NewPage Corporation (NewPage)
today announced that David L. Santez, age 58, has been named senior vice
president, general counsel and secretary for NewPage, effective March 1, 2013.
Mr. Santez succeeds Douglas K. Cooper who will retire from NewPage on March 1,
2013.
In this position, Mr. Santez is
responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives,
advising senior leaders on operational issues, managing the legal function and
overseeing outside counsel relationships. He is also responsible for leading
the corporate compliance program, participating in business transactions and
negotiating critical contracts.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Port Hawkesbury Suing Customer
The Point Tupper paper mill is
suing a U.S. customer for $453,643.
Port Hawkesbury Paper Limited
Partnership alleged in a Nova Scotia Supreme Court notice of action
Wednesday
that Bengal Paper & Converting, Inc. of Linfield, Pa., owes it $298,003 for
paper sold and delivered in 2012.
The mill is also claiming $155,640 for paper the defendant allegedly ordered in 2013.
The mill is also claiming $155,640 for paper the defendant allegedly ordered in 2013.
Resolute Announces Pulp Hike
A day after announcing flat
softwood kraft prices for March 1, Resolute Forest Products (Resolute) informed
North American customers that it will increase northern bleached softwood kraft
(NBSK) pulp list prices by $30/tonne in April.
Montreal-headquartered
Resolute's flat NBSK announcement for March essentially led to two camps among
North American producers this month:Domtar and Tembec announced $30/tonne increases on NBSK to $930/tonne, effective Mar. 1. Canfor Pulp set a flat Mar. 1 price on NBSK in the USA but announced a $30/tonne increase that's effective on April 1. The firm has March hikes in China and Europe.
Now, one day after slating flat NBSK levels, Resolute has informed North American customers that it will increase prices by $30/tonne, effective April 1.
That would raise its domestic list price on NBSK to $930/tonne, the same level Canfor Pulp and others slated but with different effective dates.
In addition, Resolute told customers it will increase domestic southern bleached softwood kraft (SBSK) pulp prices to $890/tonne, up $30/tonne. As with NBSK, the firm's SBSK is set to increase one month after Domtar's.
Resoulte has a $30/tonne price increase on two key grades of bleached hardwood kraft (BHK) market pulp effective Mar. 1.
Resolute has an estimated 1.86 million tonnes/yr of market pulp capacity at its US and Canadian mills. It makes NBSK, SBSK, NBHK, SBHK, fluff pulp, and and recycled bleached kraft, or market deinked pulp (MDIP).
AF&PA Reports January P&W Paper Report
American Forest & Paper Association Releases January 2013 Printing-Writing Paper Report: The American Forest & Paper Association has released its January 2013 Printing-Writing Paper Report.
According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments were down 3 percent from January 2012.
Additional key findings:
January shipments of coated mechanical (CM) decreased 9 percent compared to January 2012 to 255,900 tons.
January shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers increased in 5 percent compared to January 2012, the third year-over-year increase in the past four months.
Uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments of 766,300 tons in January were 3 percent below the same period last year.
January uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 10 percent when compared to January 2012.
According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments were down 3 percent from January 2012.
Additional key findings:
January shipments of coated mechanical (CM) decreased 9 percent compared to January 2012 to 255,900 tons.
January shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers increased in 5 percent compared to January 2012, the third year-over-year increase in the past four months.
Uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments of 766,300 tons in January were 3 percent below the same period last year.
January uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 10 percent when compared to January 2012.
IP Ranks No. 1 on Fortune's Most Admired List
International Paper Ranks No. 1 in Forest and Paper Products Sector on FORTUNE's List of America's Most Admired Companies: International Paper today announced that it has once again been named by FORTUNE magazine as the No. 1 company in the Forest and Paper Products sector according to FORTUNE's annual report of "America's Most Admired Companies."
Take a New Look at China’s Printing Industry
I recently returned from Beijing where I
attended the International Media Week at which more than 20 overseas media
representatives from the U.S., UK, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Russia, India,
Korea, UAE, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
and Macau spent their time learning about the great strides of the China
printing industry and the upcoming CHINAPRINT.
Also attending were over 150 individuals from
the printing industry, government officials, leaders of printing and packaging
associations, as well as leading exhibitors, some of whom commented on their
participation in Asia’s largest printing exhibition.
