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FROM THE EDITOR The news publishing industry finds itself in dire straits, will need help

ernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, president of the he newspaper industry has already suffered losses to FSpanish media house Henneo and the president Tthe tune of Rs 4000 crore to Rs 4500 crore in the of WAN-IFRA, refers to the coronavirus pandemic as past two months, the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) probably the greatest challenge we have faced in the past revealed in a presentation to the government, reports 100 years. In the span of just a few weeks, the entire exchange4media.com. With little advertising from the world has been plunged into an inconceivable ordeal; a private sector and limited economic activity, the indus- global pandemic has led to an unprecedented collective try stares at a possible loss of Rs 12000 crore to Rs psychosis, he says. So, what are some of the things we 15000 crore, INS estimates. In the face of such tremen- have learnt these past few months, thanks to COVID- dous losses, the industry has been struggling to disburse 19 and the ‘new normal’ we are yet to get used to? And salaries or pay vendors. Over 30 lakh people are depen- what are some of the things that leaders of the print and dent directly or indirectly on the newspaper industry. To publishing industry (including Warren Fernandez editor- avert the collapse of the industry, INS has put forth cer- in-chief of The Straits Times and president of the World tain recommendations for the government, the report Editors Forum, and Varghese Chandy, vice-president points out. (Marketing, Advertising Sales) at Malayala Manorama) “In our various communications we have requested for have spoken about? withdrawal of five per cent customs duty on newsprint. Newsprint cost accounts for 40 to 60 per cent of the • We will have to overcome the epidemic of panic, total cost for publishers. The removal of the five per crossing doors and borders at an incredible speed. cent customs duty on newsprint will have no impact on • Overcoming this deep fear will require an unprec- domestic manufacturers or any ‘Make in India’ efforts,” edented collective effort in which the role of news INS said in a letter to the government. A two-year tax organisations and journalists will be essential. holiday for the newspaper firms, a 50 per cent increase • Only by providing information that is useful, in advertising, and a 100 per cent increase in budget truthful, complete, fast, accurate and committed spend for print media are the other demands put forth to citizens will we succeed in curbing the panic of by INS. It also urged the Bureau of Outreach and Com- social contact. munication and various state governments to settle the • Never has our role of social cohesion, of defend- payments of all outstanding advertising bills. ing the democratic values, of stimulating solidarity and public awareness been so obvious. ournalists are expected to report from the frontline • Several, especially local and vernacular titles, might Jduring the COVID-19 crisis and are given entry into not be able to meet their financial commitments or places and situations from where the general public is even pay staff salaries, in the months ahead. barred. But this does not mean that journalists are invin- • Advertising is drying up, plunging by between 30 cible. They are responsible for their own safety, their per cent and 80 per cent… Revenues from media- professional community and family. Hence they need to related events, a new and growing source of funds, take every precaution against an infection. Stay aware of have also plunged, as social distancing measures the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, avail- are put in place. able on the WHO website and through your national • Newsrooms are seeing their resources gutted, and and local public health authority. And stay safe. some are even being shut. • Granting financial assistance, giving tax incentives Sashi Nair for advertisers and subscribers, and stepping up [email protected] government advertising will help the news pub- lishing industry. • Helping employees manage stress is also vitally important.

June 2020 RIND Survey 3 RIND Survey June 2020 | Volume 41 | Issue 04 Monetising digital media growth: successful models 5 Usha Rai

Responsibility is now more important than ever 8 Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo

Credible media vital in fight against COVID-19, fake news 10 Warren Fernandez

How Indian newsrooms are combating COVID-19 13 Neha Gupta

Indian publishers promote safety of print newspapers 16 Elizabeth Shilpa

A South Korean newspaper’s brave response to COVID-19 18 Changhee Park

Case Study: Automated plate production aids workflow, saves time 21

Industry Updates 23

General News 34

Cover page image: PII-UNICEF C o n t e s

Due to the nationwide lock-down effective March 24, and the printing press remaining closed, we were not able to produce the April and May issues of RIND Survey. – Editor

