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East Coast publisher breathing new life into local advertising u by Tara McMeekin Contributing Writer For many local newspapers, social media — namely Facebook — Extending advertisers’ reach plays a major role. However, the social media giant is continually “We were looking for ways to jump on the Facebook bandwagon and changing its algorithms — often to the disadvantage of local advertis- help our advertisers extend their reach,” Jeanne Straus, CEO of Straus ers — and controlling which businesses its users see. This has made it News, told News & Tech. “As Facebook has changed its algorithms to increasingly difficult for newspapers and their advertisers to reap all businesses’ disadvantage, we thought Innocode could help.” the potential benefits from the platform. Established in 2011 in Norway, Innocode provides digital products Straus News, which publishes 17 local weekly newspapers in New aimed at helping newspapers secure their positions as community York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, recently decided it was time to hubs and develop new sources of revenue through social media. do something to enable advertisers to gain better market share and Straus said she first discovered Innocode and the Local Offers prod- visibility on Facebook. uct that underpins the publisher’s ShopLocal program at an annual To accomplish that goal, the publisher launched its ShopLocal pro- National Newspaper Association convention. Local Offers provides gram in partnership with Innocode. subscription-based access to a hub of local deals and offers, and al- Local advertising continues on page 5 Richmond Times-Dispatch rolls out location- based video advertising u by Tara McMeekin Contributing Writer The Richmond Times-Dispatch is taking vestments to place 10 displays in its most traf- “Since we started in January, we’ve been its single-copy sales racks to the next level, ficked Fas Mart convenience store locations. getting phenomenal data,” Thomas said. launching Virginia’s first digital out-of-home “It is a TV display monitor on a newspaper video marketing solution that combines rack,” Broderick Thomas, director of VVN How it works technology with customer data. advertising, told News & Tech. “They can be The technology, underpinned by Phoenix Vi- In January, the Times-Dispatch rolled out mounted anywhere — so it doesn’t have to sion’s SiteView digital billboard technology, the Virginia Video Network, a location-based be on the rack — but putting these where we is essentially a monitor that features a data- video advertising solution, across 25 loca- already have racks is the easiest way for us to collection mechanism. tions across Richmond. VVN uses demo- get into the market.” “It’s sort of like the (Nintendo) Wii strip in graphic data to determine the best locations Thomas, who served as director of digital that it’s picking up movement,” Thomas said. to market directly to consumers at the point sales for the Times-Dispatch before the launch The displays do not collect images or vid- of purchase in high-traffic retail locations. The of VVN, said the project was a year and a half eo, so there are no privacy issues. Times-Dispatch also partnered with GPM In- in the making. The publisher first became “It picks up people within 50 feet of the interested in the technology in screen and if they engage for more than three late 2017, but when Lee Enter- seconds, the scanner is picking up data that prises took over management is based on shoulder width, facial character- of the paper for Times-Dispatch istics, etc.” Turn to parent BH Media Group in June The technology can deliver information on page 33 of 2018, the initiative stalled. age and gender, with a 90 percent accuracy With Thomas at the helm, the rate. It allows the Times-Dispatch to give its ad- for expanded project ramped up again in Oc- vertisers reporting on how many people have industry tober 2018 when the Times-Dis- seen their ads and some information about patch ordered a total of 50 mon- who those people are. coverage itors for its single-copy racks. Richmond continues on page 6
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ABB-Ad_Newsandtech_228x276_a.indd 1 21.07.2017 07:51:57 uVendor News Hearst to use Dart distribution tech Hearst Newspapers will use Dart, Publishers Circulation Fulfillment’s last San Antonio Express, Albany Times Union and all newspapers in the Hearst mile delivery and distribution fulfillment software platform, PCF announced. Connecticut Media Group: the New Haven Register, Connecticut Post, Green- Dart’s solution includes service management tools, route management wich Time, Stamford Advocate and Norwalk Hour, according to PCF. tools, daily route book production and delivery reports, automated recovery “Hearst joins Cox Media Group and Gannett as the latest multi-publication dispatch, delivery verification, complaint management and carrier compensa- client to capitalize on Dart’s suite of solutions to efficiently view, maintain and tion tools. optimize their footprint for a sustainable and scalable last mile distribution Work is underway to set up Dart for a phased implementation in distribution model,” said Michael Giordana, executive vice president-strategic business operations across a large segment of Hearst, including the Houston Chronicle, integration. Acorn Web Offset opts for Lithoman press from manroland Goss Acorn Web Offset, a medium-sized printing company in Normanton, manroland Goss web systems, with all inline control systems for cut-off, dy- U.K., is getting a new Lithoman from manroland Goss, according to a news namic cut-off, color and ink density, according to the company. The automa- release from manroland Goss. The Lithoman will replace one of two existing tion package is complemented with QuickStart and QuickStopp features for Rotoman 16-page commercial presses. frequent job changes. Acorn Web Offset mainly produces magazines, brochures and catalogs and “We are proud of the futureproof concept we have developed together with specializes in A4 and A5 printing. our long-term partner Acorn Web. We are looking forward to supporting this Acorn Web and manroland Goss web systems have been partners for over 20 years. extraordinary printer for another 20 years at least,” says a statement from Diet- The Lithoman, with four printing units and an automatically adjustable mar Dotterweich, deputy vice president sales of manroland Goss web systems, folder, will be equipped with the highest level of automation features from and John Ellis, managing director of manroland web systems UK.
New WE-Druck press equipped with QIPC automation Press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer has entered into a partnership with and is to become the heart of the plant. "We have decided to equip our press Dutch company Q.I. Press Controls and presses from the German manufac- with QIPC systems because this will further increase the degree of automa- turer are often equipped with QIPC automation. This is the case with a new tion of our press," says Margit Schweizer, at WE-Druck. "The fact that the Commander CL from Koenig & Bauer that will be put into operation by WE- systems can be fully integrated into our new press and that QIPC is Koenig & Druck, a printing company in Oldenburg, Germany. Bauer's standard supplier also plays an important role.” WE-Druck invested in the new press at the end of 2018 and the press will The Commander CL from Koenig & Bauer will be equipped with the mRC- be put into operation in the summer of 2019. 3D system (6 cameras) for color register, the mRC-3D system (2x 6 cameras) The new press in Oldenburg is part of a modernization of the plant, which for cut-off control and the IDS-3D system (6 cameras) for color control. produces 1.5 million newspapers and 7 million other supplements per week, Dumont subsidiary buys Commander CL from Koenig & Bauer Halle, Germany-based DuMont subsidiary MZ Druckereigesellschaft is of 2019. Since the initial market launch just a few years ago, Koenig & Bauer buying a Commander CL from Koenig & Bauer, continuing a partnership that has now sold 27 presses of this type to users in Germany, France, China and has lasted for more than 180 years, according to Koenig & Bauer. the U.S., and it is currently the most frequently ordered newspaper press, It is a little over two years ago since the company’s last investment, also according to Koenig & Bauer. a Commander CL. “Our current press offers all the essential prerequisites Alongside the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, with a circulation of almost for success: A high level of automation, reliability, exceptional flexibility 200,000 copies, the 115 employees at MZ produce advertising supplements, and fast makeready. It was clear that we would continue along the chosen brochures, booklets and other print products in the Rhine and half-Rhine road with Koenig & Bauer at our side,” says MZ Managing Director Bernd formats. Other activities include extensive mailing and logistics services. Preusse. The new Commander CL will enter production in the fourth quarter CCI Europe acquires Digital Collections CCI Europe has acquired full ownership of Hamburg-based Digital Col- che Neueste Nachrichten and Ippen-Gruppe, the company says. lections. DC will now join the existing collaboration between CCI and its DC is known for its DC-X digital asset management platform, which enables other subsidiary company, Escenic, in the development of the CUE publish- media companies to manage content assets such as pictures, text, and videos ing platform. in a central content repository and integrate external sources, such as RSS feeds In the last six months, CCI has received orders for CUE installations from and agency wires, into their content creation workflow, according to CCI. several large media companies such as The Economist, Polish broadcaster DC-X will continue as a stand-alone digital asset management solution, TVN, and German news publishers Der Tagesspiegel, Handelsblatt, Badis- but will also be added as a native component of CUE.
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As the ING/PRINT 2019 summit draws nearer, International News- the Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech). As a sponsoring paper Group President Russ Newton reports record-level support partner of ING 2019, PRINT 19 is providing newspaper execs a pre- from 35 (22 of them new), OEM and vendor sponsors, amounting to a show, guided tour of the show floor for a behind-the-scenes peek at 155 percent increase over previous years’ support levels. the latest in print and graphic technology and free exhibit hall admis- “We are on a mission to spread the word to publishers, executive sion during show hours. committees and OEM partners of all shapes and sizes, encouraging Three keynote speakers are slated to speak at ING 2019: Keni them to support, endorse and fund the attendance of their production Thomas, author, speaker, musician and decorated former U.S. Army and operations managers at ING 2019,” said Newton. “This is so im- Ranger; Jason Taylor, industry veteran and president of New Media portant to newspapers everywhere that they have the opportunity to Investment Group Ventures; and Joe Deluca, current vice president find answers and solutions to their needs from fellow professionals.” of Times Publishing and publisher of the Tampa edition of the Times ING/PRINT 2019 is a networking summit for print production, lo- and TampaBay.com. gistics and operations executive leadership, to take place Oct. 4–5 at Go to internationalnewspapergroup.org for more information. Chicago’s Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront. News & Tech talked to several ING board members about changes The ING 2019 summit will be held around the same time as PRINT in the industry and the upcoming conference. 19 (Oct. 3–5 at Chicago’s McCormick Place), the signature event of ING continues on page 10
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ING from page 9 by starting and ending shifts at low traffic-flow the higher priced product cost effective. times. Living in the South Bay area is expensive Russ Newton and a mess with traffic. By using these schedules, N&T: What has been your most effective cost SVP Manufacturing, Tribune Publishing we give our employees more options for days off savings solution (workforce excluded)? and travel time to work. We work with four employee press crews work- N&T: What are “the Innova- ing 12 hours a day covering two presses. With 18 tors” doing differently to N&T: How are you employing today’s formal total employees, we cover 24 hours a day, four lead/coach baby boomers coaching methodologies to empower your days a week and 12 hours a day the rest of the and millennials alike? team? week and all vacations. Any work we can fit in I recently took over as GM at a We use front line supervisors as “Champions” the schedule doesn’t cost us any pressroom labor. new company for Hearst called of different processes. We have Champions for And if we land another seven-day-a-week news- Bay Area Production Services. ink, plates, rollers, packaging supplies, etc. The paper, we only have to add three employees in The company (Transcontinental Printing) we took Champions are meeting directly with suppliers, the pressroom to make that work. over was printing the San Francisco Chronicle. testing products and negotiating prices. This push- The first thing I noticed was how young the vast es the decision-making deep down into the orga- N&T: The industry as a whole is involved in majority of employees were. Seventy percent nization and the Champions are encouraged to a daily battle, from aging equipment to reve- are under the age of 35. Anyone who’s running use employees in their process. They have to pres- nue challenges. How could ING 2019 benefit a newspaper production plant has undoubtedly ent to the senior team when they wish to make folks in the industry? had to reduce the size of their operation over the a change. But the suggestions are almost always They will have the chance to take with lead- past 12 to 15 years. And while buyouts were used approved. This serves a dual purpose for us. First, ers from virtually every newspaper chain out in some cases, the across-the-board layoffs many it pushes the decision-making down closer to the there who have dealt with these challenges and of us had to do led to reducing by seniority. folks that are dealing with the reality of daily pro- can share with them the pros and cons of each Leading a much younger workforce today has duction. I know as a young press man, I had to run idea. Some papers have added color capacity different challenges. Most of the millennial em- a press with complications caused by a poor ven- through used equipment, some papers run col- ployees here really want more time off to pursue dor for one of the many key suppliers that it takes lect to reduce packages and improve deadlines their passions, whatever they may be. One ad- to run the press. The people making the decision for more sections, some papers have outsourced justment we were able to make to meet that need often would make the choice on price. When our to operations with more current equipment. There was making use of 10- and 12- hour schedules Champions suggest a higher cost vendor, they al- are many more examples of good ideas for the at- with odd start and off times to allow employees most always prove to us the wisdom of the deci- tendees of ING 2019 to consider. p sion. Fewer stops or better quality quickly make to have more days off and shorter commute times ING continues on page 12
