July 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 7 | Rs 40 Surveywww.rindsurvey.com / www.pressinstitute.in RINDA Journal of the Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development

AIMING FOR BEST QUALITY SERIOUS BUSINESS Quality checks at the central control console of the Rotoman HiPrint, printing signatures of the fashion magazine Marie Claire (see page 44 for more details.) • An open, integration-ready • At KBA, consolidation, realignment concept continue apace • Banking on waterless offset • Output quality depends on printing raw materials • A partnership to reduce cost, • Audience engagement is the future save time • ‘I always defended my ethics, • Stable, reliable printing after my standards’ retrofit • Circulation figure is the reliable • Making short-runs more profitable barometer FROM THE EDITOR Flexible, customised solutions finding favour

What do news publishing houses look for in companies that offer equipment and services, in a world where the emphasis is always on a top-drawer performance that will get the customer hooked? Let’s look at some of the stories in this issue to get a definitive feel. The Al Nisr Publishing management in Dubai, for example, found the open, integration-ready concept and dependable technology as the main motivating factors for working with Ferag. High net output, dependability, ease of operation, low noise and flexible layout made the replacement concept a real winner, all good reasons for prompting the Main-Post Media Group in Germany to change suppliers in the area of mailroom technology. When Volksfreund-Druckerei Nikolaus Koch in Trier, Germany, decided in favour of the KBA Cortina, the top management hoped the new technology (waterless offset printing) would open up new business lines and that besides printing the daily newspaper, the investment would offer the possibility of printing additional own products, as well as external orders in various formats and substrates. While expanding significantly its service and product range, the focus was also on providing outstanding print quality, environmental friendliness, high format and substrate flexibility, minimal waste and extremely fast job change. When France’s largest daily newspaper Ouest-France with a circulation of 800000 copies and 50 editions invested in a flexibly automatable Commander CL 4/1 from Koenig & Bauer, the result of intensive evaluation and project work, it was the machine’s modular design which supported flexible extensions and expansions, as well as the ability to adapt to the level of automation needed to meet changing market demands that the company found ideal. For WoodWing and 1io, now partners, the objectives in product development are the same – a focus on powerful, easy-to-use, scalable yet affordable solutions for specific publishing, and marketing communications challenges. Many such solutions, as in this case, are complementary, enabling users to gain from greater efficiency in local and customised projects, freeing up budgets for other initiatives. manroland web systems has developed integrated solutions for retrofits on old printing presses. The objective: to reduce press downtimes and associated costs while boosting performance, keeping automation up-to-date and having fewer production standstills. In Baden-Baden, Germany, Badisches Tagblatt is investing a huge sum to set up its own printing plant with the sophisticated Commander CT web press from KBA. What swayed the decision in favour of this machine? The company carefully examined all the technical options available in the market. The overall focus was on future-orientated production requirements in newspaper printing. In the KBA Commander CT, the management saw a compact press with a high degree of automation, popular in the market, which they were convinced would take them forward in terms of efficiency and flexibility. Automatic plate changes, cutting-edge technology that reduces the number of personnel needed and cuts waste, and outstanding print quality won the day for KBA. The reasons were pretty similar for Moderna, a Belgian print shop that has opted for the Rotoman DirectDrive heatset commercial press. It was to flexibly respond to the growing trend of smaller runs, to decommission two older and less efficient presses, and to ensure short changeover times and minimal waste. The fundamental investment criteria were based on trends that leaned more towards smaller runs, especially for special interest and business magazines that are produced with samples and supplements. Sashi Nair [email protected]

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An open, integration-ready concept 4

Banking on waterless offset printing 8

Ouest-France switches to tailor-made 4/1 press line 12

A partnership to reduce cost, save time 16 C o n t e s Stable, reliable printing after retrofit 19

Making short-runs more profitable 20

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Badisches Tagblatt orders Commander CT 22

At KBA, consolidation, realignment continue 24

Output quality depends on raw materials 26

Audience engagement is the future 28

Circulation figure is the reliable barometer 30

‘I always defended my ethics, my standards’ 34

Well, this is... Breaking News 36

Industry Updates 38

General News 47

Calendar 51

Cover page photo: dicandesign/ Kenny Rong (manroland)

July 2013 RIND Survey 3 An open, integration- ready concept

In the desert landscape of Dubai, Al Nisr Publishing has commissioned one of the most modern printing centres. In the mailroom, MultiSertDrum and PolyStream technology take centre stage. Dependable engineering plus an open concept are the key reasons for the collaboration with Ferag

n the Dubai Investment Park production centre, Al Nisr Publishing LLC is pointing the way to state-of-the-art newspaper production. Ferag's postpress processing technology Iwith its configuration is impressive: 45000-generation MultiSertDrum technology and six PolyStream packaging lines deliver the capacity for more than 60000 individual foil- wrapped packs per hour, with content that can reach up to two kilograms weight and 35 mm thickness. Photos: Ferag AG Photos: Ferag

At Al Nisr Publishing, two 45000-generation MSD inserting lines and six PolyStream packaging lines deliver capacity for more than 60000 individual foil-wrapped packages per hour.

On the two MSD-M series inserting drums, it is possible to add up to five preprints and inserts to the main jacket and bring the maximum finished product pagination to 300 broadsheets. On the six PolyStream lines, further supplements are added to the newspapers inline before they are packaged all at a constant production speed in excess of 60000 copies an hour. FlyStream technology is used for the gathering process, with a total of eight hopper stations for each PolyStream line. In addition to six JetFeeder hoppers, two Highclass feeders are hooked up to the gathering line. In split mode, these secure the infeed of print products up

4 RIND Survey July 2013 With a mixed confi guration of one DiscPool battery and one MultiDisc winding station per line, when it comes to material logistics the customer achieves a high degree of fl exibility. Performance differences between the printing machine and the inserting process are subject to dynamic compensation through the MultiDisc short-term buffer. For long- term intermediate storage of the MultiDisc units, the fl ow of material is supported by automatic storage comprising 610 spaces. At Al Nisr Publishing, the management team points to the open, integration-ready concept and The options have already been taken up, and the system has been upgraded dependable technology as central reasons for working by a StreamStitch stitching component and an SNT-50 trimming drum. with Ferag. The options for extending the installation have already been taken up, and the system has been to 15mm thick to the gathering system. During the upgraded by a StreamStich stitching component gathering process, Integrated Repair Control makes and an SNT-50 trimming drum. The expansion of for almost zero-error quality. capacity with added-value functions from Ferag was

MultiDisc technology creates the interface between conducted with an eye on its further utilisation for the printing machine and the inserting process. third party jobs. <

2x1 press confi gurati on most popular

WAN-IFRA’s recently published South Asian Newspaper Directory 2013-2015 reveals interesti ng trends in newspaper producti on in India. One fact is that the 2x1 press confi gurati on is most preferred among South Asian publishers. Though predominantly 4-high printi ng towers are used, the Y unit press confi gurati on is sti ll commonly used. The directory published by WAN-IFRA South Asia is a 5QWVJ#UKCP0GYURCRGT&KTGEVQT[ compilati on of key management personnel, and publicati on  and producti on infrastructure, including pre-press, press and post-press, employed in newspapers across the South Asian region. More than 125 newspaper publishers across the region – comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Afghanistan – are profi led. There is a secti on on suppliers to the newspaper industry which makes the directory a good cross-reference publicati on. K. Balaji, chairman of the WAN-IFRA South Asia Committ ee and director of Kasturi & Sons, publishers of The Hindu says, “This directory is an important compilati on for anyone who

Photo: WAN-IFRA Photo: wishes to understand the profi les of the main news publishers YYYYCPKHTCQTIUQWVJCUKC and suppliers in the South Asian Region.” A limited number of The cover page of the directory. printed copies of the directory are available on a fi rst come fi rst served basis. The e-version of the directory is available for

free at www.wan-ifra.org/southasiandirectory. <

6 RIND Survey July 2013 Banking on waterless offset printing At the beginning of June Volksfreund-Druckerei Nikolaus Koch in Trier, Germany, ordered a KBA Cortina equipped for printing high-quality newspapers and semi-commercial print work. The high-tech waterless offset press from Koenig & Bauer will strengthen the production of the publishing house’s own titles and significantly expand its product range

he decision in favour of the KBA Cortina puts Trierischer Volksfreund technologically and economically in a pole position,” says Saarbrücker Zeitungsgruppe CEO “TJoachim Meinhold, who aims to take the subsidiary into a new era from spring 2014. “We view this investment at our Trier plant as a clear signal to the region and recognise the outstanding work our staff have done there.” Named after its founder Nikolas Koch, the company which has existed for over 135 years today belongs to the Saarbrucker Zeitung media group. Photo: KBA

The 32pp Cortina will go live at Trierischer Volksfreund in spring 2014, replacing a competitor’s press.

“The printed Volksfreund newspaper, with its indispensable wealth of regional and local information and advertising, is our core product and this will not change in the future. It

8 RIND Survey July 2013 should continue to offer our readers orientation and in waterless offset on the Cortina, simply needs an the chance to form their own opinions. In addition to IR/hot-air drying aid and not a high energy heatset strengthening the standing of our printed products dryer. Water-based coating can be printed on both with outstanding quality and creative ad forms, we sides of the web in varying widths and products can also aim to push forward with our digital activities be fi nished immediately. The combination of using and attract new target groups to our newspaper coated and non-coated webs is also possible as well brand. This investment in a new web press ensures as the use of normal and improved newsprint. that we can retain our Trier plant and therefore The customised superstructure will have two secure long-term places of work for our production automatic double turner bars, a folder superstructure staff,” explains Thomas Marx, managing director of with three formers and a skip slitter for a wide Trierischer Volksfreund media house. range of products. Additional features allow printed Marx believes the new technology will open up products to be glued, stitched or perforated. Other new business lines: “Besides printing our daily capabilities support the production of ad specials, newspaper, in the future this investment will offer such as four-page centre spreads or half covers. us the possibility to print additional own products, The Cortina will be controlled from an ErgoTronic as well as external orders, in various formats and console incorporating KBA PressNet production substrates in Trier. Our service and product range scheduling and press presetting system with KBA for the printing industry will signifi cantly expand EasyStart for automatic press start-up and EasyClean- thanks to this new press. The KBA Cortina with up for automatic run-down. In addition, the press its outstanding print quality and environmental will feature KBA-MaintainSoft maintenance software. friendliness, high format and substrate fl exibility, Automatic colour and cut-off register controls, minimal waste and extremely fast job change CleanTronic cylinder washing systems and further

is ideally equipped to meet these production features ensure a high printing and folding quality requirements. The two integrated coaters contribute with minimal waste. < to this by coating both sides of the web for high- quality brochures, fl yers, supplements and special products.” The double-width KBA Cortina will be engineered Free prisoners, with a 510mm (20.1in) cut-off, a maximum web WAN-IFRA tells China width of 1400mm (55.1in), an output of 85000 copies per hour and the ability to produce up to The World Associati on of Newspapers and 32 broadsheet and 64 tabloid pages in full colours. News Publishers has called on China to free all Along with two Pastomat reelstands with Patras imprisoned journalists and put an end to its A automatic reel handling and a stripping station, att acks on freedom of expression. “WAN-IFRA the press also features two compact four-high reiterates its call for the release of 2007 Golden towers, a KF 5 folder and two coaters. Since it Pen of Freedom laureate Shi Tao, and all other will be confi gured as a fl oor-mounted press with journalists imprisoned or held without charge keyless inking units it minimises the number of in connecti on to their work,” the Board of WAN- operators needed. Automatic and infi nitely variable IFRA said in a resoluti on issued during its meeti ng web width adjustment, e.g. when using full-width at the 65th World Newspaper Congress and 20th webs between 1200 and 1400mm (47.2-55.1in), and World Editors Forum. The resoluti on called on automatic plate changing with KBA PlateTronic the Chinese authoriti es to recognise that a free ensure fast job changes. Pagination changes can press helps promote a more prosperous, equitable be initiated automatically from the console cutting and just society. The resoluti on also called on the makeready times when production entails frequent government to cease its pursuit and harassment of copy thickness changes. ‘neti zens’ and bloggers who are increasingly targets

The two coaters for inline fi nishing of short- to of repression, and to welcome a more open and medium-size print runs will be integrated above parti cipatory informati on age. < both printing towers. This option is only possible

10 RIND Survey July 2013 Ouest-France switches to tailor-made 4/1 press The Ouest-France media group based in Rennes, France, invested in a flexibly automatable Commander CL 4/1 from Koenig & Bauer. Opting for the new web press line from the Würzburg-based global market leader in newspaper presses will not only modernise the market leader’s printing centre located at the company’s headquarters but at the same time increase its four-colour capability, efficiency and profitability

he tailor-made 4/1 configuration is the result of intensive evaluation and project work, which was developed in close co-operation between KBA experts and a professional Tteam from Ouest-France. Out of the eight Commander CL presses with a total of 242 printing units which have been sold so far, the press ordered recently is the first compact tower press with H-type units configured for four plates across the cylinder and one around. It is planned to go live in Rennes in autumn 2014. Photos: KBA

