FSC to Withdraw Certificates from APRIL

https://us.fsc.org/

On 23 May 2013, Greenpeace, WWF Indonesia and the Rainforest Action Network filed a formal complaint with the Forest Stewardship Council about association with the APRIL Group. In accordance with the FSC International Dispute Resolution System, FSC set in motion the process of dealing with the complaint.

However, on 14 June 2013, the FSC International received from our Asia-Pacific and China offices written requests by APRIL subsidiaries to withdraw their FSC certificates, which were all for chain-of-custody.
No reason for the withdrawal was offered.
To officially withdraw from FSC, certificate holders must work with their certifying bodies, in this case, Bureau Veritas, SGS Hong Kong and QMI Sai Global. While FSC International acknowledged receipt of the withdrawal letters from APRIL subsidiaries, the actual process to terminate the contractual relationship may take some time.
When the withdrawal of the FSC certificates by APRIL becomes legally effective, there will no longer be any association between FSC and APRIL. Due to this new situation, the complaint process is being put on temporary hold, pending an internal discussion about the appropriate path forward.
FSC International will provide additional information once we decide about next steps.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Shows Gains

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/20/5512410/new-report-sustainable-forestry.html
Since 2007, forests certified to the SFI Standard® have grown by 100 million acres to 240 million acres today. Total chain-of-custody certified locations grew from 500 in 2007 to more than 2,500. Also, SFI received on-product label requests for more than 6,000 wood, paper and packaging products in 2012, up from only 50 for the entire year in 2007.

Hearst Partners Launches Magazine with Dr. Oz

Hearst to Launch Dr. Oz-Themed Pilot Magazine:  
Hearst is set to launch a pilot issue of a new women's lifestyle magazine in partnership with Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the syndicated Dr. Oz Show. The magazine is expected to follow the same model Hearst Magazines has honed through partnerships with Scripps Networks' HGTV and Food Network.
The first issue will debut in first-quarter 2014, with 800,000 copies to be distributed—350,000 to newsstands and 450,000 to select subscribers of other Hearst titles.

Publisher of Rolling Stone Out

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/rolling-stone-publisher-fired-150562

Jann Wenner has dismissed the publisher of his flagship Rolling Stone, Matt Mastrangelo. Mastrangelo had been in the position for three years (12 years in all at Wenner Media), and first-quarter ad pages were up 17 percent year over year to 190.

But Wenner is known to shuffle the publishing decks every few years at the magazine he co-founded. Mastrangelo got the word this morning, but apparently was told simply, "They are making a change." 

Biggest Advertisers 2012 Spending Up 2.8%

http://adage.com/article/news/big-u-s-advertisers-boost-2012-spending-slim-2-8/242761/

Spending by the nation's biggest advertisers looks a lot like the U.S. economy as a whole: good, but far from great, and getting a nice lift from the technology sector and a resurgent auto industry. 
The 100 Leading National Advertisers spent an estimated $104.5 billion on U.S. advertising last year, up just 2.8% from 2011, according to Ad Age DataCenter's analysis. That represented the lowest growth rate since the ad recovery began in 2010 and left total spending still shy of prerecession levels.

California Expected to Meet Carbon Targets

http://www.ceres.org/press/press-releases/rapid-developments-in-alternative-fuels-surpassing-expectation
Industry leaders and investors are heartened by faster-than-expected developments in alternative fuels, according to an industry report released today. 
The alternative fuels market has evolved much faster than anticipated, reveals the report, produced by a coalition of investors, utilities, and makers of alternative fuels and vehicles. For example, sales of electric vehicles are beating early projections, the surge in natural gas supply is helping decrease the carbon intensity in the transportation of merchandise, and biodiesel and renewable diesel are being consumed in much higher quantities than ever before. Although the cellulosic ethanol industry has struggled to produce projected volumes, other alternatives have emerged in unforeseen ways

Another Newspaper Cuts Delivery Schedule

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/20/oregonian-newspaper-reduces-home-delivery-schedule/
The Oregonian, the biggest newspaper in Oregon, will expand its digital news service while reducing the frequency of residential deliveries of print products, starting Oct. 1. Home deliveries will be made Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Oregonian will be sold at newsstands seven days a week in the Portland area, including Southwest Washington. Home delivery subscribers will be able to read a digital edition of the paper online seven days a week. 
The transition also comes with a name change, to Oregonian Media Group. It will come with staff cuts as well, said N. Christian Anderson III, president and publisher of The Oregonian.