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ING from page 10 N&T: How are you employing today’s formal coach- ing methodologies to empower your team? Tom Travis William H. May, Jr. In my 1:1 meetings with direct reports, they lead VP Production & Distribution Operations Executive the discussion and educate me on their initiatives and Sports Information Group plans. The table is somewhat turned so that my primary role is to listen for clarity of purpose and alignment with our goals. I also ask questions to uncover opportunities or reveal logic to reason through a puzzling challenge. It is a much more give and receive experience where they share with me the things they believe to be the highest priority or where they need the most support. Among the roles I cover, I try to bring and maintain alignment on our overall goals. I secure and help to pri- oritize or allocate resources. And lastly, I want to protect and safeguard. Protect and safeguard may sound a little “different,” so to be clear: I encourage robust risk taking! Calcu- lated, cautious, calculated again but nonetheless — risk taking. I believe leaders are able to be somewhat abandoned in their approach to problem solving when they know someone has not only reasoned through the N&T: How does the annual ING risk with them, but also if things “don’t go so great,” meeting enable/empower you? we’ve established safety valves and plan Bs — together. Currently, my company owns I believe this builds trust, encourages ownership and no print sites At the ING confer- ultimately confidence in their own abilities and judge- ence, I often discuss with folks in ment. attendance subcontract print op- portunities and/or shipping op- N&T: What has been your most effective cost sav- portunities more than anything ings solution (workforce excluded)? else, since that is the world in N&T: What are “the Innovators” doing differently to It goes back in time quite a way, but it was an initia- which I operate. I also look for lead/coach baby boomers and millennials alike? tive focused on waste, quality, safety and attendance. print and shipping referrals from I believe the greatest responsibility of a leader is to be Based on performance against specific goals, employ- the suppliers. If I hear of an idea able to affirm that I have done my part and met my obli- ees were awarded “points” in these various categories. at the ING Conference presenta- gation first. When I first think of this, traditional wisdom Points were ambiguous in value but could be redeemed tions that I want fleshed out, I will jumps to the staunch management phrases like commu- for prizes such as golf clubs, watches and even patio fur- try to have a conversation with nicate, bring clarity, set strategy — goals — and tactics. niture if you were strong willed enough to save up over the speaker or someone from the Before I can ever go there, I must first challenge my- a period of time. The program was actually funded from speaker’s company to get more self to do these things in the best, most advanced and the savings generated by reducing downtime, squash- information. open mindset possible. This means I must dedicate time ing waste and improving our safety record, ultimately Attending the ING conference to my own learning, believing fully that “You can’t give reducing insurance premiums. puts all real-time thinking, and what you don’t have.” I’m completely convinced, as often cutting-edge information, N&T: The industry as a whole is involved in a daily leaders, it is the kiss of death to believe what we have right at your fingertips, availing done in the past will suffice in the future — or even battle, from aging equipment to revenue challeng- face-to-face conversations with tomorrow morning! es. How could ING 2019 benefit folks in the indus- folks having actual experience Personally, I have tried to improve my own awareness try? with new processes and ideas. and truly understand what is important to others. What As we are more and more challenged for capital in- If applicable, I can take these is it that creates feelings of motivation, encouragement vestment, understanding the granular details of calcu- and commitment across a wide and varied group of ideas back to our subcontractors lating ROI that can get projects approved. and direct them to the presenta- people? Bring me a vendor that is willing to talk about “CRA- tion on the ING website. Any- My hope is to be part of an evolving and developing ZY” ways to finance capital investment, i.e. install the thing that improves operations for leadership group that is able to incorporate concepts of equipment that will save me operating dollars and take empathy, connection, playfulness and capitalizing on quarterly payments as the savings are realized. our subcontractors has a direct, chaos into our vocabulary along with the favorites of ac- What more can capital investment do besides reduce positive impact on my company. countable, responsible and dependable. To me, regard- operating/salary expense, generate revenue, address With regard to working at a less of your generation, these are all things we want or obsolescence and maintain compliance/regulatory re- publishing company, I pay close we are good at doing. I also believe there can be a mi- quirements. attention to ING conference pre- gration to appropriately incorporate all of these into our Tell me how to manage talent acquisition and reten- sentations that facilitate a pub- working cultures together. When we do this in the right tion. What can I give employees beyond salary dollars? lisher’s journey to paring down to way I believe it can absolutely un-cork creativity, instill Is the new employee a hybrid of talent and if so, what is its core competencies. All of this resilience and unfold an appreciation for one another, the best makeup?. p enables/empowers me to make a positioning us so we can better take on a multitude of difference at my company. p challenges together.
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Times also trains managers on tools to coach their teams effectively in our Todd Socia Leadership Training program. Additionally, we collaborate with a variety Senior Vice President - Print Products & Services of external vendors to provide customized one-on-one coaching to high The New York Times potential employees.
N&T: What are “the Innovators” doing differ- N&T: What has been your most effective cost savings solution (work- ently to lead/coach baby boomers and mil- force excluded)? lennials alike? Over the past several years our continued focus on optimizing our na- The Times is committed to fostering a diverse tional print site footprint and our transportation and distribution logistics staff and inclusive workplace for everyone — has resulted in sizable savings. With 27 national print sites, over 350 home baby boomers and millennials alike. Our best-in- delivery markets and well over 800 transportations and distribution vendors, class global mentorship program facilitates cross we are continually working with our partners to drive efficiencies and im- generational coaching by matching employees to prove service. That said, all decisions made are viewed through the lens of mentors and mentees of different departments, our subscribers and the service levels that they expect and deserve. backgrounds, and age groups. The relationships built between mentors and mentees often con- N&T: The industry as a whole is involved in a daily battle, from aging tinue past the formal culmination of the program, equipment to revenue challenges. How could ING 2019 benefit folks with both mentors and mentees saying that they in the industry? have learned from each other. Additionally, a seg- The industry is clearly facing strong headwinds and the challenges are ment of The Times' Leadership Training focuses many. ING is one of the last operations-focused newspaper conferences that specifically on managing different work styles of teams that contain Baby still remains. I have been attending the ING conference for close to 30 years boomers, millennials, and employees from Gen x and Gen z. and I have been on the ING board for more than 20 years. I know that over those years I have come away with some great ideas and invaluable contacts N&T: How are you employing today’s formal coaching methodologies that we have been able to leverage in our operation. ING is also a great net- to empower your team? working event where attendees have the opportunity to meet and interact Employees at The Times are provided with a variety of coaching options. with senior industry leaders from both the newspaper and vendor side. This Our Talent & Inclusion (Human Resources) department offers private ses- year we will once again have a truly compelling agenda with great keynote sions twice a week dedicated to career advice and coaching via the Talent speakers and topically pertinent presentations from our expert speakers and Open Door program. The sessions are run by our Talent & Inclusion partners panelists. I am confident that there will be plenty of takeaways from this and sometimes feature external career coaches and Times executives. The year’s conference that will more than justify attending. p
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News & Tech May/June 2019 u 13 www.newsandtech.com Wired Magazine editor to deliver keynote at Print 19 u News & Tech Staff Report Nicholas Thompson, Wired magazine’s editor-in-chief, will deliver the keynote address at PRINT 19, the printing industry event slated for October 3-5 at Chicago’s McCormick Place North. Thompson’s address is entitled “The Wired Future: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Privacy, Social Media, Truth, Tech Companies, and More.” Pro- duced by the Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech), the event will feature an array of printing equipment and tech and 80+ educational sessions including hands-on labs, according to organizers. “We’re delighted to welcome Nicholas to Print 19,” says Thayer Long, presi- dent, APTech. “His insight and expertise is a huge value-add to attendees and ex- hibitors, and indicative of the quality and depth of the annual Print experience.” Thompson previously played a pivotal role with The New Yorker, first as se- nior editor, then as editor of the magazine’s digital platform. He is also the au- thor of the biography “The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War.” Earlier in his career, Thompson worked as a senior editor at Legal Affairs, as an editor at the Washington Monthly, and co-founded The Atavist, the National Magazine Award-winning publishing company. p Ron Ehrhardt [email protected] 717 329 4231 Printers using MainPad maintenance tablets u News & Tech Staff Report
Herold Druck in Vienna and Mayer & Sohne Druck- und Mediengruppe in Aichach, Germany, are both live with MainPads to manage press mainte- nance operations. MainPad tablets work with software from manroland Goss web systems and are designed to help technicians troubleshoot problems to reduce down- time and streamline press equipment repairs. MainPad bundles pertinent information on press diagnostics and main- tenance. Required documentation, maintenance, and repair instructions can be called up using QR codes affixed to electrical cabinets. This makes it easier and faster to identify and order replacement components, according to MGWS. “The new MainPad enables me to support the team in the pressroom comfort- ably from my home when it comes to a malfunction during night production,” Ulrich Muller, head of technology at Herold Druck, said in a statement. “I can immediately have an overview of the current situation on the printing press.” If an issue cannot be fixed in-house, MainPad facilitates communication for remote support from the TeleSupportCenter using images and video. MainPad also integrates with existing customer software to further stream- line operations, according to MGWS. Its functions are scalable so that they can be customized based on a particular pressroom’s needs. Continuous software updates provide the latest functionality and support, according to AH Tensor International LLC 10330 Argonne Woods Dr. MGWS. Suite 300 “We have installed parallel in-house software on the MainPad hardware, Woodridge, IL 60517 which we were already using for spare parts administration,” Muller said. Phone: (630) 739 9600 www.ustensor.com “MainPad has become the central maintenance application for the entire printing house.” p
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video app TikTok is capturing pub- lishers’ attention. Print is always on the move. In dynamic markets, The smartphone app from Beijing- printers need to adapt to new conditions, sometimes based ByteDance Technology calls it- self “the world's leading destination for without the investment of capital equipment costs. Our short-form mobile videos.” It’s one of retrofits and upgrades for any press controls platform the latest apps to quickly grow legions can make presses of any brand new again, and provide of young aficionados, competing with the tools to develop new business models for a more Snap, Vine, Dubsmash, Instagram, You- profitable future. Tube and Facebook’s Lasso. “I downloaded it with a friend to use at sleepovers,” said one American www.manrolandgoss.com tween girl. “We used it to create lip-synching videos. There are also comedy sketches.” The videos are no longer than 15 seconds and can feature special effects. In 2018 ByteDance, launched in 2012 by Zhang Yiming in an apartment close to Beijing’s Tsinghua University, was reportedly val- ued at $75 billion. That unconfirmed figure made it the world’s most valuable startup, Bloomberg and others reported. The TikTok app, formerly known as Musical.ly, recently passed one billion installs on Google Play and the App Store, according to mobile market research firm Sensor Tower. That number doesn’t include Android installs in China. TikTok was the top non-game app in the U.S. in January 2019, according to Sensor Tower. Publishers have taken note. “U.K. publishers are betting on short- form video platform TikTok as a new way to reach younger audi- ences” reads a recent Digiday headline. U.K. publishers the BBC, MTV and Kyra TV have been looking at TikTok as a source of talent or a content distribution partner, according to Digiday, which points out that the app doesn’t provide a means for publishers to monetize content. NBC’s Snapchat show “Stay Tuned” has uploaded content to Tik- Tok, and ESPN and iHeartRadio are on the app, as well. Banned, fined In April the app stumbled when it was banned in India after a court in Tamil Nadu state said the app could make children vulnerable to predators and allow children to see pornography or suffer online bullying, CNN and others reported. Google and Apple pulled the app from their stores in India, but users who already had the app could continue to use it. The court lifted its ban after an appeal from TikTok, which said it had moved against inappropriate material. In another snag, the operators of the app agreed in February to pay $5.7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company illegally collected personal information from children. The payment is the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the commission in a children’s privacy case. The FTC’s complaint alleges that Musical.ly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that web- sites and online services directed to children get parental consent before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13. p
News & Tech May/June 2019 u 15 www.newsandtech.com APTech’s Long: PRINT 19 is future-focused u News & Tech Staff Report
News & Tech caught up with Thayer Long, the president of the Association for PRINT Technologies, about what it takes to succeed in the print industry today and the upcoming PRINT 19 conference, to be held Oct. 3–5 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
