Tribune Publishing Co. in Columbia, Mo., said it was able to cut its consumption of newsprint by 30 percent since employing a color register system from Imaging Technologies Inc.
TPC last fall installed a 24-camera system across its Goss International Universal 45 press (see News and Tech, October 2008).
“The waste reduction is a direct result of having to pay less attention to register by virtue of the automated register system,” said Jack Waters, TPC’s general manager.
“The overall savings and improvements to the environmental footprint of our operations including the paper, inks, energy savings (machine run time) are significant. Crew time optimization is made possible as well.”
Monday, August 17, 2009
Saxotech making hosting easier
Saxotech said it would make its Mediaware Center software available to media companies through a hosted model with special pricing and payment terms.
Under the Saxotech Stimulus Program, qualified media companies can sign up to use the app for as little as 12 months, and payment terms will be structured to provide users with additional savings before the first payment is owed, Saxotech said.
“We understand in today’s economic environment that media companies are under tremendous pressure to find additional efficiencies and to only invest in areas where they can realize a quick return on their investment,” said Anders Christiansen, president and CEO of Saxotech. “Through the Saxotech Stimulus Program, media companies can take advantage of the many benefits of the Managed Hosted Mediaware Center while also generating an immediate return on their investment.”
Under the Saxotech Stimulus Program, qualified media companies can sign up to use the app for as little as 12 months, and payment terms will be structured to provide users with additional savings before the first payment is owed, Saxotech said.
“We understand in today’s economic environment that media companies are under tremendous pressure to find additional efficiencies and to only invest in areas where they can realize a quick return on their investment,” said Anders Christiansen, president and CEO of Saxotech. “Through the Saxotech Stimulus Program, media companies can take advantage of the many benefits of the Managed Hosted Mediaware Center while also generating an immediate return on their investment.”
Ohio daily launches pay Web site
The Lima (Ohio) News last week made portions of its Web site available only to paid subscribers.
“This rewards our loyal customers by giving them something for free that a casual user does not get,” said James Shine, publisher of The News. “At the same time, people wishing to receive their news only through our Web site have the opportunity to do so for a very reasonable cost.”
Subscription packages range from 75 cents a day to $4.95 per month; seven-day subscribers to the print edition of The News can access all of the site’s news and information free of additional charge.
“This rewards our loyal customers by giving them something for free that a casual user does not get,” said James Shine, publisher of The News. “At the same time, people wishing to receive their news only through our Web site have the opportunity to do so for a very reasonable cost.”
Subscription packages range from 75 cents a day to $4.95 per month; seven-day subscribers to the print edition of The News can access all of the site’s news and information free of additional charge.
Latimes.com launches new look
The Los Angeles Times launched a redesigned Web site incorporating additional multimedia and social networking features.
“The new latimes.com is representative of the changes we’ve made to create an around-the-clock, integrated newsroom armed with the tools that ensure immediacy, feed the Web, mobile devices and social media, and supplements our print edition,” said Times Editor Russ Stanton.
The new site includes multimedia editorial features and more than 40 blogs, including LA Now, dedicated to local breaking news. The Times also bulked up its entertainment coverage.
“The new latimes.com is representative of the changes we’ve made to create an around-the-clock, integrated newsroom armed with the tools that ensure immediacy, feed the Web, mobile devices and social media, and supplements our print edition,” said Times Editor Russ Stanton.
The new site includes multimedia editorial features and more than 40 blogs, including LA Now, dedicated to local breaking news. The Times also bulked up its entertainment coverage.
Obituaries:
Günther Eckert, KBA
Günther Eckert, senior engineer at Koenig & Bauer AG died Aug. 11 in a drowning accident while on vacation in Denmark. His daughter also drowned trying to rescue him, KBA said. Mr. Eckert was involved with a number of KBA press installations in the United States.