Flint Group Names CFO

Flint Group Appoints Dryden to CFO Post: Luxembourg - Flint Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Dryden to the role of Chief Financial Officer, Flint Group, effective July 1st 2013.
Steve will also join Flint Group’s Executive Management Team (EMT) reporting directly to Antoine Fady, Chief Executive Officer.

North American Paper Shipments Reported

The Pulp and Products Council has reported North American coated mechanical paper shipments fell -11.2% in May, as compared to the same month last year. Demand declined -5.8% for the month. Imports rose +19.4% and the operating rate was 84%. Coated woodfree shipments were down -1.8% in May, demand grew +1% and imports rose 8.2%. The operating rate was 83%. SC-A/SC-A+ paper shipments were up +32.5% and demand increased +15.7%. Imports fell -22.8%. SC-B/SNC+ paper shipments rose +8.8% and demand was up +13.9%. The operating rate for Supercalendered paper was 90%. Uncoated woodfree paper shipments declined -5.1% and demand was down -5.2%. Imports rose +7.6%. The operating rate was 89%.

Lecta Installs PM, Closes Mill

http://www.lecta.com/home.htm# 
Lecta has decided to install a new second-hand machine for production of base paper for specialty paper grades at its Zaragoza mill in northeastern Spain in a Euro 30 million ($39 million) investment.

The company made the decision at the end of last year and started the preliminary installation stages in the first quarter this year. The machine, which will be named PM 7, is supposed to come online in summer next year, a company spokesperson said. It will have a capacity of around 80,000 tonnes/yr, depending on product mix.
The new PM will help Lecta improve the integration at the Zaragoza mill, which already houses the firm's only pulp mill as well as two paper machines. PM 4 has a capacity of 160,000 tonnes/yr of coated woodfree paper and PM 6 can make some 30,000 tonnes/yr of base paper for specialty grades.
Uranga mill to be closed: As part of this project, Lecta has decided to shut down its Uranga mill outside of Tolosa in northern Spain and concentrate production at the Zaragoza mill.

NYT Introduces Meter for Mobile Apps

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/06/20/the-new-york-times-announces-plans-to-meter-its-mo

The New York Times (NYTimes.com) today announced plans to meter its mobile applications, granting mobile app users access to up to three articles a day across any section in the apps.

With this change, planned for June 27, non-subscribers will have access to three stories per day from across all 25+ sections, blogs and slideshows. Non-subscribers may also browse section fronts and article summaries. Video remains free in the apps. Content beyond three articles per day will be available only to subscribers. This is a departure from The Times's current model, in which non-subscribers may only access the Top News section on mobile news apps.

The Economist Names CEO

http://www.btobonline.com/article/20130621/MEDIABUSINESS06/306219995/the-economist-group-appoints-stibbs-ce

The Economist Group has named Chris Stibbs CEO effective July 18, when Andrew Rashbass, the current chief executive, steps down. 

Last month, Rashbass was named to the newly created position of chief executive of the Reuters news and media business at Thomson Reuters.
Stibbs is currently the Economist Group's finance director and the managing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Time's Cooking Light Rolls Out Food Line

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/cooking-light-rolls-out-food-line-150538

Time Inc.'s Cooking Light, which has long shown readers how to make nutritious meals, is now providing the dinners themselves. This month, Cooking Light is rolling out a new line of prepared foods at BJ's Wholesale Clubs.

Mowbray said the magazine was partly inspired to develop the products after seeing the success that sister Time Inc. title Real Simple has had with its own brand extensions. The growing interest in healthy living also opened up opportunities for the Cooking Light brand: "Health is no longer niche; it's become mainstream," said group publisher Diane Oshin.