News & Tech: What’s new News & Tech: What can you tell us about PRINT 19? with the Association for Long: PRINT 19 isn’t going to be all things to all people. And we PRINT Technologies? don’t expect or pretend that it is. It isn’t for the survivalists — those Long: In short, every- who remember and lament when print/PRINT (and they mean both!) thing. Unfortunately, there was as large as (fill in the blank). It's not for people who think that are still far too many com- a piece of machinery is going to solve their declining revenue. It’s panies who are fooling definitely not for the hordes looking to invade the next vertical only themselves that it’s busi- to start another race to the bottom. ness as usual or trying to go PRINT 19 is for those that agree that there is no better time to be in back in time. There are also the print industry. It's an event for those who are broad-minded risk too many companies who takers and those looking to write a new chapter for the print industry. are so afraid of losing what Chicago is the place to get you on the path to building a bright and they’ve got, they are only relevant future. focused on themselves and don’t want to play in the News & Tech: So why should members of the newspaper industry sandbox with others. Well, come to the show? good luck. We’re seeing Long: PRINT 19 is designed to tempt those who want to construct a that the companies that are better product for print consumers. Newspapers have been facing continuing to do well are many challenges, and let’s be honest, some newspaper printing will the ones coming up with probably never come back nor should it, yet does mean it’s a goner? innovative products de- Of course not. Our keynote, Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of signed to meet the needs Wired Magazine, will talk about “The Wired Future: Artificial In- of their customers. They telligence, Robotics, Privacy, Social Media, Truth, Tech Companies, are also very open to shar- and More” and still Wired produces a printed magazine because the ing, because it takes more physical experience is still very relevant. So those people who are than just a piece of equip- in the newspaper segment should come to PRINT and engage and ment and good business collaborate with those in other verticals who have very similar chal- practices to succeed today. lenges and see how we can address them in a collaborative way. Creating a success formula is really tough, and not one that can be easily replicated. Even with News & Tech: Historically, APTech has been an advocate for postal re- all the right ingredients at your disposal and a great cake recipe, it form. Are there any updates you can share about what’s happening? still may come out tasting like garbage. Long: Yes, we are still advocating for postal reform, which of course For APTech, we are working to move the print industry towards the affects everyone in the print industry, including newspapers. This is future and as a result we are refocusing our products and services. an issue that we recommend that everyone become familiar with. Last year we launched LeadingPRINT, a magazine for entrepreneurs On April 30, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held who are focused on the future. The success of the magazine and the a hearing on the financial condition of the Postal Service and the conversations that it has generated is a great lead-in to the next ser- need for postal reform. Many groups from within the print industry vice that we’re going to be offering, which is an online community were involved including postal management and the postal unions. forum called APTech Connect. With so many opportunities available Joel Quadracci, president and CEO of Quad, represented the print to our industry, this community of entrepreneurs needs a place to industry and gave testimony. I suggest that reviewing the committee’s collaborate and needs a place to cut through all the BS. website is a great place to get more details of the hearing and to learn This new online community is like having a peer group available about the issues that impact us all. to you 24/7. It is designed and built to drive engagement across all But I’ll also say let’s be real, postal reform by itself is not a strategy areas of the print industry. And that means everyone — manufactur- for industry success. Let’s get entrepreneurial: How can we innovate ers, printers, designers, creatives and all who have a connection to and develop print products that aren’t even around today? If we put print. equal energy into that as an industry as we do with postal reform, I APTech Connect is for the innovators and idea generators and think we’d be better off. p those who want to be associated with them and it’s free for both APTech members and non-members. We expect that the discussions on the forum will be frank, honest and to quote a favorite board member of mine, we plan to “poke the bear” at all times.
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News & Tech May/June 2019 u 19 www.newsandtech.com marc... my words Hard-pressed AP strives to remain journalism’s ‘one true north’ u By Marc Wilson columnist
Once upon a time — and this is not a fairy In the last decade, the AP reorganized, laid off many of its vet- tale — there was a Golden Age of journal- eran bureau chiefs and replaced them with regional directors who ism. have no responsibility or authority over the news content. The six I was fortunate during that Golden Age to regional directors rarely visit newspapers anymore as few local work for three profitable daily newspapers, newspaper executives have buying authority. five bureaus of The Associated Press, and The concept of a member-owned news cooperative also has di- own and edit a weekly newspaper. minished. In its heyday, AP members ruled the roost. Today, far less Today, times are tough for most journal- than half of AP’s revenue comes from member-owned newspapers, ists, as we’ve all seen. and AP executives talk about “our customers” and not “our mem- Of particular concern to me is The Asso- bers.” ciated Press — arguably the most important news organization in Instead of having well-staffed bureaus in many states, the AP has the world. centralized its editing functions to 10 hubs. In some smaller states, A media bias chart (produced by Ad Fontes) rates the AP as the the only AP news staffer is a statehouse reporter. Senior newspaper best news media company in terms of most original reporting and editors tell me that the AP’s once-famous state report is almost non- least (or balanced) bias. That’s a lofty achievement in today’s badly existent, except for statehouse coverage. fractured media and political environment where viewers of MSN- When I worked for the AP, the news staff worked devoutly to de- BC see news presented in an opposite fashion from Fox News — velop and nourish a stringer network that bolstered the state (and i.e., Rachel Maddow’s worldview vs. Sean Hannity’s. sometimes) national AP report. In 2012, for example, the AP paid Despite cutbacks in budgets and staffing — and reduced support out $367 million in payments to stringers. The AP no longer reports from its original owners, newspapers — the AP continues great stringer payments, but my sources tell me that the stringer expense work. has been almost eliminated. But not as great as it once did. Editors grumble that while award-winning AP stories about Ye- In its latest annual report, AP CEO Gary Pruitt and AP Chairman men are great, they no longer get full or timely coverage of im- Steven Swartz note proudly: “In an unprecedented performance for portant state and regional news. They also complain that AP news the AP, five of our reporting efforts were finalists for Pulitzer Prizes stories often aren’t well edited, and that bias leaks into more and this past year, and one of those — our coverage of the Yemen civil more stories. war — won the 2018 prize for international reporting.” To be fair, most staff-starved newspapers (and radio and TV news Newspapers were once the bedrock of support for the AP, but as departments) produce far less news that could be shared with the the newspaper industry has struggled mightily — so has the AP. AP and its other members/clients. The noble struggle now is to keep the AP alive and viable, which Pruitt and Swartz’s annual letter states, “AP’s greatest strength means selling AP’s content to virtually anyone capable of paying remains the power of our objective reporting and the credibility for it. that comes with it. Our reporting has advanced the truth since our The AP ran up a $25.6 million deficit in 2012 on revenues of founding in 1846, and with another big news year in full swing, over $622 million. The AP narrowed its losses to 2013 to $8.2 mil- we are working every day to provide the content and services our lion, and has broken even or better ever since (and has paid off all customers need and the leadership they expect from AP as journal- debts). ism’s one true north.” Total revenues have fallen from $622 million in 2012 to $518.4 I’m not crazy about many of the changes at the AP, but I con- million in 2018 (according to the AP’s annual report, published in gratulate the dogged efforts to remain journalism’s reliable “true early May.) north.” p In the 36 years since I left the AP, much has changed at the news cooperative. Marc Wilson founded TownNews 30 years ago. He is now the company’s chairman emeri- During the “Golden Age,” journalists ran the AP. Most states had tus. He’s also author of the recently published book "Kidnapped by Columbus," published bureau chiefs who’d risen through the news ranks. The bureau chief by Floricanto Press. was in charge of member relations (i.e., sales to newspapers and broadcasters) but was also in charge of the news report. Today, there are no more AP bureau chiefs.
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News & Tech May/June 2019 u 21 www.newsandtech.com 4 questions for Davin Cushman, CEO of Ignite Technologies u News & Tech Staff Report Ignite is part of the ESW Capital Group, based in Austin. The company focuses on buying, strengthening and growing mature business soft- ware companies. In June 2018, ESW Capital bought Olive Software, a provider of e-publishing solutions and digital archiving. News & Tech talked to Ignite CEO Davin Cushman about Olive and other happenings at Ignite. News & Tech: Why is Olive ments, we offer three support tiers: Standard, Gold and Platinum. The Software a great fit for Ignite support programs include services such as a review of your Olive Technologies? platform with detailed reports on audience engagement indicators, Cushman: We are excited including usage trends and patterns, and skin configuration services to have Olive become part to enhance the look and feel of Olive ePublications, updating brand- of Ignite Technologies. It was ing and color palette, site rails and table contents, ad positions, and great to share the news back button and toolbar layouts, as well as configurations for desktop and in February and welcome mobile formats to improve overall engagement. Olive-powered publishers to Ignite. News & Tech: What is next for Olive Software? Demand for quality digital Cushman: Digital transformation in the publishing industry, I be- content continues to explode, lieve, has not yet reached its zenith, as we’ve only started to scratch including a massive advertis- the surface of really getting insights from digitized content and read- ing shift to digital away from ers’ interaction with it. As we look to 2020 and 2021, we see innova- print. It has been estimated tions in the realm of smarter digital publishing, which for us is about that digital publishing is 10 building audience intelligence, predictive content, and providing dy- times greater than it was in namic mash-up engagement of new and younger readers. These are 2001, and it is not showing just a few of the components of Ignite’s overall vision for the Olive any signs of slowing down. digital publishing platform, and we will continue to engage our Olive By integrating the Olive customers for input into the product plan as we move forward. digital publishing platform While we look ahead at the possibilities for digital publishing, at into the overall Ignite enter- Ignite, we also understand the criticality of ensuring platform per- prise software portfolio, we formance for customers today. Ignite serves thousands of customers saw the potential to immedi- around the world. While preparing to accelerate our customers’ busi- ately deliver incremental capabilities and increase value for both our nesses in this changing industry with “smarter” innovations, we are new Olive customers and our existing Ignite customers. committed to ongoing investment in rigorous, build test and deploy- To share one example that I’m extremely excited about: Olive ment platform maintenance to meet a growing global customer base customers now have access to our capability for sourcing and gain- and to address higher levels of mission-critical publishing demands. ing usage rights for reader-generated images for use on both their websites or in their e-edition. After we enhance the Olive customer News & Tech: What do you recommend to publishers for how to fur- experience in this way, we will then turn to our long-standing Ignite ther leverage technology to engage audiences, grow readers and stay customers, particularly those in publishing, to extend the capabilities competitive? of the Olive digital publishing platform, providing discounted access Cushman: We believe that smarter digital publishing is a journey — a to Olive to every Ignite customer with digitization or digital archiving series of ongoing strategy decisions and investments that are com- requirements. plex and can become costly very quickly. To assist publishers, there is a lot of expertise to be leveraged, and we recommend building News & Tech: In the first few months of Ignite ownership, what key en- partnerships with technology companies who can augment in-house hancements has Ignite made to the Olive digital publishing platform? expertise and provide access to programs to advance strategies. For Cushman: Our Ignite engineering teams have made great progress example, at Ignite, we offer an innovative customer program where already on two key fronts. existing customers have complimentary use of other solutions to First, we’ve enhanced the Olive Dynamic Newsstand (ODN) Opti- digitally transform more aspects of their business, which includes mized Reader Experience to be fully modernized and mobile-friend- access to our experts for strategy and implementation discussions. ly. Content is increasingly consumed on phones and tablets, and we The software industry is all too familiar with the challenges associ- saw this initial update as a critical first step in ensuring the platform ated with digital transformation. Working together, combining pub- is optimized to address today’s reader demands. lishing expertise with technology expertise, I believe is the best path Second, based on our introductory conversations with customers, to accelerate digital transformation for publishers, and together we we have developed customer support programs, specifically for the can drive toward creating opportunities to benefit from the signifi- Olive digital publishing platform, that align to what we heard. cant changes occurring in the publishing industry. p To provide options for publishers to address their specific require-
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News & Tech May/June 2019 u 23 www.newsandtech.com 4 questions for Peter Marsh, marketing VP at Naviga u News & Tech Staff Report Naviga, formerly Newscycle Solutions, has recently undergone a tries, has headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota, and regional of- rebranding, including a new company logo, visual design, website fices around the world. and mission. Naviga Vice President of Marketing Peter Marsh discussed the com- Naviga, a provider of software and services for media-rich indus- pany’s rebranding with News & Tech.
