USA TODAY, National Geographic Channel
and the National Geographic Society have partnered on a special tabloid
edition: National Geographic Society turns 125.
The special edition marks the 125th Anniversary of the founding of
the National Geographic Society and a New Age Exploration.
The 48-page all color special edition
is on newsstands now and can also be ordered online. This is the fourth special tabloid edition that USA TODAY and National
Geographic Channel have partnered on.
Friday, January 11, 2013
DNMedia Expands Stake in Luxury Market
DMNmedia, the marketing solutions group of
The Dallas Morning News, Inc., has acquired the assets of DG Publishing, Inc.
(DGP), a portfolio company of Elm Creek Partners, a Dallas-based private equity
firm . DGP is a magazine publisher of high-end resource guides including Design
GuideTexas and The Texas Wedding Guide . The purchase further strengthens the
News' media portfolio in the luxury magazine segment and will complement FD
Luxe, a premium lifestyle magazine targeting affluent consumers in North Texas.
ShopperTrak: Holiday Sales Up 2.5%
More shoppers spent more at the cash register
during the 2012 holiday season than they did the previous year, according to
ShopperTrak, the world's largest counter of retail foot traffic.
ShopperTrak estimates that during the holiday
shopping season of November and December 2012, national retail sales increased
2.5% and foot traffic also increased 2.5% when compared to the same two months
last year. ShopperTrak's initial data indicates that shoppers spent $248.8 billion during this period. The U.S. Department of Commerce will release its December GAFO sales numbers in February.
Print Endures: Only 16% Purchased e-Book in 2012
A
2012 survey revealed that just 16% of Americans have actually purchased an
e-book.
Ever since Amazon introduced its popular Kindle
e-reader five years ago, pundits have assumed that the future of book
publishing is digital. Opinions about the speed of the shift from page to
screen have varied. But the consensus has been that digitization, having had
its way with music and photographs and maps, would in due course have its way
with books as well. By 2015, one media maven predicted a few years back, traditional
books would be gone.Half a decade into the e-book revolution, though, the prognosis for traditional books is suddenly looking brighter. Hardcover books are displaying surprising resiliency. The growth in e-book sales is slowing markedly. And purchases of e-readers are actually shrinking, as consumers opt instead for multipurpose tablets. It may be that e-books, rather than replacing printed books, will ultimately serve a role more like that of audio books—a complement to traditional reading, not a substitute.
How attached are Americans to old-fashioned books? Just look at the results of a Pew Research Center survey released last month. The report showed that the percentage of adults who have read an e-book rose modestly over the past year, from 16% to 23%. But it also revealed that fully 89% of regular book readers said that they had read at least one printed book during the preceding 12 months. Only 30% reported reading even a single e-book in the past year.
Ink Industry Under Cost Pressure
Printing Ink Industry Still under Cost Pressure in Raw Material Market – No Relief in the Short Term: Leading printing ink manufacturer Siegwerk anticipates difficult raw material markets and signalizes selective price increases for 2013.
They are indispensable for producing print products such as packaging, advertising brochures and newspapers. And in recent years they have constantly increased in price. This refers to tree resins, pigments, additives such as bonding agents and solvents – the raw materials and components used for the printing ink industry.
They are indispensable for producing print products such as packaging, advertising brochures and newspapers. And in recent years they have constantly increased in price. This refers to tree resins, pigments, additives such as bonding agents and solvents – the raw materials and components used for the printing ink industry.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Verso Names Bucksport Mill Manager
Matt Archambeau has been named
the new manager of the Bucksport mill, Bill Cohen, a spokesman for the mill,
told the Bangor Daily News.
Archambeau previously was
manager of the Verso mill in Sartell, Minn., which was permanently shuttered
after a fatal explosion in May 2012. Subsequently, the Bucksport mill absorbed
some of the work that had been done in Sartell.
Norske Skog Shuts Newsprint PM
Norske Skog has shut down PM 2,
a newsprint machine at its Tasman mill in Kawerau, New Zealand. The unit closed
as scheduled on January 9.
The site's PM 3, which like the
decommissioned machine can produce 150,000 tonnes/yr of newsprint, is still in
operation. PM 2 will remain onsite, but its closure is planned to be permanent.
UPM Closes Russian Sawmill, Seeks Buyer
UPM announces a production
curtailment at its Pestovo sawmill in Russia, and begins negotiations with
employees. The negotiations will affect all of the approximately 180 sawmill
employees. Starting today, production at the mill will be curtailed to the
level necessary to fulfil the on-going contracts. At the same time UPM
announces a search for a buyer for the Pestovo mill production area for
restructuring or reorientation of production.
Talks Break Off Over NY Port Work Rules
Bargaining broke off today
between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the New York
Shipping Association (NYSA) over proposed work rule changes in local contracts
at the ports in New York and New Jersey, contacts said.
ILA pres Harold Daggett left the
negotiations after the NYSA proposed "revolutionary changes" in work
practices at the New York/New Jersey ports, which are the No. 2 port system in
the USA behind the Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA, system, according to a Journal
of Commerce story.
Interview with Phil Riebel of Two-Sides US
1/1 Interview with Phil Riebel President of Two-Sides US, and Greenwashing Dragon Slayer:
I met Phil in January of 2012 at the NPTA Executive Meeting where I was an invited speaker, and we have been working together since. PrintMediaCentr is an Allied Organization of Two-Sides US, and proud to be associated with all of their endeavors.