MediaPost Mag Bag
More Launches Wine Club
Bloomberg Doubles Frequency for Pursuits
M2 Media Groups Taps Girl Scouts For Magazine Sales
Southern Living Partners with Regional Social Network, The Southern Coterir
Meredith Names Pavlovsky SVP, Prez of Allrecipes.com
Brown To Wired NY Editor
Bloomberg Doubles Frequency for Pursuits
M2 Media Groups Taps Girl Scouts For Magazine Sales
Southern Living Partners with Regional Social Network, The Southern Coterir
Meredith Names Pavlovsky SVP, Prez of Allrecipes.com
Brown To Wired NY Editor
Another Impact of Mobile Phones: Impulse Magazine Buys
Magazine circulation
dropped 9.5 percent in the U.S. last year, according to the Alliance for
Audited Media (formerly ABC),
and much of the reason for that can be blamed on mobile phones.
When people stand in line at the supermarket checkout, they're so engrossed in their phones that they no longer look at the impulse-buy rack — the favored home of the National Enquirer, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Vanity Fair — according to WARC, the market research group.
When people stand in line at the supermarket checkout, they're so engrossed in their phones that they no longer look at the impulse-buy rack — the favored home of the National Enquirer, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Vanity Fair — according to WARC, the market research group.
Do Not Track Legislation Back
Privacy is about to heat up again in Congress. Sen. Jay
Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Commerce Committee, reintroduced his Do
Not Track Online Act, which will give consumers the ability to prevent online
companies from tracking them on the Web and using that information for profit.
First introduced in May 2011, the bill never made it out of
Rockefeller's own committee even though the powerful chairman held plenty of
hearings on privacy issues.
NYT Debits on Flipboard, Kindle
Flipping through the pages of The
New York Times just became a lot easier for Android users.
The newspaper today announced an
extended partnership with news aggregator Flipboard, adding an option to
consume its content via the app on Android and Kindle Fire devices.Now, Times readers will be able to scour the top stories for free, while subscribers will get access to the full content menu via Flipboard.
Hearst Boosts Social Interaction On-Site
Hearst Looking to Boost Social Interaction On-Site: Hearst is beginning to look to its own brands as destinations for more social activity. Through a partnership with Merkle subsidiary Social Amp, Cosmo, Elle and Marie Claire are experimenting with functionality and personalization features designed to enhance social interaction on-site, in addition to what's been going on inside the boundaries of Facebook or Twitter.
Beyond Display Advertising
Beyond Display Advertising: Legacy publishers have historically been beaten to the punch by the more disruptive online-only competition. That competition, as we all know, has fractured into disruptions of all shapes and sizes—from well-funded, venture-backed startups to smaller players, like Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish, which split from The Daily Beast to give a shot at a model that’s solely supported by reader subscriptions—no ads.
CEO French Rebuilds Cygnus Media
Forget Digital-First, How About Technology-First?: Cygnus Business Media CEO John French, who was brought on three years ago just as the b-to-b media company came out of bankruptcy protection, has spent that time making some dramatic moves in an effort to turn the company around.
Magazines still represent a good portion of revenues—at about 50 percent, down from 60 when he took over— but both events and digital have been growing at double-digit percentages year over year.
Magazines still represent a good portion of revenues—at about 50 percent, down from 60 when he took over— but both events and digital have been growing at double-digit percentages year over year.
Association Magazines Expanding Platforms
Association Publishing Market Puts Digital in Focus:
In the United States and elsewhere, there is an association for everything—from toilets to tech organizations, these groups stand to protect and promote the goals of their own industry sectors in a variety of ways, and many do so with magazines.
But association magazines, while maintaining their importance as member benefits, are quickly expanding their missions across platforms, and their parent organizations are making cross-platform information services a high priority.
But association magazines, while maintaining their importance as member benefits, are quickly expanding their missions across platforms, and their parent organizations are making cross-platform information services a high priority.
Five Ways to Cut Cost
Five Ways to Cut Cost Through Production Efficiencies: Today more than ever publishers are looking for ways to save time and money in production. There are several obvious measures that can reduce cost and increase margins, however some solutions can be so sweeping that they jeopardize the integrity of the title, which in turn could tarnish your brand’s identity.
90% of Advertisers Use Social Marketing
Integrating Social Marketing Into Brand Campaigns: Social marketing isn’t close to peaking yet, but it’s already a part of almost every conversation between brands and marketers.
Close to 90 percent of advertisers are using some form of it, according to a recent Nielsen study.