News & Tech: Why did Newscycle decide to the right information, amplify your message and generate new rev- change its name? enue in a rapidly shifting market. Tomorrow’s challenges demand an Marsh: In the six years since the company agile partner that offers you access to a flexible suite of solutions that was originally formed, our industries have prepare you for what lies just over the horizon. When you need guid- evolved rapidly. Newscycle has also evolved, ance to move your business toward future growth, Naviga can point expanding our product landscape through the way forward. multiple acquisitions and growth initiatives. This has created the need for a new company News & Tech: What does the Naviga product roadmap look like? identity. Marsh: As part of our rebranding effort, we interviewed and surveyed over 200 customers around the world. When we asked customers News & Tech: What does the new name and tagline represent? about their needs and expectations from their technology partners, Marsh: We chose the name Naviga because it conveys that, as a the one word that kept coming up was “simplify.” Our customers partner, we help our customers navigate toward an ideal future. Our want us to build solutions that are simpler to install, use, and main- new tagline, “Venture Forward,” reinforces a commitment to partner- tain. They want user interfaces that are more intuitive. They want ing with global media companies to move toward digital expansion workflows that are less complicated. This is especially true in news- and revenue growth in rapidly shifting markets. rooms, and it is one of the main reasons we invested in Infomaker. The Infomaker Digital Writer product — now called Naviga Writer — can News & Tech: What does the rebranding mean for your customers? be learned in a matter of hours, not days or weeks. Why is this impor- Marsh: In addition to changing our name, logo, color scheme, web- tant? Look at a few recent statistics: Editorial employment fell by 25 site and office signage, this rebrand creates an excellent opportunity percent from 2008-2018; 40 percent of global newsrooms suffered for us to become unified as one company and one team. As hard as layoffs in 2018; and globally, less than half of all new journalists hired we’ve tried, many of our customers still know us as DTI, Saxotech, last year have experience working with digital media or publishing Atex, MediaSpan, etc. In the past year, we have also acquired Market- across platforms. All these metrics suggest a need for ease-of-use, ing G2, Media Services Group, Infomaker, and Acquire Media. We ease-of-support, and streamlined workflow across all our products. now have solutions for audience engagement, personalized subscrip- This applies equally to our ad management platform, our audience tion offers, digital advertising, event management, and AI/ML-driven solutions, our mobile apps, and our self-service tools for subscribers content tagging and enrichment. This is an exciting chapter in our and advertisers. We hope our new brand reflects our commitment six-year evolution, and we hope everyone will embrace our new mis- to simplification in our products and our enduring commitment to sion statement: At Naviga, we combine the best thinking in content proving the enabling technologies that media companies require to creation, syndication, presentation and monetization to help you get ensure future business success. p
uVendor News Findlay Courier to use My News 360 for editorial production The Findlay Publishing Company (Ohio) will implement software but at the same time schedule stories and social media posts for when developer Presteligence’s My News 360 Platform for their editorial the content is published, the release says. system, website, e-edition, and mobile apps, a Presteligence news “Knowing the support of our legacy editorial system was coming release said. to an end, it was imperative to look at the choices available. The My Findlay Courier, Review Times, and three radio stations will share News 360 platform encompasses all of our print-first needs while a database allowing content to be written one time and distributed providing us the tools for our digital future,” said Karl Heminger, among the sister sites, the release said. president of Findlay Publishing. With their print-first mentality, staff can continue to write for print
24 t May/June 2019 News & Tech www.newsandtech.com uVendor News DCOS contracted for Norwegian press project Norwegian newspaper Sunnhordland Trykkeri, located in the town of and controls with new drives and controls, a new control console, and con- Leirvik on the island of Stord on the Norwegian west coast, has contracted verting the shafted drive system to a group shaftless drive configuration of with DCOS for an extensive press addition and upgrade project. Sunnhord- 1-motor per 2-4 High towers. Other DCOS upgrades include adding remote land Trykkeri is a privately owned newspaper and printshop and one of the inking and register motors to all current manual 4-high towers. few in Scandinavia that is independent from larger groups. The closing of “Our acquisition of Tensor now allows us to be heavily involved in the printshops in the surrounding area of Stord has enabled Sunnhordland Tryk- mechanical aspects of a project, like the removal and reinstallation of equip- keri to attract more contract work. ment, adding remote inking, along with the traditional DCOS capabilities DCOS will install three Goss Community 4-high towers and a Tensor H50 such as drive, controls, and automatic press registration and density con- folder to the existing Goss Community/Global press in a multi-phase instal- trol equipment upgrades,” said Mattias Andersson, managing director of lation, while maintaining daily production at the facility. DCOS. DCOS will perform a complete electrical retrofit, replacing existing drives DCOS was set to complete the project in April. Manroland Goss web systems launches Prima Controls Group After obtaining intellectual property rights to the assets of Harland Simon controls and drives systems and remote support programs in place around following the company’s insolvency in October 2018, manroland Goss web the world, according to manroland Goss web systems. systems has announced the launch of the new group focused on controls “With the launch of Prima Controls Group, we believe that we are in the and drive upgrades and remote support programs for all newspaper press best position we have ever been to offer support and enhancements to the brands, Prima Controls Group. newspaper market,” said Ron Sams, vice president of sales for manroland Made up of former Harland Simon engineers and technicians and led Goss web systems. “We now have the expertise and the portfolio with solu- by Senior Manager of Engineered Solutions Steve Withers, Prima Controls tions for press controls and drive upgrades at every size and for every brand Group is focused on providing solutions for all different makes and models on the market.” of newspaper press equipment and supporting the large installed base of
News & Tech May/June 2019 u 25 www.newsandtech.com uVendor News ABB retrofit for Rheinische Bergische Druckerei The Rheinische Bergische Druckerei in Duesseldorf, Germany, of the new and old systems means that the original controls can be which prints well-known newspapers like the Rheinische Post, is replaced on a step-by-step basis, ABB says. modernizing the press controls on part of its KBA Commander press. The additional processing power provided by the AC500 PLC The order, which was placed with ABB through press manufac- means that the number of CPUs required for the tower control sys- turer Koenig & Bauer, covers the replacement of the control systems tems can be halved, ABB says. on two printing towers and the turner bar units associated with two “This project helps to ensure the reliability of the press at the Rhei- folders. nische Bergische Druckerei and at the same time eliminates any diffi- The project sees the use of ABB’s footprint-compatible adapters culties with the availability of spare parts. The modular retrofit on two that have exactly the same form, dimensions and connections as towers frees up parts that can be used as spares for other press units,” the original KT94 CPUs and CS31 I/O devices. The adapters mean says Thomas Troendle, ABB Printing’s sales manager for Germany. that modern ABB AC500 PLCs and I/Os can be installed easily while The commissioning of the new systems will begin in Duesseldorf retaining the original wiring, according to ABB. The compatibility at the end of August of this year.
El Liberal gets manroland Goss web systems retrofit El Liberal, a regional newspaper in Argentina, has opted for a com- drive control systems. The new network technology connecting the plete retrofit by manroland Goss web systems. PLC and PECOM control system to a diagnostic computer (ADS) via The plant will now be completely modernized and equipped with the ethernet will ensure more powerful diagnostic options and more ef- latest PECOM technology, according to manroland Goss web systems. fective tele-support, according to manroland Goss web systems. The control system retrofit including the latest PLC technology will The retrofit at El Liberal was to be completed in short order, manro- upgrade all components, such as printing unit, section, folder and land Goss web systems said.
