The Seattle Times relaunched its NWhomes.com site, using software from Adicio Inc.
The Times is using the software developer’s community and amenity search options to allow prospective buyers to more easily narrow their search results.
The paper since 2003 has used Adicio’s app to underpin its online employment section. It migrated the real estate and automotive platforms from another vendor to Adicio earlier this year, the company said.
Monday, July 20, 2009
In Brief
Atex named Marty Windsor marketing manager for the Americas and Keegan Skidmore global marketing communications analyst.
The Wall Street Journal launched a new career site, FINS.com, a standalone online resource specifically targeting financial professionals and the finance market. The site covers all major financial sectors with associated jobs and news, in-depth research on companies, and daily columns offering advice and career insight, WSJ said.
The Daily News Transcript in Dedham, Mass., will reduce its frequency from five days a week to one, effective Oct. 1, according to The Boston Globe. The Daily News Transcript has a readership of about 3,200 and is owned by GateHouse Media Inc.
Tribune Co. will shift TV book sales operations from one of its divisions to competitor Advantage Newspaper Consultants under terms of a three-year contract. A bankruptcy judge is expected to approve the deal later this month.
U.K. newspaper printer Newsprinters Knowsley was presented the Newspaper Printer of the Year award at the 2009 Newspaper Awards ceremony, held earlier this spring. The printer was cited for its work producing The (London) Times Literary Supplement. It also snared recognition for production of The Times and The Sunday Times. The papers are all printed on a 25-satellite tower manroland Colorman XXL press.
Q.I. Press Controls said it signed an agreement with Baldwin Technology to market its line of press control equipment in Japan.
www.qipc.com
www.baldwintech.com
Digital Technology International released DTI Financials for its Cloud computing environment. The financial app is the newest addition to DTI’s line of products available in its hosted software offering, including DTI Circulation, DTI AudienceReach, DTI Advertising and DTI ContentPublisher.
DTI also released the latest version of AudienceReach, adding support for targeted e-mail marketing.
www.dtint.com
Local businesses account for almost 20 percent of ads placed on social networking sites, according to research firm Borrell Associates. The firm said local companies will spend $641 million — out of a total ad spend of $3.26 billion — to buy ads on the leading 118 social networking sites.
www.borrellassociates.com
The Wall Street Journal launched a new career site, FINS.com, a standalone online resource specifically targeting financial professionals and the finance market. The site covers all major financial sectors with associated jobs and news, in-depth research on companies, and daily columns offering advice and career insight, WSJ said.
The Daily News Transcript in Dedham, Mass., will reduce its frequency from five days a week to one, effective Oct. 1, according to The Boston Globe. The Daily News Transcript has a readership of about 3,200 and is owned by GateHouse Media Inc.
Tribune Co. will shift TV book sales operations from one of its divisions to competitor Advantage Newspaper Consultants under terms of a three-year contract. A bankruptcy judge is expected to approve the deal later this month.
U.K. newspaper printer Newsprinters Knowsley was presented the Newspaper Printer of the Year award at the 2009 Newspaper Awards ceremony, held earlier this spring. The printer was cited for its work producing The (London) Times Literary Supplement. It also snared recognition for production of The Times and The Sunday Times. The papers are all printed on a 25-satellite tower manroland Colorman XXL press.
Q.I. Press Controls said it signed an agreement with Baldwin Technology to market its line of press control equipment in Japan.
www.qipc.com
www.baldwintech.com
Digital Technology International released DTI Financials for its Cloud computing environment. The financial app is the newest addition to DTI’s line of products available in its hosted software offering, including DTI Circulation, DTI AudienceReach, DTI Advertising and DTI ContentPublisher.
DTI also released the latest version of AudienceReach, adding support for targeted e-mail marketing.
www.dtint.com
Local businesses account for almost 20 percent of ads placed on social networking sites, according to research firm Borrell Associates. The firm said local companies will spend $641 million — out of a total ad spend of $3.26 billion — to buy ads on the leading 118 social networking sites.
www.borrellassociates.com
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 13, 2009 — Union-Tribune updates pagination
The San Diego Union-Tribune ordered a 250-seat Atex Content Management system for its English and Spanish publications to eliminate steps in its manual pagination.
The Atex CMS will provide The Union-Tribune with an integrated, single-database system to handle the publisher’s entire workflow from content gathering to pagination to online delivery, reduce cost and improve efficiencies, Atex said.
“With Atex’s help, we are reducing the amount of time we take to paginate because we can do several things at one time instead of having to wait to perform one function after another after another,” said Robert York, senior editor at The Union-Tribune. “And that was a key benefit we saw with the Atex system, which allows for a parallel workflow that is crucial for us to save time and money.”
The contract for the Atex Content Management system includes licenses for 250 journalists, contributors, editors, designers and paginators, with implementation scheduled to begin immediately.
The Atex CMS will provide The Union-Tribune with an integrated, single-database system to handle the publisher’s entire workflow from content gathering to pagination to online delivery, reduce cost and improve efficiencies, Atex said.
