Sappi Annouces Q1 FY2012 Profit

Sappi Limited Results for the First Quarter Ended December 2011:

Profit for the period US$45 million; Q1 2011 US$37 million.
Operating profit excluding special items US$100 million;  Q1 2011 US$137 million.

The quarter ended December 2010 included 14 weeks whereas the quarters ended September 2011 and December 2011 included 13 weeks.

Stora Enso Reports Q4 Results

Nordic paper maker Stora Enso Q4 profit plunges to $130 million on high costs, low demand:
Stora Enso Oyj has reported a 66% decrease in fourth quarter net profit to 100 million as the paper maker was hit by higher costs and low demand.

Stora Enso Restructures to Cut Costs

Stora Enso Restructures to Drop $63.6 Million in Costs: Stora Enso has announced a restructuring plan that aims to cut costs in its annual magazine paper operation by about $63.6 million by third quarter 2013, with the goal of improving efficiency and productivity.

Norske Skog Announces Q4 Earnings

Norske Skog : Improved Operations, Challenging Market: Norske Skog improved gross operating earnings in the fourth quarter, partly due to lower costs.
Gross operating earnings in the fourth quarter were NOK 503 million, compared to NOK 469 million in the third quarter.

Nippon Paper to Restart Ishinomaki PMs

Nippon Paper to restart PM N5 and N6 at Ishinomaki mill, production expected to recover 75% of total capacity, plans to shut some production facilities: Nippon Paper Group, Inc. (President: Yoshio Haga) has moved forward with reconstruction efforts at Ishinomaki Mill, which sustained damage as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Nippon Reports Q3 Results

http://www.np-g.com/e/index.html

Nippon Paper Group, Inc. announces that it has posted extraordinary losses for the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 201.

ABC Releases H2 Circulation Numbers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/25-biggest-magazines-2011_n_1260092.html

The Audit Bureau of Circulation has released circulation figures for the second half of 2011. AARP magazine held onto its top spot with a circulation of more than 22 million. 

Hearst Names International VP

http://www.minonline.com/news/Jean-de-Boisdeffre-Named-Hearst-Magazines-International-Senior-VPAdvisor_19895.html

Jean de Boisdeffre, former  CEO of Lagardère Active's international magazines' business the Hearst acquisition of Hachette Filipacchi Media, has been named International Senior Vice President.

New York Magazine Circulation Up

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2012/02/5211776/latest-report-circulation-new-york-new-yorker

During a six month period in which the magazine industry continued to see decreases in subscriptions and newsstand sales, New York's hometown glossies still eked out small circulation gains.

Between July 2011 and the end of December, New York magazine's average paid circulation increased 0.1% according to the latest data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations and The New Yorker's average circulation rose 2.2%.

Disney's Club Penguin Launches Print Edition

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/03/disney-club-penguin-launch-magazine/print

Disney's Club Penguin, until now a virtual world for children, is launching a print magazine in the UK on February 9.

Scene Magazine Debuts

http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/making-the-scene-5619280/print-preview/

Jared Kushner’s controlled-circulation magazine, Scene, will debut on March 1. The monthly style and society title is helmed by publisher and chief executive officer Julie Dannenberg, editor in chief Peter Davis and creative director Cricket Burns.

Source Interlink's Four Wheeler Turns 50

http://www.minonline.com/news/Four-Wheeler-Turns-50_19892.html

Four Wheeler, a Source Interlink magazine with a circulation of 190,000 and a readership of 2.8 million, is celebrating it's 50th anniversary with a special retrospective issue.

Jobson Medical Files for Bankruptcy

http://www.btobonline.com/article/20120203/MEDIABUSINESS1501/120209987/jobson-medical-files-chapter-11?utm_source=mediabiz&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editorial&utm_campaign=mediabiz

Jobson Medical Information Holdings, a b-to-b healthcare publisher that was acquired by a private equity fund of the Wicks Group of Cos. in 2005, has filed a “prepackaged” Chapter 11 plan in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Conde Nast Will Relaunch Domino

Conde Nast’s Domino Returns as a Special Issue: Condé Nast’s much-beloved Domino magazine, which closed in 2009, is making a return to market as a special edition, called Domino Quick Fixes, set to hit newsstands in April.

Consolidated Graphics Reports Quarterly Results

Consolidated Graphics Posts Revenue and Income Declines: Consolidated Graphics announced financial results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011. Revenue for the quarter was $283.9 million, a $15.2 million or 5.1 percent decrease compared to the prior-year quarter. 

Heidelberg Reports Q3, NA Sales Up

Heidelberg revenue down 4%, North American sales up: In the third quarter of financial year 2011/2012, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG achieved a slightly positive result of operating activities with stable sales. Sales in the North America region were up significantly on the previous year's weak figure.