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Watertown Daily Times battles cyber attack ly across the country, serving major publishers like Hearst and The Watertown Daily Times (New York) battled a cyber attack Conde Nast, according to the company. that began April 27 and disrupted the delivery of the Sunday “The Tampa Bay Times is the largest newspaper in Flor- paper. The attack, or a second attack, showed up again on May ida, and now they’re delivering the largest of our six Florida 2, and staff worked without hard-wired internet to get papers markets,” said Randall Brant, executive director for Doorfront out, the paper reported. Direct. The paper said it didn’t know if the May 2 incident repre- Doorfront Direct is a venture between Gannett Publishing sented a second attack, or if the virus had been undetected for Services, printing company Quad, and ACI Last Mile Network. days before spreading anew. The newspaper is working with cybersecurity experts to Petoskey News-Review changes schedule, identify the virus and stop it from recurring. The virus carried the label “Ryuk: Balance of the Shadow adds print work Universe” and is the same one that hit Tribune Publishing in The Petoskey News-Review (Michigan) has changed its print December, according to reports, the paper said. It also hit the schedule. The paper has gone to a Tuesday-through-Saturday city of Stuart, Florida, on April 13. schedule, dropping its Monday edition, the paper said. The pa- Johnson Newspaper Corp. owns the paper. per’s website will be updated every day of the week, the paper said. Friday’s print deadline is now later, which means Friday Yahoo News launches XR Partner Program sports results can get into the Saturday issue. The paper will with 5G tech continue to be mailed to subscribers. Yahoo News has launched its Yahoo News XR Partner Pro- “We also see an advantage to some of our advertisers that gram, which will offer “unprecedented access to groundbreak- now they have Saturday to reach the market of people,” said ing 5G technology” at Verizon’s 5G Labs and the Verizon Christy Lyons, co-general manager of Northern Michigan Re- Media RYOT 5G Studio in Los Angeles, according to Verizon. view publication group, which includes the News-Review. “For The studio is the first 5G production studio in the country, example, restaurants or Realtors may find that Saturday is a Verizon says. good day to reach the market, or visitors to the market that The program launches with partners that include USA are here for the weekend.” Today, Reuters, The Associated Press, TIME and NowThis. Along with the schedule changes, the company says it will They will work with Yahoo News and RYOT to explore what XR start printing two dailies, in Sault Ste. Marie and Cheboygan. (extended reality) news and immersive journalism can be in a The News-Review press prints more than 10 outside Northern 5G world, and plan to distribute these new formats on Yahoo Michigan products, plus the two new papers, the paper said. News, according to Verizon. The new work will mean the addition of two full-time employ- “The Yahoo News XR Partner program will transform ees and a few part-time employees, said Michelle Harrington, Yahoo News into the world’s largest aggregator of premium co-general manager for Northern Michigan Review. content and immersive journalism,” a Verizon press release said. Yahoo News will distribute, measure and monetize XR G/O Media lays off 25 content created through the program. Assets will be mon- G/O Media is laying off 25, around 6 percent of its team of 400, etized through the RYOT Augmented Reality Ads software according to Variety. development kit. The new company owns The Onion and the former Giz- modo Media Group, which Univision sold in April to private- Tampa Bay Times delivering magazines equity firm Great Hill Partners and Jim Spanfeller. The cuts come not long after CEO Spanfeller told Variety through Doorfront Direct that “We don’t plan to cut our way to growth,” but that the The Tampa Bay Times is now delivering national monthly company is “looking to run things more efficiently.” magazines in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market through the The cuts “are not about making the company smaller,” Doorfront Direct network. Spanfeller said in an internal memo to staff seen by Variety. “Delivering monthly magazines broadens the services we The company believes it will end its year with more than 400 offer and adds a new revenue source for our delivery organi- in staff, according to Spanfeller, Variety reported. zation,” said Ben Hayes, director of operations for The Tampa The layoffs were inspired by the “need to re-configure spe- Bay Times. cific processes” and “were not performance driven but rather Tampa Bay is the 34th market to join the Doorfront Direct process motivated,” according to Spanfeller. network, which delivers more than 700,000 magazines month- G/O Media owns Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Kotaku,
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Jalopnik, Jezebel, Splinter, The Root, The Onion, A.V. Club, Warroad Pioneer closes; Crookston Times ClickHole and The Takeout. changes schedule The Warroad Pioneer (Minnesota) has closed, putting out its Gannett launches Imagn image agency, last edition on May 7. The weekly carried a banner headline wire service reading "FINAL EDITION," over a story written by Rebecca Gannett Co. has rebranded its business unit USA Today Sports Colden, owner and publisher. A New York Times reporter and Images to Imagn and expanded its offerings for news and a documentary team from Japan chronicled the event, Minne- media outlets to include original sports, entertainment and sota Public Radio reported. The GateHouse-owned Crookston breaking news images from the USA Today Network. Times (Minnesota), meanwhile, is going from Monday-to-Fri- Along with photos from the USA Today Network, spe- day print publishing to twice weekly, starting May 6, the paper cialized images by partner SIPA US are now available on reported. the Imagn licensing platform. Some 1.8 million images per year will be added to the platform, which already houses Prensa Arizona launches after Prensa 600,000 per year from 10,000 sporting events covered by 300 sports photographers nationwide, according to Gannett. Hispana’s closing The agency serves clients with per picture and per project Prensa Arizona was set to start publishing in print and online needs across news and media segments. The wire service is on April 26, the Arizona Republic reported. subscription based (or flat fee) and offers unlimited images for A lot of the employees for the Spanish-language paper all editorial purposes across all platforms, with three content came from Prensa Hispana, which published its last issue on subscription options: only sports, only news and entertain- April 4, the Republic reported. Prensa Hispana and the new ment, or combined sports, news, and entertainment. The wire Prensa Arizona did not provide details behind the shuttering subscription service is best suited for enterprise customers of Prensa Hispana, the Republic says. who have high volume content needs and for clients or work “We are very excited with the launching of this totally new teams who desire content delivered via API (application pro- and different publication in the Spanish market,” said General gramming interface), Gannett says. Manager Lety Garcia in a statement, the Republic reported. “This will be a newspaper not only of news, but of special reports, in-depth investigations, free journalism and lots of Bloomberg designs article template aimed value." at social users Bloomberg Media’s innovation lab, BHIVE, has looked into the Bill would let Texas sue social media firms question “What do social news audiences want from a mobile The Texas Senate approved a bill in April that would allow article experience?” the state attorney general to sue social media platforms over In an initiative they dubbed Project Dora, BHIVE is trying charges of blocking users or erasing posts because of their to zero in on why “Bloomberg.com’s social article readers were content, the Austin American-Statesman reported. the likeliest of our online audience to “read-and-leave,” accord- Senate Bill 2373 was inspired by claims from conservatives ing to Karen Johnson, head of Design Research at Bloomberg and conservative groups of discriminatory treatment, accord- Media. ing to Sen. Bryan Hughes, the Republican author of the bill, The information garnered from the project inspired BHIVE the paper reported. to create a mobile web article template designed for users The proposed legislation would apply to social media coming to Bloomberg.com from social, Johnson says. In a test firms that say they’re impartial. to 5 percent of Bloomberg’s audience, Dora tripled article “If you hold yourself out as being an open forum and that engagement (through articles shares) and showed significant you don’t discriminate based on viewpoint, then you have to rises in article completion rates and drops in exit rates, ac- keep your word,” Hughes said. cording to Johnson. The Senate voted 18-12 to send SB 2373 to the Texas House “Dora social article readers were three-times likelier of Representatives. to share what they read (we saw a 200% increase in article According to the bill, a social media firm could not be shares) and significantly more likely to read articles through penalized for restricting content it “reasonably considers to be to the end,” Johnson writes. obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, Dora is launching to the entire Bloomberg mobile audi- or otherwise objectionable,” the paper reported. ence this spring, Johnson says.
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EU copyright reform clears final hurdle A special citation was also given to honor the journalists, The Council of the European Union gave its green light to its staff and editorial board of the Capital Gazette, of Annapolis, new Copyright Directive on April 15. Maryland, for their courageous response to the largest killing The directive will make online platforms liable for illegal of journalists in U.S. history in their newsroom on June 28, posting of copyright-protected material onto their platforms. 2018. It will also make Google, Facebook and other outfits pay pub- lishers for copyrighted material they post. USPS to deliver Indiana’s Times-Union The directive was backed by 19 countries. Netherlands, The Times-Union (Warsaw, Indiana) is now partnering with Poland, Sweden, Italy, Finland and Luxembourg voted no. Bel- the United States Postal Service for delivery of its newspapers. gium, Estonia and Slovenia abstained. The new delivery was set to begin on April 18. “With today's agreement, we are making copyright rules The move will not affect the timeliness of the news, the fit for the digital age,” said European Commission President paper says. The paper has gone to an a.m. publishing schedule, Jean-Claude Juncker. “Europe will now have clear rules that with press runs at midnight instead of noon. guarantee fair remuneration for creators, strong rights for us- “Given the current landscape of the newspaper industry, ers and responsibility for platforms. When it comes to com- the move affords us significant savings in distribution costs,” pleting Europe's digital single market, the copyright reform is the paper says. “We want to thank our many newspaper carri- the missing piece of the puzzle.” ers, who over the years have toiled so loyally for us,” the paper “The new Directive will boost high-quality journalism in said. the EU and offer better protection for European authors and High-Key Enterprises publishes the paper. performers,” said an EU press release on the measure. “Users will benefit from the new rules, which will allow them to up- load copyright protected content on platforms legally. More- Drupa report: Global print industry stable over, they will benefit from enhanced safeguards linked to the The 6th drupa Global Trends Report, available at www.drupa. freedom of expression when they upload videos that contain com, says the global print industry is in stable condition overall. rights holders' content, i.e. in memes or parodies,” it said. Globally 40 percent of printers stated their company eco- The European Parliament voted on the measure in March. nomic condition was “good” in 2018 compared to 13 percent EU member states will have 24 months to transpose the direc- who described their condition as “poor.” The rest rated it as “sat- tive into their national legislation. isfactory.” This results in a positive net balance of 27 percent. For suppliers the positive net balance was 19 percent. Both groups remain optimistic, with 50 percent expecting better con- 2019 Pulitzer Prizes announced ditions in 2019, according to a news release on the report. The 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners in 14 journalism and seven North America continued to enjoy strong growth in 2018, letters, drama and music categories were announced on April Europe and Australia had steady growth, while Asia, the 15. Middle East and South and Central America were cautious The winners in journalism are the South Florida Sun Senti- and Africa was in decline, the release said. nel for Public Service; the staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The packaging market thrives as does functional, but there for Breaking News Reporting; Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan are clear signs of increasing caution in the commercial market and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times for Investigative and publishing remains subdued, with the encouraging excep- Reporting; David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner tion of the books market, the release said. of The New York Times for Explanatory Reporting; staff of Conventional print volumes continue to decline but The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Local Reporting; slowly, according to the release. In 2013, 23 percent of print- staff of The Wall Street Journal for National Reporting; Mag- ers reported that digital print was more than 25 percent of gie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of Associ- turnover. In 2018, the proportion of printers had increased ated Press for International Reporting; staff of Reuters, with to 29 percent. Nevertheless, sheetfed offset remains the most notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for common form of print technology, present in 66 percent of all International Reporting; Hannah Dreier of ProPublica for Fea- printers. Sheetfed offset volume continues to grow in packag- ture Writing; Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ing but there was a clear decline among commercial printers for Commentary; Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post for for the first time. Criticism; Brent Staples of The New York Times for Editorial The results are from the sixth annual survey conducted by Writing; Darrin Bell, freelancer, for Editorial Cartooning; pho- Printfuture (U.K.) and Wissler & Partner (Switzerland) in au- tography staff of Reuters for Breaking News Photography; and tumn 2018. Over 700 printers and 200 suppliers (senior man- Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post for Feature Photog- agers who visited or exhibited at drupa 2016) participated, raphy. with all regions represented.
