Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho Ltd. and Goss International said they’ve agreed to settle their long-running trade dispute and will take steps to end pending litigation and legislative initiatives in both Japan and the United States.
The vendors said terms of the agreement will not be made public, but that both firms acknowledged that resolution “was in the best interest of their companies,” according to a TKS press release.
The settlement ends a nine-year legal battle that began when Goss sued Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, manroland, Koenig & Bauer AG and TKS, alleging that the firms sold presses in the United States at below-market rates.
In 2002, Goss reached a settlement with Mitsubishi and the German press vendors, but the deal didn’t include TKS.
One year later, the U.S. District Court in northern Iowa found TKS violated the later-repealed Antidumping Act of 1916 and fined the press vendor $10 million, an amount tripled under antitrust law.
TKS appealed, but the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in 2006, rejected the vendor’s petition. The U.S. Supreme Court let the judgment stand after it declined a TKS motion to mediate.
The settlement will also end U.S. legislative and administrative steps, including the U.S. Department of Commerce's sunset review.
Look for more information about the resolution of this dispute in the October issue of News & Tech.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Dow Jones unit consolidates ad production
Dow Jones Local Media Group is consolidating the ad production of all of its local newspapers at The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Mass., the publisher said last week.
The decision covers all of DJLMG’s community papers, which include The Record in Stockton, Calif., the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Mass., and the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y.
Some 40 jobs will be created at The Standard-Times, although an undisclosed number of workers will lose their posts at the other newspapers.
The Times-Standard said DJLMG executives decided to consolidate, rather than outsource, ad production because they wanted better control over how ads were created.
Kevin Wright, advertising services manager at the Cape Cod Times, will oversee the new unit.
The decision covers all of DJLMG’s community papers, which include The Record in Stockton, Calif., the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Mass., and the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y.
Some 40 jobs will be created at The Standard-Times, although an undisclosed number of workers will lose their posts at the other newspapers.
The Times-Standard said DJLMG executives decided to consolidate, rather than outsource, ad production because they wanted better control over how ads were created.
Kevin Wright, advertising services manager at the Cape Cod Times, will oversee the new unit.
4 papers piloting neighborhood news initiative
The Seattle Times, the Miami Herald, the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and the Ashville (N.C.) Citizen-Times are among five news organizations participating in a project to determine how papers can more effectively work with grassroots journalism programs.
The one-year initiative is orchestrated by American University’s interactive journalism institute and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The dailies, along with online news site TucsonCitizen.com, have agreed to work with at least five hyperlocal news sites or producers in their communities to lay out a foundation supporting local news coverage and distribution.
The newspapers and local news sites will also examine ways to attract advertising support.
“In these days where anyone can publish local information, we hope that a guided partnership between local newspapers and local bloggers or citizen journalists can increase the amount of local information available in a community and raise its quality. We see this as a win/win for the community,“ said Gary Kebbel, Knight’s journalism program director.
The one-year initiative is orchestrated by American University’s interactive journalism institute and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The dailies, along with online news site TucsonCitizen.com, have agreed to work with at least five hyperlocal news sites or producers in their communities to lay out a foundation supporting local news coverage and distribution.
The newspapers and local news sites will also examine ways to attract advertising support.
“In these days where anyone can publish local information, we hope that a guided partnership between local newspapers and local bloggers or citizen journalists can increase the amount of local information available in a community and raise its quality. We see this as a win/win for the community,“ said Gary Kebbel, Knight’s journalism program director.
Q2 ad sales down 29%
Newspaper ad sales continued to plummet during the second quarter of the year, according to statistics released last week by the Newspaper Association of America.
The NAA said papers posted print and online ad revenues of $6.8 billion during the three-month period, a 29 percent decline from 2008 figures.
Online ad revenues fell by 16 percent, to $653 million — a disquieting development as publishers had earlier hoped online advertising would help offset the downturn in print advertising.
Classified ad revenues fell more than 40 percent, to $1.5 billion, with employment advertising taking the biggest hit, down more than 66 percent from comparable 2008 figures. Automotive classified advertising fell 42.7 percent while real estate advertising dropped 45.7 percent.
For the first half of 2009, newspaper print and online ad revenue totaled $13.5 billion, down significantly from the $18.8 billion in total ad revenues the newspaper industry attracted during the first six months of 2008.
The NAA said papers posted print and online ad revenues of $6.8 billion during the three-month period, a 29 percent decline from 2008 figures.
