Three More Mills Announce Coated Mechanical Price Increases

Resolute Forest Products has announced a price increase on coated mechanical paper, effective with shipments on or after October 1, 2012. The price for Resolute Gloss will be raised $3.00 cwt. The price for the following papers will go up $2.00 cwt: ResoluteBriite 76, ResoluteBrite 80 and ResoluteMax 84.
The increases will be applicable to all basis weights and finishes, and all up charges apply.

Kruger Inc. announced a $3.00 cwt price increase on all of its coated mechanical paper, effective with shipments on or after Oct. 1.
The increase will apply to all weights and brightness levels. 

Sappi Fine Paper North America announced a price increase for coated mechanical paper grades of $3.00 cwt. The change affects Galerie Lite and Galerie Bright of all basis weights.

The increase is for new and unconfirmed orders with confirmed delivery dates on or after Oct. 1.

Canfor Second Firm to Lower Sept. Pulp Price

Canfor Pulp informed customers its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) market pulp price would decline $20/tonne in the USA, effective September 1 until further notice.

Stora Enso Buys UPM's 50% of RETS Timber, Now Sole Owner

http://www.upm.com/EN/MEDIA/All-news/Pages/UPM-Timber-sold-its-share-in-RETS-Timber-to-Stora-Enso-001-Fri-31-Aug-2012-09-05.aspx

Stora Enso Building and Living has today acquired UPM Kymmene's 50% shareholding in the sawn timber trading company RETS Timber Oy Ltd. The acquisition makes Stora Enso Building and Living the sole owner of RETS Timber. The transaction is effective immediately.

Louisiana Sportsman's Unique Campaign

http://www.foliomag.com/2012/louisiana-sportsman-magazine-strikes-brand-partnership-state-lottery

Regional hunting and fishing title Louisiana Sportsman is having some luck with a new campaign developed in partnership with the Louisiana Lottery—more than 1.2 million scratch off tickets with the magazine’s logo and imagery are being sold in 1,900 retail outlets around Louisiana from August through November.

According to Tony Taylor, the publisher of the monthly magazine, which normally produces 280 pages and has a circulation of 34,000, the title has already been “reaping some incredible rewards.” The partnership with the state’s lottery, says Taylor, is an extension of the logo and branding offerings the publisher already has—the publication has sold over 50,000 decals, adding up to about $500,000 a year in logoed apparel sales that promotes the magazine.

VP, Publishing Director Leaves "ESPN The Magazine"

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/shakeup-espn-mag-143251

There’s been another big shakeup at ESPN: vp, publishing director Steven Binder has mysteriously left after six years in the position.

ESPN confirmed Binder's exit but declined to comment on the reason for his departure or say if he's been replaced. The change at the top comes as the magazine is trying to figure out its future in a 24-hour news cycle, however. ESPN The Magazine’s ad pages declined 11 percent to 520 in the first half of the year versus the year-ago period, per Publishers Information Bureau. Bigger rival Sports Illustrated also declined, by 6 percent to 689 ad pages in the same period.

Time's "Southern Living" Using Digital Watermarks

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/181714/mag-bag-southern-living-adds-digital-watermarks.html?print

More Time Inc. titles are turning to Digimarc for digital watermarks in editorial content. Southern Living is incorporating Digimarc’s "Discover" platform for digital watermarking into editorial content in its September issue, which hit newsstands last week.
The issue highlights several of Digimarc’s special capabilities, according to the company, including integrating multiple watermarks into a single page, watermarking text, popu-labels and a "Print-to-Pin" feature, which allows readers to pin printed, high-resolution images from the magazine to their Pinterest boards.

Publishers Settle eBooks Suit

http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2012/082912a.html

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, joined by 54 attorneys general from other states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, announced today that an antitrust settlement has been secured with three of the nation's largest book publishers. Under the settlement, Hachette Book Group, Inc, HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. and Simon & Schuster Inc. have agreed to pay more than $69 million to consumers, resolving antitrust claims of an alleged unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of electronic books, also known as e-books. Maryland consumers will receive up to $1.64 million from the settlement.

Kindle Best Selling Product on Amazon

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Less than one year ago, Amazon introduced Kindle Fire. Kindle Fire quickly became the most successful product launch in the history of Amazon.com, earning over 10,000 5-star customer reviews, and is the #1 best-selling product across the millions of items available on Amazon since its introduction 48 weeks ago.