Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. will deploy computer-to-plate systems to 21 of its newspapers across 16 locations, using equipment from Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging and ECRM Imaging Systems.
Each site will image Konica Minolta’s Replica HSV photopolymer violet plates on ECRM’s Newsmatic 60 SSR automated violet platesetters. Each site will also employ PuzzleFlow Solutions’ workflow software and automation products and violet plate processors from Heights.
The newspapers are: The Cullman (Ala.) Times; the Thomasville, (Ga.) Times-Enterprise; the Americus (Ga.) Times Recorder; the Effingham (Ill.) Daily News; Mt. Vernon (Ill.) Register News; the Commercial News in Danville, Ill.; the Washington (Ind.) Times Herald; the Ottumwa (Iowa) Daily Courier; the Independent in Ashland, Ky.; the Meridian (Miss.) Star; the Cumberland (Md.) Times News; the Joplin (Mo.) Globe; the Edmond (Okla.) Sun; the Duncan (Okla.) Banner; the Muskogee (Okla.) Phoenix; the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pa.; the Palestine (Texas) Herald-Press; the Orange (Texas) Leader; the Port Arthur, (Texas) News; the Register Herald in Beckley, W.Va.; and the Times West Virginian in Fairmont, W.Va.
“We believe these systems will greatly improve the efficiency of production at each of these newspapers,” said CNHI Chief Operating Officer Keith Blevins. “Most importantly, these systems will help each newspaper deliver the top-notch publications their advertisers and communities expect and deserve.”
Monday, August 17, 2009
No decision on outsourcing Memphis CA’s printing
Talks between The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., and Journal Publishing Co. in Tupelo, Miss., are continuing past the Aug. 15 deadline set by JPC to determine whether it will take over production of the Tennessee daily (see Dateline, July 27, 2009).
An agreement between E.W. Scripps and JPC is “not real close,” according to comments attributed to Commercial Appeal attorney Richard Lowe by the Memphis Newspaper Guild.
The Guild said that one of the big differences between The Commercial Appeal and JPC is the length of contract. While JPC, which prints The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and other papers, wants a longer-term agreement, The Commercial Appeal is apparently reluctant, the Guild said.
Lowe told the Guild that it’s unclear when the two sides might reach a decision.
JPC would have to invest millions in a new plant, including press and postpress equipment, to produce The Commercial Appeal. The privately owned publisher currently operates a singlewide Goss International Urbanite press.
Commercial Appeal Vice President of Operations Steve Tomb told News & Tech that he couldn’t comment on negotiations. JPC didn’t return calls asking for comment.
Scripps has been studying what to do with The Commercial Appeal’s 30-year-old Goss Metro presses for years. In 2008, the newspaper reduced the web width of the four machines from 50 inches to 46 inches. It’s also evaluating ways to reduce the press’ 23 9/16-inch cutoff, examining modification services from Goss and Pressline Services Inc. All of these options remain under consideration, a Scripps exec told News & Tech.
An agreement between E.W. Scripps and JPC is “not real close,” according to comments attributed to Commercial Appeal attorney Richard Lowe by the Memphis Newspaper Guild.
The Guild said that one of the big differences between The Commercial Appeal and JPC is the length of contract. While JPC, which prints The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal and other papers, wants a longer-term agreement, The Commercial Appeal is apparently reluctant, the Guild said.
Lowe told the Guild that it’s unclear when the two sides might reach a decision.
JPC would have to invest millions in a new plant, including press and postpress equipment, to produce The Commercial Appeal. The privately owned publisher currently operates a singlewide Goss International Urbanite press.
Commercial Appeal Vice President of Operations Steve Tomb told News & Tech that he couldn’t comment on negotiations. JPC didn’t return calls asking for comment.
Scripps has been studying what to do with The Commercial Appeal’s 30-year-old Goss Metro presses for years. In 2008, the newspaper reduced the web width of the four machines from 50 inches to 46 inches. It’s also evaluating ways to reduce the press’ 23 9/16-inch cutoff, examining modification services from Goss and Pressline Services Inc. All of these options remain under consideration, a Scripps exec told News & Tech.
Printcasting offering ad, print support
Printcasting, the user-generated publishing platform that launched in Bakersfield, Calif., earlier this year, said it will begin placing ads and covering printing costs of selected Printcasts in order to further kick-start the concept.