Southern Living Launches Hotel Collection

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/southern-living-launches-hotel-collection-150552

Southern Living, already a behemoth in the brand extension department (you can buy Southern Living furniture, bedroom linens, tableware, and even house plans), is giving "living" the brand experience a whole new meaning with a Southern Living Hotel Collection.

"We'd really been looking at brand extensions that allow for deeper immersion into the lifestyle," said publisher Greg Schumann. "We always say that our reader doesn’t just read Southern Living—she lives it. As we began to focus on the travel facet of the brand, we realized that our readers are always looking for Southern Living vetted and endorsed experiences."

It's Hard Out There for a Publisher

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/column-its-hard-out-there-publisher-150530

Conventional wisdom says that entrepreneurs who start a Web-based business will do so with VC money. Read enough stories of Internet ventures that enjoy lucrative exits in the millions (in some cases billions) of dollars, and it's easy to assume that the only path to success is to begin by securing deals with investors who are far less interested in helping a startup build a substantial brand as they are in realizing a return as quickly as possible. 

Bootstrapping simply isn't sexy anymore.
But for many startup publishers, bootstrapping is a way of life, and VC money isn't an option. According to angel investor David S. Rose, the success rate of entrepreneurs who chase down VC or angel funding is about 1 in 500.  Of the rest, some will give up, leaving a persistent majority to build their businesses from behind the financial eight ball.

Commercial Print Ships Reported

http://blogs.whattheythink.com/economics/2013/06/printing-profits-still-struggling-but-rebound-from-q4-2012/

US commercial printing profits rebounded from their tough fourth quarter of 2012, where the industry showed a loss of -$400 million.  Profits for the first quarter of 2013 were +$850 million. Excluding the losses in Q4-2011 and Q4-2012, Q1 profits were the lowest positive quarter since Q1-2010. These data have been inflation-adjusted.

We prefer to look at inflation-adjusted shipments as a 4-quarter moving total since profits can fluctuate significantly. The chart below shows that profits have had trouble getting above the lows of 2005. The black line indicates the lows of 2005.

Economist Warns Printers of Complacency

Economist Warns Printers of Complacency: Wisconsin's stable of printing press operators, collectively the fifth-largest industry in the state, has been blindsided by the Internet, e-books and a wicked recession.
Yet the biggest challenge is not technology, but complacency, according to the chief economist for the National Association for Printing Leadership, a trade group.
"Our biggest threat is complacency, the status quo, and assuming that what worked yesterday will work tomorrow," Andrew Paparozzi told a gathering of commercial printers from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana on Thursday.
The industry that prints the nation's books, magazines and catalogs has shrunk, to be sure, Paparozzi said. Despite all the technological change, which diminishes demand for bound-paper publishing, Paparozzi said he continues to tour the nation's printers only to find that most are stuck in a mind-set of the last century — the belief that if a commercial printer hangs on long enough, other printers give up and open up opportunities and eventually things might return to what they were once like in the predigital age.

Catalyst Paper Names Interim CEO

Catalyst Paper chairman Leslie Lederer taking over as interim CEO:
Catalyst Paper announced Wednesday that company chairman Leslie Lederer will take over as CEO on an interim basis following the departure of current CEO Kevin Clarke at the end of the month.

AF&PA Reports April Containerboard, Paperboard, Kraft Paper Ships

http://www.afandpa.org/media/news/2013/05/16/american-forest-paper-association-releases-april-2013-containerboard-statistics-report

Containerboard production dropped 1.5 percent over March 2013 but rose 4.2 percent over the same month last year.  The month-over-month average daily production increased 1.8 percent.  The containerboard operating rate for April 2013 gained 1.5 points from March 2013, from 92.8 percent to 94.3 percent.   

http://www.afandpa.org/media/news/2013/05/16/american-forest-paper-association-releases-april-2013-paperboard-statistics-report

Total boxboard production increased by 1.7 percent compared to April 2012 and increased 2 percent from last month. Unbleached Kraft Boxboard production decreased over the same month last year but increased compared to last month. Total Solid Bleached Boxboard & Liner production increased compared to April 2012 and increased compared to last month. The production of Recycled Boxboard increased compared to April 2012 but decreased when compared to last month.