4 RIND Survey June 2020 Monetising digital media growth: successful models

Worldwide revenue from print media is shrinking. While digital media has grown enormously in the last couple of years it has been unable to monetise its growth significantly. To deal with this dilemma and take on the challenges of growing big digitally, experts looking at innovative approaches to make digital media pay, the big wigs tapping revenue for a range of Indian newspapers, BBC, CNN and researchers and scholars on the subject met over two days in Delhi recently to discuss the profitable transition to digital. Usha Rai sent us this report

his was the ninth edition of the Digital Media written the 2019 World Report on the Most Success- India conference organised by WAN-IFRA, Its ful Media Innovations of the World. He says the sin- Tmanaging director for South Asia, India, Mag- gle most important innovation to succeed in today’s doom Mohammed, pointed out that Indian industry digital world is to migrate from ad revenue to reader had gone through rough times with 20 to 30 per cent revenue. In fact, he goes so far as to predict that in decline in print media advertising revenue. Though 2020 publishers not asking readers for their dollars the Internet came to India some 25 years ago and are doomed. Publishers not charging for digital con- there are 600 million Internet users, the revenue from tent should not be in publishing, let alone journalism. digital media was less than 5 per cent of the total His other key message is that everything that gener- revenue. ates value should generate revenue. Keynote speaker Juan Senor, president, Innova- Quoting GQ editor Dylan Jones, Senor says “peo- tions Media Consulting Group, UK, sounded confi- ple are realising that if you want quality journalism dent that a turnaround is possible. He presented 14 you have to pay for it and you have to seek it out”. A new business models with a single strategy to reinvent Deloitte survey, he points out, shows that 50 per cent news media. Along with Emma Goodman, Senor has adults in developed countries who had only two online media subscriptions in 2018 will have four subscrip- tions by the end of this year. There is growing number paying for Netflix, whether it is for their music, news content or for supporting their passion/ hobbies in cars, motorbikes or good homes and clothes. Senor’s another important take is that reader revenue should be at least 40 per cent of a digital revenue model. What is needed is “paying customers”, not more visi- tors to the digital website. Google and Facebook are the big giants of the Internet and since they pick up the good stories they get the maximum revenue.

Photos: WAN-IFRA Fake news that has caused serious concern across Juan Senor presenting 14 new business models with a single strategy to the world will in fact save journalism because people reinvent news media. are scrambling to get reliable journalism and are will-

June 2020 RIND Survey 5 even love. Readers who are bored with life can be offered escape holidays to the Caribbean (supported by well-written articles) that bring revenue for the publisher and joy to the bored. Even sports network ESPN is doing emotional targeting, capitalising on the feeling of elation or sadness when a match is won or A section of the audience. lost. USA Today has also moved successfully to sell- ing to pay for it. Readers look for goodness, beauty ing emotional advertising. They call it moving from and, above all, truth in news. selling demographics to selling psychographics. The first of the 14 business models recommended The third successful business model is the Publisher is of the ‘Paid Content Subscribers’. Publishers will as a Data Broker. In Singapore, 14 leading publishers have to convert print subscribers to web subscrib- act as bitcoin, blockchain brokers. They sell special ers or sell a combo of print and web. The New York experiences, luxury cruises and life styles. They offer Times as well as The Economist does this. privacy, convenience and choice of crypto currencies The New York Times was able to raise its revenue for transactions. by 30 per cent. People have to be offered choices for The fourth business model is the Publisher as a digital subscriptions like the choices given for buying Club. With a booming middle-class, this model has a mobile phone. There could be two or three choices great possibility in India, says Senor. One of the big- for basic and premium digital. Woo them with an offer gest successes in this model of business is La Nacion of $1 for four weeks subscription, than raise it to $10 of Argentina. Its 470000 subscribers come through or $15 for four weeks depending on whether it is basic Club La Nacion and all of them have a card which or premium digital. enables them to get a 10 to 30 per cent discount at The Economist, whose opinion matters, offers sub- coffee shops, restaurants, bars and theatres and sev- scribers three choices — digital, print and digital (for eral other consumer outlets. best value) or just print. To help journalists uncover The fifth business model is the Publisher as a Retailer. the next big story, the three choices offered by The This is getting into consumer journalism and based New York Times are ‘basic, all access and access pre- on studies and research, the editor recommends to mium’ which could include crosswords, cooking, and readers what to buy. The New York Times hired the the Times experience. The New Yorker is one of the Wirecutter which does this kind of analysis or com- many media companies where reader revenue now parisons based on technology and performance of a exceeds advertising revenue 65 per cent to 35 per cent. range of products from cars to destination travel, etc. The lessons learnt over the last five years is not to The New York magazine was recently launched undervalue ourselves, says Pamela Mccmarthy, deputy with its new recommendations service. Senor says this editor of The New Yorker. is responsible journalism and you have to click to buy. The second business model recommended is the T-3 in Australia and Financial Times over the week- ‘Publisher as an Emotional Advertiser’. The New ends too recommend what to buy to fill their coffers. York Times sells emotional content called emotional The sixth business model is the Publisher as a Fes- targeting. Readers’ emotions are matched to advertis- tival Organiser. This events-based model of hold- ing. Called Project Feel by The New York Times, it ing festivals has low margins of profit and could be has premium pricing and readers get into the mood to risky. However, it becomes an additional source of spend. Content that triggers revenue could be funny tapping revenue. Three-four days in a year, the pub- videos, sexy women or stories of achievers and peo- lisher organises a festival. The La Monde does it over ple doing outlandish things. three days. The festival is about philosophy, politics, Publishers pandering to readers emotions attract etc and is held at big avenues, opera houses and even 30 to 40 per cent more revenue. The articles could railway stations. Portugal also runs a four-day festival be inspiring, optimistic, generate self-confidence and to boost its earnings for digital media.