Online ad revenues fell by 16 percent, to $653 million — a disquieting development as publishers had earlier hoped online advertising would help offset the downturn in print advertising.
Classified ad revenues fell more than 40 percent, to $1.5 billion, with employment advertising taking the biggest hit, down more than 66 percent from comparable 2008 figures. Automotive classified advertising fell 42.7 percent while real estate advertising dropped 45.7 percent.
For the first half of 2009, newspaper print and online ad revenue totaled $13.5 billion, down significantly from the $18.8 billion in total ad revenues the newspaper industry attracted during the first six months of 2008.
Print 09 sets Newspaper Day
The Graphic Arts Show Co. designated Monday, Sept. 14, as Newspaper Day at the upcoming Print 09 trade show.
Topping the list of the day’s free events is a special session tailored to newspaper production and operations executives. The 90-minute session, moderated by News & Tech Editor-in-Chief Chuck Moozakis, will feature Austin Ryan, vice president of operations, U.S. Community Publishing at Gannett Co. Inc.; Bill May, vice president of production at The Dallas Morning News; Paul Lynch, manager of commercial sales and logistics/quality at the Chicago Tribune; and John Jenkins, operations director at The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va.
The session will take place at 9:30 a.m. in Room 502 A/B in the South Hall of McCormick Place in Chicago.
Additionally, GASC is sponsoring a lunch, for qualified newspaper executives, which will take place at 12:30 p.m. To register for the session and the lunch, send an e-mail to mwert@gasc.org.
To obtain a free pass to tour the exhibit floor, click here
Topping the list of the day’s free events is a special session tailored to newspaper production and operations executives. The 90-minute session, moderated by News & Tech Editor-in-Chief Chuck Moozakis, will feature Austin Ryan, vice president of operations, U.S. Community Publishing at Gannett Co. Inc.; Bill May, vice president of production at The Dallas Morning News; Paul Lynch, manager of commercial sales and logistics/quality at the Chicago Tribune; and John Jenkins, operations director at The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va.
The session will take place at 9:30 a.m. in Room 502 A/B in the South Hall of McCormick Place in Chicago.
Additionally, GASC is sponsoring a lunch, for qualified newspaper executives, which will take place at 12:30 p.m. To register for the session and the lunch, send an e-mail to mwert@gasc.org.
To obtain a free pass to tour the exhibit floor, click here
E.W. Scripps reorganizes newspaper unit
E.W. Scripps Co. promoted Frank Wolfe to vice president of operations as part of the publisher’s move to reorganize its newspaper division.
Wolfe, who formerly served as Scripps’ director of operations, will oversee all of the publisher’s production and circulation activities.
He will retain his base in suburban Denver.
Under the reorganization, Scripps divided its newspaper holdings into two groups. The larger dailies — the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel, the Naples (Fla.) Daily News, Treasure Coast Newspapers in south Florida, the Ventura County (Calif.) Star and Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times — will become regional media organizations.
The Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press, the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail, the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif., the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, Wash., and dailies in Abilene, Wichita Falls and San Angelo, Texas, will be called mid-sized media organizations.
Scripps also named Bruce Hartmann, the publisher of the News-Sentinel, to a newly created position overseeing advertising and circulation revenue.
Finally, Scripps promoted Rusty Coats to vice president for content and marketing; and Jim York to vice president of information technology. Robin Davis, vice president of finance and administration; and Mary Minser, vice president of human resources, had their duties expanded.
Wolfe, who formerly served as Scripps’ director of operations, will oversee all of the publisher’s production and circulation activities.
He will retain his base in suburban Denver.
Under the reorganization, Scripps divided its newspaper holdings into two groups. The larger dailies — the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel, the Naples (Fla.) Daily News, Treasure Coast Newspapers in south Florida, the Ventura County (Calif.) Star and Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times — will become regional media organizations.
The Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press, the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail, the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif., the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, Wash., and dailies in Abilene, Wichita Falls and San Angelo, Texas, will be called mid-sized media organizations.
Scripps also named Bruce Hartmann, the publisher of the News-Sentinel, to a newly created position overseeing advertising and circulation revenue.
Finally, Scripps promoted Rusty Coats to vice president for content and marketing; and Jim York to vice president of information technology. Robin Davis, vice president of finance and administration; and Mary Minser, vice president of human resources, had their duties expanded.
