A group of writers and editors at the now-shuttered (Denver) Rocky Mountain News said they will launch a new online news site, the Rocky Mountain Independent, later this summer.
The site is owned by a group of founding journalists, including Steve Foster, Cindy House, David Milstead and John B. Moore. Operations will be supported by memberships and advertising revenue.
Earlier, the same group of journalists was behind the launch of another Denver-based news site, InDenverTimes.com, which was to support a 30-plus-member news organization through a $5 per month subscription fee.
IDT backers had hoped to attract 50,000 subscribers by April 23, which would have been the 150th anniversary of the News. The site, however, never came close to reaching that goal and the entrepreneurs supporting InDenverTimes.com pulled out.
By contrast, RMI will have fewer full-time journalists — perhaps 10 to 12 — and rely more on bloggers and other Denver sites, including IwantMyRocky.com, which was launched after E.W. Scripps last December said it would sell the News.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Wis. weekly printer taps SLP
TriStar Printing, a printer of weekly newspapers serving central Wisconsin, is installing a Screen PlateRite News 2000 platesetter with a CA Systems processor through the Southern Lithoplate Strategic Alliance. The equipment will replace an existing computer-to-plate system. TriStar uses Southern Lithoplate’s Viper 830 thermal plates.
“We made the switch in equipment for reasons of cost and reliability,” said Tristar’s Vice President Kevin Flink. “Over the years we have tested at least a dozen plate offerings. We have determined that Southern Litho’s plates provide the most consistent quality at an affordable price.”
TriStar prints The Tribune-Phonograph, The Record Review and The Star News, as well as a number of shoppers.
“We made the switch in equipment for reasons of cost and reliability,” said Tristar’s Vice President Kevin Flink. “Over the years we have tested at least a dozen plate offerings. We have determined that Southern Litho’s plates provide the most consistent quality at an affordable price.”
TriStar prints The Tribune-Phonograph, The Record Review and The Star News, as well as a number of shoppers.
News & Tech contest winner named
Dan Kemper, president of Schur Packaging Systems Inc., is the winner of News & Tech’s May contest, “Know Your Characters.” Kemper successfully identified where these fictional newspaper characters worked.
Ed Hutcheson — editor of the New York Day
Perry White — editor in chief at the Daily Planet in Metropolis
Brenda Starr — reporter for The Flash
Henry Hackett — metro editor of the New York Sun
Lou Grant — city editor of the Los Angeles Tribune
Carrie Bradshaw — New York Star
Rick Redfern — The Washington Post
John Jones — New York Globe, in Hitchcock’s “Foreign Correspondent”
Harry Kim — editor of his school newspaper before joining Star Fleet
Josie Gellar — Chicago Sun-Times
Congratulations. To enter our next contest, see page 47 in the June edition of News & Tech.
Ed Hutcheson — editor of the New York Day
Perry White — editor in chief at the Daily Planet in Metropolis
Brenda Starr — reporter for The Flash
Henry Hackett — metro editor of the New York Sun
Lou Grant — city editor of the Los Angeles Tribune
Carrie Bradshaw — New York Star
Rick Redfern — The Washington Post
John Jones — New York Globe, in Hitchcock’s “Foreign Correspondent”
Harry Kim — editor of his school newspaper before joining Star Fleet
Josie Gellar — Chicago Sun-Times
Congratulations. To enter our next contest, see page 47 in the June edition of News & Tech.
Clarification
Last week’s Dateline article, “HP unveils digital press at IBD publisher,” should have stated that the HP Inkjet Web Press can print at resolutions of up to 1,200-by-600 dpi.
In Brief
In Brief
Platinum Equity Partners named Paul Bridwell chief restructuring officer at Union-Tribune LLC, the company formed to operate The San Diego Union-Tribune. Ed Moss, formerly chief executive officer and president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, was named publisher of The Union-Tribune.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group named Fred Hamilton president and Liz Gaier interim publisher of the (Los Angeles) Daily News.
Fairfax Media New Zealand will roll out DPS AdTracker Enterprise System across its stable of 196 publications, which includes nine daily newspapers including The Dominion Post and The Press.
www.dpsadtracker.com
Rima-System introduced a new log stacker, the RS 610 Multi, engineered to support a wide range of formats. The stacker features internal diagnostics and error recovery as well as real-time monitoring and software updates, Rima said.
www.rima-system.net
Agfa Graphics will begin marketing, distribution and servicing ECRM’s computer-to-plate products in Mexico, Central America and South America under terms of a marketing agreement between the two firms. The partnership is effective immediately.
www.ecrm.com
www.agfa.com
CNI Corp. said the Evansville (Ind.) Courier-Press and La Opinion in Los Angeles have gone live with the vendor’s AdDesk TearSheets app.
www.cnicorp.com
The Wall Street Journal is now being printed at facilities in India, effective today. Wall Street Journal Asia is printed Mondays through Fridays by The Express Group at print sites in New Delhi and Mumbai.