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The News Media Alliance has elected Mark Aldam, Bruce Richardson has joined imPRESSions World- executive vice president and chief operating officer at wide’s sales team. Richardson will remain based in York, Hearst, as chairman of its board of directors for the 2019- Pennsylvania, and focus on the Eastern half of the U.S. He 2020 term. Aldam, who previously served as vice chair- will also spend time at the company’s headquarters near man, succeeds Terry Kroeger, president and CEO of Smith Seattle and SE USA Service Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Kroeger Marketing Communications. “Aldam and the board will continue to navigate the rap- Steve Riley has been named executive editor at the idly changing media landscape and vigorously advocate Houston Chronicle. on behalf of the industry while introducing new strategies He has served as interim editor since Oct. 30 after for- and initiatives to maximize member value,” said a release mer executive editor Nancy Barnes resigned to become from the organization. senior vice president for news at National Public Radio. “Mark has been a tremendous asset to the Alliance and I am confident he will continue to exhibit the same strong Matt Sandberg has been named publisher of the Elko leadership and enthusiasm for the industry as chairman Daily Free Press in northeast Nevada and the Times-News that he has always shown,” said News Media Alliance in Twin Falls, Idaho. Sandberg a former newspaper execu- President and CEO David Chavern. tive and publisher in Colorado, succeeds Kevin Kampman, Other News Media Alliance officers elected include who left the company in March. Kirk Davis, chief executive officer, GateHouse Media (vice chairman); Terry Egger, chief executive officer and Times Record (Fort Smith, Arkansas) publisher Crystal publisher, Philadelphia Media Network (secretary); and Costa has accepted a new role as events director with Antoinette “Toni” Bush, executive vice president and Gatehouse Live and has stepped down as publisher. Gate- global head of government affairs, News Corp (treasurer). house Live is the events and promotion division of Gate- Elected to initial one-year terms on the board with terms house Media. beginning May 1 are Jim Brady, Spirited Media; Pamela (PJ) Browning, The Post and Courier; Frank Filippo, Gordon McLeod, a distinguished and well-respected Dow Jones; Timothy Knight, Tribune Publishing; and Bill media executive who held senior positions at Newsday, Marcil Jr., Forum Communications. The Wall Street Journal, Time Inc., and CBS News, among others, died of complications from a nine-year battle with The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) an- cancer on April 26 in New York City. He was 60. nounced that Scott Embry and Chris Zoeller have been named to new management positions at the newspaper. Bill Fleischman, a former columnist and sports report- Embry has been promoted to president of King & Colum- er for The News Journal and Philadelphia Daily News who bus digital marketing agency to lead its expansion into covered the Flyers during the team’s glory years in the new markets in South Carolina. Zoeller will expand her 1970s, has died at age 80. role as chief revenue and marketing officer to include di- rect responsibility for the paper’s advertising department. Emily Weaver has been named managing editor of The Daily Record and The Mount Olive Tribune (North Carolina). Doug Oathout, a longtime editor for the Erie Times- News (Pennsylvania) and www.GoErie.com and the news- Mark Walker has been named general manager and paper’s executive editor since 2015, is stepping down from advertising director for the Sentinel-Echo (London, Ken- that role to accept a position with Gannon University. tucky) and the Times-Tribune (Corbin, Kentucky). Oathout will be chief marketing and communications officer for the university. Jerry Hug has been named general manager of the Tri- City Herald (Kennewick, Washington). Hug is currently
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McClatchy’s Northwest director of finance/CFO, based in ing the newspaper this summer. Westmoreland joined the the Tri-Cities. Tribune in June 2017 following the retirement of longtime editor Jim Robertson. After 35 years in journalism, Providence Journal Group President and Publisher Janet Hasson has announced her Jonathan Wolman, the editor and publisher of The retirement. Stepping into her role will be Peter Meyer, Detroit News who helmed the newspaper during a tumul- GateHouse Media regional vice president and president tuous economic upheaval for the news business, has died and group publisher of GateHouse New England. Meyer after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. will oversee operations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine, including 14 Brian Skoloff, an Associated Press video journalist who daily newspapers and more than 100 weekly publications has covered numerous big stories across the United States and digital products. while training many text reporters on visual storytelling, has been appointed West deputy news director for video. Nicholas Pugliese announced that after nearly five Skoloff will oversee and drive video coverage across 13 years at The (Bergen) Record, he’s moving to WHYY, South Western states from the regional hub in Phoenix. Jersey’s public radio station. The nation’s largest trade association of African Ameri- Catherine G. Boone has been named president and can-owned newspapers and media companies, the Nation- publisher at Vicksburg Newsmedia and was set to assume al Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), announced those duties in early June. Vicksburg Newsmedia publishes Claudette Perry as its new executive administrator. The Vicksburg Post, VicksburgPost.com and Vicksburg NNPA’s member newspaper and media companies reach Living magazine and owns and operates Signs First and over 25 million readers each week in print and online. Speediprint. Joseph Leong has been named senior group publisher William J. Pape II, editor, former publisher and presi- for Lake Media/GateHouse Media Holdings (Missouri). dent, and chairman of the board of the Republican-Ameri- He will oversee operations in the lake area for all of Gate- can (Waterbury, Connecticut), has died at the age of 87. House Media’s holdings.
Jennifer Licary has been named digital sales manager Postmedia Network Canada Corp. has announced the for the Daily Journal (Kankakee, Illinois). Licary had been appointment of Mary Anne Lavallee to the role of execu- with the Chicago Tribune from late 2016 until her hiring at tive vice president and chief operating officer. Lavallee will the Journal. be primarily responsible for operational matters, particu- larly those focused on digital growth. Tricia Johnston has been appointed publisher of The Goshen News (Indiana), effective immediately. Johnston Timothy D. Burke is stepping down as publisher of The is a former group president and publisher for GateHouse Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News. Media in Michigan, based at the Holland Sentinel. Tom Schultz, managing editor of the Watertown Daily Debe Johnson announced her plans to retire as adver- Times (Wisconsin) for 45 years and a full-time member of tising director at The Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, Arkan- the newspaper’s staff for nearly 53 years, has retired. sas). Her retirement is effective May 1. Janine Gibson has been named assistant editor in the Charles Westmoreland, managing editor at The Tri- newly created role of editor, special projects at the Finan- bune (Columbia, Missouri), has announced he’ll be leav- cial Times.
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Susan Smith Richardson has been named chief execu- Thomas Krischke has been named president and CEO tive officer of the Center for Public Integrity. Richardson of Muller Martini North America. Krischke has been in- will take the helm of one of America’s oldest nonprofit volved with the graphic arts industry for more than 20 investigative journalism organizations as it celebrates years, beginning his career as a strategic planner at East- its 30th anniversary. man Kodak in Germany in 1996.
The Los Angeles Times has named Shani Hilton a The Poynter Institute has announced that Bridget deputy managing editor for news. Hilton will report to Donovan, a former director of online education at the executive editor Norman Pearlstine and managing editor University of South Florida and e-learning partner for NBC Scott Kraft. Hilton is currently vice president of News and News, will oversee Poynter’s News University (NewsU) as Programming at BuzzFeed News, where she has been an the interactive learning manager. editorial executive for the past six years. She’s joining The Times in June. Tom Hill, longtime publisher of The Oak Ridger and a leader in Tennessee media and Oak Ridge for more than Warren C. Dews Jr. has joined the National Press Insti- a half century, died March 23 at his home surrounded by tute for Audience Growth, a New York-based consulting family. He was 90. company, as chief operations officer, NPI-AG President Mark Vinciguerra announced. John "Gene" Chambers, former Macomb Daily pub- lisher, has died at the age of 79. Patty Henetz, a reporter who covered everything from the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City to environmental Stephen Meurice, editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press, issues for both of Salt Lake City’s major daily newspapers has announced that he’s leaving the national news service and The Associated Press, has died at 69. for personal reasons, effective April 26. Henetz died March 23 after suffering for several years from corticobasal degeneration, a neurological disease that E. Ralph Hostetter, the former publisher and owner attacks the cerebral cortex. of the Cecil Whig (Maryland) and current chairman and publisher of American Farm Publications, has died of heart Millennial-focused personal finance site The Penny disease at his home. He was 97. American Farm Publica- Hoarder has named Sharon J. Prill its chief operating tions of Easton publishes The Delaware Farmer and The officer and veteran journalist Molly Morehead its senior New Jersey Farmer newspapers. editor and team lead. Newsroom leadership appointments were announced Jaci Smith has been named editor of the North Iowa among GateHouse New England’s southeastern Massa- Media Group, which includes the Globe Gazette. Smith chusetts publications, said Lisa Strattan, vice president of will oversee news gathering operations of the Globe Ga- news for GateHouse New England and general manager of zette and its two weekly affiliates, the Summit-Tribune and SouthCoast publications. Herald News and Taunton Daily Mitchell County Press News. Gazette editor in chief Lynne Sullivan was named region- al executive editor of SouthCoast Media Group, The Herald Emma Moody has been appointed standards and ethics News, The Taunton Daily Gazette and The Enterprise. Beth editor of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. Perdue, editor of The Standard-Times, will become region- al executive editor for engagement and community. Susan Chira has been named editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, the award-winning non-profit newsroom covering the criminal justice system in the United States.
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Post’s Arc Publishing investing in growth keting operator for the newspaper industry. The Washington Post’s Arc Publishing has announced a sig- “Consumers love email and we wanted to make it as simple nificant investment in the organization, adding nearly 100 new as possible for local event organizers to create and send com- hires in the last 18 months to strengthen its ability to respond munications marketing their events to a targeted, opt in audi- to client needs and support its expansion. ence,” said Richard Green, CEO of Evvnt. In the last year, Arc has experienced “incredible growth,” Evvnt is an event marketing automation platform that according to The Post, tripling revenue, expanding to new syndicates events content to multiple event listing sites and regions and powering several large broadcasters. Arc powers calendars as a service. sites that serve more than 600 million unique visitors a month, The new integration now brings email to the forefront of according to The Post. its product offering for events promoters and local venues, the “Arc’s growth has been exceptional and the platform has company says. quickly become one of the go-to publishing systems in the “Utilizing our email marketing capabilities on Evvnt’s in- world,” said Shailesh Prakash, chief information officer and novative platform expands our ability to connect event orga- vice president of product at The Post. “We have brought on nizers with their ideal event-goer,” said Jennifer Gressman, Site senior level talent to help us scale the business and, under Scot Impact’s vice president of operations. Gillespie’s leadership, we have expanded significantly, adding Launched as a full integration, Site Impact’s proprietary more publishers and broadcasters as well as serving brands technology includes a real-time counts system, order manage- across industries.” ment system and tracking platform, the company says. Site With the investment, Arc is opening a dedicated engineer- Impact’s database consists of 145 million email records plus ing office in Chicago. 750 selects and filters that help the customer reach a hyper-tar- The Arc platform was initially built for The Post and lever- geted audience by age, gender, geo, levels of interest and more, ages technologies from Amazon Web Services. It serves as the according to Site Impact. tech behind a large number of brand-name publications in the top U.S. markets and around the world, according to The Post. ABB reorganization won’t affect support, says printing head Honolulu Star-Advertiser-Oahu Publications, As ABB undergoes a major reorganization and the power grids AMR work with VoicePort division is being sold to Hitachi, the head of ABB Printing is en- Honolulu Star-Advertiser-Oahu Publications and marketing deavoring to reassure clients that the reorganization “will have agency AMR have chosen VoicePort to provide customer care no effect on the support you get from ABB Printing.” with interactive voice response system CircPort, according to The printing business is moving to a different business VoicePort. unit, but that’s just a matter of the internal organization of Deployed in geo redundant data centers and using SIP ABB, according to Damian Staedeli, head of ABB Printing. technology, CircPort provides callers with self-service options The ABB Printing team remains intact and the same is true and, when contact with an agent is required, smart dynamic of the other ABB units with which the printing team cooper- routing directs callers to representatives knowledgeable about ates, for example the PLC factory and the control system and their product and service, according to VoicePort. drives development teams, according to a note from Staedeli “We needed the ability to provide customers with the high- sent out with an ABB Printing newsletter. est level of service while making it easy for them to quickly “In 2018 ABB Printing had its most successful year for and easily manage their subscriptions,” said Joe Cooper, AMR several years. This shows that we are offering the solutions general manager/Pacific Division. “VoicePort’s IVR is highly and support that you, our customers, need in this demanding intuitive and our expectation is to see an increase in customer business. This gives the whole ABB Printing team additional satisfaction while protecting our bottom line.” motivation for the future,” he wrote.