Close to 90 percent of advertisers are using some form of it, according to a recent Nielsen study.
Defining a Strategic Path for B-to-Bs
Defining the Strategic Path for B-to-B Media: For most b-to-b publishers, print has receded into a broader array of information services and marketing initiatives for brand partners, including events, digital and data. This is not news, but grappling with how this media mix impacts strategic focus going forward is still new.
The M&A Outlook For 2013
The M&A Outlook For 2013: There were notable deals in 2012—Hanley Wood, Ziff Davis and The New Republic, were among the big-name brands moved—but no blockbusters. Mergers and acquisitions activity in the consumer and business-to-business publishing markets increased some, but held close to recent averages for the most part.
A fourth quarter flurry was expected to give way to a slower first half of 2013, with sales rising as the year went on. Things haven’t played out that way though.
A fourth quarter flurry was expected to give way to a slower first half of 2013, with sales rising as the year went on. Things haven’t played out that way though.
Opportunity is in the Mail
Opportunity is in the Mail:
When Kitty Kolding decided to enter the discovery commerce business, she knew she had to try something different. “We had to find a way to get to the consumer to try the product that she had walked by a hundred times in the store,” says Kolding, former CEO of the home sampling event company House Party. Oh, and she also had a goal of creating a minimum of a million earned impressions for brand participants at low cost.
When Kitty Kolding decided to enter the discovery commerce business, she knew she had to try something different. “We had to find a way to get to the consumer to try the product that she had walked by a hundred times in the store,” says Kolding, former CEO of the home sampling event company House Party. Oh, and she also had a goal of creating a minimum of a million earned impressions for brand participants at low cost.
USPS Introduces Simple Samples
A Sample in Every Mailbox: The United States Postal Service introduces a flat-rate service aimed at luring product samplers back to home delivery.
Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe says that the biggest blow to the USPS's bottom line (besides having to fund healthcare for government workers) is a significant falloff in First Class mail. To pick up the slack, USPS has been introducing value-added mailing services of interest to direct marketers, the latest of which is a new flat-rate sampling
program called Simple Samples.
Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe says that the biggest blow to the USPS's bottom line (besides having to fund healthcare for government workers) is a significant falloff in First Class mail. To pick up the slack, USPS has been introducing value-added mailing services of interest to direct marketers, the latest of which is a new flat-rate samplingprogram called Simple Samples.
Yahoo's Work-From-Home Ban Questioned
The Media Weighs In On Yahoo's Work-From-Home Ban:
Bureaus, correspondents, freelancers--journalists and media-types have always worked remotely. Reporting on location is glamorized, exotic datelines accentuated. More than the flash that comes with it, remote work is a necessary part of journalism.
That's part of the reason Yahoo's pronouncement that it would end work-from-home arrangements drew skepticism from the journalism community in particular this week.
Bureaus, correspondents, freelancers--journalists and media-types have always worked remotely. Reporting on location is glamorized, exotic datelines accentuated. More than the flash that comes with it, remote work is a necessary part of journalism.
That's part of the reason Yahoo's pronouncement that it would end work-from-home arrangements drew skepticism from the journalism community in particular this week.
Scientific American Sees Digital Boom
Scientific American Sees Digital Boom:
Founded in 1845, Scientific American is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States and the brand has been working to extend its authority online through a variety of digital channels.
In January 2013 the magazine set a new personal record for monthly unique visitors, reaching an average of 5.4 million last month. According to the title, changes in its digital editorial strategy, including more mobile and blog network offerings, are behind the 127 percent increase in traffic over the past two years.
Founded in 1845, Scientific American is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States and the brand has been working to extend its authority online through a variety of digital channels.
In January 2013 the magazine set a new personal record for monthly unique visitors, reaching an average of 5.4 million last month. According to the title, changes in its digital editorial strategy, including more mobile and blog network offerings, are behind the 127 percent increase in traffic over the past two years.
Federated Media CEO Steps Down
Federated Media CEO Deanna Brown Steps Down:
Federated Media Publishing, a network of blogs across a variety of markets, announced today that CEO Deanna Brown is stepping down after almost four years at the helm. Founder and executive chairman John Battelle is taking over the CEO role.
Federated Media Publishing, a network of blogs across a variety of markets, announced today that CEO Deanna Brown is stepping down after almost four years at the helm. Founder and executive chairman John Battelle is taking over the CEO role.
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