New Paper Options

New Paper Options: 
Production managers weigh in.
The basic idea behind paper buying is to strike the right balance between cost and quality. Determine your organization’s priorities, and make your compromises accordingly.

Omnimedia Reports Q2 Results

Martha Stewart Pares Loss; Publishing Still Weighs: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.’s  second-quarter loss narrowed as the media-and-merchandise company’s struggling publishing unit continued to weigh on its revenue. Martha Stewart Living reported a loss of $2.7 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a loss of $2.94 million, or 5 cents, a year earlier. The most-recent quarter included $777,000 in restructuring charges. Revenue dropped 13% to $47.9 million.

Graphic Arts & Print; Pessimism for Q3

Semper Finds Pessimism Regarding Third-Quarter Sales in Latest ‘Industry Insight’ Survey: Semper International, the leading placement firm for skilled help in the graphic arts and printing industry, announces that in spite of profitability throughout the industry, many companies have a negative outlook for the rest of the quarter. The results of Semper’s most recent “Industry Insight” survey show a negative outlook and indecision about hiring plans.

Search for North America’s Greenest Printers

Search Launched for North America’s Greenest Printers: Canopy announces the release of the first comprehensive effort to identify North America’s greenest printers. The “Green Print Leadership Survey” will be circulated to the top 50 printers in North America to identify those demonstrating the highest green standards and engagement on forest conservation.

IDEAlliance; New Specification for Intelligent Mail

IDEAlliance Publishes New Specification for Intelligent Mail: IDEAlliance and its Postal Operations and Technology Committee has published for public review a new specification for presort vendors, list processors, inkjet technicians, and all concerned mail owners who choose to support the launch of the Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) Implementation for Commercial Parcels.

Global Pulp Shipments Fall in June

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Global pulp deliveries slipped by 2.6% to 3.449 million tonnes in June, down from 3.541 million tonnes the previous month, according to Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC) data.

Shipments were 5.5% lower than a year earlier, down from 3.651 million tonnes in June 2011.

Weyerhaeuser Reports Q2 Results

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Weyerhaeuser Company today reported net earnings of $84 million for the second quarter, or 16 cents per diluted share, on net sales of $1.8 billion. This compares with net earnings of $10 million on net sales from continuing operations of $1.6 billion for the same period last year.

IP Sells Franklin PM to Tak

Tak Investments, LLC, is pleased to announce it has completed a deal to purchase a portion of the papermaking assets at International Paper's recently reopened mill in Franklin, Virginia. Over the past few months, Tak Investments has been converting one of the mill's former paper machines to tissue production. Tak Investments has established a new subsidiary, ST Tissue, LLC, that will operate at the Franklin mill site. Full-scale tissue making operations will begin in late September, 2012.

Study: Direct Mail Still Preferred

Direct Mail the Top Channel for Some of America's Best Known Companies: Among some of America's most well-known companies, direct mail ranks number one in planned marketing channels.
Direct mail ranked number one (88%) planned marketing channels for 2012, followed by web/micro-site, email, and social media.

Media Measurement & Tracking Tools

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools: Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. While Facebook and Twitter offer their own analytics tools, a host of third-party offerings exist to pick up where they leave off.

Managing Multi-Channel Content

The New CMS Mandate: Managing Multi-Channel Content: Magazine publishers—especially larger ones with multiple syndication and distribution channels—have struggled for years with finding better ways to manage and automate the use of their valuable intellectual property.

Standard Register Reports Q2 Results

Standard Register Announces 6% Revenue Decline for Q2: Standard Register, a leader in the management and execution of mission-critical communications, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2012. The Company reported quarterly revenue of $155.1 million and a net loss of $1.1 million. The results compare to prior year quarterly revenue of $164.3 million and a net loss of $1.0 million.

Spin Magazine Reports Layoffs

Reports: Major Layoffs at Spin:
Billboard.biz broke the news Friday that Spin had a round of layoffs and a later report by The New York Times said 11 employees were let go—a third of the staff. Among those that were shown the door were editor-in-chief Steve Kandell and managing editor Catherine Davis.

Domtar Reports Q2 Results

Domtar reports net earnings of $59 million in second quarter, 2012:
Domtar Corporation has reported net earnings of $59 million in the second quarter of 2012 on sales of $1.4 billion.
In comparison, Domtar reported net earnings of $28 million for the first quarter of 2012, and net earnings of $54 million for the second quarter of 2011.

Paperlinx Selling Operations in Europe, South Africa, CEO Resigns

Paperlinx to sell operations in Europe and South Africa, CEO to step down
PaperlinX announced recently announced that it has entered into the following agreements:
- to sell its operations in Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia to the Heinzel Group for EUR 19.6 million.
- to sell its loss-making operations in South Africa to local management.

Buckeye CEO Resigns

Buckeye Announces Resignation: Buckeye Technologies Inc. reported that President and Chief Operating Officer Kristopher J. Matula has announced his intent to resign from the Company effective August 31, 2012 to focus on other interests. Mr. Matula stated that he will resign from the Company’s Board of Directors on August 7, 2012.

61% of Consumers Take Action on Magazine Ads

Consumers Take Action Thanks to Magazine Ads: Six out of 10 magazine readers say exposure to specific magazine ads led them to take, or plan to take, action (such as make a purchase).

ABC Makes Changes

ABC Raises Fees, Defers Reporting Actions:
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is making strategic changes to its reporting requirements and will be raising fees by 3 percent before the end of the year.
ABC’s board voted to defer implementation of a new publisher’s statement that would have expanded how consumer magazines report metrics for digital publications, and those that require larger magazines to report issue-by-issue data through ABC’s Rapid Report tool until new digital reporting requirements have been vetted further.

House Beautiful Multiplatform Ad Campaigns

House Beautiful: A Case Study On Multiplatform Ad Campaigns: House Beautiful has come a long way in its 117-year history, and the publication is now offering its advertisers more, too. Over the next year, it will be slowly rolling out a highly integrated advertising campaign, complete with print, online, tablet, social, live events and mobile media support.

Dennis Launches New Cycling Title

Dennis Publishing launches monthly cycling magazine:
London-headquartered, £100m turnover Dennis Publishing, which owns over 50 magazines, will launch the new cycling title with an initial UK print run of 50,000.
Produced by Bicester printer BGP, Cyclist will hit both digital and high street shelves, priced at £5 an issue, on 19 September backed by a £500,000 multi-platform marketing campaign.