The KBA Commander CL in 4/1 configuration for Ouest-France in Rennes. France’s largest daily newspaper Ouest-France was founded on 4 August 1944 by Paul Hutin- Desgrées and today it has a daily circulation of approx. 800000 copies and 50 editions. Based in Rennes, the media enterprise focuses on the regions Brittany, Pays de Loire and Lower Normandy. All shares in Ouest-France have been owned by Association loi 1901, a non-profit organisation, since 1990 to safeguard corporate independence. SIPA, a civil law company, represents the association which is unique to the newspaper industry. The SIPA - Ouest-France group has a total circulation of about 1 million copies, including all regional dailies. Furthermore, the media house’s division, Publihebdos, publishes 76 weeklies with a circulation of 490000 copies mainly in western and northern France as well as in the Paris area. Along with its core business in print media which also encompasses magazines and books, the prominent media company is also active in advertising, marketing, consulting and radio. The group is also innovative in the multimedia sector with online news, subscriptions as

12 RIND Survey July 2013 pages, of which a maximum of 80 in four-colour. The 350 x 500mm format (13.8 x 19.7in) press comprises fi ve four-high towers for 4/4 printing, a 1/1 printing unit, a KF 5 jaw folder with a ribbon stitcher and six Pastomat reelstands. Automated pagination change, automatic RollerTronic roller locks, ink feed and ink unit washing systems, automatic colour and cut-off register controls, and semi-automatic plate changing systems cut makeready times, waste and operation and maintenance efforts considerably. The Commander CL 4/1 is controlled by cutting-edge ErgoTronic consoles incorporating the automation modules KBA EasyStart for automatic press start-up KBA Commander CL’s fl exible modular design supports individual options and retrofi ts when production demands change. and EasyClean-up for automatic press run-down. A PRIME interface will allow the integration into the well as portals for cars, property and a job market, existing job scheduling and press preset system. which are very popular. The KBA Commander CL’s consistent modular The Commander CL ordered can print 84000 design supports fl exible extensions and expansions broadsheet newspapers of up to 48 pages per hour as well as adapting the level of automation to meet

(40 of which are in four-colour) in up to three changing market demands. < sections. Tabloid products can encompass up to 96

Publishers launch global forum on copyright

Publishers from around the world met in Bangkok to take steps to establish a new global forum to share experiences and concerns about how content aggregators and search engines impact their businesses. The issue is a contenti ous one, as search engines and aggregators can play both a positi ve and negati ve role for publishers, driving traffi c to news sites but oft en using content with no discussion with publishers whatsoever. Unti l now, engagement with search engines, aggregators and regulators has generally occurred at the nati onal or regional level, as publishers have litt le opportunity to meet with colleagues from afar to discuss the issues on a global scale. “We need to create a global forum for the debate and the discussion,” said Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA. “Organisati ons like Google have huge means to lobby at the worldwide level. Our industry has to come up with strong positi ons, or we will lose,” said Margaret Boribon, secretary general of Belgium’s French language newspaper associati on, which has successfully sued Google for copyright violati ons. “Solidarity at the local level is essenti al, but solidarity at the global level is a goal as well.” “We are facing a fragmented audience,” said Frédéric Filloux, head of Digital for France’s Les Echos. “People are reading our news on a variety of devices and on aggregators as well. We should try to fi nd a way to go where the readers are, and we should go and capture them, as long as a couple of things are respected. We should not give up our business model. We should be able to fi nd a deal with people like Flipboard, with Google Currents, to plug our paywalls into their systems. The second thing is, we need to be careful that our brands are not diluted. And we should not encourage any unbundling of our content.” WAN-IFRA’s IP and Copyright Forum is a new informal initi ati ve

to provide publishers with a global platf orm to learn about and understand similar challenges publishers are facing in diff erent markets around the world. <

14 RIND Survey July 2013 A partnership to reduce cost, save time oodWing Software and 1io will integrate Elvis DAM 4.0 with one2edit 3.8, allowing global brands and their agencies to control quality, reduce costs and shorten cycle Wtimes when creating packaging or print collateral in multiple languages or versions. The integration offers significant ROI for marketing organisations and agencies that execute projects or coordinate product launches across multiple regions or countries One of the challenges of marketing in today’s world is to cover the entire spectrum of channels while keeping budgets on the same level. Lowering production costs and improving time-to-market helps to achieve this; according to 2012 research by the Chief Photo: WoodWing

The integration of one2edit and Elvis DAM will offer real benefits to time-strapped, cost-conscious marketing managers.

Marketing Officer Council, 54 per cent of marketing executives focused on these aspects. However, this requires an orchestrated workflow, intelligent digital asset management and a collaborative, in-context editing approach – especially when multiple languages or market- specific variations are necessary. This is where the integration of Elvis DAM and one2edit will offer real benefits to time-strapped, cost-conscious marketing managers. “WoodWing and 1io have the same objectives in product development – we both focus on powerful, easy-to-use, scalable yet affordable solutions for specific publishing and marketing communications challenges,” says Markus Kuhnert, CEO of 1io. “one2edit and Elvis are complementary solutions that will enable users to tap previously unimagined efficiency in their localisation and customisation projects, freeing up budgets for other marketing channels and initiatives.” one2edit is a Web application that enables marketers, brand managers, creative professionals, translators and agencies to collaborate on Adobe InDesign layouts that must be adapted for multiple markets, languages or cultures without compromising design or print production standards. Managers or subject matter experts can edit, review or approve InDesign layouts using a Web browser without having to install or learn Adobe InDesign itself. Customers such as 3M, Henkel, Loctite, Siemens, DHL and many more rely on one2edit.

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Elvis DAM is WoodWing´s digital asset portals that include powerful DAM capabilities. management software for brands, publishers and “The technology partnership of 1io and WoodWing creative agencies. With a clear focus on ease-of-use, clearly indicates that Elvis DAM is much more than Elvis DAM enables users to quickly retrieve, re-use just a modern and feature-rich DAM product,” says and share their growing collection of media assets. Erik Schut, president of WoodWing Software. “Its With the integration, users of one2edit can easily modern technology and open architecture also make browse, search, retrieve and store media assets in it a perfect add-on to other solutions in the market Elvis DAM, right from within the one2edit standard that require a fl exible DAM component.” application. The solution enables improved 1io was founded in 2003, is based in Kempten, collaboration to deliver branded collateral on time Germany, and operates sales offi ces in the UK and across distributed locations and global markets. USA. The company specialises in the development Brand managers can now, for example, make of enabling technologies for design-conscious country-specifi c images available and grant access marketing organisations and corporate publishers. to those users who employ these assets to create 1io's fl agship product, one2edit enables marketers, localized printed or digital marketing material for creative agencies and service providers to collaborate their region. The result is an effi cient and controlled online through their Web browser when editing, customization process, with output that’s always translating or reviewing Adobe InDesign documents. fully aligned with the corporate design guidelines. one2edit enables the creative team to control brand The integration also works when the editor of compliance and design guidelines via intelligent

one2edit has been integrated in a Web portal, so templates, while enabling editors or translators to companies can create Web-based brand management make changes in context. <

Italy to host World Newspaper Congress 2014

The World Associati on of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has invited the world's press to att end the 66th World Newspaper Congress and 21st World Editors Forum, to be held in Torino, Italy, from 9 to 11 June 2014. The invitati on was issued at the close of this year’s World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, one of the most successful in the history of the events. Torino is a major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, the capital of the Piedmont region and home to Fiat, Lancia, Pininfarina, Alfa Romeo, Lavazza, Marti ni & Rossi, Ferrero and many other internati onal companies. The city, surrounded by the Alps, is known for its museums, churches, palaces, theaters and other cultural off erings. It was the host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The Congress and Forum are supported by La Stampa and by northern Italy’s other two major publishing groups – RCS and Espresso – which together represent 75 per cent of the country’s total paid-for newspaper circulati on, as well as the City of Torino, the Province of Torino, the Piedmont Region, FIAT and major local insti tuti ons, including the European Training Foundati on, University Insti tute of European studies and the University of Torino. Says Torino Mayor Piero Fassino: “Torino could be considered the homeland of Italian journalism, as it is here that King Carlo Alberto introduced press freedom through his Editt o in 1847, and the Statuto Alberti no in 1848. For the fi rst ti me in the Italian territory, freedom of expression in newspapers was offi cially recognised, as well as the right for anybody to publish a newspaper. For these reasons, and for many others, I’m sure that the choice of Torino will guarantee the best outcome for the Congress.

The City of Torino will give all its support for the best organisati on.” <

18 RIND Survey July 2013 Stable, reliable printing after retrofit anroland web systems develops integrated solutions for retrofits on older printing presses to reduce press downtimes and associated costs while boosting mthe performance of the printing system. Retrofits increase a printing system’s availability and keep its automation up-to-date. A retrofit optimises system performance, combined with higher product quality and fewer production standstills. Photo: manroland/ Aller Trykk

Proven control console technology with modern operating comfort: the retrofit at Aller Trykk included an upgrade to the latest server technology from manroland web systems.

As the Omega DC drive system was getting on a bit, it was replaced with the latest Siemens drive technology. The customer benefits from increased support and stability through better diagnostic capabilities and improved synchronous run of the drive system. Web tension issues have become a thing of the past. State-of-the-art server technology from manroland web systems has been used for the control console system. The customer thus obtained the most up-to-date hardware, similar to a new printing press. In addition to the substantial improvement in press availability, the new Pecom functionalities also enhance operating comfort. Kolbjoern J. Vogt, service manager at Aller Trykk in Oslo, explains: “The reason for this investment was to minimise production downtime, to improve the drive system, and to extend the lifespan of our equipment. Thanks to its outstanding project planning and implementation, we only needed minimal production adjustment. Highly qualified technicians from manroland web systems cooperated perfectly with our staff. This provided us with the certainty we needed during the entire conversion process.” Since the retrofit, operation of the printing press has been absolutely stable and reliable. The quantum leap can also be felt when operating the control console. “Training for our staff was very professional and efficient. All documentation was updated and returned

promptly. Once again, we have a Lithoman that will continue to deliver its usual high level of performance and excellent print quality, now and in the future,” Vogt sums up. <

July 2013 RIND Survey 19 Making short-runs more profi table

oderna, the Belgian top-10 printshop, specialises in printing magazines, catalogs, booklets, and advertising brochures. For the production of mostly 16-page Msignatures, often short-runs, Moderna selected the new highly automated Rotoman DirectDrive heatset commercial press with DynaChange imprint functions and numerous autoprint features. The printing system started production in May 2012, and is an important pillar in Moderna's business model, as managing director Eric Bongaerts explains: “With this investment, we want to kill two birds with one stone: on the one hand, to fl exibly respond to the growing trend of smaller runs and, on the other hand, to decommission two older and less effi cient presses.” Photo: manroland systems web

The Rotoman DirectDrive with DynaChange: fl ying changes for effi cient printing.

With short changeover times and minimal waste, target group-specifi c production is expected to become even more effi cient. The fundamental investment criteria, important for the production of short runs of magazines and catalogs, are just as important for the economic success of multi-lingual and regionalised advertising products. Eric Bongaerts says, “The trend has been leaning towards smaller runs for a few years now, especially for special interest and business magazines. That's why we've increasingly focused on these smaller runs that are becoming more and more elaborate with added gimmicks, samples, and

20 RIND Survey July 2013 supplements and have to be produced in ever shorter The DynaChange printing couple is equipped with timeframes.” two motors and can move and adjust the cylinders Today, it is clear that Moderna's plan paid off. to ensure that the web passes through the unused In 2012, the pledged performances in terms of printing couple untouched and without diversions. press speed and waste were reached within a short Moderna and its customers also benefi t from fl ying period of time, as well as the required printing and imprint changes. Individual short runs and part folding quality. Veit Müller, executive sales manager editions, on average 4000 copies but some even at manroland web systems, knew that the die fewer than 2000 copies, can be printed quickly, Rotoman DirectDrive would meet the customer's fl exibly, and cost-effectively. This enables language needs: “Together with Moderna, we checked what and address changes in regional supplements to be fi ts best with their business model. In the process, produced without the need to stop the press. The the imprinting unit with the DynaChange function corresponding plates are exchanged in the fi fth proved to be ideal. Moderna can now offer its printing couple during production. The varied customers fl exible text changes combined with folding equipment with plow folds and a pin folder

effi cient production. In times when print runs are in a 1:3:3 system also allow for even more attractive split, this is becoming increasingly important. And if printed products. < the fi fth printing couple is not used for imprinting, you can use it for special colours or coatings to enhance the product.” The Rotoman DirectDrive operates at 65000 revolutions per hour, with a web width of 965 mm.

