Resolute Forest Products now manages 10.3 million hectares of certified forests:
Resolute Forest Products has become the largest manager of FSC® certified forests in the world.
The company recently certified 3.2 million hectares of forestlands in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec to the FSC Boreal Standard. This certification raises the total area of Resolute-managed FSC-certified forests in North America to 10.3 million hectares, an area twice the size of Nova Scotia and larger than Portugal, Hungary or South Korea.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Domtar Sells Ottawa/Gatineau
Domtar
Corporation today announced the signing by its Canadian subsidiary, Domtar Inc.
("Domtar"), of a Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement ("the
agreement") for the sale of its hydro assets in Ottawa, Ontario and
Gatineau, Québec for $45 million. The purchaser is Energy Ottawa Inc.
("Energy Ottawa"), the renewable energy subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa
Holding Inc.
Stora Enso Issues Bonds
Stora
Enso has today successfully issued two five-year bonds with total nominal value
SEK 1 700 million under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme. Both bonds
are due on 26 June 2017.
Hearst's Food Network Raising Rate Base Again
Food Network Magazine to Raise Rate Base Twice in 2013:
Hearst’s Food Network Magazine plans to hike its rate base twice in the coming year. The January/February 2013 issue will mark an increase from 1.45 to 1.5 million, and the rate base will increase again to 1.55 million with the title’s July/August 2013 issue. These hikes represent the eighth and ninth rate base increases for the publication since its 2009 debut.
Hearst’s Food Network Magazine plans to hike its rate base twice in the coming year. The January/February 2013 issue will mark an increase from 1.45 to 1.5 million, and the rate base will increase again to 1.55 million with the title’s July/August 2013 issue. These hikes represent the eighth and ninth rate base increases for the publication since its 2009 debut.
Time Inc.'s Money Offers Targeted Print Options
Time Inc.'s Money Gives Advertisers Custom Messaging and Creative Options:
Money has launched a new custom printing option for its advertisers that lets them vary their messaging for targeted markets and audience segments. Called IntelliPrint and offered via Money's printer Quad/Graphics the plan marries Time Inc.'s customer database with Quad's technology to run the unique messaging.
Money has launched a new custom printing option for its advertisers that lets them vary their messaging for targeted markets and audience segments. Called IntelliPrint and offered via Money's printer Quad/Graphics the plan marries Time Inc.'s customer database with Quad's technology to run the unique messaging.
Advanstar Buys Comikaze Expo
Advanstar Acquires Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo:
Advanstar Communications, a b-to-b media company and event organizer in the fashion, powersports, licensing and dental markets, among others, has entered into the comics event market with the purchase of the year-old Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Presented by POW! Entertainment (formerly Comikaze Expo).
Advanstar Communications, a b-to-b media company and event organizer in the fashion, powersports, licensing and dental markets, among others, has entered into the comics event market with the purchase of the year-old Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Presented by POW! Entertainment (formerly Comikaze Expo).
B-to-B Ad Revenue Declines
ABM released its first-quarter 2012 BIN report Tuesday, and print advertising reversed course from 2011 and event revenue, while remaining a bright spot, appears to have slowed its growth when compared to the first quarter last year.
Advertising & Marketing Companies Hiring
Fifteen
percent of marketing and advertising companies plan to hire staff in the next
three months, according to a survey by the Creative Group, a recruitment agency
for the advertising industry.
Ad Revenue to Increase 5.9% CAGR to $229B in 2016
According to PwC's annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2012-2016 - an in-depth five-year outlook for global consumer spending and advertising revenues directly related to entertainment and media content - released today, the industry is approaching the 'end of the digital beginning' with digital now embedded in business-as-usual and moving to the heart of many E&M companies.
April Direct Mail Volume Falls
The cool-off in credit card mail that began in the winter of 2011 looks set
to continue, at least for now, according to Mintel Comperemedia. In April, 260 million
offers for new credit cards were received by US households, down 33% from the
390 million offers US households received during April of last year. This is
the lowest estimated monthly mail volume tracked in the past 25 months.
21% of Employers Plan to HIre in Q3
Advance Announces Cuts for Newspaper
Over 200 employees at the New Orleans newspaper, Times-Picayune, were laid
off Tuesday.
Overall, Advance Publications, the paper’s New York-based parent company,
cut one-third of its staff. It also plans to reduce the printing schedule to
only three days a week, as well as give further attention to its digital news
distribution.
The paper has been in business for over 175 years.
Barclays Revises Forecast
Barclays lowers global ad forecast: London—Ad spending internationally will be less robust this year than initially anticipated, according to Barclays. The financial services company now forecasts that global ad spending will total $490 billion by year-end, an increase of 3.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
USW/NewPage Ratify Contract
USW Announces Ratified Contract at NewPage: The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that its members at NewPage Corp. have ratified a new four-year Master Contract that will bring added protection to 4,500 workers and help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stable employer in the coated paper sector of the paper industry.
New Investment for Sappi's Cloquet
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/233891/
There's been a paper mill in Cloquet for more than 110 years. Now, a massive investment in new technology at the Sappi Fine Paper mill should keep the mill operating in Cloquet for years to come.
There's been a paper mill in Cloquet for more than 110 years. Now, a massive investment in new technology at the Sappi Fine Paper mill should keep the mill operating in Cloquet for years to come.
UPM CEO, Confidence in Future
Jussi
Pesonen, UPM's President and CEO, stated his confidence
in the company's growth businesses during its Capital
Markets Day in London. "UPM's growth businesses sales today exceed
EUR 4.0 billion and we have confidence in further growth
going forward. More than 50% of our sales will derive from
these solid performing growth businesses on latter half
of this decade," said Pesonen.
Chinese Industrial Production Up 9.6%
In
May 2012, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated
size was up 9.6% year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added
are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.3% higher than that in April.
Good Housekeeping Publishes "Readers' Issue"
During a year’s worth
of conversations, polls and social media engagement, more than 55,000 readers
shared their opinions on everything from the latest health news to their go-to
grilling tools and favorite smartphone apps. The result is the first "Readers' Issue" of Hearst's Good Housekeeping.
Readers Rank Electrical Contractor Magazine
Readers Rank Electrical Contractor Magazine Highest: A new, independent reader survey conducted by Electrical Contractor magazine shows that 71 percent rank it most useful among its top five competitors--and 66 percent continue to prefer its print publication to its web version.
B2Me: Proving Reader Value
B2Me: The Ultimate Tool for Proving Reader Value:
B2Me magazine, a B2B magazine built to order. The new format was launched in April 2012.
Based on information subscribers provide about themselves at the time they sign up, the American Printer B2Me magazines are built on the fly to include only the information of relevance to that subscriber. Content is also driven by where the subscriber lives and works.
B2Me magazine, a B2B magazine built to order. The new format was launched in April 2012.
Based on information subscribers provide about themselves at the time they sign up, the American Printer B2Me magazines are built on the fly to include only the information of relevance to that subscriber. Content is also driven by where the subscriber lives and works.
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