http://www.afandpa.org/media/news/2013/05/16/american-forest-paper-association-releases-april-2013-kraft-paper-sector-report

Total Kraft paper shipments were 133 thousand tons, an increase of less than 1 percent compared to the prior month. Bleached Kraft paper shipments increased year-over-year 10.3 percent, but the 3.1 percent year-over-year decline in the larger category of Unbleached Kraft paper shipments was enough to bring overall Kraft paper shipments down 1.2 percent year-over-year. Total month-end inventory decreased 7.1 percent to 66.5 thousand tons this month compared to March 2013 month-end inventories.

Paper Industry Still Strong in Wisconsin

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/paper-industry-still-strong-in-wisconsin-b9937711z1-212242941.html

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. released a study that claims to dissect our state's economy. A story in the Journal Sentinel stated that one major conclusion of the study is that our reliance on manufacturing, and specifically the paper industry, has led to a slow growth economy in our state ("Wisconsin economy stuck in old-growth industries," Page 1A, Tuesday). 
To have the WEDC suggest that the paper industry is "not strongly positioned in their competitiveness" and "paper manufacturing has been steadily contracting, and we believe that will continue to contract" shows how little policy-makers know about the paper industry and does not jibe with many of the study's conclusions.

Forest Industry Leaders Meet With Gov. Officials

http://www.afandpa.org/

More than 50 forest products industry leaders from across the country are on Capitol Hill today representing the interests of the nearly 900,000 Americans in talking to Members of Congress about the top priorities for paper and wood products manufacturers.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and the American Wood Council (AWC) are co-hosting the 2013 Forest Products Industry Fly-In, in which CEOs and senior executives will discuss industry priorities with Congress including:
carbon neutrality of biomass;
reasonable air regulations;
inclusion of paper and wood products in USDA's BioPreferred program;
corporate tax reform;
postal reform;
truck weight increase for federal highways;
maintaining paper options for all Americans;
recognition of multiple credible green building rating systems; and
support for wood in building energy codes. 

Gorham Announces Price Increases

http://www.gorhampt.com/

To offset rising raw material and energy costs, Gorham Paper and Tissue announced today a $50/ton price increase for Packaging and Lightweight printing grades effective with July 15th shipments.
Since the fall, Gorham has experienced double digit price increases in the areas of pulp, PCW, natural gas and power. The costs increases are too great for the company to offset through productivity improvements and cost savings programs.

Domtar, First Book Expand Partnership for Literacy

Domtar and First Book Expand Partnership for Literacy: Collaboration to provide 60,000 new books and resources to children in need across the United States and Canada
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books to children in need, and Domtar, the Sustainable Paper Company, announced the expansion of their partnership for literacy.  The next phase of collaboration will help bring 60,000 brand-new, high-quality books to kids from low-income families across North America.

PIA Comments on Patent Trolling

http://www.piworld.com/article/pia-president-and-ceo-michael-makin-issues-takes-on-issue-patent-trolling/1

Printing Industries of America’s President and CEO Michael Makin issued the following notice to its membership.
Dear Members:
In recent months, Printing Industries of America has seen an alarming increase in the number of printers who have reported being targeted by law firms alleging they are infringing patents for technologies as ubiquitous in the industry as prepress workflow, computer-to-plate, and Web-to-print.

News Corp. Split Begins

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/news-corp-split-begins-150513 
News Corp.'s publishing spinoff began preliminary trading at a value of $9.1 billion, making it "the biggest U.S. newspaper publisher by market capitalization," according to Bloomberg Businessweek. 
The preliminary trading is part of News Corp.'s plan to split its subsidiary businesses into two independent, publicly-traded companies. Shareholders approved the split at a meeting last week and the two entities will officially separate on June 28.