July 2013 RIND Survey 21 Badisches Tagblatt orders Commander CT o ensure the future of its newspapers and weeklies, Badisches Tagblatt in Baden- Baden is investing about. €21m ($27m) in a new, own printing plant with cutting-edge Ttechnology. The highly-automated compact Commander CT web press from Koenig & Bauer (KBA) will form the heart of this new printing centre. In summer 2014, the new 48pp press from the Würzburg-based company will go live at the company’s newly-founded subsidiary, Badisches Druckhaus Baden-Baden, located in the Oos-West industrial park. Photo: KBA

Wolfgang Hoffarth, managing director Badisches Tagblatt (l), and Christoph Greiser, managing director, Badisches Druckhaus Baden-Baden (centre), bank on sustainable print. Also pictured at the contract signing for the KBA Commander CT: KBA executive vice-president for web presses Christoph Müller (r) and standing (l-r) KBA sales manager Günter Noll, KBA sales director Alexander Huttenlocher and Ewald Adler, technical director at Badisches Druckhaus Baden-Baden. Wolfgang Hoffarth, managing director of Badisches Tagblatts, says: “We are very successful in the news and advertising sector in our region in southwest Germany. Based on more than 200 years of company history we continually adapt to changes in the market. We are thoroughly convinced that printed regional newspapers with qualitative journalism and an appealing layout have a sound future even in an ever more manifold multimedia world. With this in mind the publishing house’s owners opted to strengthen our core business by broadening our footing with a new own printing plant situated near the publishing company. The KBA Commander CT will allow us to produce our newspapers and weeklies effi ciently, economically, independently and in a higher quality.” The KBA Commander CT will predominantly print the Badisches Tagblatt and its four local editions for Baden-Baden, Rastatt, Murgtal and Bühl. The Badisches Tagblatt has a daily circulation of about 34000 newspapers from Monday to Saturday and has over 85000 readers. The Commander CT will also produce the publishing house’s two freesheets and further periodicals. The Wochenjournal WO which is published every Wednesday has a circulation of approx. 164000 copies and the Sunday freesheet WO has a circulation of 129000 copies.

22 RIND Survey July 2013 The publishing house also has an extensive online printing towers and a KF 5 folder, and can print regional news website offering a range of services. up to 90000 newspapers per hour. Three Pastomat Christoph Greiser, managing director of the newly- reelstands are embedded in an automatic reel- founded Badisches Druckhaus Baden-Baden says: handling system. The only 4.5m-high printing “After carefully examining all the technical options towers feature automatic roller locks and can be currently on the market, we decided on future- accessed conveniently on both sides via lifts. They orientated production requirements in newspaper can also be split down the middle allowing for printing with the KBA Commander CT. This maximum access during maintenance tasks. The compact press with its high degree of automation, press is controlled by KBA ErgoTronic consoles which has proven very popular in the market, will with the EasyStart and EasyClean-up modules for bring us forward in terms of effi ciency and fl exibility. automatic press start-up and run-down as well as This is in particular due to automatic plate changes job preparation, presetting and process control. which ensure fast job changes. Amongst other things, Other highly automated features include colour and we can use these time gains to enhance our print cut-off register controls, inking unit and blanket products’ topicality. In addition, the cutting-edge washing systems, and pre-former web guiding technology reduces the number of personnel needed systems. Three turner bars, a folder superstructure and cuts waste. Plus, our advertisers and readers will with two formers, a half-cover guide and a variable appreciate the outstanding print quality delivered by Zip’n’Buy perforation unit all ensure maximum the Commander CT.” production fl exibility. Retrofi ttable options include

The double-width KBA Commander CT a unit enabling super-panorama production, skip engineered for the Berliner format will have three slitter, section and ribbon stitcher. <

FUTURE-PROOF EDITORIAL TECHNOLOGY

There is no nish line in the race in today’s media market. The ever-evolving ecosystem of news and content cannot be embraced by a static system. To meet the challenges in the media market, you need a technology platform for continuous and agile development. And you need a technology and business partner that will develop with you.

NewsGate is that platform and CCI that partner.

www.ccieurope.com/newsgate At KBA, consolidation, realignment continue KBA pays a dividend of 40 cents per share for 2012. Successful trade shows have helped boost sheetfed order intake. While there has been persistent investment reluctance in web presses, the restructuring process is not yet complete. The focus is on further diversification in print-related growth markets

t the 88th annual general meeting of the world’s second-largest press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) at the Vogel Convention Center in Würzburg, KBA Apresident and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann painted a mixed picture of the current situation in the printing press market. Whereas the sheetfed division benefited from numerous orders placed at the well-attended trade shows, China Print in Beijing and Printtek in Istanbul, slow demand for commercial and newspaper web presses is continuing. Along with competition from online media, economic weakness in key sales markets is acting as a brake on investment. Photos: KBA

Attendance was high with an above-average 70 per cent of Koenig & Bauer shareholders visiting the AGM 2013 at the Vogel Convention Center (VCC) in Würzburg, Germany. In his speech to shareholders, KBA CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann (right) reported positive news from the trade shows in China and Turkey. However, in recent weeks newspaper printers from Germany and France have ordered new presses from KBA. Business with special presses for security printing has also returned to normal following an extraordinarily high order volume in 2011. In comparison, other niche markets and our service business have shown positive developments. All in all, group order intake after five months came to €362m, 25 per cent down on last year’s figure which was boosted by the industry’s leading trade show, drupa. At the end of May order backlog of €614.5m was 28 per cent lower than 2012. Large projects postponed by customers and more deliveries in the second half of the year ended in KBA sales of €395.2m behind target after five months. Objectives for 2013 include similar annual sales to 2012 (€1,293.9m) with a different product structure. KBA

24 RIND Survey July 2013 the black operationally and after interest for the fourth year in a row despite considerable restructuring expenses and a substantial value adjustment to fixed assets in our sheetfed division. We know that there is room for improvement and we are pushing forward in many areas to increase profitability”. Along with realigning production capacity and amendments to wage agreements in place since the beginning of the year, the series of measures include cost- saving initiatives in group purchasing, administration and production, as well as a price increase of sheetfed offset presses. Many projects are soon to be finalised for the KBA RotaJET 76 digital press Today, the People’s Republic of China has become the largest single market for KBA sheetfed offset presses. KBA once again concluded many contracts at the China Print trade which was first unveiled at Drupa 2012 show in May 2013 in Beijing. as a prototype. The first KBA RotaJET was sold a few days before the AGM. anticipates a slight decline in the sales volume Along with the initially addressed segments books, for web offset presses and systems for security direct mail and advertising, KBA has unexpectedly printing due to current market developments. In received great interest from newspaper printers the sheetfed segment, the management is pursuing and users from other areas. a less volume-orientated business strategy and an Compared to the previous year, in 2012 KBA additional programme to reduce costs has been in quadrupled its group operating profit, not including place in both divisions for some time. Furthermore, special items. Even after a special depreciation of management sees a need for further consolidation €27.1m in the sheetfed division, operating profit in the web business, which continues to be affected rose to €16m. The parent, Koenig & Bauer, posted by slow market demand below expectations. In retained earnings of €6.6m after reinvesting 50 his speech the CEO pointed out that shareholders per cent of the sum of 2012’s net profit and the should prepare themselves for similar group pre-tax previous year’s profit carried forward. Following earnings to last year instead of the moderate increase last year’s decision not to pay a dividend, the originally planned. management and supervisory boards proposed At the end of May the KBA group payroll came to pay shareholders a dividend of 40 cents per to 6156 or 100 fewer than one year ago. Excluding share taken from the parent’s retained earnings. apprentices, trainees and employees in phased The AGM approved this proposal. The remaining retirement schemes, the group payroll stands at amount of approx. €10,000 will be transferred to nearly 5500. After the loss of 2000 jobs group- other reserves. wide over the past four years, the management considers additional measures as necessary given the Note A disclaimer in the release says: The projections were founded on data available at the time of issue. While disappointing market situation for web presses and management believes them to be accurate, the impact of in some niche markets. external factors beyond its control, such as changes in the In his review of the past year, Bolza-Schünemann economy, exchange rates and the print media industry, may give rise to a different outcome from that projected. KBA

indicated that he was not satisfied with the group therefore accepts no liability for transactions based upon profit of €2.3m with sales of €1.3bn, “When looking these projections. < at the industry situation it must be noted that KBA is the only large press manufacturer to have remained in

July 2013 RIND Survey 25 Output quality depends on raw materials A recently concluded workshop organised by WAN-IFRA in Chennai offered valuable insights on newsprint and news ink properties, which together constitute a major cost element in newspaper production. The workshop saw emphasis being laid on international standards that define the delivery specifications of raw materials. S. Selva Prabu reports

he two day workshop on Newsprint and News ink Properties organised by WAN- IFRA saw 25 technical personnel from nine publishers in India participating. The Tpublishers represented were Business Standard, Dinamalar, Malayala Manorama, Sakal Media Group, The Hindu, Mathrubhumi, Printers Mysore, The Times of India and Ushodaya Enterprises. The group size was just perfect and it set the right tone for the workshop. A visit to The Hindu’s news ink manufacturing plant in Maraimalainagar was arranged to help the participants witness first-hand the manufacturing of inks and the quality control systems followed. Photos: SSP/ WAN-IFRA

Packed with presentations (l-r): H.K Mohanty, Amit Sarkar and P.P. Prakash.

Workshop leader Anand Srinivasan, research engineer, WAN-IFRA, began proceedings with a presentation on why we need standards for newspaper production. Newspapers today compete with other media such as the Internet, the mobile phone and tablets and it is therefore all the more important to retain print readership and advertisers through high quality content and reproduction, said Anand. He expressed concern about the rising demand to cut cost and increase profits and stressed that only an optimised work flow and standardised raw materials would ensure efficient production. This would result in the publisher gaining a competitive advantage. Speaking about raw materials and the manufacturing process of newsprint, H K Mohanty, technical head, Emami Paper Mills, Kolkata, offered insights on the Indian newsprint industry and the challenges associated with the growing demand for newsprint. He focused on the effect different raw materials had on printability and runnability of newsprint. He emphasised the need to adapt modern technologies and to invest more in research to improve process efficiency and to achieve global quality standards.

26 RIND Survey July 2013 for publishers taking an active role in developing vendors by providing constant feedback backed by factual data for developing specifi cations. On Day 2 of the workshop, Srinivasan focused on standardisation of newsprint, news ink and the production process with the help of international standards and laboratory testing. The focus was on three standards – ISO 12647-3 for newspaper production, ISO 2846-2 for news ink and DIN 19306-4 for newsprint. Srinivasan presented several case studies and research data from exercises conducted at the WAN-IFRA Research A viwe of participants engrossed in the workshop. and Material Testing Centre.

Newsprint, which ate up most of the cost in production, must be handled carefully and wastage reduced, said Sekar Subramani, deputy general manager, The Times of India, Chennai. He presented a newsprint waste management case study that was implemented in the Chennai printing plant, and shared both the tangible and intangible benefi ts. By implementing the project, Sekar said TOI could save Rs 2 lakhs a month. Sekar stressed that the initiatives required a strategy driven by the top management whose involvement was essential. A fi rsthand experience at The Hindu ink factory. Amit Sarkar, chief technical manager, Newsink, DIC India, made a presentation on ink rheology. He (The writer is assistant manager, Training Services,

WAN-IFRA South Asia, and is based in Chennai.) began his presentation by mentioning the well-known < ‘pitch drop experiment’, an experiment that traces its beginnings to 1927 and measures the fl ow of a piece of pitch over many years. At room temperature, tar pitch takes several years to form a single drop. The Forbes India edit team eighth drop fell in November 2000 and allowed calculating the viscosity, 73 years after the start; such asked to quit was the complexity of the subject, Sarkar said. He went on to dwell extensively on the implications of Trouble is reportedly brewing in Forbes India, news ink rheology on the production process. four years aft er the business magazine was The Hindu’s news ink manufacturing plant in launched in the country. According to industry Maramalainagar produces heatset as well as coldest sources, earlier this week, the top editorial team inks. The ink factory caters to the needs of all the of Forbes India, including editor Indrajit Gupta, printing centers of The Hindu. The visit helped managing editor Charles Assisi, executi ve editor delegates understand the manufacturing process of Shishir Prasad and director of photography ink in a sequential manner. Dinesh Krishnan, have been asked to quit. “Materials management involves meticulous Currently, Forbes India is functi oning without an planning, organising, monitoring and controlling editor and the editorial team is directly reporti ng supplies and services to the satisfaction of all to R Jagannathan, editor-in-chief of Network18’s customers and stake holders,” said P.P Prakash, senior Web & Publishing Division. Network18 Group

and Forbes Media had forged an alliance in general manager, Materials, Malayala Manorama. < He presented guidelines for vendor rating. He was December 2007 to bring Forbes to India.