Evvnt, Site Impact partner Sun Chemical raises prices Evvnt, an event marketing automation platform, has estab- Sun Chemical said it would increase the prices of its energy lished a strategic partnership with Site Impact, an email mar- curable, solvent, and water coatings as well as energy curable
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inks in North America, effective May 15. The layoffs are permanent, according to the letter, and are A global shortage of photoinitiators will cause prices of en- set for on or around June 30. ergy curable coatings and energy curable inks to increase while “While Flint CPS Ink is not a unionized operation, we do cost escalations in energy and raw materials throughout the have a workforce reduction policy that allows bumping of em- first quarter of 2019 will drive the need to increase the prices of ployee to take place; therefore we will work through the details solvent and water coatings, according to the company. over the next couple of weeks to notify the specific employees,” “Government initiatives and regulations geared toward the letter says, according to the paper. environmental protections have caused many suppliers of In bumping, an employee will be offered a lower-paying or photoinitiators to either cease or reduce production for limited lower-level job at a company that’s cutting the worker. periods of time, resulting in an unprecedented increase in raw The letter also says Flint Group aims to use Right Manage- material costs and shortage of photoinitiators,” said Felipe Mel- ment to help the laid-off workers in their job situation, the lado, chief marketing officer and board member, Sun Chemical. paper said. “The activities that occurred in 2018 have continued to affect Flint Group has said the cuts are linked to the company’s supply of photoinitiators into 2019 and with the recent chemi- move to discontinue the making of in-house pigments. cal plant explosion and fires at the Yancheng Industrial Park in “The structural decline in publication printing ink has China, we anticipate future escalations in the cost of raw mate- led to shrinking demand in the primary sector served by Flint rials for energy curable, publication, solvent and water inks.” Group Pigments,” said Steve Dryden, CEO of CPS Inks, Flint Group’s offset ink business, in a press release. Koenig & Bauer acquires All-Print Holding Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH has acquired All-Print Holding. All-Print Holding is a majority shareholder in Svenska Allen Flint Group sees tightening of raw material and All-Print i Linköping, two specialists in marking and cod- supply ing technologies. A recent and deadly explosion at Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical “Koenig & Bauer Coding already has a strong presence in in China is severely impacting the global raw material supply primary and secondary packaging market, so there is a natu- chain, including materials used in publication and UV printing ral synergy between the two companies,” said a release from inks, according to Flint Group. Koenig & Bauer. The March explosion spread to adjacent facilities, causing ‘With more than 30 years of experience in marking and nearly 80 deaths, injuring hundreds of people and forcing evac- coding applications and our strong design and distribution uations of nearby areas. The Chinese government has forced departments, we will certainly contribute to and benefit from shutdowns at the industrial park, as well as others nearby, to the growth path of Koenig & Bauer Coding. And so will our allow for investigations and safety inspections. customers all over the world,“ said Magnus Folcke, CEO of All- “Our hearts go out to the loved ones of those hurt or killed,” Print Holding. says Michael Podd, chief procurement officer of Flint Group’s “This acquisition is of significant importance for our opera- CPS Inks business. tions and substantially add to the range of capabilities that we According to Arno de Groot, vice president procurement can offer our customers,” said Oliver Volland, CEO of Koenig & for Flint Group Packaging, “thousands of factories have already Bauer Coding. been shut down. Government investigations and safety inspec- tions will impact the total chemical industry in China and will Flint Group cutting 81 at Kentucky plant not be limited to the province where the catastrophic accident Flint Group is laying off 81 workers at its plant in Elizabeth- happened.” town, Kentucky, the News-Enterprise reports, citing a letter the company filed with the state. In a March 27 letter to the Kentucky Division of Workforce Development, Melanie Caple, in human resources with Flint Group, said that the layoffs involved 68 production people, nine workers from admin and support and four in manage- ment, the paper reported.
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2019 Publishers Survey Annual survey offer insights into future of industry other papers are much larger than their own, so they will guess somewhere around 10,000. Then when I ask how big their papers are, by Kevin Slimp they will usually come in around 3,000 to [email protected] 5,000. Audience members always seem sur- prised to learn that most of their papers are like most other newspapers in the business. I was excited about the opportunity to speak to the publishers of New York How is the health of your newspaper? recently at the NYPA Spring Convention. Let’s face it, New Yorkers take their newspa- When it comes to guessing the over- pers seriously, and the NYPA convention is all health of most newspapers, audience always special. members usually guess correctly. Almost 45 I spoke on eight topics over two days percent of publishers in the survey respond- while in New York, but it was the second ed their overall health as “Not bad, but not session that drew the biggest crowd. The great.” That was followed by 36 percent who room was packed to hear me speak on the responded the health of their papers was topic, “What’s Really Happening at Newspa- “Relatively healthy.” pers Today.” Only 10 percent oºf newspaper publishers Fortunately, I was a week into crunching indicated their papers are in “Poor health,” numbers from my 2019 survey of U.S. news- while less than one percent checked “Near paper publishers. I quizzed the audience death.” before sharing the results of the survey Compared to one year ago, 52 percent of to see how they thought other publishers publishers indicate their papers are “About would respond to the survey’s 35 questions. the same” health. 23 percent of papers seem On some, they were close. On others, they to be in better shape than a year earlier, were audibly surprised. while 25 percent indicated they are in worse We began conducting this annual survey shape. in 2014, while I was directing the Newspaper When compared to three years ago, the Most newspapers print 5,000-6,000 copies. Institute at The University of Tennessee. numbers aren’t quite as rosy. “Better than In each year since, we’ve had between 400 three years ago” was selected by 24 percent about their long-term futures, but most think and 700 publishers participate. That’s easily of respondents. “About the same” was the an- they will be around for a long time to come enough to indicate results representative of swer for 25 percent, and 49 percent indicated (12 years or longer) in printed form, though the industry. they are in worse shape than three years ago. publishers aren’t as confi dent as they were While with the New York group, I took in previous years. some time to look at the differences between Where is the money coming from? What surprised attendees the most in daily and non-daily papers. We examined New York? From their responses to the the numbers of locally-owned newspapers to Most folks in the New York audience survey results, I’d guess they were surprised those owned by large groups. We even com- guessed correctly to the question, “What is that their newspapers were so similar to pared newspapers in New York state to papers the primary revenue source of you main other papers around the U.S. in other geographical areas of the country. publication?” They were, however, surprised Like in most geographical areas, the In coming columns, I’ll share some of the by the low number of papers than answered large majority of New York papers are most interesting details from these compari- something besides “Print Advertising.” locally-owned. New York has its share of sons. In this column, I will share some gen- A full 95 percent of respondents an- big metro papers, but most newspapers are eral results of the completed questionnaires. swered “Print Advertising” when asked weekly/community publications. They’re what was their primary revenue source. not making the profi ts they were 30 years Where are the participants located? Another three percent indicated “Print ago, but they are healthy and expect to con- Subscriptions,” while 3 percent answered tinue in business for a long time to come. No surprise here. Most respondents either “Digital Advertising” (1.6 percent) or When I began to call my session to an came from the Southeast, Midwest and “Digital Subscriptions” (.3 percent). end, one of the audience members asked if I Northeast geographical areas of the U.S. It It seems that digital is a long way from could share a little more information. I was makes sense, since these are the areas with “the goose that laid the golden egg.” While surprised when other audience members the most newspapers. These were followed many survey participants indicated they see indicated they’d like to learn more. by the Southwest, West Coast, and Pacifi c some benefi ts from their digital presence, I continued to share some of what I’d Northwest. many are hard-pressed to fi nd any fi nancial learn visiting thousands of newspapers over I always get a chuckle out of this ques- benefi ts. the years and answering questions, while tion. There will always be a few publishers others shared their thoughts. from Texas who select “other,” and insist What’s the bottom line? The truth is that I like just about every Texas is its own geographical region. place I visit, and my few days in New York Well, I’m still crunching numbers but left me once again with the realization that How many copies are printed? it’s safe to say this year’s survey looks a lot our industry is in good shape. With spring like the surveys from 2014-2018. There are convention season behind me, I suppose This one always seems to stump the fewer newspapers without a digital pres- I’ll have to visit a few papers to keep my audience. Most folks usually seem to think ence. Newspapers aren’t quite as optimistic adrenaline fl owing.
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Graham buys Alabama papers Midway Como Monitor, Messenger sold Patrick Graham has bought three Alabama papers from the Two neighborhood newspapers in the Twin Cities have sold. Walls family and Southern Newspapers of Houston, Texas, The Calvin deRuyter and Tim Nelson of deRuyter-Nelson Pub- Sand Mountain Reporter reported. lications have sold the Midway Como Monitor and the Long- Papers included in the purchase are The Sand Mountain Re- fellow Nokomis Messenger to Minneapolis resident Tesha M. porter in Albertville, The Jackson County Sentinel in Scottsboro Christensen, the Monitor reported. and The Times-Journal in Fort Payne. Christensen has been writing for the papers for the better Southern still owns 12 newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma. part of a decade. Graham also owns The Walton Tribune, in Monroe, Georgia, The ownership change was set to happen May 1. and The Covington News, in Covington, Georgia. “We want to be reader-centric and make our content — “Community newspapers have been able to stay relevant in both ads and articles — engaging and applicable,” Christensen the lives of readers by providing information about the commu- told the Monitor. “ Print is evolving, and we’re looking ahead in nity that readers can’t get anywhere else,” Graham said. innovative and creative ways. More people are reading than ever before in the history of humankind, and we want to ensure that Paxton Media buys Indiana daily local residents are reading their community newspaper because it is ‘News for You.’” The Rochester Sentinel (Indiana) has been purchased by Paxton Media Group from owner and Publisher Sarah O. Wilson, ac- cording to John Thomas Cribb of merger and acquisitions firm Magic Valley Publishing buys Tennessee papers Cribb, Greene & Cope, who represented the Wilson family in Magic Valley Publishing has bought the Tennessee papers that the sale. The sale was effective May 1. A price was not disclosed. were owned by American Hometown Publishing, the Leader Wilson and her husband, Sentinel Editor W.S. Wilson, came to (Covington, Tennessee) reports. the Sentinel in 1982. Neither will remain with the company. Magic Valley Publishing publications include the paid Sarah Wilson's father, the late Jack K. Overmyer, began subscription newspapers The Leader in Covington, the Chester working at The Sentinel while in high school, bought the paper County Independent in Henderson, Collierville Herald, Wayne in 1976 and passed ownership to her upon his death in 2010. County News in Waynesboro, the Camden Chronicle, Carroll Paxton Media is a family-owned company headquartered in County News-Leader in Huntingdon, Buffalo River Review in Paducah, Kentucky. It publishes daily and weekly newspapers in Linden, News-Democrat in Waverly, Lake County Banner in Tip- more than 50 communities in the Midwest and South. tonville and Crockett County Times in Alamo. Magic Valley also owns the free publications The Shopper News based in Jackson, San Diego Community Newspaper Group the Shopper's Guide in Waverly and Family Classifieds based in Camden. buys five publications San Diego Community Newspaper Group has bought five of San Western Communications selling papers Diego Community News Network’s six publications, sdnews. Western Communications is selling its newspapers, The Union com reported. Democrat (Sonora, California) reports. The company, based in The group bought San Diego Uptown News, San Diego Bend, Oregon, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. Downtown News, Mission Times Courier, and La Mesa Courier. Western Communications also owns the Del Norte Trip- The group owns the La Jolla Village News, Peninsula Beacon, licate (Crescent City, California), the Bend Bulletin, Redmond and Beach & Bay Press newspapers. Spokesman, Baker City Herald, The Observer and the Curry Mission Valley News was part of the buy, but it will cease Coastal Pilot (all in Oregon). publishing, sdnews.com said. San Diego Community News Net- The headquarters facility in Bend is for sale, along with all work kept Gay San Diego. property Western Communications owns, The Union Democrat “It’s a rewarding industry,” said Julie Main, owner and pub- reported. lisher of San Diego Community Newspaper Group. “One of the Merger and acquisition firm Dirks, Van Essen, Murray and more rewarding things about the community newspaper indus- April has been brought on to market the facilities. try is everyone has a story to tell. It’s very gratifying to peel back The Chandler family, which owns Western Communica- the layers and find these treasures (stories) and share it with our tions, wants to keep The Bend Bulletin and weekly The Red- readers,” Main said. mond Spokesman, and are looking for investors, John Costa, president of Western Communications, said, the Union Demo- crat reported. Western Communications sold The Union Democrat’s for-