CGS Publishing Technologies International redesigned its Web site, adding new features and capabilities.
www.cgs-oris.com
Platinum Equity Partners named Paul Bridwell chief restructuring officer at Union-Tribune LLC, the company formed to operate The San Diego Union-Tribune. Ed Moss, formerly chief executive officer and president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, was named publisher of The Union-Tribune.
Los Angeles Newspaper Group named Fred Hamilton president and Liz Gaier interim publisher of the (Los Angeles) Daily News.
Fairfax Media New Zealand will roll out DPS AdTracker Enterprise System across its stable of 196 publications, which includes nine daily newspapers including The Dominion Post and The Press.
www.dpsadtracker.com
Rima-System introduced a new log stacker, the RS 610 Multi, engineered to support a wide range of formats. The stacker features internal diagnostics and error recovery as well as real-time monitoring and software updates, Rima said.
www.rima-system.net
Agfa Graphics will begin marketing, distribution and servicing ECRM’s computer-to-plate products in Mexico, Central America and South America under terms of a marketing agreement between the two firms. The partnership is effective immediately.
www.ecrm.com
www.agfa.com
CNI Corp. said the Evansville (Ind.) Courier-Press and La Opinion in Los Angeles have gone live with the vendor’s AdDesk TearSheets app.
www.cnicorp.com
The Wall Street Journal is now being printed at facilities in India, effective today. Wall Street Journal Asia is printed Mondays through Fridays by The Express Group at print sites in New Delhi and Mumbai.
CGS Publishing Technologies International redesigned its Web site, adding new features and capabilities.
www.cgs-oris.com
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
May 13, 2009: St. Cloud, Minn., paper closing print facility
The St. Cloud (Minn.) Times will shut its printing press and move production to a sister facility some 60 miles distant, effective June 27.
The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned Times will shift production to Gannett Offset Minneapolis, the Times reported.
Some 11 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the shutdown.
Times Publisher Bill Albrecht said in a news release that the Times will retain its existing editorial and sales operations in St. Cloud.
The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned Times will shift production to Gannett Offset Minneapolis, the Times reported.
Some 11 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the shutdown.
Times Publisher Bill Albrecht said in a news release that the Times will retain its existing editorial and sales operations in St. Cloud.
Monday, May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009 -- I-News to test in Denver, then roll out in L.A.
DENVER — MediaNews Group will begin testing its I-News individuated news concept in a Northwest Denver neighborhood May 25, the publisher told News & Tech last week.
The trial is a forerunner to the official rollout of the service, which is planned to take place in August to subscribers of MNG’s (Los Angeles) Daily News (see News & Tech, March 2009).
Peter Vandevanter, MNG’s vice president of targeted products, said Daily News readers will be able to select news based on their interests, which will be combined with news from an undisclosed wire service, Daily News content and targeted advertising.
Readers can either access I-News as an i-edition online or upgrade to receive a printed product via a smart, wireless desktop printer installed in their homes, Vandevanter said.
L.A. users opting for the latter option will begin taking possession of their printers, from an undisclosed vendor, in July, he said.
“For testing in Denver, we are taking news from the late edition of The Denver Post, scraping the headlines and paginating those articles in the same order of hierarchy as they appear in the printed newspaper,” Vandevanter explained. “The next step takes content based on reader preference from the [wire service] server.”
That process, Vandevanter said, is based on coding developed in-house by MNG IT staff in Denver.
“It’s basically RSS to PDF technology,” he said.
Meantime, Vandevanter said MNG has committed to finding an application within the group’s markets for Printcasting.com.
Look for more information about I-News in the June issue of News & Tech, as well as information and developments leading up to MNG’s third Individuated News Conference scheduled to take place June 24-26 in Washington, D.C. INC3 is co-sponsored by Newspapers & Technology, Accrisoft, Océ and The Washington Times.
The trial is a forerunner to the official rollout of the service, which is planned to take place in August to subscribers of MNG’s (Los Angeles) Daily News (see News & Tech, March 2009).
Peter Vandevanter, MNG’s vice president of targeted products, said Daily News readers will be able to select news based on their interests, which will be combined with news from an undisclosed wire service, Daily News content and targeted advertising.
Readers can either access I-News as an i-edition online or upgrade to receive a printed product via a smart, wireless desktop printer installed in their homes, Vandevanter said.
L.A. users opting for the latter option will begin taking possession of their printers, from an undisclosed vendor, in July, he said.
“For testing in Denver, we are taking news from the late edition of The Denver Post, scraping the headlines and paginating those articles in the same order of hierarchy as they appear in the printed newspaper,” Vandevanter explained. “The next step takes content based on reader preference from the [wire service] server.”
That process, Vandevanter said, is based on coding developed in-house by MNG IT staff in Denver.
“It’s basically RSS to PDF technology,” he said.
Meantime, Vandevanter said MNG has committed to finding an application within the group’s markets for Printcasting.com.
Look for more information about I-News in the June issue of News & Tech, as well as information and developments leading up to MNG’s third Individuated News Conference scheduled to take place June 24-26 in Washington, D.C. INC3 is co-sponsored by Newspapers & Technology, Accrisoft, Océ and The Washington Times.
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