“With Atex’s help, we are reducing the amount of time we take to paginate because we can do several things at one time instead of having to wait to perform one function after another after another,” said Robert York, senior editor at The Union-Tribune. “And that was a key benefit we saw with the Atex system, which allows for a parallel workflow that is crucial for us to save time and money.”
The contract for the Atex Content Management system includes licenses for 250 journalists, contributors, editors, designers and paginators, with implementation scheduled to begin immediately.
Gannett taps G&J for registration at 3 dailies
Gannett Co. Inc. ordered six VisionMaster punch benders from Glunz & Jensen for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del.; two for The (Nashville) Tennessean; and three for The Journal News in Westchester County, N.Y. G&J released the VisionMaster, priced under $50,000, earlier this year.
The VisionMaster benders in Nashville and Westchester are punching and bending plates for both 46- and 44-inch web widths.
Wilmington will install its machine at the time of its web-width reduction to 44 inches. All sites also ordered conveyors and stackers.
G&J also announced a number of sales through partner vendors, including a VisionMaster for the Mail Tribune in Medford, Ore., coordinated by Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging.
Additionally, G&J landed a number of punch bend and related equipment sales internationally, including sales in the United Arab Emirates, Madrid, Spain and Malaysia.
Finally, Tech Energy Inc. ordered new CML press registration lockups from G&J that will be used by the Midland (Texas) Reporter when the paper reduces its web width later this summer.
The VisionMaster benders in Nashville and Westchester are punching and bending plates for both 46- and 44-inch web widths.
Wilmington will install its machine at the time of its web-width reduction to 44 inches. All sites also ordered conveyors and stackers.
G&J also announced a number of sales through partner vendors, including a VisionMaster for the Mail Tribune in Medford, Ore., coordinated by Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging.
Additionally, G&J landed a number of punch bend and related equipment sales internationally, including sales in the United Arab Emirates, Madrid, Spain and Malaysia.
Finally, Tech Energy Inc. ordered new CML press registration lockups from G&J that will be used by the Midland (Texas) Reporter when the paper reduces its web width later this summer.
Cedar Rapids paper to print Iowa City daily
The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said it will begin printing and distributing the Iowa City Press-Citizen, with printing to begin Aug. 4 and distribution Aug. 31.
The Press-Citizen, a Gannett Co. Inc. paper, had been printed by sister daily The Des Moines Register since June 2008.
The Gazette said shifting production and distribution of the Press-Citizen to Cedar Rapids will further decrease costs.
Cedar Rapids is about 24 miles from Iowa City.
The Press-Citizen, a Gannett Co. Inc. paper, had been printed by sister daily The Des Moines Register since June 2008.
The Gazette said shifting production and distribution of the Press-Citizen to Cedar Rapids will further decrease costs.
Cedar Rapids is about 24 miles from Iowa City.
Freedom paper in Texas to charge for online content
The Valley Morning Star in Harlingen, Texas, this week will be the first Freedom Communications newspaper to begin charging non-subscribers a fee to read its online edition.
The newspaper said that seven-day-a-week subscribers would get free access to the online edition, but that others would have to pay up to $3.95 per month.
“The days of giving content away, which costs money to create and for which we charge our print subscribers, I think, are just about over,” said Valley Morning Star Publisher Tyler Patton.
The newspaper will continue to make some of its features, including national news and the paper’s home page, free of charge on its Web site.
Patton said he expects other Freedom newspapers to follow suit.
Meantime, The New York Times said a survey of print subscribers is leading it to consider levying a $5 monthly fee for access to its Web site.
Bloomberg reported that The Times also asked if subscribers would be willing to pay a discounted fee of $2.50 to read content on the site.
The newspaper said that seven-day-a-week subscribers would get free access to the online edition, but that others would have to pay up to $3.95 per month.
“The days of giving content away, which costs money to create and for which we charge our print subscribers, I think, are just about over,” said Valley Morning Star Publisher Tyler Patton.
The newspaper will continue to make some of its features, including national news and the paper’s home page, free of charge on its Web site.
Patton said he expects other Freedom newspapers to follow suit.
Meantime, The New York Times said a survey of print subscribers is leading it to consider levying a $5 monthly fee for access to its Web site.
Bloomberg reported that The Times also asked if subscribers would be willing to pay a discounted fee of $2.50 to read content on the site.
N.H. paper shuts down
The Eagle Times in Claremont, N.H., abruptly shut down last week after the company that published the newspaper filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
The newspaper, published six days a week, was founded more than 175 years ago and employed more than 100 people.
The publisher said the family-owned Eagle Publications could no longer continue underwriting the losses of the company, according to an article posted by The Union-Leader in Manchester, N.H.
"We did our best to continue the operations, but the economy and the changes in the newspaper industry have made it impossible to continue this business," said a memo issued by Eagle Publications.
The newspaper, published six days a week, was founded more than 175 years ago and employed more than 100 people.
The publisher said the family-owned Eagle Publications could no longer continue underwriting the losses of the company, according to an article posted by The Union-Leader in Manchester, N.H.
"We did our best to continue the operations, but the economy and the changes in the newspaper industry have made it impossible to continue this business," said a memo issued by Eagle Publications.
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