July 2013 RIND Survey 27 FOR NEWS MEDIA Audience engagement is the future rint newspaper circulations continued to rise in Asia and decline in mature markets in the West, while digital advances have increased the audience for newspaper content Pas never before, the annual World Press Trends survey of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) showed. But the growth on digital platforms is not being followed by consequent growth in advertising revenues. An analysis of the World Press Trends data shows that news sites enjoy high readership, but the level of reader engagement is low. “The news industry’s future is about how citizens engage and participate in their society,” said Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA, while presenting the annual survey to a gathering of more than 1500 publishers, chief editors and other delegates at the combined World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and World Advertising Forum in Bangkok, Thailand. “Even if paid circulation declines, newspapers reach a vast number of readers – print, online and mobile – and the latest trends show that advertising engagement in print keeps performing well and improves in many countries,” he said, adding, “Newspaper professionals understand, more than ever, the benefits offered by the digital world to improve the quality of their conversation with communities, identify new territories where they can expand their role, help reduce the complexity of the world, and increase the trust of their audience.” Peyrègne addressed the basic challenge to the news business: “The fragmentation of the market is a threat for our business model, but an opportunity to come back to our core mission and values: empowering free citizens, by providing them with the news and information necessary to make informed decisions in society,” he said. “Our role at WAN- IFRA is to facilitate the rethinking process of our value chain. The latest figures from World Press Trends show that the battle is ours to be won.”

The data showed: - More than half the world’s adult population read a daily newspaper: 2.5 billion in print, more than 600 million in digital form. - The newspaper industry generates more than US$ 200 billion of revenue annually. - Both circulation and advertising performance vary widely by region. - Newspaper circulation declined only -0.9 per cent globally in 2012 from a year earlier, as rising circulations in Asia offset circulation losses elsewhere. Circulation declined -2.2 per cent globally between 2008 and 2012, with the steepest declines in Europe. - Circulation declined over one year by -6.6 per cent in North America, -5.3 per cent in western Europe, -8.2 per cent in eastern Europe, and -1.4 per cent in West Asia and North Africa. It increased +1.2 per cent in Asia, +3.5 per cent in Australia and New Zealand, and +0.1 per cent in Latin America. - Circulation declined over five years by -13 per cent in North America, -0.8 per cent in Latin America, -24.8 per cent in western Europe, and -27.4 per cent in eastern Europe. Circulation increased over five years in Asia (+9.8 per cent), the Middle East and North

28 RIND Survey July 2013 Africa (+10.5 per cent) and Australia and New for any access, and 10 per cent use some Zealand (+1.0 per cent). other model. - Newspaper advertising revenues declined -2 - Mobile and tablets are rapidly becoming a percent globally in 2012 from a year earlier, and medium of choice for many news consumers, -22 percent since 2008. The fi ve-year decline accounting for 20 per cent of page views in was driven primarily by newspaper advertising markets where data is available. Research declines in the United States, the world’s largest in the United States, Germany and France advertising market. Print advertising fell -42 suggest that news engagement via tablet, as per cent in the United States over fi ve years, measured by time spent with news content, is accounting for nearly three-quarters of the equal to that of the printed newspaper. global loss in newspaper advertising. - Newspapers are actively developing revenues from non-traditional sources. In the United The survey also found: States, 27 per cent of newspaper company - The biggest challenge for publishers continues revenues now come from non-traditional to be how to increase the engagement of sources: 11 per cent from digital, 8 per audiences on digital platforms. While more than cent from new revenue from other sources half of the digital population visit newspaper (service to clients in addition to advertising), websites, newspapers are a small part of total and 8 per cent from non-publishing revenue internet consumption, representing only 7 per (e-commerce). cent of visits, only 1.3 per cent of time spent, - There is a distinct difference in the and only 0.9 per cent of total pages visited. performance of single copy and subscription - Paid content is a growing revenue stream. sales. In markets where data is available, single According to the Alliance of Audited Media, copy sales have declined -26 per cent over the nearly half of US publishers now adopt some last four years, compared to a decline of -8 form of paid content model. Forty per cent are per cent in subscription sales. The packaging

using a metered model, one-third charge for of print/digital subscriptions is becoming premium content, 17 per cent require payment increasingly successful <

Publishers take steps to stem data leakage

WAN-IFRA has launched a new initi ati ve to ensure that users of news sites are protected from unauthorized collecti on of data. The issue of data leakage – the unwanted transfer of data from publishers to third parti es, oft en by the use of cookies associated with adverti sements –isa growing issue in the online world. Adverti sers and agencies can place these data collectors along with adverti sements, which oft en can collect informati on even if the user does not click on the adverti sement. “It is important to be transparent about how data is collected and used,” says Sti g Nordqvist, executi ve director for Emerging Digital Platf orms and Business Development at WAN-IFRA. “If we don’t control data leakage, we can’t assure that private informati on is used only in ways that users and adverti sers have agreed to.” The problem occurs when an adverti sement places a cookie on a user’s computer via an adverti sement on a website without informing the publisher that user data

will be collected. The new initi ati ve aims to safeguard trust of users and adverti sers by informing them about how data is collected and used. It also aims to safeguard publishers’ control of their< adverti sing and prevent unauthorized parti es from collecti ng user informati on.

July 2013 RIND Survey 29 FOR NEWS MEDIA Circulation figure is the reliable barometer As a journalist of 28 years standing, Kesava Menon, editor, Mathrubhumi, says achieving audience attention through social campaigning is exactly what we strive to do each day in the course of our work. We focus on social issues in minor, medium or major ways so that our audience will pay us attention on the day of publication and will, hopefully, look forward to paying attention to what we print on subsequent days. He adds that journalists are often guilty of overlooking the ‘achieving audience attention’ part of the equation. Here are excerpts from his speech at the WAN-IFRA Conference in Pune last year

ditorial departments of many newspapers are often accused of being careless about the sales function, of being indifferent to circulation figures. It is true that circulation Efigures are usually not brought up in such a specific way at daily editorial meetings where we focus on what stories we are to do without really bothering to calculate the impact those stories will have on readership figures. But that does not mean that editorial departments do not attach any importance at all to sales figures. If nothing else, circulation figures give us journalists the only objective measure for judging our performance. The measure being whether there is an ever-growing audience for our work. When I say improving in our performance or work, what I mean is whether we are using our curiosity to find aspects of social living that have not been covered adequately; doing the leg-work necessary to find hard information about that aspect of life; writing about in an interesting way and presenting it on the page in an attractive manner. Since that is Kesava Menon speaking at the WAN-IFRA meet. our job, it is but natural that we should continuously look for new facets of life to cover. Since the pertinence of different facets is different for different sections of society, our output will touch all sections of society if we are doing our jobs properly. Audience figures are therefore the measure of performance. What we as journalists do not do is keep a specific target audience in mind when we set out to do stories – whether we are reacting to events or ourselves setting the agenda. We believe that we should not do it in such manner but should let a social ideal or social conscience dictate our coverage. Very often we have to give the audience information that they do not like – information about deaths is an example that readily comes to mind. Yet we have to give such information because that is our basic contract with the audience. I have said journalists

30 RIND Survey July 2013 do not and should not allow coverage to be dictated that were not well represented in this profession by the audience taste. I must here point out that earlier. Thereby, there has been an increase in the journalists also cannot allow themselves be guided range of perceptional inputs that finally make by considerations of audience reaction (except in copy palatable to a wider audience. Perhaps the obvious situations) because we really have no way of word palatable is not appropriate. But every copy knowing how particular sections of society will react should, ideally, arouse the interest or concern of to particular stories. as wide a range of readers as possible. It should It is virtually impossible to keep a target audience try to anticipate and respond to all the questions in mind when reporting on news and current that arise in the minds of a wide variety of readers. developments. Theoretically, you can have a statistical This is an art, a set of professional skills, that is model. You can say that such and such a section of being continuously developed and improved all the audience is more or less likely to be interested over the world. And, serious Indian journalism or concerned about information pertaining to a is as deeply involved in the development of particular subject. But that theoretical model cannot this art as journalism elsewhere in the world. come into play in the work-a-day world because no We can and do definitely exercise more control, one knows whether a larger or smaller part of a practice the art with greater care when we are setting particular section will show interest in a particular the agenda. That happens when we look into topics story. The audience changes according to the texture that do not carry the News label; stories that do of the story. not emanate due to the occurrence of a particular The decision on the inclusion and mode of event. These stories relate to social phenomenon display of information related to news and current but there might not have occurred any event that developments has to be taken on the basis of news prompts a look into that phenomenon. These value. This is essentially a decision that is arrived at stories generally require investigation, probes into subjectively. That does not mean that these decisions deeper causes and ramifications and to a certain have no rational basis or have no connection with degree some projection into the future--not in the reality. Journalists are as much members of society sense of predictions but at least an assessment of as anyone else. Hence they do have an idea about how developments in that area are likely to go and which news or developments or information relating even ought to go. to them will rouse general interest. We apply this idea, Through these stories we create an interest or exercise this judgment, day after day and in respect or concern that the reader might have only of story after story. The feedback or measurement felt dimly if we had not done that story. If the of whether we have exercised the judgment properly investigation is rigorous and evocative it might is available the very next day. Thereby, this becomes arouse enough interest for the reader to feel that a well-practiced and honed judgment. he should somehow get involved, do something, No matter how experienced the reporter, the fact express himself or at least feel agitated by it. In that the first respondent is an individual – a person some instances, a newspaper might, by putting out with his own world-view – does impose a limitation. the story, arouse the reader to actually step out of The distortions in that person’s world-view can get his usual routine and campaign for or against that reflected in copy if care is not taken. This limitation phenomenon (according to its nature). Even if the is overcome to a large extent by the manner in which readers do not go to such extremes, the very fact the information processing function is organised. that a wide range of people are agitated can induce After all, it is not just an individual reporter who those in authority – those who can do something shapes copy. The material he produces is scrutinised about that phenomenon – to take corrective or by colleagues in the bureau, then reprocessed by the enhancement measures. desks and is given final shape by seniors who have Campaign stories are broadly-speaking, of two been in the job long enough to know how to make varieties general and local. The first (ingredient) the copy more rounded. is Timeliness. As examples, I can cite two sets of Over the last few decades, there has been a investigative stories that had good impact because significant influx into Indian journalism of people they were published when the topic investigated belonging to classes, castes, religions and regions were also alive in the public consciousness for

July 2013 RIND Survey 31 other reasons. The fi rst was on how gangs involved that it encourages wider sections of the public to in political murders in north Kerala had degenerated bring to our attention issues that have to be taken up into killer gangs for hire. The second on ragging was in this special way. published just at the time colleges were re-opening A systematic study of the investigations we after summer holidays and the subject was ripe for have conducted should enable us to identify more obvious reasons. ingredients and perhaps also re-label the ingredients A second ingredient that helps a campaign story I have cited above. But there is one ingredient that all have impact is the Spread of the topic – that is, it successful investigations must have and that is Utility. has greater impact if it affects a large number of The investigative stories that are done must be of people. The investigations we have done into the importance to the readers, even if they are not alive galloping price of medicines and escalating costs to it beforehand. All or most of these ingredients of student loans fall into this category. Another come into play when we do local campaign stories. ingredient that can add impact is Novelty. Our We need to make the audience pay attention to not series on how climate change is already playing merely particular stories. We need to make them pay out in Kerala opened a new line of enquiry and attention to the paper as a publication that campaigns appeared to have attracted attention primarily for on social issues. We need to make the reader aware this reason. A fourth ingredient is Emotionality. that the paper is not just a vendor of information The series we did on child abuse and the atrocities on news and current developments as strictly defi ned committed on women domestic workers in the Gulf but as also as a vehicle that persistently raises issues had impact because the instances of cruelty cited in that are of interest and concern to the public. Have the stories moved readers to sorrow and outrage. we succeeded in this aim? The anecdotal evidence Effectiveness is another ingredient. In more than suggests that we have. But the most reliable and a few instances the government or authorities perhaps only valid measure for gauging whether we concerned have acted on the issues after we raised have captured audience attention are the numbers. them and have acknowledged that our stories had Only circulation fi gures can show whether we have

pushed or motivated them to take action. The fact captured audience attention to such a degree that that the government reacted has a chain effect in readers come back to our paper day after day. <

Wealth of strategies, best practi ces

The World Associati on of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has announced the line up for its 2013 Strategic Conferences at the World Publishing Expo, the world’s largest global trade exhibiti on for the news publishing and media industry. The Publishing Expo, to be held from 7 to 9 October next in Berlin, Germany, is expected to draw 8000 visitors and more than 300 exhibitors for the annual showcase of technology to publish news in print, on tablets, mobile and online. This year’s fi ve Strategic Conferences, which provide parti cipants with the opportunity to hear best cases and practi ces from media markets around the world, include: - The SFN Forums, which focus on important breakthroughs and opportuniti es that can benefi t newspapers and news publishers all over the world. - The 6th Tablet & App Summit, which will examine how the App economy is energising the publishing business. - The 12th Internati onal Newsroom Summit, organised by the World Editors Forum, which aims to provide strategies for breaking down barriers in the newsroom and increasing collaborati ons between editorial and technology and between broadcast, print and digital operati ons. Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner - a digital pioneer - will be the opening speaker at the World

Publishing Expo. Phillip Crawley, publisher and CEO of Canada's The Globe and Mail - and an ambassador for print - will kick off a venue dedicated to the Power of Print. <

