In Brief

In Brief

The Denver Newspaper Agency named Kirk MacDonald vice president of sales, marketing and digital sales. He formerly served as president and CEO of the agency between 2000 and 2006.

Eastman Kodak Co. named Joel Seligman, the president of the University of Rochester, to the company's board of directors, effective July 1.

CGS Publishing Technologies International said Fujifilm Canada will begin selling CGS’ Oris software in Canada.
www.cgs-oris.com
www.fujigraphics.com

Quincy (Ill.) Newspapers Inc. deployed videoconferencing systems from LifeSize HD to reduce travel expenses.
www.lifesize.com

Mediaspace Solutions said it is teaming up with software developer Kaesu to launch a set of small business applications. The companies’ CoolerAds Business Tools will allow local businesses to manage their print and online ad campaigns, the firms said.
www.mediaspacesolutions.com
www.kaesu.com

WoodWing is integrating software from eZ Systems, a Norway-based developer, to enable customers to deliver content across multiple platforms. eZ’s eZ Publish stores content in generic XML. The software is now part of WoodWing’s Enterprise Content Publishing Platform through a plug-in extension, WoodWing said.
www.woodwing.com

PuzzleFlow Solutions USA released WebPairer 3.0. The app builds on PuzzleFlow Automator, which helps newspapers automate prepress operations to cut costs.
www.puzzleflow.us

Yahoo Inc. launched self-service advertising service My Display Ads, using software from Seattle-based AdReady. Advertisers can create and customize campaigns from more than 800 display templates and can also elect CPM or CPC-based pricing.
http://mydisplayads.yahoo.com

Protecmedia said German Media group Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main will install its Milenium Cross Media multichannel editorial software in January.
www.protecmedia.com

GateHouse Media launched Cape Cod Day, a daily newspaper serving the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The paper will be produced through the summer, with a 25,000-copy press run.

The Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press tapped CIPS Marketing Group to distribute its advertising TMC program, News-Press Direct.

Harland-Simon said it completed a press control expansion and reconfiguration project at Archant Print in the United Kingdom. The project included bringing all of the press units and folders under a single control point.
www.harlandsimon.com