Beginning Aug. 19, Printcasting said it will place $10 ads in 50 Printcasts at its expense. It will also increase its normal revenue sharing formula — now 60 percent — to 70 percent, enabling publishers to keep $7 of the total. The other $3 is slated to content providers.
Additionally, Printcasting said it would select 20 publishers and cover the printing costs for their first edition, with a limit of up to 200 copies or $200 per edition. The publishers will be selected Sept. 30.
For more information, click http://www.printcasting.com/content/hey-publishers-let-us-cover-your-printing-costs
Beginning Aug. 19, Printcasting said it will place $10 ads in 50 Printcasts at its expense. It will also increase its normal revenue sharing formula — now 60 percent — to 70 percent, enabling publishers to keep $7 of the total. The other $3 is slated to content providers.
Additionally, Printcasting said it would select 20 publishers and cover the printing costs for their first edition, with a limit of up to 200 copies or $200 per edition. The publishers will be selected Sept. 30.
For more information, click http://www.printcasting.com/content/hey-publishers-let-us-cover-your-printing-costs
Goss sells Newsliner to Chinese publisher
Chinese newspaper publisher Xi’an Daily News Co. purchased a 4-by-2 Newsliner press from Goss International.
The press, configured as two four-high towers and one 2:3:3 jaw folder, will enable Xi’an to increase its color capacity to 16 broadsheet pages in straight run and 32 pages collect.
The press, configured as two four-high towers and one 2:3:3 jaw folder, will enable Xi’an to increase its color capacity to 16 broadsheet pages in straight run and 32 pages collect.
Journal Register emerges from bankruptcy
Journal Register Co. emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection six months after making its initial filing.
A federal bankruptcy judge OK’d the move, allowing Journal Register to obtain more than $200 million in exit financing from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, The AP reported.
A federal bankruptcy judge OK’d the move, allowing Journal Register to obtain more than $200 million in exit financing from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, The AP reported.
Valassis dumps L.A. Times in favor of mail
Valassis said it will send its RedPlum package of coupons and ad circulars to Los Angeles-area customers via direct mail, forgoing the Los Angeles Times.
The shift will take place next Monday. Valassis said it would continue to distribute its coupons through Los Angeles Newspaper Group newspapers, which include the (Los Angeles) Daily News and other L.A. suburban dailies.
The shift will take place next Monday. Valassis said it would continue to distribute its coupons through Los Angeles Newspaper Group newspapers, which include the (Los Angeles) Daily News and other L.A. suburban dailies.
Aftenposten selects Integration X
Aftenposten of Norway signed a deal to implement Integration X’s AdPoint production suite to manage its ad production and material handling.
Meantime, Integration X announced that it will release version 5 of AdPoint in the fall. AdPoint offers Web-based tracking, production and proofing for print and online ads. Version 5 will introduce new features as well as a new Java-based user interface, and is based on a modular structure in which a user’s entire ad production environment is available in a single Web browser window, Integration X said.
Meantime, Integration X announced that it will release version 5 of AdPoint in the fall. AdPoint offers Web-based tracking, production and proofing for print and online ads. Version 5 will introduce new features as well as a new Java-based user interface, and is based on a modular structure in which a user’s entire ad production environment is available in a single Web browser window, Integration X said.
Tribune notches color register savings
Tribune Publishing Co. in Columbia, Mo., said it was able to cut its consumption of newsprint by 30 percent since employing a color register system from Imaging Technologies Inc.
TPC last fall installed a 24-camera system across its Goss International Universal 45 press (see News and Tech, October 2008).
“The waste reduction is a direct result of having to pay less attention to register by virtue of the automated register system,” said Jack Waters, TPC’s general manager.
“The overall savings and improvements to the environmental footprint of our operations including the paper, inks, energy savings (machine run time) are significant. Crew time optimization is made possible as well.”
TPC last fall installed a 24-camera system across its Goss International Universal 45 press (see News and Tech, October 2008).
“The waste reduction is a direct result of having to pay less attention to register by virtue of the automated register system,” said Jack Waters, TPC’s general manager.
“The overall savings and improvements to the environmental footprint of our operations including the paper, inks, energy savings (machine run time) are significant. Crew time optimization is made possible as well.”
Saxotech making hosting easier
Saxotech said it would make its Mediaware Center software available to media companies through a hosted model with special pricing and payment terms.
