts at his blog that senior editor ...

PIA Announces Further Progress in Cooperation with NAPL

Monday, November 16th, 2009

We received a "Special Announcement" from PIA President & CEO Michael Makin that outlines further progress in cooperation with NAPL. The message was sent to PIA membership this morning and discusses a recent meeting by top leaders in both organizations. The full statement is in the extended post.

Is Prinergy Dead? Kodak Says No

Friday, November 6th, 2009

We've been getting many calls and emails about a post over at Prepress Pilgrim. Rumors were swirling that Kodak was shutting down Prinergy development and laying everyone off at the Willingdon Avenue plant in Burnaby British Columbia, Canada. We received the following statement from Kodak yesterday: To set the ...

XMPie Twitter Campaign Takes One Extra Step…Too Far? (Updated)

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

I have to admit that I merely scanned a recent announcement by XMPie about a Twitter promotion they are running to highlight their presence at MediaPro 09. It wasn't until I received an email from a reader this morning that I took a closer look. Details on how the campaign ...