Irish printer Smurfit Kappa tapped Ferag to supply it with postpress equipment to anchor its new plant in Kells, Ireland, according to WRH Marketing UK, which represents the vendor.
The Ferag equipment includes a UTR pick-up station with TCP grippers, MultiStack, underwrap and SmartStrap systems as well as dispatch and LineMaster control, the company said.
Smurfit Kappa is a contract printer that produces newspapers for News International and Associated Newspapers.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Swedish paper enhances Web functions
Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter is adding video support to its Atex Polopoly CMS. The paper is using software from Picsearch to permit businesses to produce video, said Rune Gyldenlove, chief technical officer.
“Meeting consumer demand for video and Web TV has been a priority for us,” he said.
“Meeting consumer demand for video and Web TV has been a priority for us,” he said.
Scottish publisher taps DTI for multimedia
Scottish Provincial Press, which produces 12 weekly newspapers in Scotland, is rolling out Digital Technology International’s DTI Lightning software, DTI said. SPP also ordered 78 seats of DTI Advertising.
DTI Lightning is part of DTI’s ContentPublisher editorial CMS and offers a single database-managed system for creating, editing, storing and publishing multimedia content to any medium.
“We are taking our online presence to the next level, and across the group our readers and advertisers will see the clear benefits of that,” said Alan Hendry, editorial services director at SPP. “Having the ability to update the news content of our sites almost instantly, and even from a remote device, represents huge progress for us, and we will also be able to offer a range of specially tailored services to advertisers that would not have been possible in the past.”
DTI Advertising, meantime, will provide SPP with telesales capabilities and customer relationship management tools across the advertising department.
DTI Lightning is part of DTI’s ContentPublisher editorial CMS and offers a single database-managed system for creating, editing, storing and publishing multimedia content to any medium.
“We are taking our online presence to the next level, and across the group our readers and advertisers will see the clear benefits of that,” said Alan Hendry, editorial services director at SPP. “Having the ability to update the news content of our sites almost instantly, and even from a remote device, represents huge progress for us, and we will also be able to offer a range of specially tailored services to advertisers that would not have been possible in the past.”
DTI Advertising, meantime, will provide SPP with telesales capabilities and customer relationship management tools across the advertising department.
Ann Arbor.com printing first edition July 26
AnnArbor.com will produce its first print publication July 26, according to company officials.
The Web-based company is replacing The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News, which will close its doors this summer. The print publication will be produced at the plant now printing The News.
Company officials didn’t disclose when The News will print its final edition.
Advance Publications Inc., which owns The News, last month said it would close the daily newspaper and create a new organization to serve Ann Arbor.
The Web-based company is replacing The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News, which will close its doors this summer. The print publication will be produced at the plant now printing The News.
Company officials didn’t disclose when The News will print its final edition.
Advance Publications Inc., which owns The News, last month said it would close the daily newspaper and create a new organization to serve Ann Arbor.
Obituary: John E. Unolt Jr.
John E. Unolt Jr., who retired from Goss in 1990 after a lifelong career with the vendor, passed away April 15.
In Brief: April 27, 2009
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. named Gladys Arroyo as vice president of advertising for the Chicago Sun-Times and the media group’s regional papers outside of Chicago.
Muller Martini named Rudolph Muller chairman of the board, effective May 1. Current Chairman Hans Moor, who is retiring April 30, will remain vice chairman, the firm said.
Vmix named Bill Curci as vice president of marketing.
Kodak released its Prinergy Digital Workflow app, which it first demoed at drupa. The software provides a central production hub for digital print services providers and enables automated job control and connectivity to a wide range of digital presses, Kodak said.
www.graphics.kodak.com
Tensor Group Inc. established sales agencies in Eastern Europe to serve its customers. G+P Technik and G+P Technik Service will provide sales and service in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. VIP-Systems Graphische Maschinen GmbH will cover Romania, Tensor said.
www.tensorgroup.com
Kansa Technology sold a Kansa 760 inserter to Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
www.kansa.com
The Printers House said it sold Orient presses to newspaper publishers in India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India’s HT Media purchased an X-Cel press, configured as four, four-high towers while Transcraft Group in Bangladesh is purchasing X-Cel and Super presslines.
www.tph.co.in
The (Portland) Oregonian teamed up with Skycore LLC to offer consumers the chance to purchase the newspaper’s historic front pages as mobile wallpaper.
www.oregonlive.com/photostore
Portuguese media group Sojormedia next month is launching a general information newspaper called “i.” The publisher is basing production on software from Protecmedia.
www.protecmedia.com
Database Publishing Consultants Inc. today is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
www.dpci.com
Muller Martini named Rudolph Muller chairman of the board, effective May 1. Current Chairman Hans Moor, who is retiring April 30, will remain vice chairman, the firm said.
Vmix named Bill Curci as vice president of marketing.
Kodak released its Prinergy Digital Workflow app, which it first demoed at drupa. The software provides a central production hub for digital print services providers and enables automated job control and connectivity to a wide range of digital presses, Kodak said.
www.graphics.kodak.com
Tensor Group Inc. established sales agencies in Eastern Europe to serve its customers. G+P Technik and G+P Technik Service will provide sales and service in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. VIP-Systems Graphische Maschinen GmbH will cover Romania, Tensor said.
www.tensorgroup.com
Kansa Technology sold a Kansa 760 inserter to Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
www.kansa.com
The Printers House said it sold Orient presses to newspaper publishers in India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India’s HT Media purchased an X-Cel press, configured as four, four-high towers while Transcraft Group in Bangladesh is purchasing X-Cel and Super presslines.
www.tph.co.in
The (Portland) Oregonian teamed up with Skycore LLC to offer consumers the chance to purchase the newspaper’s historic front pages as mobile wallpaper.
www.oregonlive.com/photostore
Portuguese media group Sojormedia next month is launching a general information newspaper called “i.” The publisher is basing production on software from Protecmedia.
www.protecmedia.com
Database Publishing Consultants Inc. today is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
www.dpci.com
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Denver Web venture pulls back
InDenverTimes.com, the Web-only successor to the Rocky Mountain News, will change course after it failed to meet its goal to attract 50,000 paying subscribers.
INDT said certain members of its newsroom group, led by co-founder Steve Foster and business writer David Milstead, intend to seek backers for their original vision of a robustly staffed online newsroom. “We believe there is money to be made in local journalism by local journalists and that there is a unique opportunity in Denver in the wake of the closure of the Rocky Mountain News,” they said in a statement.
INDT didn’t say which business model it now intends to pursue. A report published by local Denver weekly Westword said the site had only attracted 3,000 paying customers, far below its goal.
INDT launched March 16 by 30 journalists at the now shuttered News. It had hoped to attract 50,000 subscribers — at an annual fee of $60 — by today, which would have marked the 150th anniversary of the News. The paper folded Feb. 27.
INDT said certain members of its newsroom group, led by co-founder Steve Foster and business writer David Milstead, intend to seek backers for their original vision of a robustly staffed online newsroom. “We believe there is money to be made in local journalism by local journalists and that there is a unique opportunity in Denver in the wake of the closure of the Rocky Mountain News,” they said in a statement.
INDT didn’t say which business model it now intends to pursue. A report published by local Denver weekly Westword said the site had only attracted 3,000 paying customers, far below its goal.
INDT launched March 16 by 30 journalists at the now shuttered News. It had hoped to attract 50,000 subscribers — at an annual fee of $60 — by today, which would have marked the 150th anniversary of the News. The paper folded Feb. 27.
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