6 RIND Survey June 2020 A business model that could be suitable for India Media must expand aggressively, adopt three or is the Publisher as a Philanthropist. This is a kind four of the proven business models for getting rev- of public service journalism and money is raised enue from readers and for their survival, says Senor. through foundations. The Guardian in UK is sup- Simultaneously, the newsrooms have to change for a ported by public service journalism. Mother Jones change in their fortunes. Newsrooms have to provide (Mo Jo), a US-based magazine, is combating disinfor- content for different times of the day. Everyone has mation through tax deductible donations. This could to work for multi-deadline content and the end result be one time donation or a monthly donation. Almost has to be value in the news provided not volume. three quarters of the publication’s budget comes from Speed, in-epth reporting and instant analysis were readers. People are asked to pay into Mother Jones among the ingredients for success. South Africa, South Investigative Fund. Korea and Brazil have made the transition to digital The Publisher as an Agency for Branded Content platforms profitably. O Globo, Brazil, which is similar is another successful model. Here, you capitalize to the Indian market, offers digital, TV and print media. from branded content put out by your own agency. It has 300000 readers/ viewers paying $ 10 a month. The concept creation as well as placement rests with Digital revenue has overtaken print revenue but it was you, enabling garnering of new advertising revenue. a tough grind to achieve digital salvation. Initially, there Branded content journalism has space only for a few will be a drop in subscription when you turn digital and players at the top as advertisers want it done properly the turn-around happens over two/three years. and with quality. “Only journalism will save journalism,” says Senor.

The Guardian’s content studio, the Guardian Labs, The 1936 edict of George Orwell still holds true: is reinventing relationships with advertisers. It does “Journalism is to publish something, someone did not < not sell space or traffic but sells an engaged audience want published. Rest is public relationship.” with branded content. The Guardian’s revenue rose by 66 per cent in the first half of 2018. (The writer is a senior journalist based in New Delhi.) Another model is the Publishers as Purveyors of Time where the revenue comes in from the time read- ers spend on the digital media This ‘cost per hour’ (CPH) model could begin with readers spending just two and half minutes a day but keep coming back to WAN-IFRA India spend more time. Advertisers pay for the frequency Conference on 23-24 Sept of readers coming back to garner more information. The Financial Times has transitioned to the CPH WAN-IFRA India 2020, the 28th edition of WAN-IFRA’s annual conference in India, is model. In the Publisher as Brand Licenser model, list- now rescheduled to 23-24 September, in ing is done of the top colleges, hospitals, the world’s Chennai. The India event will be held a week richest (Forbes listing) and this generates revenue for after the World News Media Congress. The the media. The National Geographic earns its revenue event will feature Future of News Summit, a by selling experiences/ adventure and promoting trips forward-looking event to discuss strategies, and travel by ship and train. It could be done through best practices and challenges in the news organizing study tours and special events, for example publishing business. The popular Printing a ‘Come to Davos’ with a particular news media. Summit for print production managers will be Other models could be about providing Informa- held in parallel. The Women in News Summit,

tion Technology, as an investor for startups (incu- a platform to discuss women leadership and bating them for six months in the newspaper), as voice in news, will be held on 22 September,< educators selling good writing and marketing skills the pre-conference day. and even as librarians selling nostalgia to senior citi- (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA) zens through archives – print as well as photo archives.