Report: Freedom to declare bankruptcy
The publisher of The Orange County (Calif.) Register will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal.
Freedom Communications Inc., which is majority owned by the Hoiles family, operates more than 30 daily newspapers, including the Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a number of papers in North Carolina, Florida and Texas.
The Journal said the firm has reached agreements with lenders to reorganize its debts.
Those lenders include J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., SunTrust Banks and Union Bank of California, The Journal reported.
Meantime, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune is close to naming a new board of directors that will take over control of the paper when it emerges from bankruptcy next month. The board includes former Wall Street Journal publisher L. Gordon Crovitz as well as local business executives Michael Sweeney and William Farley.
Freedom Communications Inc., which is majority owned by the Hoiles family, operates more than 30 daily newspapers, including the Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a number of papers in North Carolina, Florida and Texas.
The Journal said the firm has reached agreements with lenders to reorganize its debts.
Those lenders include J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., SunTrust Banks and Union Bank of California, The Journal reported.
Meantime, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune is close to naming a new board of directors that will take over control of the paper when it emerges from bankruptcy next month. The board includes former Wall Street Journal publisher L. Gordon Crovitz as well as local business executives Michael Sweeney and William Farley.
Rima sells stackers to Buffalo News, others
Rima-System said it placed an RS-36 indexing compensating stacker at The Buffalo (N.Y.) News to help process commercial and semi-commercial work. The system, which was installed earlier this summer, allows The News to produce brick-like bundles of inserts and other work without the need for labor-intensive re-jogging.
Additionally, Rima said it installed an RS-36 stacker at Fisher Printing in Bridgeview, Ill., which is being used in conjunction with a Rima RS-820 rotary trimmer. It also placed two RS-36 stackers at Quad Graphics in West Allis, Wis. The stackers went into operation last month.
Additionally, Rima said it installed an RS-36 stacker at Fisher Printing in Bridgeview, Ill., which is being used in conjunction with a Rima RS-820 rotary trimmer. It also placed two RS-36 stackers at Quad Graphics in West Allis, Wis. The stackers went into operation last month.
Goss sets M-600 cylinder replacement program
Goss International unveiled a cylinder replacement program for M-600 web presses. The initiative includes pricing incentives and steps users can take to update aging lock-ups, Goss said.
The 16-page machine was introduced in 1992, and there are currently more than 2,000 printing units in operation worldwide.
The program will run through the rest of the year.
The 16-page machine was introduced in 1992, and there are currently more than 2,000 printing units in operation worldwide.
The program will run through the rest of the year.
Swedish pub taps Atex
Swedish publisher Promedia went live on Atex’s AdBase. Promedia produces 15 newspapers and AdBase will allow the publisher to integrate all advertising elements, from ad sales and booking to production, pagination and billing, Atex said. The centralized AdBase app will serve 200 users and replace the disparate databases previously spread out across Promedia’s publications.
Fairfax considering charging for online content
Dow Jones Newswires last week reported that Fairfax Media is considering joining News Corp. in its strategy to charge for online content.
“That opportunity to perhaps integrate our content would be one of a whole range of things that we’re looking at,” said Brian McCarthy, CEO of Fairfax.
Dow Jones reported that McCarthy went on to say, however, that this is not the only strategy Fairfax is considering.
“That opportunity to perhaps integrate our content would be one of a whole range of things that we’re looking at,” said Brian McCarthy, CEO of Fairfax.
Dow Jones reported that McCarthy went on to say, however, that this is not the only strategy Fairfax is considering.
Newsday taps PaperG
Newsday said it will deploy PaperG’s ad unit Flyerboard across its Web site’s neighborhood sections. The deal follows Hearst Newspapers’ decision earlier this month to use Flyerboard across its Web sites.
Flyerboard, an online advertising format geared toward local businesses, is a virtual bulletin board on which businesses can post flyers to advertise their services and events.
“We were looking for a solution that would provide our local businesses the ability to easily and effectively promote and target their messages online,” said Andrea Rothchild, Newsday’s vice president of classified advertising. Newsday will offer different Flyerboards for each region of Long Island, so that any businesses can reach nearby local residents.
Flyerboard, an online advertising format geared toward local businesses, is a virtual bulletin board on which businesses can post flyers to advertise their services and events.
