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Premier Print Holdings, Operating as Premier Graphics, in Liquidation

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Premier Graphics is being sold under a “uniform commercial code sale” by GE Capital, which is foreclosing on the business and liquidating the assets. Premier Graphics consists of five print facilities: The Argus Press (Niles, IL), The Jones Company (Chattanooga, TN), McQuiddy Classic Press (Nashville, TN), Saint Clair Press (Indianapolis, ...

Mohawk: From Paper to Software

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

. . At PMA 2010, the trade event for “everything photo,” Mohawk Fine Papers announced the acquisition of LabPrints, a developer of workflow software and services for professional photographers and photo labs. “Wait,” you say, “a paper company bought a software company?” In search of clarification, I spoke to Bart Robinson, Mohawk's ...

Olympic Torch-Bearer: George Kallas, Metropolitan Fine Printers, Vancouver BC

Monday, February 15th, 2010

(Editor note: see the update and link at the bottom of this post.) The 2010 Winter Olympic Games started off with a bang on Friday evening, February 12. From the beginning, printing and the 2010 Olympics have been closely linked! In January 2003, George Kallas, President of Metropolitan Fine Printers and printer ...

Heidelberg’s Spinning Compass

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

(Edited for clarification) On January 7, Reuters reported that Heidelberg is looking for a digital printing partner, according to Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper. Heidelberg is considering both a joint venture and/or a stake purchase in a digital printing company, including Kodak NEXPRESS and others.

List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

It’s winter in Sault Saint Marie, MI, along the U.S./Canada international border; what else is there to do but shovel snow? Word "czars" at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) "unfriended" 15 words and phrases and declared them "shovel-ready" for inclusion on the university's 35th annual List of Words Banished from the ...

2010: the Tipping Point in the Future of Reading?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009



Report: Majority Of Newspapers Now Purchased By Kidnappers To Prove Date

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Breaking news! NEW YORK—According to a report published this week in American Journalism Review, 93 percent of all newspaper sales can now be attributed to kidnappers seeking to prove the day's date in filmed ransom demands. "Although the vast majority of Americans now get their news from the Internet or television, a ...