Under the Saxotech Stimulus Program, qualified media companies can sign up to use the app for as little as 12 months, and payment terms will be structured to provide users with additional savings before the first payment is owed, Saxotech said.
“We understand in today’s economic environment that media companies are under tremendous pressure to find additional efficiencies and to only invest in areas where they can realize a quick return on their investment,” said Anders Christiansen, president and CEO of Saxotech. “Through the Saxotech Stimulus Program, media companies can take advantage of the many benefits of the Managed Hosted Mediaware Center while also generating an immediate return on their investment.”
Under the Saxotech Stimulus Program, qualified media companies can sign up to use the app for as little as 12 months, and payment terms will be structured to provide users with additional savings before the first payment is owed, Saxotech said.
“We understand in today’s economic environment that media companies are under tremendous pressure to find additional efficiencies and to only invest in areas where they can realize a quick return on their investment,” said Anders Christiansen, president and CEO of Saxotech. “Through the Saxotech Stimulus Program, media companies can take advantage of the many benefits of the Managed Hosted Mediaware Center while also generating an immediate return on their investment.”
Ohio daily launches pay Web site
The Lima (Ohio) News last week made portions of its Web site available only to paid subscribers.
“This rewards our loyal customers by giving them something for free that a casual user does not get,” said James Shine, publisher of The News. “At the same time, people wishing to receive their news only through our Web site have the opportunity to do so for a very reasonable cost.”
Subscription packages range from 75 cents a day to $4.95 per month; seven-day subscribers to the print edition of The News can access all of the site’s news and information free of additional charge.
“This rewards our loyal customers by giving them something for free that a casual user does not get,” said James Shine, publisher of The News. “At the same time, people wishing to receive their news only through our Web site have the opportunity to do so for a very reasonable cost.”
Subscription packages range from 75 cents a day to $4.95 per month; seven-day subscribers to the print edition of The News can access all of the site’s news and information free of additional charge.
Latimes.com launches new look
The Los Angeles Times launched a redesigned Web site incorporating additional multimedia and social networking features.
“The new latimes.com is representative of the changes we’ve made to create an around-the-clock, integrated newsroom armed with the tools that ensure immediacy, feed the Web, mobile devices and social media, and supplements our print edition,” said Times Editor Russ Stanton.
The new site includes multimedia editorial features and more than 40 blogs, including LA Now, dedicated to local breaking news. The Times also bulked up its entertainment coverage.
“The new latimes.com is representative of the changes we’ve made to create an around-the-clock, integrated newsroom armed with the tools that ensure immediacy, feed the Web, mobile devices and social media, and supplements our print edition,” said Times Editor Russ Stanton.
The new site includes multimedia editorial features and more than 40 blogs, including LA Now, dedicated to local breaking news. The Times also bulked up its entertainment coverage.
Obituaries:
Günther Eckert, KBA
Günther Eckert, senior engineer at Koenig & Bauer AG died Aug. 11 in a drowning accident while on vacation in Denmark. His daughter also drowned trying to rescue him, KBA said. Mr. Eckert was involved with a number of KBA press installations in the United States.
Ken Fleming, Tulsa World
Ken Fleming, who directed production operations at the Tulsa (Okla.) World for nearly three decades, died last week at his home in Florida. He was 75.
During his tenure with the World, Mr. Fleming oversaw two new press installations at the paper.
Fleming is survived by his wife, Gail; his brother, Gene; sons Randy and Ben; daughter Susan Major; nine grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 1 at the University of Tulsa’s Sharp Chapel. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33047, or to Therapetics Service Dogs of Oklahoma, 9433 E. 51st St., Suite J, Tulsa, OK 74129.
Günther Eckert, KBA
Günther Eckert, senior engineer at Koenig & Bauer AG died Aug. 11 in a drowning accident while on vacation in Denmark. His daughter also drowned trying to rescue him, KBA said. Mr. Eckert was involved with a number of KBA press installations in the United States.
Ken Fleming, Tulsa World
Ken Fleming, who directed production operations at the Tulsa (Okla.) World for nearly three decades, died last week at his home in Florida. He was 75.
During his tenure with the World, Mr. Fleming oversaw two new press installations at the paper.