“We were looking for a solution that would provide our local businesses the ability to easily and effectively promote and target their messages online,” said Andrea Rothchild, Newsday’s vice president of classified advertising. Newsday will offer different Flyerboards for each region of Long Island, so that any businesses can reach nearby local residents.
PCF expands delivery of WSJ, makes other pacts
Publishers Circulation Fulfillment Inc. said it expanded its home delivery relationship with Dow Jones & Co. and was awarded home delivery responsibilities for The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s in San Francisco and Marin County, Calif. PCF also absorbed additional home delivery responsibilities for The Journal in Jacksonville, Fla.
Meantime, PCF was awarded exclusive home delivery of The Hour in Norwalk, Conn., and assumed home delivery responsibilities for The Trentonian in Trenton, N.J., and for The Jewish Press, a privately owned weekly publication in New York.
Meantime, PCF was awarded exclusive home delivery of The Hour in Norwalk, Conn., and assumed home delivery responsibilities for The Trentonian in Trenton, N.J., and for The Jewish Press, a privately owned weekly publication in New York.
Correction
The story in the Aug. 24 Dateline about USA Today’s e-Edition should have reported that USA today had gained 800 — and not 40,000 — e-Edition subscribers since the paper launched the digital edition Aug. 3. The 40,000 figure cited by USA Today Retention Manager Linda Ford referred to the number of e-mail notifications USA Today sent out to the first segment of existing subscribers inviting them to read the e-Edition.
In Brief
The New York Times Co.’s Regional Media Group named Dan E. Shorter vice president of digital media, effective Sept. 8.
MSN UK said it will use NewspaperDirect Inc.’s PressDisplay.com digital edition software to distribute newspaper and magazine content to its users. MSN UK is the United Kingdom’s largest commercial portal and has around 16 million unique customers.
www.newspaperdirect.com
WoodWing released Content Station 6.3, the latest version of its content management and publishing app.
www.woodwing.com
Pressmart said its eEditions digital edition software now supports Kindle and Sony e-reader devices.
www.pressmart.com
Advance Internet Inc. said it would begin offering automotive sales lead software from ResponseLogix Inc. to auto dealers under terms of a reseller agreement. Advance Internet operates Web sites for Advance Publications newspapers in Michigan, Alabama, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
www.advanceinternet.com
www.responselogix.com
The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo., and other papers published by the Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. are now fully owned by MediaNews Group following the formal dissolution of the partnership between MediaNews and E.W. Scripps Co. Scripps said it would exit the partnership when it closed the Rocky Mountain News earlier this year.
Markzware released an upgrade to FlightCheck Professional for Macintosh. Markzware is offering $100 off this latest version of FlightCheck Professional v6.5, which Markzware said offers full support for the Adobe CS4 Creative Suite and QuarkXPress 8.
www.markzware.com
Alwan Color Expertise said it’s opened its Print Standardizer to popular automatic scanning technologies including X-Rite IntelliTrax, ATS, Komori DCS II and Heidelberg’s Image Control.
www.alwancolor.com
MSN UK said it will use NewspaperDirect Inc.’s PressDisplay.com digital edition software to distribute newspaper and magazine content to its users. MSN UK is the United Kingdom’s largest commercial portal and has around 16 million unique customers.
www.newspaperdirect.com
WoodWing released Content Station 6.3, the latest version of its content management and publishing app.
www.woodwing.com
Pressmart said its eEditions digital edition software now supports Kindle and Sony e-reader devices.
www.pressmart.com
Advance Internet Inc. said it would begin offering automotive sales lead software from ResponseLogix Inc. to auto dealers under terms of a reseller agreement. Advance Internet operates Web sites for Advance Publications newspapers in Michigan, Alabama, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
www.advanceinternet.com
www.responselogix.com
The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo., and other papers published by the Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. are now fully owned by MediaNews Group following the formal dissolution of the partnership between MediaNews and E.W. Scripps Co. Scripps said it would exit the partnership when it closed the Rocky Mountain News earlier this year.
Markzware released an upgrade to FlightCheck Professional for Macintosh. Markzware is offering $100 off this latest version of FlightCheck Professional v6.5, which Markzware said offers full support for the Adobe CS4 Creative Suite and QuarkXPress 8.
www.markzware.com
Alwan Color Expertise said it’s opened its Print Standardizer to popular automatic scanning technologies including X-Rite IntelliTrax, ATS, Komori DCS II and Heidelberg’s Image Control.
www.alwancolor.com
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