32 RIND Survey July 2013 2013 GOLDEN PEN OF FREEDOM WINNER SAYS ‘I always defended my ethics, my standards’

Than Htut Aung, chairman and CEO of Eleven Media Group in Myanmar, known for its audacious defiance of official censorship and dedication to democratic freedoms, has been awarded the 2013 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The award was presented in Bangkok during the opening ceremonies of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum

have my own strong set of principles for how to conduct business in the media, and despite everything I’ve never changed these,” Than Htut Aung said. “I always resisted "I the harassment and defended my journalism, my ethics, my standards. No matter what the military regime tried to do, I never let them touch these principles." Aung and his editorial staff have campaigned tirelessly for transparency and government accountability in Myanmar since the media group was founded 11 years ago. Eleven came to be portrayed as the symbol of protest during a period in which the group’s offices were raided by military intelligence, and death sentences and prison terms were levied against its editors. Than Htut Aung was himself briefly arrested in 2011. In presenting the award, World Editors Forum President Erik Bjerager said: “Myanmar is building for the long-term, and the media has a vital role during the transition and beyond to lay firm ground for future generations. One man who knows this more than most is our laureate, Dr. Than Htut Aung. Building his business from the ground up, he faced heavy government pressure and the ever- present censor’s pen. Nonetheless, he consistently defied restrictions on freedom of expression. Dr. Htut Aung stood up to the junta, and today, Eleven Media continues to broaden the boundaries of Myanmar’s newfound liberties. It is fitting, 50 years after the award of only the second-ever Golden Pen to veteran journalist, U Sein Win, that we celebrate once more a laureate from Myanmar. A generation separates the two men, yet common beliefs unite

Photo: WAN-IFRA them: a desire for freedom, and the courage to go out into the world and seek it.” As a student of medicine, Than Htut Aung won a A delighted Than Htut Aung after rreceiving the award. place at a university in the UK in 1988, but the military

34 RIND Survey July 2013 junta refused to issue him with a passport. Choosing is in front of me. I would like to point out that my instead to go into business, an opportunity arose to country’s freedom is a fairly recent phenomenon. publish the First Eleven sports journal. The weekly There are numerous problems that need to be title came into being with a staff of just three and an fi xed. For 60 million people are living in poverty. initial print run of 5000 copies. First Eleven captured Discrimination and injustice prevail everywhere… readers' imaginations in an increasingly repressive There is a lack of rule of law, widespread and autocratic environment, with Than Htut Aung corruption and hundreds of thousands of people and his writers cleverly crafting political messages live in refugee camps. This is the reality of my into their football articles. "Man in the middle - the world. As a journalist I have my responsibility to referee is 'not fair'… Football is played not just tell the truth. The award means my responsibility. among the 22 but all the audience” (an analogy to I understand that after 50 years of dictatorship parliamentary politics), showed how the publication the road to democracy may not be a smooth one. was willing to use extraordinary ingenuity to slip We are still living under pressure and fear. We have through the censors’ net and inform the public. to resist. We have to fi ght. This Golden Pen of In a March 2012 documentary aired on US Freedom Award means to me I am not walking broadcaster PBS, Eleven Media Group’s newsroom along. We, the people of Myanmar are not walking

was considered “a proving ground for the nascent alone. This Award means You are with Us. < freedoms” in Myanmar. Today, it employs 120 reporters and publishes four times a week, also operating English-language SMS mobile services and websites. In May 2012, Eleven Media Group Erik Bjerager is re-elected signed a joint publishing venture pact with The Nation Multimedia Group in Thailand. president, editors forum While welcoming the “amazing” steps towards democracy witnessed in Myanmar over recent years, Erik Bjerager, editor-in-chief and managing Than Htut Aung has warned the process is now director of the Danish nati onal daily Kristeligt under threat. "If Myanmar goes backwards, it will Dagblad, has been re-elected president of the be due to corruption," he has said, refl ecting a sense World Editors Forum for a second two-year of uncertainty regarding the road to full democracy. term. Bjerager was re-elected on Sunday at the Despite the challenges, Than Htut Aung‘s dedication annual general meeti ng of the WEF, held during to the long and diffi cult process that lies ahead is the organisati on’s annual meeti ngs in Bangkok. unwavering. “Media is our country and the public is Marcelo Rech, the director of Journalism at the our real partner,” he has said. “This media company RBS Group in Brazil, was elected vice-president is not owned by me, but the people of Myanmar … of the organisati on. as they have been struggling, and they continue to Bjerager has served as editor-in-Chief of fi ght for democracy and freedom. Kristeligt Dagblad since 1994. He became managing director of the daily a year later. He Excerpts from Aung’s speech has been a member of the WEF Board since I understand that many journalists and writers who 2001. Rech was recently appointed director of received this award had made numerous sacrifi ces Journalism at RBS, which is based in Porto Alegre and had to face up to a lot of challenges. Although I in southern Brazil and includes 18 TV stati ons, have given a lot to journalism, freedom of the press two community TV stati ons, one rural channel, and freedom of my people, I asked myself if I had 25 radio stati ons, eight newspapers and four made the same extent of sacrifi ces. After much internet portals. Mr Rech is a former general thought I decided that this award is not for me, but director of the newspaper division, and a former

rather for my people. managing editor of the Zero Hora newspaper. Since I was born, I have always lived under < dictatorship. I have never experienced freedom before. Now, after fi ve decades of my life, Freedom

July 2013 RIND Survey 35 'I prefer the newspaper to Breaking News'

Unlike many senior citizens who sit glued to the TV set whenever they have spare time (which they have in plenty), R.V. Rajan hardly watches television these days. His television viewing is restricted to watching the news channels, which seem to be Breaking (the) News with the same news from morning till evening, with every channel claiming they are the first to telecast the particular news. When you get fed up of R.V. Rajan watching the same news repeatedly on one channel and try to surf the other news channels, you find the same breaking news being featured in those channels too, he says

he latest obsession of the channels with the IPL match fixing scandal during the last few weeks has made even hardcore TV viewers sick. The brutal killing of Congress Tleaders by Maoists in an ambush in Chhattisgarh became secondary news in almost all the channels. Nowadays, most of the advertising clips are also the same at any point of time. I am told that some whiz kids in the ad media world came up with the idea of broadcasting the same television commercials in all the selected channels at the same time, so that even if the viewers skip a channel during ad breaks to go to another news channel, they will find the same commercials running. The ad guys surely know how to get the ‘eyeballs’ of their target audience! Then there are the mandatory debates on every breaking news topic. It is most irritating to see the anchor become the chief judge, conducting a trial by media, cross-questioning a bunch of experts that the channel is able to assemble at short notice. Technology has made it easy for the channels to take their cameras into the homes of the experts and get their views on the topic. I often wonder how the same experts appear live on different channels at the same time. I have realised that participating in any debate on a news channel requires special skills – to say what you want to say ignoring the constant interjections by both the anchor and the fellow panelists. Some of the anchors are so obnoxious – they shout at the top of their voices, bulldozing their pre-conceived views on the panelists, aggressively forcing them to agree to their own point of view. I derive enormous pleasure when I find an articulate and intelligent panelist give it back (The writer is former to the anchor in the same coin. Some even threaten to walk out of a discussion if the chairman, Anugrah anchor does not allow them to express their views. Like what the current chief minister Madison Advertising; of Tamil Nadu did in a programme called Devil’s Advocate on CNN IBN some time ago. past president, Rural Marketing Fed up with the provocative attitude of the anchor, when she got up to leave midway, the Association of India; Devil (Karan Thapar) tried to tell her, “It was a pleasure having you in the programme.” and former managing She snubbed him, “It was no pleasure talking to you,” and walked out. director, WAN- The more sober panelists wait patiently for their turn constantly adjusting the hearing IFRA India. He is based in Chennai.) plug, and when their turn comes they politely tell the anchor: “for making me wait

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patiently for 15 minutes, please give me 60 seconds Watching the news channels, I also wonder if of uninterrupted time”. Sometimes, the debates there is anything good happening in our country. end up becoming shouting matches between Almost 100 per cent of the news only covers panelists, especially when politicians from opposing negative aspects of our lives – rapes, murders, parties are involved. scams big and small, suicides, accidents, etc. Why I understand that for many of the panelists, can’t the channels devote some percentage of the appearing on the panel discussion is an additional news time every day to highlight achievements of source of income. The channels do pay them some people or about the good things that are happening fee for sparing their valuable time to make their around the country? profound statements on the topics under discussion. Finally, like millions of people in India, I still Some have even achieved the status of ‘debate prefer my morning newspaper for a comprehensive celebrities’ because of their frequent exposure on coverage of national, state and local news. Television different channels every other day. While I hate can never give me the kind of joy I derive reading a

the TV debates, I still watch them, ensnared by the newspaper in the morning, sitting on my easy chair, eloquence of some of the panelists. I really admire sipping my favourite, strong fi lterkapi . < their abilities to think on their feet or shall we say on their seats!

Swedish publisher elected president of WAN-IFRA Tomas Brunegård, chairman of the Stampen Media Group in Sweden, has been elected president of the World Associati on of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Brunegård, who was elected to a two-year term during the organisati on’s annual meeti ngs in Bangkok, Thailand, succeeds Jacob Mathew, executi ve editor and publisher of the Malayala Manorama Group of Publicati ons in Kerala. “It is an honour to take the helm of WAN-IFRA and to succeed Jacob Mathew, who should be commended for steering us through two years of industry transiti on and transformati on,” said Brunegård. “I look forward to contributi ng to the development of our industry’s multi media and multi faceted future, and, most importantly, to enhance the WAN-IFRA core mission of defending and promoti ng press freedom, and the economic independence of news media as an essenti al conditi on of that freedom. “WAN-IFRA takes a unique positi on in its media development and press freedom work, helping news media develop as sustainable businesses to ensure they can conti nue to carry out their societal role,” said Brunegård, who has been a WAN-IFRA Board Member since 2003 and chairman of its Press Freedom and Media Development Board. The new president’s goals for the organizati on also include developing a global innovati on hub for the industry, increasing cooperati on with media industry stakeholders including adverti sers, broadcasters, and digital players. The Stampen Group is a fast growing media group and one of Sweden’s biggest newspaper owners. It also includes digital media, printi ng operati ons, distributi on companies and outdoor adverti sing companies. Five new members were also elected to the Board of WAN-IFRA: Alessandro Bompieri, managing director of RCS Quoti diani, Italy, representi ng the Federazione Italiana Editori Giornali (FIEG); Liam Kavanagh, managing director of The Irish Times, representi ng the Nati onal Newspapers of Ireland (NNI); Luis Enríquez Nístal, CEO of Vocento, representi ng the Asociacion De Editores De Diarios Espanoles (AEDE), Spain; César Pérez, president of the Asociación Ecuatoriana de Periódicos

(AEDEP), Ecuador; and Dipankar Das Purkayastha, managing director & CEO of ABP in India, representi ng the WAN-IFRA Advisory Council. <

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fast. Print service providers, too, are expected to be Dutch print shop invests fl exible while providing high quality up to the last in 96-page Lithoman copy, at low costs per copy. With an unusual fold confi guration, Em De Jong will be able to produce an impressive variety of printed products: two folders The Dutch printshop Em De Jong, Baarle-Nassau, have been integrated to enable both long and short has invested in a 96-page Lithoman, which will grain production. This provides the printers with a take up operation in early 2014. The performance competitive edge and offers customers true added and production fl exibility of the new press from value. manroland web systems are enormous: it will replace four 16-page rotary presses. Tolerans Speedliner for tabloid Helsingin Sanomat, Nordics biggest newspaper and long time Tolerans customer, converted their broadsheet newspaper to a stitched tabloid in January. When converting to a tabloid newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat decided to upgrade their existing stitching capability to the latest technology from

Photos in this section: company/agency section: in this Photos Tolerans, Speedliner 2.0. Tolerans has delivered and installed eight ribbon stitchers in two manroland At 1.28 x 2.87 metres, the printing plates of the 96-page Lithoman Colorman printing presses. Reliability and quality in ar rather impressive, as is its printing quality. combination with straightforward installation and Strong on the market with maximum web width: ease of maintenance were behind their decision to the 96-page Lithoman matches the success of the choose Tolerans. largest Dutch printer for retail advertising. How “The requirement for quality from Helsingin did Em De Jong decide on the investment? The Sanomat was extraordinary. Our new Speedliner 2.0 printers sought a heatset commercial press that technology meet those requirements for advanced can produce a high variety of supplements with customers like Helsingin Sanomat,” says Jan Melin, maximum performance. CEO at Tolerans. With Speedliner 2.0, which The 96-page Lithoman fi tted Em De Jong’s profi le, launched in 2010, Tolerans has further strengthened who had already gained considerable experience with their position as the world leader in in-line stitching. the operation of numerous presses. The tailormade “We have put a lot of effort into developing a system folding combination also impressed the printers. in which it is easy to change wear and spare parts Located on the Belgian border in Baarle-Nassau, Em without manual adjustments. With our new control De Jong wants to use the technological possibilities system, the stitchers are even easier to operate. The of the Lithoman to intensify penetration in nearby new graphical user interface is very user friendly markets such as Belgium, France and Germany. and intuitive. This is to ensure a worry free stitching The company owns Dutch printing houses Janssen/ process,” says Jan Melin. Pers and Kampert-Nauta, and the Belgian Mercator Press. The 96-page Lithoman will be the highest performing heatset press in the Benelux region, set to produce certain orders more effi ciently. Competition in the commercial sector is fi erce and

