Publishers Circulation Fulfillment said it’s taken over delivery responsibilities for the Asbury Park Press in Neptune, N.J., distributing some 100,000 copies of the paper.
PCF also began delivering 23,000 copies of The Enterprise in Brockton, Mass., and will also begin distributing 8,000 copies of The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass., later this month. Both papers are owned by GateHouse Media.
In March, PCF re-assumed home delivery responsibilities for The New York Times in metropolitan Detroit.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Va. paper goes all-color
The Daily Press in Newport News, Va., May 3 became an all-color newspaper, capping off a two-year project that included press controls, a migration to computer-to-plate, new lockups and re-engineering its 27-year-old, 16-unit Goss International Metroliner press.
Look for more information about the paper’s conversion in the June issue of News & Tech.
Look for more information about the paper’s conversion in the June issue of News & Tech.
German pub taps ppi for output
Mittelbayerisches Druckzentrum, publisher of Mittelbayerisches Zeitung in Regensburg, Germany, installed ppi Media’s printnet OM output management app as part of its deployment of new Colorman XXL presses and automated plate-loading equipment from manroland.
The app will help the publisher automate RIPs, imaging, production monitoring and proofing, and will deliver plates to the printer’s computer-to-plate equipment.
The app will help the publisher automate RIPs, imaging, production monitoring and proofing, and will deliver plates to the printer’s computer-to-plate equipment.
Obituary: Gene Cooper
Gene Cooper, who had been employed by Pressroom Cleaners Inc. for 30 years and a contractor at the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald for 25 years, passed away May 4. He was 58.
In Brief
Pressline Services Inc. named Slavek Panek folder specialist.
Cannon Equipment named Jason Pitts vice president of finance.
NewsNotes named Jerry Simpkins chief operation officer of NaStar Inc., the marketing arm of NewsNotes Advertising.
Tesa Tape Inc. rolled out a new splicing tape, 64437, which can be used on both coated and uncoated stock. The tape is repulpable, allowing it to be recycled during the pulp and re-pulp process, the firm said.
www.tesatape.com
Southern Lithoplate added EskoArtwork to the list of vendors participating in its Certified Strategic Business Partner Program.
www.slp.com
The Newseum in Washington, D.C., opened its FOTOBAMA exhibit, showcasing the top 100 professional and amateur photographs selected from a field of more than 1,500 photos depicting the presidency of Barack Obama. Entries were solicited from around the world, the Newseum said. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Fotoweek DC.
www.newseum.org
Derksen Printers Ltd., a commercial printer and newspaper publisher in Canada, installed a Trendsetter News 70 thermal computer-to-plate machine from Kodak. Derksen is also using Kodak thermal plates and its Prinergy Evo workflow app.
www.graphics.kodak.com
Cannon Equipment named Jason Pitts vice president of finance.
NewsNotes named Jerry Simpkins chief operation officer of NaStar Inc., the marketing arm of NewsNotes Advertising.
Tesa Tape Inc. rolled out a new splicing tape, 64437, which can be used on both coated and uncoated stock. The tape is repulpable, allowing it to be recycled during the pulp and re-pulp process, the firm said.
www.tesatape.com
Southern Lithoplate added EskoArtwork to the list of vendors participating in its Certified Strategic Business Partner Program.
www.slp.com
The Newseum in Washington, D.C., opened its FOTOBAMA exhibit, showcasing the top 100 professional and amateur photographs selected from a field of more than 1,500 photos depicting the presidency of Barack Obama. Entries were solicited from around the world, the Newseum said. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Fotoweek DC.
www.newseum.org
Derksen Printers Ltd., a commercial printer and newspaper publisher in Canada, installed a Trendsetter News 70 thermal computer-to-plate machine from Kodak. Derksen is also using Kodak thermal plates and its Prinergy Evo workflow app.
www.graphics.kodak.com
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 6, 2009: Update: Cox converting AutoTrader to Web
LAS VEGAS -- Cox Enterprises, publisher of the AutoTrader family of publications, will convert AutoTrader to Web only, effective this week. The decision won't affect AutoTrader Latino or AutoTrader Classics, which will continue to be printed, according to an AutoTrader spokesman.
Cox also ended its ownership of Interco Print, which prints the Trader publications, leaving Dominion Enterprises the sole owner of the printing company. Dominion said it will continue to print its roster of trader publications.
Cox also ended its ownership of Interco Print, which prints the Trader publications, leaving Dominion Enterprises the sole owner of the printing company. Dominion said it will continue to print its roster of trader publications.
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 4, 2009: Boston Globe avoids shutdown, for now
The Boston Globe said it reached agreements with six of seven unions representing its workers and will not file a 60-day shutdown notice.
The New York Times Co. had threatened to close the paper unless unions agreed to $20 million in cuts.
In a statement released earlier today, The Globe said it had successfully renegotiated contracts with the drivers, mailers, press operators, electricians, machinists and technical services group.
But the paper said it still hadn’t been able to reach an agreement with the Newspaper Guild, which represents some 700 editorial, advertising and business employees.
“We are very pleased to have reached agreements with six of the seven unions that were involved in recent negotiations,” The Globe said in a statement. “As a result of these agreements, which are subject to ratification by union members, we expect to achieve both the workplace flexibility and the financial savings that we sought from these unions.”
The Globe said it will now pursue other options with the Guild “to achieve as quickly as possible the workplace flexibility and remaining cost-savings we need to put The Globe on sound financial footing.”
The New York Times Co. had threatened to close the paper unless unions agreed to $20 million in cuts.
In a statement released earlier today, The Globe said it had successfully renegotiated contracts with the drivers, mailers, press operators, electricians, machinists and technical services group.
But the paper said it still hadn’t been able to reach an agreement with the Newspaper Guild, which represents some 700 editorial, advertising and business employees.
“We are very pleased to have reached agreements with six of the seven unions that were involved in recent negotiations,” The Globe said in a statement. “As a result of these agreements, which are subject to ratification by union members, we expect to achieve both the workplace flexibility and the financial savings that we sought from these unions.”
The Globe said it will now pursue other options with the Guild “to achieve as quickly as possible the workplace flexibility and remaining cost-savings we need to put The Globe on sound financial footing.”
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