I met Phil in January of 2012 at the NPTA Executive Meeting where I was an invited speaker, and we have been working together since. PrintMediaCentr is an Allied Organization of Two-Sides US, and proud to be associated with all of their endeavors.
Quad/Graphics Closing Dubuque Plant
Quad/Graphics Announces Closure of Dubuque Plant:
Two-hundred fifteen employees who work for Quad/Graphics in Dubuque (IA) will now have to seek employment elsewhere. Devastating news to those who work at the printing plant and for those who have been fighting to keep the company from leaving.
Quad/Graphics announced Wednesday that it is closing the Dubuque plant and permanently laying off all its employees by early March.
Two-hundred fifteen employees who work for Quad/Graphics in Dubuque (IA) will now have to seek employment elsewhere. Devastating news to those who work at the printing plant and for those who have been fighting to keep the company from leaving.
Quad/Graphics announced Wednesday that it is closing the Dubuque plant and permanently laying off all its employees by early March.
USPS Ends Mail Works Guarantee
Mail Works Guarantee, launched in 2011, suffered from high barriers to
entry: To participate, advertisers were required to have ad budgets of at least
$250 million but little previous involvement in direct mail. If participants
then boosted their direct mail by more than 500,000 pieces but failed to meet
mutually agreed-upon metrics of success, USPS guaranteed a postage refund of up
to $250,000.
Ad Pages Down 8.2% In 2012
2012 was another tough year for magazines, with
total ad pages falling 8.2% from 168,712 in 2011 to 154,838 last year,
according to the Publisher’s Information Bureau. Losses cut across most of the
major magazine categories, although some individual titles did post positive
results. Out of 219 titles tracked by the PIB, 158 titles or 72% of the total
experienced ad page declines. 74 titles or nearly 34% of the total experienced
ad page declines of 10% or more, and 28 titles or 12.8% of the total
experienced ad page declines of 20% or more.
Grantland: New York Magazine Our Model
http://adage.com/article/digital/grantland-grows-york-magazine-a-model/239098/
No
one knew what quite to expect in June 2011 when ESPN introduced Grantland.com,
a sports and pop culture website helmed by Bill Simmons, ESPN's longtime
"Sports Guy" columnist. In the year and a half since, the site has
found a footing, mixing long-form feature writing with both witty blog posts,
criticism on pop culture and deep analysis on major sports such as football and
basketball.
The Atlantic Offers Another App
As publishers wrestle with
whether to deliver their digital content in an app or Web-based browser, the
browser is gathering momentum.
The Atlantic today announced the
launch of a tablet-optimized HTML5 site for The Atlantic Wire, its news and
pop-culture site. And according to The Atlantic president Scott Havens, the new
Web app could eventually replace the site's iPhone app.
Time Inc. Prepares for Layoffs
Time Inc. staff are on eggshells
as they await news of layoffs and smaller bonuses than in years past as the
company faces declining revenue.
CEO Laura Lang, in a memo
yesterday, has already told employees she would eliminate the usual 3 percent
merit increase for 2013 as the company looks to “aggressively manage costs.”
MediaNext Wrap-Up
MediaNext Wrap-Up:
FOLIO:'s MediaNext event concluded today in New York. With about 1,000 in attendance the show examined all the ways publishers are evolving into true multiplatform media companies. With keynotes from LinkedIn's Dan Roth, Business Insider's Henry Blodget, Vox Media's James Bankoff and Meredith's Tom Harty, as well as four tracks dedicated to the various strategic channels publishers are leveraging, event content sat right at the intersection of where "traditional" meets digital.
FOLIO:'s MediaNext event concluded today in New York. With about 1,000 in attendance the show examined all the ways publishers are evolving into true multiplatform media companies. With keynotes from LinkedIn's Dan Roth, Business Insider's Henry Blodget, Vox Media's James Bankoff and Meredith's Tom Harty, as well as four tracks dedicated to the various strategic channels publishers are leveraging, event content sat right at the intersection of where "traditional" meets digital.
Thriving in the Age of Transformation
MediaNext Show: Thriving in the Age of Transformation:
Relevancy and innovation will help brands, and especially magazine publishers, not only stay afloat in the age of digital transformation, but also enable them to thrive. That was the message delivered by keynote speaker and Meredith Corporation’s National Media Group president Tom Harty during the final day of the MediaNext Show, FOLIO:’s annual conference.
Relevancy and innovation will help brands, and especially magazine publishers, not only stay afloat in the age of digital transformation, but also enable them to thrive. That was the message delivered by keynote speaker and Meredith Corporation’s National Media Group president Tom Harty during the final day of the MediaNext Show, FOLIO:’s annual conference.
DMA Names Woolley CEO
With Woolley as CEO, DMA Focuses on Data Marketing:
Linda Woolley has been appointed president and CEO of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the organization announced today. Woolley, who last May became the DMA's acting president and CEO following the resignation of her predecessor Larry Kimmel, has spurred DMA's new agenda to support and advance data-driven marketing practices.
Linda Woolley has been appointed president and CEO of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the organization announced today. Woolley, who last May became the DMA's acting president and CEO following the resignation of her predecessor Larry Kimmel, has spurred DMA's new agenda to support and advance data-driven marketing practices.
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