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WRH Walter Reist Holding company employing A QuadTech-Ferag approximately 1300 people worldwide. The head Australia venture offi ce of WRH Marketing is based in Hinwil, some 30 kilometres (18.75 miles) from Zurich, QuadTech, worldwide leader in press control Switzerland. technology including colour measurement, register, inspection and data management products, has appointed Ferag Australia as its sales and ProImage announces service agent in Australia and New Zealand. Ferag Australia has offi ces in Sydney, Melbourne, more sales in Europe

As newspapers continue to invest in print production effi ciency, New Proximate has today announced new sales and upgrades to its workfl ow automation and control software across Europe. Through its business partner ABB Printing, ProImage’s new NewsWay plate sorting software has been implemented at Allgaeuer Zeitungsverlag in Kempten, Germany. L-R: Karl Fritchen, QuadTech president; David Kane, Ferag sales executive; David Mitchell, QuadTech sales manager, Asia-Pacifi c. The intelligent software pre-sorts plates according to each product’s production run and sends them Brisbane, Perth, and representation in New to the CTP machines in that order. The sorter Zealand. "Over the years, we have created strong software allows users to assign press slots to bins, relationships with all levels of the marketplace," says automatically or manually release production runs Ian Martin, Ferag's general manager, Trade. "These based on print schedules, and monitor the status of range from small family owned businesses to national the plate bins during production. It also provides and multi-national operations such as News Limited, users with the estimated completion time. The Fairfax, PMP and IPMG, to name just a few. With ProImage software enables this across multiple QuadTech's proven record of innovative technology, CTPs ensuring optimum throughput. their push into packaging, and obvious synergies The newspaper uses Kodak CTP machines and with our customer base, we are very excited about NELA plate sorting and punch bending equipment future business opportunities." as well as the MAN Roland APL (Auto Plate Driven by higher customer expectations and the Loader). With the plate sorting software Allgaeuer need to drive waste out of the production fl ow, Zeitungsverlag is able produce the plates for each printers supplying commercial, newspaper and product already sorted in any order as required by packaging markets are seeking ways to ensure quality the press production team. consistency throughout the production run, from Also in Europe, De Persgroep in the Netherlands one run to the next, sometimes at multiple locations. has upgraded to the latest NewsWay version that QuadTech's control and data management technology includes the optimisation of plate sorting and enables web-fed printers to deliver exacting quality support for Windows 2008 64 bit and Windows and maintain a leaner, more productive workfl ow. 7. New features include the capability to highlight Says QuadTech president Karl Fritchen: "Ferag version changes to the same page and a tool to Australia has been a vital presence in Australia and enable customers to upload fi les directly into their New Zealand for over a quarter of a century. Their print edition, saving time. commitment to service and provision of state-of- The new version also provides image analysis the-art technology makes them an excellent match that enables changes between versions of the for us." same page to be highlighted, potential overprint Ferag Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary problems to be caught, and last minutes changes of the WRH Marketing Group, which in turn is a to be quickly verifi ed prior to plate making.

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composite as well as pre-separated assembly. “In Less ink for the same simpler terms, this means that achromatic parts of quality an image that are created from CMY are replaced by Key (K) without any noticeable differences between the original and the processed image in a composite Since May 10, 2013, ppi InkReduction has been display,” explains Jan Kasten, senior vice-president responsible for reducing the ink application of of Product Management at ppi Media. expensive chromatic colours for the approx. 1.7 billion newspaper pages which are produced and ProImage announces India sales New ProImage has announced more international sales of its popular NewsWay workfl ow management and systems integration software. In India, Anandabazar Patrika (ABP), a Bengali language daily newspaper with a circulation of 1.28 million copies, has implemented ppi InkReduction optimizes ink application at Südostschweiz Partner a ProImage NewWay print production workfl ow AG. management system to manage the throughput of printed every year at Südostschweiz Partner AG. its approximately 250 pages a day. Production went live after only three days from Snehasis Roy, associate vice president, Technical, installation to startup. ABP, said, “In addition to workfl ow management, What is so special about ppi InkReduction the Newsway system provides interfacing and excellent compared with other ink optimisation solutions is communication between prepress, the Krause CTP, that only one license is required. So you start saving the ABB press console for soft proofi ng, the ABB money from the minute you invest, since the solution MPS for cut-off register control and ink value. It can be scaled to meet individual performance and maximizes productivity and the quality produced by security requirements without having to purchase our Wifag OF 70 S press.” additional licenses. This was confi rmed by Urs Zieri, The Hindu and Malayala Manorama have both managing director at Südostschweiz Partner AG: installed ProImage Press Register, an innovative “Even with a high throughput and large quantities software solution that corrects mis-registration on a of data, no additional computers or software are printing press without the need to physically touch required. We only need to extend our hardware in the press. Therefore, near-perfect colour quality can order to meet production peaks.” ppi InkReduction be easily and cost-effectively achieved with even the runs in a virtual environment (VMware), which oldest printing presses. ABP has also ordered the means it is absolutely fail-safe. ProImage Press Register. A share of the success of the project for improving the printing quality goes to Oswald Grütter from the company quality&more. Using standardised test charts and measurement during printing, the Goss Sunday press for Swiss consultant was responsible for setting the parameters for ppi InkReduction and confi guring Mexico the printing press. Even if not every single drop of ink counts, Following installation of a 64-page Sunday signifi cant savings in CMY ink can be achieved 4000 web press in 2011, Litografi a Magno Graf will in the long term. ppi InkReduction allows you to add a Sunday 3000 system at its facility in Puebla, achieve a balanced ink application between the Mexico, later this year. The new four-unit press most economical use and highest quality for both with a 2x8 cylinder confi guration and a 75-inch

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ABB to retrofit Goss Universals ABB, one of the leading suppliers of automation solutions for the newspaper industry, has Left to right: Mauricio Guerra, Rotaweb, Graham Trevett, Goss announced an order from AIM Media Texas for a International, Armando Prida, Magno Graf, Leonard Clavijo, Goss press controls retrofit of their two Goss Universal International and Sergio Villanueva, Magno Graf. 45 presses at their print site in McAllen, Texas. web width will be capable of printing more than 3 The presses at the McAllen site in the Rio Grande million magazine-size pages per hour. Magno Graf valley in the southernmost part of Texas are used produces a wide range of books, magazines, catalogs to print regional newspapers including The Monitor, and commercial products for customers throughout the Valley Morning Star and the Brownsville Herald. Mexico. The company has been an innovative leader in the graphic arts industry in Mexico for 42 years. “We were able to break out beyond traditional 16-page web offset production, differentiate ourselves from competitors, and grow our business considerably with the addition of the 64- page Goss press,” explains Magno Graf, general director,Sergio Villanueva. Goss International will equip the Sunday 3000 press at Magno Graf with a Contiweb FD paster, Ecosetdryer and QPL semi- automatic plate changing. Pinless Goss combination and former folders will allow Magno Graf to The Goss Universal press line in McAllen. optimise product format and pagination options. The 32-page press format and the former folder, In common with the owners of many presses of for example, will allow two 16-page signatures to this generation, AIM Media has been confronted be produced simultaneously at a combined rate of with increasing problems with obsolete systems 200000 signatures per hour. and major issues with the availability of spare “We evaluated various two-pages-around and parts. “This is where an ABB press controls retrofit four-pages-around press models from multiple makes such a big difference,” says Jeff Gelfand, suppliers,” Villanueva explains. “The 32-page Sunday ABB Printing’s sales director for North America. 3000 system was the best option for us, based on “The retrofit will mean not only that there will be productivity, make-ready speed, low waste and brand new state-of-the-art control systems on the compatibility with our existing 64-page press.” press, but with ABB’s spare parts policy and life Goss International sales manager Leonardo Clavijo cycle management, we can give a 15 year assurance says the Sunday press projects with Magno Graf against obsolescence.” validate that Goss products and support capabilities The McAllen presses are in intensive use every are exactly aligned with the requirements of printers. day, so the retrofitting of the press controls has to “The needs of our customers in Latin America be done without interrupting the daily production. and throughout the world are shifting in response “A technical challenge,” says Gelfand, “but one that to media and economic challenges,” according to we have mastered many times by using the right Clavijo. “The wide Sunday presses at Magno Graf solutions and careful planning.” The commissioning are another example of how our products deliver of the new systems begins in February 2014 and competitive advantages as well as the proven will be completed for both presses by mid-June of reliability and operability advantages our customers the same year. need in order to be successful.”

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In addition, the British visitors were treated to a Flying JobChange demonstration of covers for high-end magazines with impresses printers high-gloss coating and matt-gloss effects on a Rapida 106 with fi ve printing units and coater. Following a fast job change (including coating plate, substrate Hot on the heels of British packaging printers and ink changes in one unit), the Rapida 106 printed who took an informative tour of Koenig & Bauer in posters at speeds of 20,000 sph over a long time. Radebeul in April, in mid-May some 25 commercial printers from the UK also visited the KBA site. The New VP-Marketing at WoodWing

WoodWing Software, a leading vendor of multi- channel publishing and digital asset management solutions for publishers, corporates and agencies, has announced the appointment of Mark Hoff as vice-president of Marketing. With the newly created management position, WoodWing The high-quality printing samples were a hot topic in discussions about processes. has made provisions for continued strong global growth and the participants from printing companies which are advancing diversifi cation of target looking to invest in new kit soon were treated to Mark Hoff, new groups and customer segments. live press demonstrations, technical presentations VP-Marketing , Hoff is a seasoned marketing W o o d W i n g expert with extensive international and Dresden’s special fl air. Software, will fi rst The British print professionals saw fi rst-hand focus on extending experience, especially in the fi eld the high-speed production of magazine covers the presence of the of B2B solutions and services. For company in the nearly six years, Hoff held the on a ten-colour perfecting press for fi ve-back-fi ve corporate market printing. This was followed by three different travel worldwide. position of marketing director magazine signatures which demonstrated fast job Emea at Epicor, a vendor of changes with DriveTronic SPC simultaneous plate business software solutions for manufacturing, trade, changing as well as parallel washing and make-ready hospitality as well as service and consulting companies. processes. The visitors then saw that the Rapida 106 Hoff built a successful network of partners in makes it possible to print demanding jobs with a more than 140 countries and was responsible for large proportion of images in fi ve-back-fi ve printing Epicor’s partnerships with Microsoft and HP. He virtually without gutters at high speeds. joins WoodWing from Whatfr, his own marketing Next on the agenda was a demonstration of a consulting company. Flying JobChange almost without any interruptions "With its continuous innovative power, WoodWing to production based on 2/2 colour as well as Software is one of the most interesting companies four-colour printing. This method of production, worldwide in the fi eld of software solutions for during which it is diffi cult to ascertain which units publishing and communications,” Hoff said. "I look are currently printing and which preparing to forward to working with the brilliant team to further print, captures the full attention of even the most develop the marketing strategy and increase the experienced print professional. However, during awareness of WoodWing Software and its solutions, day-to-day production a high-performance system reaching new target groups worldwide." for prepress and plate logistics are necessary to take Gerard van den Akker will continue in his role full advantage of the Flying JobChange capability. of Marketing Manager, and will focus on online communications and e-marketing.

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and distribution. The substrates used range from Triple anniversary with paper and board, to plastic fi lms and composites two Rapidas of the most varied materials. For the experienced, self-made entrepreneur Luigi Merendelli, the past eight years of partnership 2013 is a very special year for Vimer Industrie with KBA have been an important success factor. Grafi che Italiane in San Giustino, Central Italy. The “I have worked on numerous sheetfed offset family business founded by Luigi Merendelli in 1973, presses from German and Italian manufacturers, which today is one of the most renowned European and I know what is important when it comes to printers for packaging and store design, has three satisfying the individual needs of demanding anniversaries to celebrate: 40 years Vimer Italy, 20 clients,” he says. His fi rst KBA press was installed years Vimer France and 10 years Vimer UK. at the end of 2005, namely a six-colour Rapida 105 with twin coaters for the processing of acrylic and UV coatings. Even at that time, he was printing not only on paper and board, but also on coated and transparent substrates such as PVC fi lms. The use of hybrid inks has been expanded continuously through to the present day.