Fleming is survived by his wife, Gail; his brother, Gene; sons Randy and Ben; daughter Susan Major; nine grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 1 at the University of Tulsa’s Sharp Chapel. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33047, or to Therapetics Service Dogs of Oklahoma, 9433 E. 51st St., Suite J, Tulsa, OK 74129.
In Brief
Media General’s Richmond (Va.) Media Group named Rick Thornton to head Richmond.com.
Cablevision Systems named Tad Smith president of its newly created Local Media group, which includes Newsday in Long Island, N.Y., and News 12 Networks.
Goss International named John Gallagher director of business development of the vendor’s Lifetime Support program in North and South America.
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, went live with Digital Technology International’s DTI Circulation 3.5 and iServices Subscriber, all deployed through DTI’s Cloud platform.
www.dtint.com
Plastic Logic said it will work with Olive Software to provide services to customers under its Publishers Program. The Plastic Logic Reader will be introduced early next year.
www.plasticlogic.com
www.olivesoftware.com
ProImage said it will debut its FanOut Server at Publish Asia & Ifra India Expo, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 23-25. FanOut Server addresses the problem of paper stretch on web presses.
www.proimage.com
Printing Industries of America awarded InterTech technology awards to CGS Publishing Technologies International for its Oris Press Matcher color management software and to Kodak for its Dimensional Printing System and its Prinergy Digital workflow software.
www.cgs-oris.com
www.graphics.kodak.com
WoodWing Asia Pacific named Shanghai Digesoft Technology Co. Ltd. in Shanghai and Beijing a Gold Authorized Partner.
www.woodwing.com
Goss International opened a direct sales and support office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The office oversees commercial and newspaper press and postpress sales, marketing and after-market services.
www.gossinternational.com
The (Nashville) Tennessean this week began printing the regional edition of The New York Times. The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned paper produces more than 20 commercial publications on its three presses.
AdLizard has completed its move into new offices. The new address is 35211 NE 127th Ave., La Center, WA 98629. Telephone and fax numbers are 360.263.5811 and 360.252.6517, respectively.
www.adlizard.com
PPI Media said it will host a number of conferences in September and November in Chicago, New York and London, which will address the possibilities associated with marketing cross-media ad space. Demos will center on ppi’s AdInvent app.
www.ppimedia.de
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will said it would leave its downtown location and move to new offices in northeast Atlanta. The move will begin next spring, the newspaper reported.
Cablevision Systems named Tad Smith president of its newly created Local Media group, which includes Newsday in Long Island, N.Y., and News 12 Networks.
Goss International named John Gallagher director of business development of the vendor’s Lifetime Support program in North and South America.
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, went live with Digital Technology International’s DTI Circulation 3.5 and iServices Subscriber, all deployed through DTI’s Cloud platform.
www.dtint.com
Plastic Logic said it will work with Olive Software to provide services to customers under its Publishers Program. The Plastic Logic Reader will be introduced early next year.
www.plasticlogic.com
www.olivesoftware.com
ProImage said it will debut its FanOut Server at Publish Asia & Ifra India Expo, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 23-25. FanOut Server addresses the problem of paper stretch on web presses.
www.proimage.com
Printing Industries of America awarded InterTech technology awards to CGS Publishing Technologies International for its Oris Press Matcher color management software and to Kodak for its Dimensional Printing System and its Prinergy Digital workflow software.
www.cgs-oris.com
www.graphics.kodak.com
WoodWing Asia Pacific named Shanghai Digesoft Technology Co. Ltd. in Shanghai and Beijing a Gold Authorized Partner.
www.woodwing.com
Goss International opened a direct sales and support office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The office oversees commercial and newspaper press and postpress sales, marketing and after-market services.
www.gossinternational.com
The (Nashville) Tennessean this week began printing the regional edition of The New York Times. The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned paper produces more than 20 commercial publications on its three presses.
AdLizard has completed its move into new offices. The new address is 35211 NE 127th Ave., La Center, WA 98629. Telephone and fax numbers are 360.263.5811 and 360.252.6517, respectively.
www.adlizard.com
PPI Media said it will host a number of conferences in September and November in Chicago, New York and London, which will address the possibilities associated with marketing cross-media ad space. Demos will center on ppi’s AdInvent app.
www.ppimedia.de
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will said it would leave its downtown location and move to new offices in northeast Atlanta. The move will begin next spring, the newspaper reported.
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