NYT Revenues Up

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/179679/nytco-revs-edge-up.html?print

For the first time in years, the New York Times Co. has posted a year-over-year gain in quarterly revenues -- a rare bright spot in the struggling newspaper industry. Total revenues edged up 0.6% to $515 million in the second quarter of 2012. Total revenues at its News Media Group increased 1.2% to $489 million.

Meredith Reports FY 2012 Results

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/idUS137002+26-Jul-2012+PRN20120726

Meredith Corporation, the leading media and marketing company serving American women, today reported fiscal 2012 fourth quarter revenues grew 6 percent to $375 million, and earnings per share grew 2 percent to $0.67, both from the prior-year period.

Magazine Industry Thriving in China

http://fashionista.com/2012/07/can-china-save-fashion-magazines/

While print publishing’s had a tough time in the states and in many parts of the world over the past few years, the magazine industry in China is apparently booming.

China has become a huge market for luxury fashion, with consumers buying more than just clothes and accessories. According to a piece in the New York Times this past weekend, young Chinese women are spending huge chunks of their incomes on Chinese versions of Western fashion glossies such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, etc. They’re obsessed. And Western publishing houses like Hearst are making bank.

Valassis Announces Q2 Results

Valassis Sees Its Revenues Slide and Net Earnings Take a Big Hit: Valassis announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Its revenues were $540.2 million, a decrease of 4.4 percent from $565.2 million in the prior year quarter.

Deluxe Reports Q2 Results

Deluxe Reports Its Revenue Grew 7 Percent in the Second Quarter: Deluxe Corp. announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. “We had an outstanding second quarter following an outstanding first quarter,” said Lee Schram, CEO of Deluxe.

EURO-GRAPH Reports H1 2012 P&W Ships

http://euro-graph.antidot.be/statistics_test-7383.html

EURO-GRAPH has reported European H1 2012 shipments of coated mechanical papers fell -7% as compared to the same period last year. Demand was down -9.4% and exports increased 1.7%. Coated woodfree shipments decreased -3%, demand declined -2,6% and exports fell -8.5%. Supercalendered shipments were down -3.6%, demand decreased -1.5% and exports fell -12.2%.

Taiwan Will Not Levy Duties on Coated Imports

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/07/25/2003538545

Taiwan will not levy anti-dumping duties on coated paper imports from China, Japan, South Korea and Finland.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced yesterday that it would not levy temporary anti-dumping duties on imported coated paper from China, Japan, South Korea and Finland, as the government's preliminary evaluation showed these imports did not cause real damage to the local paper manufacturing industry.

Burgo Closing Coated PM

Burgo is set to reduce its coated woodfree (CWF) paper capacity.

During a meeting of company officials and trade union representatives in Rome last week the firm revealed plans to shut down the 120,000 tonne/yr PM 1 at its mill in Avezzano, central Italy.

APRIL Starts 450,000 PM

Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) has commissioned a 450,000 tonne/yr uncoated fine paper machine at a greenfield mill in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province.

The first sheet of paper rolled off the line on July 20, said a contact from the company.

Weyerhaeuser Cuts Pulp Price

Weyerhaeuser have informed North American customers that their northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp prices would decline to $850/tonne, effective August 1 until further notice.

IP Reports Q2 Earnings

International Paper 2Q 2012 results: net earnings including impact of ...:
International Paper today reported second-quarter 2012 net earnings attributable to common shareholders totaling $134 million compared with net earnings of $188 million in the first quarter of 2012.

AF&PA Publishes Sustainability Report

2012 AF&PA Sustainability Report Shows Significant, Measurable Progress On Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Goals: (USA) The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released the results of its biennial Sustainability Report, which showed that the U.S. paper, pulp and wood products industry has made significant, measurable progress toward achieving the goals of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative.

Newsprint Exports Decline Sharply

Newsprint Exports See Drastic Fall: A drastic fall in Canadian newsprint shipments to traditional export markets in Asia and Latin America this year is creating more storm clouds for the industry. For all North American mills, June offshore shipments were down 23 percent from a year earlier and down 25 percent for the first six months of 2012. Offshore business represented 28 percent of total shipments.

Consumer Magazines: 14.7% of Ad Spending

Share of U.S. Advertising Spend by Medium: Kantar Media has published a report on U.S. advertising spend by medium.

RRD Reducing Pension Contributions

R.R. Donnelley whittles away at expected pension contribution:
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago, will reduce its expected 2012 pension contributions by $46 million, primarily as a result of the recently passed federal highway bill.

Magazines Rank Highest In Ad Receptivity

Magazines Continue to Rank Highest In Ad Receptivity: Magazines continue to score significantly higher than TV or online in ad receptivity, as well as other key engagement dimensions.

Country Sampler Finds Way to Cut Costs

Country Sampler Tweaks Color Correction, Saves Big:
For image-heavy publications, the color-correction stage is a critical pre-press process and, if adjusted for maximum precision, can be an area where publishers can save big on printing costs.
Karen Elston Davis, prepress manager for Country Sampler Group, began a quest last year to find a method that could dramatically decrease color correction time while improving quality and color balance. 

Governors Pushing for On-line Sales Tax

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-25/states-ask-help-collecting-internet-sales-taxes

More than 21 states have simplified how they collect taxes in hopes of recovering an estimated $20 billion in sales taxes that go uncollected by out-of-state online merchants every year. But the nation's governors say they still need help from Congress.

http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/25/12949475-retailers-lawmakers-revive-call-for-internet-sales-tax?lite

Online sales are soaring. State budget deficits are growing. And tax-free Internet sales are once again in the spotlight.

Congress is considering bills that would “level the playing field” by allowing states to require all online merchants doing business in that state to collect sales tax. Web retailers have largely had a free ride since a 1992 Supreme Court ruling that only merchants with a physical presence in a state are responsible for collecting sales tax.

MAZ Plans to Change Publishing Apps

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-startup-run-by-ex-apple-designers-is-about-to-change-the-entire-publishing-industry-2012-7

When you jam a bunch of ex-Apple designers and smart engineers into the same company, the outcome is usually pretty good.

That's still true with MAZ, a New York-based startup that's building a way for publishers to quickly roll out iPad applications for their publications.

Wired Best in Digital

  http://www.adweek.com/news/press/wired-new-yorker-entertainment-weekly-top-l2s-digital-rankings-142149

Wired is the most successful magazine brand in the digital space, according to digital marketing think tank L2. Today, L2 released its second annual Digital IQ Index: Magazines study, which ranks the best and worst digital strategies in magazine publishing.