SONGS Signs Up Conde Nast

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1567068/songs-signs-up-conde-nas

Seeking to carve out a new model for licensing, SONGS Music Publishing struck a novel deal with Conde Nast Entertainment Partners, which agreed to use SONGS' catalog as the primary source of music for original online videos produced for its Glamour, GQ, Vogue and Wired channels on YouTube and elsewhere. 
The nine-year-old boutique publishing company, known for the hands-on career building approach it takes with its 350 songwriters, is taking a similar tack with Conde Nast, promising to provide a high level of service in matching the publisher's   videos with music from Diplo, Brian Lee, Nelly, Matt Thiessen and other artists on its roster.

Atlantic Follows Esquire with Weekly Digital Issues

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/202560/atlantic-joins-esquire-in-launching-weekly-min.html#axzz2Wb9X8hA9

As magazines search for new mobile monetization models from devices, two legendary monthly titles are experimenting with weekly digital-only versions. Earlier this month Esquire launched a weekly issue that combines exclusive blog, Q&A material with repurposed material from both Esquire.com and its ebook projects. And on Friday, The Atlantic began its own mini-magazine strategy with a weekly issue for smartphones and tablets also combining ‘best of’ material from its Web sites and print archive.

Women's Magazines and "Serious Journalism"

http://jezebel.com/how-we-got-the-idea-that-ladymags-dont-publish-seriou-513763162

Women's magazines aren't serious. That's the perception that exists anyway. It might be a matter of what consumers think about them, or maybe it's just how the people who work at them are judged by their peers in the media. But they're not taken seriously, and it's not because of their content. It's because our understanding of what Serious Journalism™ is, who makes it and the historical reasoning behind why ladymags — tucked aside in a pink ghetto — are often misunderstood.

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/elles-robbie-myers-womens-magazines-and-serious-journalism-150482

There's been a lot of talk this week about the "seriousness" of women's magazines, which all started with a cover story from U.K. magazine Port hailing a "New Golden Age" of print media—one that, judging by the editors featured on Port's cover, is being led exclusively by white, middle-aged males. In response, a debate has sprung up about whether women’s magazines are, in fact, capable of providing "serious journalism." Elle editor in chief Robbie Myers used her August editor’s letter to explain that yes, in fact, they are.

MediaPost Mag Bag

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/202932/mag-bag-cond-nast-taps-livefyre-for-social-engage.html#axzz2WmkzQxok

Condé Nast has signed a deal with Livefyre to turn the magazine publisher’s digital properties into social hubs Livefyre’s StreamHub platform. The high-end publisher will use Livefyre’s platform and Live applications to boost social activity and engagement for brands including Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Golf Digest, GQ, Lucky, The New Yorker, Teen Vogue and Vanity Fair.

Adobe Announces 100 Million Digital Downloads

Adobe has powered 100 million digital downloads of various kinds of publications using the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, the tech company announced this week, including magazines, newspapers, corporate publications and apps.
Meredith Rolls Out Augmented Reality App

Meredith Corp. has unveiled a new augmented reality app, Mom+, that works with its entire portfolio of Parents Network publications, including Parents, American Baby, FamilyFun and Ser Padres. 

Phillips To VP, Publisher Glamour 

Connie Anne Phillips has been appointed to the position of vice president and publisher of Glamour, replacing William Wackermann, who is moving to the position of executive vice president and publishing director for Condé Nast Traveler. And more...

Amazon Reacts to Sales Tax Law

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y13/m06/i19/s02

Sales tax legislation strikes again! Amazon.com is terminating its contracts with affiliates in Minnesota effective June 30, 2013, thanks to a bill passed in May. The state is home to retail chains Best Buy and Target. In its letter to Amazon Associates, the marketplace called its decision "a direct result of the unconstitutional Minnesota state tax collection legislation passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Dayton on May 23, 2013, with an effective date of July 1, 2013."

The Minnesota bill was made possible thanks to New York legislators. While other states were trying to figure out how to get ecommerce sites like Amazon to collect sales tax owed by their residents, New York state came up with a way by arguing Amazon had nexus in the state because it compensated its New York affiliate advertisers, who are neither employees nor contractors of the company. 
That was in 2008, and since then, 11 states have passed such laws, according to the Performance Marketing Association (PMA), which has been fighting against such legislation in Minnesota for the past 4 years. And while Amazon is collecting sales tax in a few of the states where these laws passed, in most such states it has fired its affiliates.

