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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 ...

Reinventing Print Media: Strategy + Business

Monday, August 31st, 2009

strategy+business (s+b), a "thought-leadership business magazine," is a terrific business resource.  In the current issue, an article called Reinventing Print Media offers four strategies to turn today's print media companies into the media companies of the future. Develop deeper relationships with readers around targeted interest areas. Strong print brands enjoy ...

DS Graphics Acquires LVI Print Optimization

Monday, August 24th, 2009

LVI, formerly known as LaVigne, Inc., filed for protection under Chapter 11 on July 13 with the intent to reorganize the company through the sale of its assets. Today LVI and DS Graphics announced that they have entered into a court-approved asset purchase agreement. At the time of the bankruptcy filing, ...

Authorship as a Spectator Sport

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

In a marketing ploy to promote London's Heathrow Airport, author Alain de Botton is writing a new book “A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary,” in real time. Here's what The New York Times had to say about it: TRAVELERS passing through London's Heathrow Airport this week may be surprised to ...

New Twist on Mobile Printing: Ford Trucks Come With On-Board Printer

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Confirmation that print is not dead! It's just on wheels... Now we have even more ways to be distracted while driving! Ford is adding in-dash computers to its trucks - Internet connection, word processing, spreadsheets, a PDF reader, and even an in-truck printer. Click on the image below to view the video ...

The Daily News Will Spend $200 Million on NEW Presses

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Is Mort Zuckerman whistling past the graveyard or is he taking a gamble that will pay off? Today Forbes.com published an interview with Zuckerman, chair and co-founder Boston Properties, editor in chief of U.S. News and World Report, and publisher of the Daily News. Clearly he believes that newspapers - ...

Trades in Trouble

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Within a week of each other, two major publishers of trade magazines and directories in the graphic arts and publishing markets reported major changes or restructuring. Yesterday, August 3, Cygnus Business Media announced it is restructuring under Chapter 11 protection. Just a week ago, July 30, Reed Elsevier announced that ...