June 2020 RIND Survey 7 BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH WAN-IFRA

Responsibility is now more important than ever

Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, president of the Spanish media house Henneo and the president of WAN-IFRA, contributed this article about the fundamental role of a free press in an uncertain world, which has been widely published by newspapers in Spain

n the span of just a few weeks, the entire world rus itself, generating a serious and confusing situation has been plunged into an inconceivable ordeal. that is harmful to all of us who are suffering from it. IA global pandemic has led to an unprecedented Under these circumstances, our responsibility as collective psychosis. The fear caused by uncertainty publishers and journalists is more important than about the present and the future amplifies the turmoil. ever. It is probably the greatest challenge we have People get sick, and others unfortunately die. Memo- faced in the past 100 years. The citizens of all coun- ries of meetings with friends and family remain dis- tries now have a greater need for our journalistic work. tant. Confinement multiplies anxiety. The situation We are facing a new contingency, unknown to all. The seems to be dragging on. media has already shown its capacity to respond to Research, social awareness and rigorous prevention such unfamiliar and complex circumstances with aug- measures will contain the progression of the virus. mented competence and enhanced rigour. We will see that sooner or later. In the meantime, we Journalism is, above all, a vital public service of will have to overcome the epidemic of panic cross- first necessity. Like doctors, nurses, manufacturers of ing doors and borders at an incredible speed. Over- medical equipment, policemen or soldiers, delivery coming this deep fear will require an unprecedented men... we are on the front line of this common battle, collective effort in which the role of news organisa- even at the cost of our health, aware that we have tions and journalists will be essential. Only by provid- an inexcusable duty to guarantee the citizens’ right to ing information that is useful, truthful, complete, fast, know the truth. Nothing else. Truth and clarity about accurate and committed to citizens will we succeed in what is happening. curbing the panic of social contact. Therefore, never have we been so necessary. Never Without a doubt, journalism is the best antidote to has our role of social cohesion, of defending the disinformation. Newsrooms at the heart of trusted democratic values, of stimulating solidarity and pub- media organisations are the error correction of lic awareness been so obvious. Never before has our manipulation vested by groups of interest that under- desire to do the best journalism been so great. Never mine the balance of institutions and society. These has our commitment to the truth been so laudable. It interests are multiplying just as fast as the coronavi- is an indispensable social and ethical duty.

8 RIND Survey June 2020 Now more than ever, all of us, the very media as we are demonstrating, civil society as a whole, gov- ernments, public administrations, institutions, have to conjure ourselves to overcome this trance while keep- ing alive our commitment to freedom of expression and the right to information. The media are indispensable to underpin serenity in a frightened society at this time. And that serenity is achieved with truthful, complete and accurate infor- mation. No one should doubt the need for citizens to have healthy, independent, reliable and credible media.

Photo: WAN-IFRA We are putting in sacrifice, effort and responsibility Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo. on our part. We have no regrets, despite the harshness of the moment. The media are an essential pillar of The immense majority of our media in the world democratic coexistence, with our successes and our are not publicly owned, but privately owned. We are mistakes. A society without sustainable means, which companies that despite our plummeting resources undoubtedly requires support, especially in such pre- continue to be aware of our social function and how carious moments, will never be able to feel free. to effectively serve citizens. We have gone through It’s not about profits or profit and loss accounts. critical situations. The terrible global economic crisis, That does not matter now. It’s about staying alive and which began in 2008, dealt the free and democratic continuing our commitment to serving citizens and press around the world a major blow and an unprec- communities, their dignity, the social cohesion and edented challenge. Many did not survive. Others the protection of democracy. It’s about being able to undertook a difficult professional and structural trans- continue to do good journalism despite the circum- formation to adapt to continued shifts in consumer stances, even at the cost of the enormous sacrifice behaviour and values and the exponential inclusion of that is being demanded of us all in this terrible pre- digital in our daily lives. After years of effort, we were dicament. It is about the media being able to continue

beginning to see signs of recovery. with its unwavering commitment in defence of free- All of a sudden, we found ourselves in an unprece- dom and the democratic future of our world. That is < dented deadlock at the speed of light. It draws us, once the challenge. again, into a perverse paradox: journalism becomes more necessary than ever, but our means of subsis- (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA / World News Publishing Focus) tence evaporate in days, and with them our likelihood to survive. Advertising has all but disappeared. Buying newspapers is becoming more and more complicated. The global economic downturn, which is unprec- edented in our lifetime, has affected us in a brutal way. It is precisely now, despite this precariousness of An age when resources, that we are going to demand more of our- selves than ever to fulfil our duties. We cannot and they are must not cease our activity. We cannot close down or supposed to take a few weeks’ rest until all this is over. We would go to school - betray the society that needs us so badly right now. We will find solutions to our problems in order to cross the sad reality that bridge and reach the other side of the river with- Subscribe at Rs 240 for 12 issues out drowning in the attempt.