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mer printing plant in March for around $1 million. nications has evolved its business strategy with the purchase of Since the January bankruptcy filing, the company has laid cable, telco, broadband companies starting in 1968, according off 33 people and cut the work week for 13 more, the paper said. to a press release. In February 2018, Schurz Communications announced that it had acquired leading compliant hybrid cloud provider Online Tech. An additional investment in the cloud Mullen buys 3 South Dakota weeklies, shopper infrastructure assets of Neverfail was announced in December The Mobridge Tribune, Potter County News in Gettysburg, the 2018 and highlighted the company’s interest in expanding On- West River Eagle in Eagle Butte and Monday Reminder shopper line Tech’s presence on a global scale, according to the release. have been sold to independent publisher J. Louis Mullen of Buf- Privately held Schurz announced in January its intention to falo, Wyoming. Mullen bought the newspapers from long-time sell its publishing division to GateHouse Media. GateHouse Me- owners Larry and Roberta Atkinson of Mobridge. dia is expected to assume ownership during the first quarter of The sale was effective March 29. The transaction also in- 20 regional papers and several special publications in Indiana, cluded the group’s web printing operation, Tribune Quick Print, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Dakota. and the advertising specialty sales operation, which are based in Mobridge. Julie Bergman of Grimes, McGovern & Associates Nashes acquire Creswell Chronicle represented the sellers. Husband and wife Noel Nash and Denise Nash have bought the “We wish Louis well in his new role as caretakers of our Creswell Chronicle, an Oregon weekly, from Scott and Jeanne communities’ newspapers. As we have seen what his family has Olson. done over the years with the newspapers they publish, we feel The Olsons published the Chronicle for seven years. confident our community newspapers are in good hands,” Larry Along with the paper, the company publishes a number of Atkinson said. bi-annual lifestyle magazines known as Emerald Valley Maga- Mullen owns seven other community weekly newspapers in zines as well as thecreswellchronicle.com. various locales. New publisher Noel Nash has a newspaper background in Florida, Alabama, Nevada, Utah and Texas and also served as Anchorage Daily News buying three weeklies vice president, Stats & Information Group, during a stint with The Anchorage Daily News is buying three weekly newspapers ESPN. in Alaska, the paper reported. The Daily News is purchasing the Arctic Sounder, The Bris- Advance Publications buying Turnitin tol Bay Times/Dutch Harbor Fisherman and the Homer Tribune Conde Nast owner Advance Publications is buying Turnitin, from Alaska Media. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. a provider of education tech for academic integrity and writ- In 2017, the Binkley Company purchased the Daily News ing solutions, from an investment entity affiliated with Insight after the company filed for bankruptcy protection under then- Venture Partners, GIC and their co-investors, according to a owner Alice Rogoff. Married couple Jason Evans and Kiana Turnitin news release. Peacock owned Alaska Media. Through machine learning, computer vision, and advanced “Our family is thrilled to add the Arctic Sounder, the Bristol artificial intelligence, Turnitin’s products check for plagiarism BayTimes/Dutch Harbor Fisherman and the Homer Tribune to in writing and code assignments, provide real-time feedback the ADN’s lineup of publications,” ADN President and CEO Ryan for students, and automate grading for teachers across multiple Binkley said in a statement. disciplines. Evans and Hugh Short, chairman and CEO of Anchorage- Turnitin’s products are used by over 34 million students in based Pt Capital, were partners in the purchase of the Daily over 15,000 K-12 and higher education institutions in 153 coun- News, and will stay on the company’s board, Binkley said. tries, the company says. “We admire Chris Caren and his team, and Turnitin’s out- Schurz subsidiary acquires Burlington Telecom standing track record of enhancing integrity in written work Schurz Communications subsidiary Champlain Broadband has at schools, universities, and publishers worldwide through closed a transaction to acquire Burlington Telecom in Vermont, cutting-edge technology,” said Steve Newhouse, co-president of Schurz announced. Advance. Burlington Telecom has been a municipally owned and The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this operated advanced fiber optic network serving the city of year. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but The Wall Burlington, Vermont, since 2003. The company will continue to Street Journal reported that Advance agreed to buy the com- be managed locally in Burlington and operate under the name pany for nearly $1.75 billion, citing people with access to the Burlington Telecom. information. With roots in publishing and broadcasting, Schurz Commu-
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2019 METRO PRODUCTION CONFERENCE May 30~June 2 • Saddlebrook Conference Center, Wesley Chapel, FL
51s� Annual
MPC Conference Soft Agenda – Subject to Change
Thursday, May 30th 8:00 a.m. Vendor Display Area Ready for Setting Up 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Conference Registration 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Business Continuity Meeting (Disaster Preparedness) 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception - full meal Friday, May 31st 7:00 a.m. Vendor Displays Open 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration 7:00 a.m. Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. General Session 5:05 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Beer on the Vendors 6:30 p.m. Gala Reception - full meal & entertainment Saturday, June 1st 8:00 a.m. Vendor Displays Open 7:00 a.m. Breakfast User Meetings 12:30-1:30 p.m. Vendor Display Open/Lunch User Group Meetings Sunday, June 2nd 8:30 a.m. Vendor Sponsored Golf Outing – 9:00 a.m. Shotgun start
The Business Continuity Meeting will be holding their 16th Annual Summit Thursday May 30, 2019. This focuses on disaster and emergency production preparedness in the event of any type of natural disasters. All are invited! The 51st Metro Production Conference will have its official kickoff with a welcome reception Thursday evening May 30th beginning at 6:30. It will be a full meal. Friday is a full day of meetings followed by the gala reception in the evening, another full meal and entertainment. Saturday will be various user group and round table meetings with the conference adjourning that afternoon.
Visit our website www.metroproduction.org for information and registration.
Your Metro Production Conference Board Jason Birket, Nick Vangelos, Ray Walsh, Jeff Lansing, Alvin Nesmith, David Stenstrom and Ken Coates
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SERVICE
LINE DESCRIPTION BRAND NAME / MODEL SERIAL NO. DATE COMMENTS COUNTER STACKERS 1 Stacker QUIPP 351 #9 1680-0 10/6/1998
FORKLIFTS / MAINT. LIFT 1 Fork Lift (Electric) #3 HYSTER C114V01644F 3/31/86 Battery Chargers / Fork Lifts
1 PF1 Industrial Batt. Charger S18-600B3 PF-1023V22816 (On Pallet) 480VAC / 6A 2 Power Volt 18E200T JH35 11354475 480VAC / 36Volt 3 IBC Flex200 BA2519F 10G6429M 480VAC / 15A
4 Mac Phazer Batt. Charger 18MP975T 5013300 480VAC / 10A
Clamp Lifts/ Warehouse
1 Mitsubishi #7 2FBC30 A2BC320137 12-31-97
Battery Chargers / Clamp Lifts
1 KW Battery Company (5) 18-1200F3B-22 K8570 480VAC/18A 2 Gould GFC18-1200T1 381CS08088 (On Pallet) 480VAC/15.5A 3 Hobart #(7) 865C3-18 388CS06351 480VAC/10.5A
PALLET JACKS
1 Jack (Electric) - 11 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-27646 10/6/06 2 Jack (Electric) - 12 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-27648 10/6/06 3 Jack (Electric) - 54 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31554 12/19/07 4 Jack (Electric) - 58 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31558 12/19/07 5 Jack (Electric) - 60 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31560 12/19/07 6 Jack (Electric) Linde / EGU20-02 7101190430 7 Manual Jack
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8 Manual Jack 9 Manual Jack 10 Manual Jack 11 Manual Jack 12 Manual Jack 13 Manual Jack
PALLET JACK CHARGERS 1 MAC Quantum 2200 01158240 12/31/84 480VAC / 24Volt 2 Gould GERR6-450-S1 E340508 12/31/84 480VAC / 4A 3 Patroit MAC PAC 1240 06119885 2006 120VAC 4 Patroit MAC PAC 1240 06119886 2006 120VAC 5 Patroit MAC PAC 1240 07301357 12/19/07 120VAC
LABELING EQUIPMENT 1 AccraPly Model 5203HS 2008 2 Image Printer Model 2000 2008
HOPPER LOADERS 1 Hopper Loaders GMA/AF 200 96.0200.22 #2 1996
SKID LEVELERS 1 Skid Leveler-17 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-02 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 2 Skid Leveler-7 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-06 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 3 Skid Leveler-9 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-08 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 4 Skid Leveler-10 M2425S67FG42E41M01 102210 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 5 Skid Leveler-13 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-02 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 6 Skid Leveler-18 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-04 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 7 Skid Leveler-20 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-06 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 8 Skid Leveler - 16 Parts only
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TABLE JOGGERS 1 Joggers SYNTRON / 2 Joggers SYNTRON / 3 Joggers SYNTRON / 4 Joggers SYNTRON / 5 Joggers SYNTRON / 6 Joggers SYNTRON / 7 Joggers SYNTRON / 8 Joggers SYNTRON / 9 Joggers SYNTRON / 10 Joggers SYNTRON /
FERAG CASSETTES Ferag 98 each
PRINT SHOP EQUIP 1 Offset Press, 2 color Multilith / 1862 2 Offset Press, 1 color Multilith / 1250 3 Offset Press, 2 color Multilith / 1250 4 Comb binding machine (manual) ibico AG HB24 5 Comb binding machine (electric) ibico AG EP21
KODAK NELA-CREO 1 Plate Loader 02953-01 & 02940-01 Two each 2 Plate Loader Cassettes Four each
NELA 1 Bender VCP-7411-02 BG707210 2 Bender VCP-7411-01 BG707205 3 Conveyors Various
GLUNZ & JENSEN 1 Pre-Bake Oven CPO 85 Three each
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2 Plate Processor Quartziii 85 Three each
AIR COMPRESSOR 1 1,000 cfm compressor Quincy QSI-1000
AIR DRYER 1 Air Dryer Quincy QFD 1650 2 Air Dryer Quincy QFD 1650 3 Air Dryer Quincy QPNC-500
PKG MAINT SHOP 1 Parts Washer BAC DM-32 2 15-1/2" drill press Craftsman (On a stand) 3 Hydraulic Press Dayton (3Z915) 4 Drill press Craftsman (Table mounted)
PRESS STITCHER 1 Inline stitcher Motterstitch Stitcher Model 103 KBA specific
SPARE MOTORS 3 HP, 3,400 RPM, 40 VDC motor, Type Dynamatic Adjusto Speed, Model Delivery bed motor for Harris 1 GSA MO-200076-0903 1.5 HP, 220/440 VAC, motor Frame Reuland, Model 8422-BX2754 Reel rotation motors 2 AEL-147 1.5 HP, 220/440 VAC, motor Frame Reuland, Model 8422-BX2755 Reel rotation motors 3 AEL-148 5 HP, 230/460 Vac, 1750 RPM, Frame Baldor Super E, Model VEM 3665T New in box 4 184 TC 5 HP, 230/460 Vac, 1750 RPM, Frame Baldor Super E, Model VEM 3665T Used 5 184 TC Gast Regenerative Blower, Model 1 HP, Used 6 R4310a-2; SPC 4265 75 HP, 230/460 VAC, 1770 RPM, Frame Baldor Type 4272M, # M2551T New 7 365T
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NetworkAIR FM Series Model M40M-EKA-ESU, 40 kw, dual cooling unit 1 APC CRAC1
24 head, double drop, upgraded software for double drop; new S/N: 96.2000.6, 5/17/96 1 GMA / SLS 2000 spare computer; with Qunicy vacuum pump
Waste conveyor w/ diverter and dual compactors; includes power Karl Schmidt Conveyor and control panel; secton 1 = 61' 5-5/8", Section 2 = 58' 4-1/8", Section 3 = 169' 6-3/16", Section 4 = 85' 1"
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