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