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Credible media vital in fight against COVID-19, fake news In this op-ed, endorsed by the Board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), Warren Fernandez warns of wrenching changes to come and urges urgent action to minimise damage to the media, and democracy

s the coronavirus continues its relentless spread long invested in building expertise, have been meet- across the world, infecting over a million peo- ing the public’s hunger for objective reporting, based Aple and killing tens of thousands, news stories on journalists speaking to informed sources, provid- of lockdowns, social distancing and overwhelmed ing context and perspective, drawing on historical hospitals have been making the headlines just about knowledge and institutional memory. These have also everywhere. Newsrooms have been working overtime helped inoculate communities against that other virus to keep the communities they serve updated. Audi- that is on the rampage – fake news – which is sow- ences have surged. Apart from news reports, people ing anxiety and confusion, as well as undermining the are turning to analysis and commentaries, videos and public’s trust in the reliability of the information they explainers, to help them make sense of the fast-evolv- receive at this critical time. ing and far-reaching crisis. In the process, some reporters have succumbed to Amid the welter of information swirling about on the virus while on the job, having to be isolated and social media, professional newsrooms which have quarantined. Some newsrooms have had to evacuate hurriedly, with staff rushing home, laptops in hand, to try to keep their platforms updated and the presses rolling. But here’s the heart-breaking news: among the vic- tims in the intensive care unit, gasping for breath, are some of the media organisations themselves, along- side many others from sectors that have also been hard hit, from aviation to retail. Several, especially local and vernacular titles, might not be able to meet their financial commitments or even pay staff salaries, in the months ahead. Advertising is drying up, plunging by between 30 per cent and 80 per cent, according to a recent survey

Photo: WAN-IFRA by the World Association of News Publishers. Rev- Warren Fernandez. enues from media-related events, a new and growing

10 RIND Survey June 2020 source of funds, have also plunged, as social distanc- bills in the face of falling revenues. Denmark has ing measures are put in place. Many newsrooms have set up a 25 million euro fund which will grant news also made content on the pandemic freely available, as outlets that have recently seen revenues fall by a public service, thereby constraining their ability to between 30 per cent and 50 per cent relief of up to grow revenues from subscriptions. 60 per cent of their losses, while in Lithuania, state The upshot of this is both ironic and tragic: at a time subsidies are also given for critical infrastructures when audiences are turning increasingly to established such as broadcasting and printing facilities; media titles, as recent surveys have shown, news- • Giving tax incentives for advertisers and rooms are seeing their resources gutted, and some are subscribers: In Italy, advertisers are given tax even being shut. deductions of 30 per cent of their spending in In the United States, Gannett, the largest Ameri- newspapers and online, while Canada allows can newspaper chain, announced last week plans to subscribers to news titles to claim tax relief; cut salaries and lay-off some staff temporarily, while • Stepping up government advertising: public Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has said it will stop education campaigns tied to the pandemic can print editions of 60 newspapers in Australia, with help make up for the fall in private advertising; similar measures being taken in the United Kingdom • Making Big Tech pay: Technology platforms and elsewhere. This has heightened concerns about should be pressed, as France has done, to make the emergence of “news deserts” – communities with more meaningful contributions to the news no access to local government and community news outlets they rely on for content. as media groups cease to exist there. There is also much angst over “ghost newsrooms”, But while these steps might see media groups through titles which are snapped up by investors as they are the crisis, they are not without risks. Not least of still profitable, who then slash their reporting capabil- which is the damage that could be done to the cred- ities to boost margins, resulting in a lack of resources ibility of the media if it becomes overly dependent on to produce local, original or independent content. state funding. This is especially a concern in societies The implications of these developments for society with painful experiences of governments seeking to are grave. At a time when communities are most in muzzle the media, through cuts in funding and adver- need of critical information, many newsrooms are tising, shutdowns of newsrooms and even arrests of increasingly hampered and finding it harder to deliver journalists. on their mission. To safeguard against this, beyond the crisis, new This has led the World Health Organisation to business models will also have to be fashioned to warn of a coming “infodemic”, with misinformation ensure the media remains viable and sustainable for spreading and undermining public trust at a crucial the long haul. Various experiments are now under- time. COVID-19, however, has mercilessly com- way. While some big players like The New York pounded this challenge and hastened both the shift to Times and Financial Times are growing subscription digital and the plunge in advertising. revenues from readers, others such as The Wash- So, is there an antidote to the virus-induced media ington Post, the South China Morning Post and malaise? Among the proposals that media leaders have Los Angeles Times, have been bought by wealthy been making urgently to their stakeholders are these: business leaders, who have given these newsrooms a boost, by investing in journalism and technology. • Declaring the media an essential service: to Elsewhere, media groups have been given mandates enable journalists to go about their jobs during by the state, with funding for public service broad- lockdowns, keeping newsrooms functioning and casts and journalism, as in France, Britain and the newsagents running; Scandinavian countries. • Granting financial assistance: these include tax Some newsrooms have opted to be public trusts or breaks or holidays, short-term loans and wage not-for-profit companies, with a mission to provide subsidies to help newsrooms pay their staff and public service journalism, such as the Guardian in the