Management change at The Rapida 162a-6+L CX was installed in July 2012 as the fi rst KBA large-format press at Vimer. KBA subsidiary

In the run-up to the triple jubilee year, Vimer After over seven years in the management board decided to invest in a seven-colour Rapida 106 in a of KBA-Metronic AG and its successor company confi guration for double coating and a large-format KBA-MePrint AG, Holger Volpert (49) has KBA Rapida 162a press with six printing units and decided to leave the Koenig & inline coater in summer 2012. Including a six-colour Bauer (KBA) subsidiary based in Rapida 105 – also with twin coaters – installed at Veitshöchheim, near Würzburg, the end of 2005, there are now three Rapidas in to pursue new professional operation at the company. On the basis of this challenges. With immediate cutting-edge technology, Vimer continues to offer effect, the supervisory board has its top-fl ight clients in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical appointed Axel Thien (50) as the and food & beverages industries effi cient solutions new CEO. He also has extensive for their marketing strategies, and is able to continue Axel Thien, the new experience in the printing the success of previous years. CEO at KBA- industry. MePrint. The family business managed by Luigi Merendelli, After beginning his career his son Valentino and daughter Valentina stands for at printing plate and prepress specialist AGFA- creativity, innovative strength and an uncompromising Gevaert, Thien moved into IT and he represented awareness for quality. Vimer Industrie Grafi che Heidelberger Druckmaschinen in the USA and Italiane is certifi ed to the ISO 9001, FSC, PEFC Germany from 1998 to 2009. He predominantly and Imprim’Vert standards and generates sales of worked on building up the company’s consumables €16 million with a workforce of 140 employees. It business. Thien then gained extensive experience views itself not merely as a supplier of high-quality in digital and waterless offset printing as managing packaging and point-of-sale displays, but as an all- director of Presstek Deutschland and as president round service provider, offering its clients advice – of Presstek Europe. KBA-MePrint offers him the new, original ideas – along the whole process chain, chance to build on these experiences. from planning and design, from print to fi nishing

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per hour and is equipped with a reel splicer, four Rotoman HiPrint printing units, a dryer with integrated afterburner, goes glam and a folder. The press also features the proven PPL system for automated plate change, tried and tested in various applications worldwide. Toppan Leefung High gloss is the name of the game at Toppan values this example of German engineering, which Leefung in the Chinese city of Shenzen. After all, is consistently used in the Rotoman and ensures top this is where premium fashion magazines, such printing quality. The strong local service presence as the Chinese Vogue, are produced. On April 18, of manroland web systems rounds off the overall 2013, the printing company radiated even more picture and guarantees a high level of production brilliance when it received the managing directors reliability – an important success factor in order to and managers of around 20 leading webfed printing compete in a world of increasingly tight deadlines companies and their combined expertise. They and dwindling budgets. spent the day as guests of an Open House event Toppan Leefung, with headquarters in Hong Kong focusing on the Rotoman HiPrint press. and a member of the Japanese printing conglomerate Toppan Printing, is one of the largest printing companies on the Chinese mainland.

Omega Slitter Rewinder for JK Labels Creed Engineers has sold an ABG, UK-make Frank Adam Yuen, managing director of manroland Sheetfed Greater Omega Slitter Rewinder with 100 per cent inspection China (left), and Frank Tietsche, vice-president-Sales, manroland web system and a core cutter to the Mumbai-based leading systems, agreed that the Open House at Toppan Lefung was one of the year's webfed printing highlights in China. label manufacturer, JK Labels, also known as JK Fine Prints, one of India’s leading label printers. The What does it feel like to be the Chinese pioneer Omega Slitter Rewinder was specifi cally designed for of premium-quality magazine printing? Remarkably high-speed slitter inspection applications in the label good, as showcased by Toppan Leefung Printing industry. It can reach speeds of 300 metres a minute at the Open House in Shenzhen. The event was while maintaining accurate rewind tension, ensuring supported by manroland web systems and the high quality fi nished rolls. papermaker UPM and demonstrated to the Korean The core cutter is effi cient and its servo technology and Chinese visitors what the Rotoman HiPrint is provides automated changeovers and core widths. capable of. It printed the signatures of a current The core cutter increases valuable factory space issue of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, a and reduces core stock holding. Says Himanshu high-gloss product with high-quality photos and Kapur, director, Creed Engineers, “The core cutter advertisements. Luxury goods are popular among the will provide maximum effi ciency while eliminating Chinese – and they also require an adequate outlet in manpower, which is a key in today’s hi-tech world. printed media. Elle, Vogue, Ray, HIM, Bazaar, Marie The HSR slitting machine has been specially modifi ed Claire, Esquire, and Madame Figaro: a veritable Who’s to meet our customer demands from pharmaceutical Who of the Chinese issues of fashion magazines industry and provides high levels of quality. We do are all produced by Toppan Leefung, in addition to not compromise on our quality as all our incoming a number of renowned business publications. materials have to be sourced from ISO based The Rotoman in Shenzhen achieves a utilisation companies, which have human-friendly clearances”. level that is unparalleled in China and also rivals that of many European companies. The single-web, 16- page Rotoman HiPrint produces up to 55000 copies

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Screen expands platesetter range Centrum Printing targets new markets Screen Europe has announced the launch of the PlateRite FX870IIE, a new entry level version of its Centrum Printing in Sydney, Australia, has PlateRite FX870II thermal CtP engine specifically ordered a new KBA Rapida 162a six-colour plus designed for print service providers looking to coater in its biggest ever press investment as the enter the growing sticker and label printing markets. company makes a move into packaging and POS Combining production-level plate throughput with print. The press can print either conventional or UV imaging resolutions up to 4800 dpi, the PlateRite inks and coatings. The new press will be installed FX870IIE addresses the industry need for high- and commissioned in Sydney later this year. quality flexo/letterpress print output but at a reduced Percy Vij, managing director of Centrum says, cost of ownership. “We are a general commercial printer at the moment The PlateRite but we see opportunities in niche markets, such as FX870IIE offers the packaging and point of sale. The new KBA Rapida same high-quality 162a will enable us to enter these markets. We will output and resolution, also be setting up a trade print service to enable plus features such other printers to serve that market.” as the ability to Centrum has two existing medium-format optionally image presses from another German press manufacturer thermal offset plates, and looked at all other possible presses before as the established The screen PlateRite FX870IIE. settling on KBA. Established in 1971, Centrum PlateRite FX870II CtP device. Productivity is set at about half that of the FX870II, enabling the FX870IIE to image flexo plates at a rate of 2m2/hour (approximately four 762 x 635mm plates per hour) depending on plate sensitivity. Plates can be loaded in any size from 100 x 100mm up to 870 x 762mm without any additional handling or masking of the drum required. The PlateRite FX870IIE features a multi-channel, high-power laser diode imaging printhead offering an output resolution of 2400 dpi up to a maximum of 4800 dpi as a standard feature, delivering outstanding reproduction of very small characters and fine lines Dave Lewis KBA Australasia (3rd left) and Percy Vij Centrum and greatly reducing ‘jaggies’ on diagonal lines and Printing (5th left) shake on the deal for the Rapida 162a at Pacprint in Melbourne. Also pictured: Kay Halboth, KBA (far left), and Graham curves. The new machine also supports Screen’s Harris, KBA Australasia (2nd left) as well as Linda Vij and Sandra Flexo Dot screening, specifically designed to Mascaro Centrum Printing (far right). improve the highlight areas in flexo and letterpress printing. Flexo Dot also provides a greater range of Printing is a print solutions company offering a gradation, as the minimum halftone dot shape can wide range of quality commercial printing services, be selected from three available types to suit the promotional material and point of sale products. specifics of the highlight printing according to the It is a completely independent, Australian family- plate-making environment and the inks and media. owned printing company. Centrum’s clients include Together, these features combine into a cost-effective blue chip corporations, government departments CtP engine capable of delivering top-quality printing and top line design agencies. combing the smooth gradations and high densities only possible from flexo printing.

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as Andreas Kunzemann confi rms. He can back that Good reasons for a up with fi gures: “Thanks to reliable product take-up system change in 2:1 mode, we have been able to increase our net output by 30 per cent.” To process the increasing number of inserts effi ciently, two MultiSertDrum Between 2006 and 2010, the Main-Post Media inserting drums were installed, each fed by a Group printing centre underwent a three- RollStream precollecting system with eight hoppers. phase update with the acquisition of two KBA “We have thus achieved a clear expansion of our Commander CT presses. In addition to all local inserting capacity, and at the same time increased editions of the Main-Post with a total circulation output by 30 to 40 per cent”, says Kunzemann. The of almost 140000 copies on Saturdays, the printing move has also spelled success for the company's fi rst centre produces a further 50000 copies for other steps into zoning. regional newspapers.

Artwork Digital helps in recycling of paper

Artwork Digital, Brazil created two eye-catching and decorative displays for Centro Universitário Una. The exhibits, printed on heavy 5 and 10 mm acrylic using an Inca Spyder 320, also served as containers to be used as recycling bins – one for magazines, books and newspapers, the other for expired prescription The two mailroom lines have spelled success for the company's fi rst steps medicines. into zoning. “Printing on acrylic is always diffi cult,” notes Rômulo de Abreu Guimarães of Artwork Digital. “We pre- “At the latest after commissioning the second treated it with a primer before sending it to print.” Commander CT press, the mailroom became more However, each of the and more of a bottleneck,” explains technical bins still presented manager Andreas Kunzemann. Originally, the its own unique print management team wanted to increase effi ciency in dilemmas. In the case the mailroom with a retrofi t project. However, Ferag of the paper-recycling was able to demonstrate that a full replacement container – whose of two of the three mailroom lines would be the defi ning feature was a more economical option. What’s more, the high tree towering over the net output, dependability, ease of operation, low bin – it was the use of noise and fl exible layout made the concept a real solid color that proved winner. These were all good reasons for prompting challenging. “Printing the Main-Post Media Group to change suppliers in One of the attractive creations on display. solid colors on any the area of mailroom technology. The project saw substrate is tough the installation of two new mailroom lines, with enough,” adds de Abreu, “but it was even more the retention of an existing line in order to absorb diffi cult on the acrylic.” Thankfully, Artwork Digital’s production peaks. Inca Spyder 320 was more than up to the task: “We Thanks to 2-up production on the three presses, printed it on the back of the clear acrylic, and it came the company can reach a maximum printing speed out brilliantly,” he said. “We then cut it with a laser per line of 94000 copies per hour. By taking up machine and assembled it.” two products per gripper in 2:1 mode, the UTR Universal conveyors can easily handle such volumes,

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An award in memory of that are not only powerful and skilled but are driven by a deep moral and social concern or have been Tarun Sehrawat pursued at great personal risk. The award will be All journalists do their jobs. Some, though, do announced each year at THiNK, Tehelka’s flagship a service. Tarun Sehrawat, who passed away last event that hosts some of the world’s most celebrated year at 23, was such a journalist. His rare courage, speakers and a highly influential audience. passion and skill made him choose the hardest The sum: Rs 1.5 lakh to the winner of the print, assignments, those that took him beyond the web or photo feature entry; Rs. 1.5 lakh to the city into the darkest hinterlands of India. Driven winner of the electronic medium. We will also fly by a rare empathy for the dispossessed and an the two award-winners to THiNK2013 being held intuitive moral concern, he wanted to tell the most in Goa from November 8 to 10 2013. We will challenging stories of our time. He wanted to use host them for the three days of the event as our his camera as a tool of justice. Heartbreakingly, we guests to receive the award in person, giving them lost Tarun too soon, in June 2012 – in the process a chance to interact with some of the most cutting- of trying to tell one of the most devastating stories edge minds of our time. of them all, in the heart of the Maoist hinterland. Since the award is meant to honour Tarun's The only thing he asked for in brief moments of memory it will be awarded to two journalists under consciousness during the month he grappled with the age of 30. The journalists must be 30 years a dreaded strain of cerebral malaria was his camera. of age or younger on the date of submitting the In death, as in his life, Tarun exposed a crucial nomination. Editors or journalists can nominate story: the almost criminal absence of health care entries by sending them to Shoma Chaudhury, in huge swathes of India. managing editor, Tehelka at shoma.me@tehelka. Tarun Sehrawat was rare. But he was com or submitting hard copies at M-76, M not alone. Our community is full of those Block market, Greater Kailash-2, New Delhi- exceptional professionals – photographers and 110048. Period of publication: between June 2011 reporters, cameramen and radio journalists and – May 2012. Last date for entries: August 1, 2013 videographers - who put their lives on the line to (Based on a release from Tehelka.) tell compelling stories. Whose journalism reflects not just courage, but conscience. And there’s no Publishers meet with Thai PM greater combination of attributes in the profession of journalism that we would like to laud more. To A group of leading publishers and editors from support the profession, to foster and applaud around the world have met with the Thai Prime similar passion and courage, Tehelka is privileged Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to discuss how a to announce an annual award for Journalism of free press could be the cornerstone of a flourishing Courage and Conscience in memory of Tarun Thai democracy. Twenty-two publishers and editors Sehrawat. engaged in a free flowing discussion with the Prime This award will honour stories and images – Minister at Government House in Bangkok as part in any Indian language -- that capture injustice, of the World Newspaper Congress and World inequity, dispossession and other social, cultural, Editors Forum, organised by the World Association economic and political faultlines in the country. of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). If it’s in any language other than English, kindly The delegation called on the Prime Minister to lead send it translated in English with the original a meaningful dialogue with members of Parliament, copy or clip. Applicants can submit a print, web the judiciary and citizens to eliminate misuse of or television story as well as photo features. Each the country’s lèse majesté laws, which criminalises year an eminent jury will choose a story or image criticism of the King and royal family and has been used to jail journalists.