F+W Launches Subscription Video Site

F+W Launches Subscription Video Site:  Enthusiast media company F+W Media has just launched a new video subscription site for crafters called Craft Daily. The site is a paid content venture, with a tiered subscription model enabling unlimited views at monthly or yearly terms. A monthly subscription for content across all of the nine crafting categories is $19.99 and yearly is $199, both auto-renew until a user cancels. If a customer only wants a subscription to, say, the beading video content, then the pricing drops slightly to an $11.99 monthly sub and a $119 yearly subscription.

Licensing Deal for Jamie Magazine Fails

North American Licensing Deal for Jamie Magazine Falls Apart:
The magazine brand for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has hit a major snag with its plans to be licensed for distribution in North America. A partnership between UK-based Jamie magazine and software company idoodle has broken down. A spokesperson for Jamie magazine declined to offer details on why the licensing deal fell apart, but said talks with other potential partners are underway. "We are actively seeking a new relationship," she said.

Folio: People On The Move

People On The Move | 6.20.13:
Sean McManus has been named as the managing director at QuartzLive. McManus was previously director of programmes at The Economist.
Emily Lenzner has joined Atlantic Media to lead the communications team there. Lenzer will be taking over for Linda Douglass. Douglass is reducing her role from senior vice president of global communications to a part-time advisory position at Atlantic Media.
Bonnier Corp. has named Shannon Rudd to general manager, digital business development for its men's group. Rudd had been digital business director at Parenting Group.
Chin was formerly a senior marketing executive with EA SPORTS and Nike.
SpinMedia has named Michael Wann as chief revenue officer. Wann ppreviously had business development roles for Amazon.com and MSNBC.com.
Brian Powley has been promoted to global president of iCrossing. Powley has been with iCrossing since 2007 and was serving as president of North America.
Palm Beach Illustrated has named Randie Dalia as publisher. She had been associate group publisher there.
Connie Anne Phillips has been named vice president and publisher of Glamour. She was previously publisher at In Style. Condé Nast also appointed William Wackermann as executive vice president and publishing director of Condé Nast Traveler. He had been Glamour's publishing executive.
Gail Scott has been named publisher at Pinecrest Magazine. She has previously been account director at Tribune 365.

Kodak Seeks Approval for $406 Million Rights Offering

Kodak Seeks Approval for $406 Million Rights Offering, including Backstop Equity Commitment from Creditors: Eastman Kodak Company today announced that, subject to Court approval, key creditors have agreed to backstop a $406 million rights offering for common stock in the company upon its emergence from Chapter 11. Kodak expects to use the proceeds of the rights offering to fund distributions under Kodak’s revised Plan of Reorganization, including the repayment of its second lien creditors, who will no longer receive equity in the Plan.

Infographic: B-to-B CEO Survey

Infographic: 2013 Folio: B-to-B CEO Survey:
Key data points from May 2013 survey.

AF&PA: Why Paper Makes Life Better

http://www.afandpa.org/media/news/2013/06/18/new-afandpa-video-showcases-why-paper-makes-life-better

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released its newest web video titled “Paper: Making Life Better,” which calls attention to the educational, functional, and memorable benefits that paper brings to the everyday lives of people across the country and around the world. 

AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman remarked on how federal policies affect Americans’ ability to effectively use this important commodity in the following statement: "Paper products are used to inform and educate people on the events of the day, to document and transmit necessary information, and to capture the memories throughout our lives like no other medium.  Our ‘Paper: Making Life Better’ video highlights the many ways that paper plays an important role in our lives and for our livelihood.

Minnesota Grant to Train NewPage Workers

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/270097/group/homepage/

Thanks to a major state grant, more than 100 workers at the NewPage paper mill in Duluth will get specialized training to help fill the shoes of highly skilled retiring workers.

The customized training - spanning two years and running the gamut from safety practices to new technologies - is being paid for with the $91,768 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant awarded to the paper mill and Lake Superior College.