Ken Fleming, Tulsa World
Ken Fleming, who directed production operations at the Tulsa (Okla.) World for nearly three decades, died last week at his home in Florida. He was 75.
During his tenure with the World, Mr. Fleming oversaw two new press installations at the paper.
Fleming is survived by his wife, Gail; his brother, Gene; sons Randy and Ben; daughter Susan Major; nine grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 1 at the University of Tulsa’s Sharp Chapel. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33047, or to Therapetics Service Dogs of Oklahoma, 9433 E. 51st St., Suite J, Tulsa, OK 74129.
Günther Eckert, KBA
Günther Eckert, senior engineer at Koenig & Bauer AG died Aug. 11 in a drowning accident while on vacation in Denmark. His daughter also drowned trying to rescue him, KBA said. Mr. Eckert was involved with a number of KBA press installations in the United States.
Ken Fleming, Tulsa World
Ken Fleming, who directed production operations at the Tulsa (Okla.) World for nearly three decades, died last week at his home in Florida. He was 75.
During his tenure with the World, Mr. Fleming oversaw two new press installations at the paper.
Fleming is survived by his wife, Gail; his brother, Gene; sons Randy and Ben; daughter Susan Major; nine grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 1 at the University of Tulsa’s Sharp Chapel. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33047, or to Therapetics Service Dogs of Oklahoma, 9433 E. 51st St., Suite J, Tulsa, OK 74129.
In Brief
Media General’s Richmond (Va.) Media Group named Rick Thornton to head Richmond.com.
Cablevision Systems named Tad Smith president of its newly created Local Media group, which includes Newsday in Long Island, N.Y., and News 12 Networks.
Goss International named John Gallagher director of business development of the vendor’s Lifetime Support program in North and South America.
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, went live with Digital Technology International’s DTI Circulation 3.5 and iServices Subscriber, all deployed through DTI’s Cloud platform.
www.dtint.com
Plastic Logic said it will work with Olive Software to provide services to customers under its Publishers Program. The Plastic Logic Reader will be introduced early next year.
www.plasticlogic.com
www.olivesoftware.com
ProImage said it will debut its FanOut Server at Publish Asia & Ifra India Expo, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 23-25. FanOut Server addresses the problem of paper stretch on web presses.
www.proimage.com
Printing Industries of America awarded InterTech technology awards to CGS Publishing Technologies International for its Oris Press Matcher color management software and to Kodak for its Dimensional Printing System and its Prinergy Digital workflow software.
www.cgs-oris.com
www.graphics.kodak.com
WoodWing Asia Pacific named Shanghai Digesoft Technology Co. Ltd. in Shanghai and Beijing a Gold Authorized Partner.
www.woodwing.com
Goss International opened a direct sales and support office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The office oversees commercial and newspaper press and postpress sales, marketing and after-market services.
www.gossinternational.com
The (Nashville) Tennessean this week began printing the regional edition of The New York Times. The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned paper produces more than 20 commercial publications on its three presses.
AdLizard has completed its move into new offices. The new address is 35211 NE 127th Ave., La Center, WA 98629. Telephone and fax numbers are 360.263.5811 and 360.252.6517, respectively.
www.adlizard.com
PPI Media said it will host a number of conferences in September and November in Chicago, New York and London, which will address the possibilities associated with marketing cross-media ad space. Demos will center on ppi’s AdInvent app.
www.ppimedia.de
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will said it would leave its downtown location and move to new offices in northeast Atlanta. The move will begin next spring, the newspaper reported.
Cablevision Systems named Tad Smith president of its newly created Local Media group, which includes Newsday in Long Island, N.Y., and News 12 Networks.
Goss International named John Gallagher director of business development of the vendor’s Lifetime Support program in North and South America.