June 2020 RIND Survey 11 UK, and The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Salt Lake unfolding around them as well as to figure out the Tribune in the US, and also Japan’s Nikkei Group. way forward. To do so, citizens and voters will need Which of these models works best remains unclear; news organisations they consider credible, which they

nor perhaps is there likely to be one model that works can rely on, and trust. < for all, given the very different political histories and cultures that newsrooms operate in around the world. (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA. The writer is editor-in-chief This much is certain: the coronavirus pandemic of The Straits Times and president of the World Editors might have begun as a public health crisis. But some Forum, a network of editors that is part of WAN-IFRA, wrenching economic, social and political changes the World Association of News Publishers. This opinion could follow in the months to come. People and com- piece was signed and endorsed by members of the Board of the munities will need to make sense of developments WEF, in solidarity with newsrooms around the world.)

APTech releases online disaster recovery toolkit The Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) has announced the release of its free online disaster recovery toolkit to help businesses manage the unprecedented COVID-19 disruption. The toolkit provides tips and best practices along with a downloadable disaster recovery plan that can be adapted for businesses that want to develop a plan for future forward planning. The four-part series is designed to assist businesses impacted directly and indirectly by disaster, especially when a plan is not yet in place. Users will learn how to create a disaster response and recovery plan, how to effectively communicate to staff and customers during a crisis, and how to do the tough work during rough times, like spring cleaning your customer base, policies, procedures and staffing. The toolkit also offers a customisable plan to help businesses take a thoughtful approach to the

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FT, The Economist, The Times score in coverage Throughout the coronavirus crisis, the public has been overwhelmed by new statistics from countries across the world. Data journalists have stepped in to turn these mind-boggling and, often seemingly meaningless, figures into digestible information for their readers and viewers. Coronavirus Tracked, which uses a variety of graphics to help tell the story of Covid-19, is the FT’s most read story of all time (made free beyond the paywall). Its submission said: “Data journalism has been a vital part of the FT’s approach to reporting for a long time, with dedicated data journalists offering insights on anything from Brexit to climate change, so when the pandemic struck the FT’s data driven approach was exactly what millions of readers were looking for.” Some of the best data journalism to come out of the Covid-19 crisis so far, according to the Press

Gazette, includes The Economist’s COVID-19 is now in 50 countries, and things will get worse; The Guardian’s Coronavirus park closures hit BAME and poor Londoners most; and The Times/ Sunday< Times’ Coronavirus tracker map UK. (Courtesy: Press Gazette, UK)

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How Indian newsrooms are combating COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases ramp up in India, newsrooms have swung into action to keep journalists safe, while ensuring a steady flow of content. As with news publishers around the world, Indian publishers are cancelling events, dropping paywalls and leveraging technology for the widespread dissemination of news. How are journalists coping with producing content while making sure the quality is not compromised? Neha Gupta finds out