New Owners Take Over Twin Rivers

New owners take over Twin Rivers
The Canadian specialty paper company Twin Rivers Paper has new owners. Blue Wolf Capital and Atlas Holdings, LLC, recently completed the acquisition of the company, which has facilities in Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston and Plaster Rock, New Brunswick.
The new owners will form of a new board of directors and leadership team who are turning their attention to building a growing, profitable business and creating long-term value.

Poll: Americans Oppose Gov. Eliminating Paper

http://www.paperoptions.org/

Consumers for Paper Options, a coalition advocating for equal access to government services and information, today announced the results of a national poll which demonstrates that an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose federal efforts to eliminate paper-based information and services.

Recent federal decisions to eradicate paper-based options for key services - such as Social Security checks, savings bonds and income tax forms - have rendered these services difficult or even impossible for millions of Americans to access while exposing them to rising fraud. In fact, the Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing today at 2 p.m. to examine fraud as a result of the Social Security electronic payments mandate.

Study: Multiple Forest Cetfication Systems Preferable

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130617-907353.html

While some activist environmental groups push for a monopoly, a new study released today found that a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) monopoly on forest certification in the U.S. could destroy tens of thousands of American jobs and hurt forest economies in the South and the Pacific Northwest.
The study also found that a FSC monopoly would significantly reduce wood flows in the U.S., resulting in substantial economic losses for landowners and job loss for direct employees such as foresters, loggers, and millworkers. The new research represents the most comprehensive economic analysis done on forest certification standards, and was prepared for EconoSTATS at George Mason University by Brooks Mendell, PhD, and Amanda Hamsley Lang at Forisk Consulting.

Artic Paper CEO Resigns

http://www.arcticpaper.com/en/Home/

Michał Jarczyński, CEO of Arctic Paper S.A., has submitted his resignation, effective on 15th July 2013 of this year. Meanwhile, the Supervisory Board has entrusted the function of acting CEO of Arctic Paper to Mr Wolfgang Lubber the current Member of Management Board and Sales & Marketing Director. The Supervisory Board expressed its great gratitude to Michał Jarczyński for his 15 years of work on development of the group.

MPA Hires New Head of Research

MPA Hires New Head of Research:  
The Association of Magazine Media has hired a new market research head. Anthony Sarcone will be the association's senior vice president of marketing initiatives and insight, reporting directly to president and CEO Mary Berner.
Sarcone will be leading MPA's research initiatives as they relate to showing how magazine media can influence branding and culture.
Also under Sarcone's watch will be PIB, of which he'll be president.

John Wiley Reports Q4, FY 2013

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/06/18/john-wiley-sons-inc-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fis/

Fiscal year adjusted revenue, which excludes the results of the divested consumer publishing programs and the impact of foreign exchange, grew 1%. Revenue growth on a U.S. GAAP basis was essentially flat excluding foreign exchange.

Adjusted free cash flow of $270 million, up from $260 million in FY12, including some timing benefits. Adjusted free cash flow excludes a $42 million disputed income tax deposit paid to the German tax authorities in fiscal year 2013. 
Fiscal Year 2014 outlook is for low single-digit revenue growth, excluding divested consumer .publishing programs, and adjusted EPS in a range of $2.85 to $2.95, which excludes all consumer programs, restructuring, impairment and other unusual items.

NAPL Survey: Industry Sales Slip

NAPL Survey Sees Industry Sales Slip, Unable to Sustain Earlier Gains: Industry sales declined 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013 as consistent growth remains elusive. Fewer than half the printers surveyed saw sales rise?the lowest reading since mid-2010.
East Rutherford, N.J. - Industry sales from all sources declined 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013, a disappointing drop following sales increases of 0.8%, 0.7%, and 0.6%, respectively, in the previous three quarters.

Consolidated Buys St. Louis Printing Co.

Consolidated Graphics agrees to buy St. Louis printing company:
Consolidated Graphics Inc. (NYSE: CGX) has agreed to buy St. Louis-based Universal Printing Co., the Houston commercial printing company said Wednesday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.