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, went live with Digital Technology International’s DTI Circulation 3.5 and iServices Subscriber, all deployed through DTI’s Cloud platform.
www.dtint.com
Plastic Logic said it will work with Olive Software to provide services to customers under its Publishers Program. The Plastic Logic Reader will be introduced early next year.
www.plasticlogic.com
www.olivesoftware.com
ProImage said it will debut its FanOut Server at Publish Asia & Ifra India Expo, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 23-25. FanOut Server addresses the problem of paper stretch on web presses.
www.proimage.com
Printing Industries of America awarded InterTech technology awards to CGS Publishing Technologies International for its Oris Press Matcher color management software and to Kodak for its Dimensional Printing System and its Prinergy Digital workflow software.
www.cgs-oris.com
www.graphics.kodak.com
WoodWing Asia Pacific named Shanghai Digesoft Technology Co. Ltd. in Shanghai and Beijing a Gold Authorized Partner.
www.woodwing.com
Goss International opened a direct sales and support office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The office oversees commercial and newspaper press and postpress sales, marketing and after-market services.
www.gossinternational.com
The (Nashville) Tennessean this week began printing the regional edition of The New York Times. The Gannett Co. Inc.-owned paper produces more than 20 commercial publications on its three presses.
AdLizard has completed its move into new offices. The new address is 35211 NE 127th Ave., La Center, WA 98629. Telephone and fax numbers are 360.263.5811 and 360.252.6517, respectively.
www.adlizard.com
PPI Media said it will host a number of conferences in September and November in Chicago, New York and London, which will address the possibilities associated with marketing cross-media ad space. Demos will center on ppi’s AdInvent app.
www.ppimedia.de
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will said it would leave its downtown location and move to new offices in northeast Atlanta. The move will begin next spring, the newspaper reported.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Aug. 10, 2009 — Times of Shreveport getting its Berliner press
Eighteen months after outlining plans for an upgraded Berliner press, The Times in Shreveport, La., received the green light to install the machine.
The Times in late 2007 said it would install a reconditioned 1991 Berliner press obtained by reseller Graphic Web Systems to anchor the upgrade (see News & Tech, January 2008).
The WIFAG OF 790 press will be used to replace The Times’ almost 50-year-old letterpress.
Gannett Co. Inc. delayed the $15 million project as it dealt with building issues, the recession and industry downturn.
But a memo from Times President and Publisher Pete Zanmiller, issued last week, said the press upgrade had been approved and that work would begin immediately.
“Now that we have finally been given approval the difficult work begins as we move to the next generation of our printed product,” he said. “I am excited about the opportunity and look forward to the entire operation working on this opportunity.”
The shafted WIFAG press is configured as four towers and two folders, with an 18.5-inch cutoff and 44-inch web width. The press was formerly used by a Swiss printer, which decommissioned it last year.
The Times will be the third U.S. newspaper to adopt the Berliner format, following the Journal and Courier in Lafayette, Ind., and the Reading (Pa.) Eagle.
Look for more on The Times’ Berliner install in the September issue.
The Times in late 2007 said it would install a reconditioned 1991 Berliner press obtained by reseller Graphic Web Systems to anchor the upgrade (see News & Tech, January 2008).
The WIFAG OF 790 press will be used to replace The Times’ almost 50-year-old letterpress.
Gannett Co. Inc. delayed the $15 million project as it dealt with building issues, the recession and industry downturn.
But a memo from Times President and Publisher Pete Zanmiller, issued last week, said the press upgrade had been approved and that work would begin immediately.
“Now that we have finally been given approval the difficult work begins as we move to the next generation of our printed product,” he said. “I am excited about the opportunity and look forward to the entire operation working on this opportunity.”
The shafted WIFAG press is configured as four towers and two folders, with an 18.5-inch cutoff and 44-inch web width. The press was formerly used by a Swiss printer, which decommissioned it last year.
The Times will be the third U.S. newspaper to adopt the Berliner format, following the Journal and Courier in Lafayette, Ind., and the Reading (Pa.) Eagle.
Look for more on The Times’ Berliner install in the September issue.
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