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“Thailand has a thriving media scene, but we a view to "fomenting disorder". She was sentenced are concerned about the misuse of lèse majesté to seven years in jail, the maximum provided by the laws,” Thomas Brunegard, newly elected emergency law, and then to a further three years for president of WAN-IFRA, and chairman of "giving biased viewpoints" to French journalists the Stampen Group in Sweden, told the Prime in an April 1993 interview. After serving seven Minister. Brunegard and Erik Bjerager, president of her ten-year prison sentence, San San Nweh of the World Editors Forum, presented the Prime was released in July 2001 but was prevented from Minister with a letter expressing concern over the leaving the country. Her reputation as a writer is law, citing a recent prison sentenced of ten years known around the world, and since 1974 she has handed down to Somyot Pruksakasemuk, former published a dozen novels, over 500 short stories editor of the magazine The Voice of Taksin in and poems. January 2013. Former WAN-IFRA president Jacob Prominent journalist, writer and senior member Mathew called on the Thai Government to do of the opposition National League for Democracy everything in its power to release all journalists (NLD), U Win Tin served nineteen of a twenty- who were jailed under the law. year term in prison after being sentenced on three consecutive occasions. Held in solitary confinement for much of this time, at the age of 79 he was A tribute to Myanmar finally released by the military on 23 September journalists 2008 as part of an amnesty for political prisoners ahead of 2010 elections. As former chief editor of Thirteen years after being named as Golden Pen Hanthawathi newspaper, U Win Tin wrote many of Freedom laureates, Myanmar journalists San articles criticising the regime. He has been a close San Nweh and U Win Tin finally received their advisor to Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu awards in Yangon. Awarded in 2001 in recognition Ky and is considered by many as her right-hand- of their “outstanding services to the cause of press man. freedom in Burma” (Myanmar), at the time both U Win Tin remains cautious about the current were serving harsh prison sentences in Yangon’s situation in Myanmar: “Things have certainly notorious Insein prison in connection to their improved, but these so-called changes in democracy, writing. With Myanmar’s recent opening up to human rights, etc., are not profound enough,” he reform, unprecedented levels of freedom are now told WAN-IFRA at his home in the Yangon suburbs. evident throughout society, including in the media. “When it comes to the ‘civilian’ government, in The World Association of Newspapers and News reality we are dealing with the same faces, and for Publishers (WAN-IFRA) led an international the media building trust will take time. There is press freedom mission to Myanmar ahead of the still self-censorship as we wait and see how things organisation’s 65th World Newspaper Congress progress.” and 20th World Editors Forum, and used the Now aged 84, U Win Tin remains defiant - he occasion to finally deliver the two Golden Pen of still dresses in the blue prison colours of his years Freedom awards on Thursday. in detention, demanding to be absolved of the “20 years ago there were so many excellent, ‘crimes’ he never committed. His determination hardworking writers and committed journalists,” to see democracy flourish, however, resonates San San Nweh told WAN-IFRA, speaking at throughout Myanmar society: “We are embarking her home in Yangon. “That you picked me is an on a long journey to the future, but we strive, all of honour, and I am proud to receive the award on us, to go on.” behalf of them all.” At the age of only 15, San San The Golden Pen of Freedom is WAN- Nweh became a correspondent for three national IFRA's annual award recognising individuals or newspapers. Two years later she was the first organisations that have made an outstanding Burmese woman to receive a complete training as contribution to the defence and promotion of a journalist. On 6 October 1994, she was arrested, press freedom. Established in 1961, the Golden together with her daughter, and found guilty of Pen of Freedom is presented annually. "publishing information harmful to the state" with

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New challenges, familiar Policing the digital debate has led to increased online censorship and imprisonment of netizens threats in countries around the globe. Bahrain has targeted At least 15 reporters and other media Twitter users while Vietnam continues to jail professionals have been killed in Syria in the past bloggers in its on-going suppression of political 12 months, as the safety of journalists continues debate. The report finds that China remains key to to be of major concern in conflict zones and how online censorship will develop, with its Great elsewhere, the World Association of Newspapers Firewall still policing hundreds of millions of users and News Publishers reported in its Global Press and restricting the free-flow of information. Freedom Report. Covering the period from June 2012 to May 2013, the report takes a twelve-month Trends in Newsrooms out snapshot of the major issues affecting press freedom and freedom of expression worldwide. It The World Editors Forum has just published also records the number of journalist deaths and its ninth annual edition of Trends in Newsrooms, provides detailed information on the particular which highlights five key trends this year: mobile, circumstances. innovative storytelling, paid digital content, social The safety of journalists continues to be of major media, and data and metrics. “While editors around concern in areas where conflict makes reporting the the world continue to struggle with ongoing news dangerous, often deadly. The report reveals challenges relating to tight budgets and smaller that at least 15 media professionals lost their lives newsroom staffs, we also see a number of trends in Syria, and at least 10 in Somalia. Whether at that make our profession promising, interesting the hand of extremists, organised criminal gangs valuable,” said Erik Bjerager, president of the or official security forces, journalists increasingly World Editors Forum and editor-in-chief and find themselves in the firing line. A total of54 managing director of Denmark’s Kristeligt Dagblad. deaths were recorded between June 2012 and May The report, which is jointly published by WEF 2013. and the Shaping the Future of News Publishing Where the media is targeted, impunity for the Project of the World Association of Newspapers killers of journalists continues to prolong the and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), examines agony for the victims’ families and cast a chilling - Mobile, where the explosion of tablets and shadow over the profession. In countries where smartphones means the demand for good content justice persistently fails, such as in Pakistan or that takes advantage of mobile attributes is rising; Mexico, independent investigative reporting is - Innovative storytelling, as more news publishers vital and journalism is too frequently a deadly start thinking in terms of multimedia elements occupation. The report finds that criminal from the beginning of the process rather than defamation and other legal weapons aimed at afterthoughts tacked on at the end; muzzling independent media persist, with cases in - Paid digital content, which seems likely to Russia, Italy, Libya and Cameroon highlighting the become the standard in many parts of the world global appeal to those in power of legislation that and can provide significant income; stifles criticism and debate. Proposals for tighter - Social media, for finding stories and for press regulation in the United Kingdom and a distributing news, and as the first place to cover Secrecy Bill in South Africa have caused global fast-moving stories; alarm. - Data and metrics, to be used by both journalists Soft-censorship has become the weapon of and data specialists not only for reporting but to choice for governments looking to exert financial understand traffic and reader habits. pressures on the independent press. Government interference in advertising distribution in countries Divya Marathi turns two such as Argentina and Azerbaijan forms part of a larger worldwide pattern of economic sanction Divya Marathi, the Marathi newspaper from DB against independent journalism. Corp, celebrated its second anniversary with a special

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72-page issue. The book titled Marathawadacha Bihar and Uttarakhand, carry other newspapers dosh kaya (What is the fault of Marathawada), is a and magazines from the Jagran Prakashan Group compilation of a series of articles anchored and as well. The machines accept Re 1, Rs 2 and Rs 5 authored by prominent personalities and published coins and notes of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50 in Divya Marathi. Commenting on the completion denominations. The vending machines also offer of two years of the paper, Kumar Ketkar, chief space to bear multiple logos and visuals to give editor, Divya Marathi said, “Two years is a very good branding opportunity. small period in any institutional history. But we feel proud as well as humbled by the stunning achievement of Divya Marathi. Without sounding Lokmat has new look hyperbolic, I would say that we have made a media In order to interact more with readers and sustain history of sorts by opting for emerging centres of the brand as credible source of information and a culture and market in the regions of Marathwada, premier advertising medium, Marathi daily Lokmat North and South Maharashtra. This is because has refreshed its look in terms of format and we can ‘connect’ and relate intellectually and presentation. An important feature of the new look emotionally with the profile of our readers.” is introduction of the latest high quality typefaces in Pradeep Dwivedi, chief of Sales and Marketing, Devanagari script especially designed for Lokmat by DB Corp, added, “Over time we have grown to Indian Type Foundry. The custom-made font family be an integral aspect of the socio-economic and consists of five weights to ensure better legibility cultural fabric of the Maharashtra region. We and give a pleasurable reading experience. “We can have made significant endeavours to harness the proudly say that Lokmat is the first newspaper from local potential and have aligned this to group’s India to use these new typefaces,” Darda claimed. vision to be enablers of socio-economic change.” The group undertook a huge study that compiled Divya Marathi covers central Maharashtra with feedback on satisfaction levels with existing content, five editions – Aurangabad, Nashik, Ahmednagar, the need gaps, look and feel, and the perception in Jalgoan and Solapur. readers’ minds. inext takes vending machine HT rejigs top team route Vivek Khanna, who has been spearheading the Mint and Ad for Equity businesses for the past few inext, the bilingual daily from Jagran Prakashan, years at HT Media, will now take on the role of has adopted a parallel distribution channel by head - Hindi Business. Under his leadership, Mint installing newspaper vending machines to widen expanded both in India and most recently into the circulation net and to engage readers at crucial South East Asia, with the launch of Mint Asia in touch-points. The three-fold initiative includes Singapore. Khanna is an alumnus of Indian Institute utilising sales promoters in customised jackets of Management, Ahmedabad and prior to joining and customised bicycles for distribution of the HT Media, has spent over 11 years in Hindustan paper, besides the vending machines. The specially Unilever and subsequently as director, Marketing, designed jackets donned by the promoters can with insurance multinational Aviva. hold up to 50 copies of the newspaper. These K. Venkataramani comes on board as the new trained promoters stimulate copy sales at high business head of Mint. He joins from Bharti Walmart, traffic points in the city such as market places, where he was vice-president, Hardlines and Home crossings and shopping malls. Similarly, branded Entertainment. Like Khanna, Venkataramani cycles would be used to enhance the visibility of has spent several years with Hindustan Unilever. inext and also to impart an exclusive connect with Khanna will report to Benoy Roychowdhury, the masses. All this shall work as a support system executive director, HT Media, and Venkataramani for this parallel distribution channel of newspaper will report to Rajiv Verma, CEO, HT Media. vending. The five-rack vending machines, installed across 10 cities across Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,

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July 1-2, organised by WAN- August 24, organised by IPAMA: October 3, organised by IFRA, in Singapore: Culture Role of IT in Printing Industry. Whitmar Publications, in London: Change in Digital Times. More details at http://ipama.org The Digital Printer Awards 2013. More details from sivakumaran. More details from Chloe.w@ [email protected] whitmar.co.uk July 3, organised by WAN- September October 7-8, organised by IFRA, in Singapore: Audience WAN-IFRA, in Berlin: 6th Tablet Engagement – Growing & September 2-5, organised by and App Summit. More details Retaining. More details from WAN-IFRA, in Berlin and Hamburg: from [email protected] sivakumaran.veerasamy@wan-ifra. Taking Your Newsroom to the October 7-9, organised by org Next Level II. More details from WAN-IFRA, in Berlin: World July 4-5, organised by WAN- [email protected] Publishing Expo 2013/ SFN IFRA, in Singapore: Journalism September 9-13, organised by Forum (A Step into the Future)/ in the Age of Multimedia and WAN-IFRA, in the US East Coast: World Editors Forum (Breaking Big Data. More details from Study Tour – Digital Advertising. down Barriers). More details from sivakumaran.veerasamy@wan-ifra. More details from kerstin. [email protected]; sergio. org [email protected] [email protected]; virginia. July 10, organised by The September 11-13, organised by [email protected] Centre for Internet and Society, in WAN-IFRA, in Bangalore: WAN- October 10, organised by WAN- Bangalore: Linked Open Data: IFRA India Expo 2013. Publish IFRA, in Berlin: Search Engine Foundations of a Future Web Asia 2013. More details from Optimisation – Google SEO. of Data? Tim Davies from the [email protected] More details from bettina.werner@ Wolrd Wide Web Foundation will September 23-26, organised wan-ifra.org speak. More details at http://cis- by WAN-IFRA, in Munich October 17, organised by Whitmar india.org and Darmstadt: Taking Your Publications, in London: The July 15, organised by Newspaper Newsroom to the Next Level II. 2013 FlexoTech International Association of America, in Phoenix, More details from bettina.werner@ Print Awards. More details from Arizona: Growing Audiences. wan-ifra.org [email protected] More details from mary.peskin@ October 21-23, organised by naa.org WAN-IFRA, in San Francisco Bay Area: Study Tour. Strictly Digital – West Coast Innovators. More details from nick.tjaardstra@wan- ifra.org October 23-24, organised by Informa Print & Media Group, in London: Cross Media 2013. More details at www.crossmedialive.com

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