Work from home and newsroom sanitisation The Quint has rolled out a work-from-home Two-thirds of the BBC India staff is working from arrangement with only a few people coming to the home. Only critical members of the broadcast net- office for shoots and edits. Those who avail public work – TV production staff, TV presenters, IT staff, transport are being provided with pick-ups and drops. engineers, digital teams and a few editors – are com- The newsroom is being disinfected two to three times ing to the newsroom. The brand’s current core news daily, and all surfaces such as door handles and wash output focus is almost entirely on the coronavirus and basins are being sanitised. The company has cut down its fallout. “We are following our Director General on ground reporting, as a result of which is produc- Tony Hall’s mandate of keeping our viewers updated ing way less video content. Parents of young children in this critical time. It is our duty as a public broad- and pregnant employees have been strictly asked to caster,” says Sanjoy Majumder, BBC Managing Editor. stay at home. Additionally, the health desk has been provided additional support from other teams. The Hindu BusinessLine has enabled a large portion of its staff to work from home. From the editorial team, only those whose role involves publishing or making pages are coming into the office, and even among this small group, the company is now enabling VPN access to a few. Reporters have been told not to come to the newsroom, but the publishing process hasn’t been dis- rupted. “There are challenges in the way we communi- cate, because this is a novel situation. Reporters need

Photo: WAN-IFRA to be careful and follow the best practices while out Newspapers have been creating awareness about the coronavirus on a for a story. Inevitably, most of our reportage has been regular basis. about COVID-19,” says Editor Sriram S.

June 2020 RIND Survey 13 The Indian Express has broken up its production isations are making sure they use language that is not operation, one of the most challenging areas of a sensational or alarming. newspaper operation, into several small units. Now, a The Wire’s coverage has been focused on science part of the desk is working from home with software and policy aspects, human stories and practical report- loaded on to their systems - editing stories and mak- ing. “The Wire, as a policy, does not indulge in hyped- ing pages. “This has not affected the production qual- up reporting,” says Founder-Editor Sidharth Bhatia. ity, but to ensure we meet deadlines, we’re producing Unni Rajan Shankar says the organisation has always content well in advance,” Unni Rajan Shankar, editor. been restrained in its use of language in only report- At The Wire, people feeling under the weather have ing facts and not using alarmist language or spreading been asked not to leave their homes. Those whose fear. They are following the same policy for report- duties and workflow lend themselves to it have been ing on the pandemic. The Quint is being careful in allowed to work from home. Reporters can go to the keeping the brand’s voice in its content calm. “Fact- field to report but must check with their department checking on all misinformation on COVID-19 is a heads before going to crowded places. The office has top priority offering to our users,” says Ritu Kapur. stocked up on enough tissues and soap. Surfaces such “As the world’s leading public broadcaster, the BBC as staircase railings, mantles, doors and handles are only puts out authentic, verified information. We do disinfected two to three times daily. not present sensational news and gauge through ana- Hindustan Times has enabled work from home for lytics what questions the audience wants answered,” both, desk staff and reporters. Citing national crisis, all says Sanjoy Majumder. employees have been asked to work seven days a week While The Quint is playing it by the ear and planning and be available on call through the day. The company on a weekly basis, The Wire’s Sidharth Bhatia says, in has also enforced temperature checks and sanitization the long run, the aim is to ensure that non COVID-19 in the newsroom. stories also get appropriate editorial coverage. “The The Economic Times and CNN-News18 has asked organisation is well equipped to meet the challenges, its reporters and camerapersons to not come to the and there’s ongoing assessment of the situation,” says newsroom. Sriram S. Overall, COVID-19 stories have been a huge audi- Leveraging technology ence puller. The Quint’s health site Quint Fit has The Wire, The Quint, BusinessLine and the BBC are recorded a spike. BBC India has witnessed a massive all using Google Hangouts, Skype, etc to hold edito- increase in traffic. The BBC News website live page rial meetings. WhatsApp groups have become more on coronavirus is visited by 30 million people daily. active with updates about various assignments. The The Indian-language sites are also being visited by Wire has formed several dedicated WhatsApp groups millions of people and three of its language services so that employees are not inundated with unnecessary – Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi – are among the top 10 information. The Quint’s employees are touching at the BBC World Service Language services in terms base several times daily, to ensure people don’t feel of traffic, with Hindi at the second spot, just behind isolated or lonely, working from home. The company Arabic. Business Standard has dropped its paywall for has set up various Slack and WhatsApp channels that the next four months, making all COVID-19 related are working on fact checking all COVID-19 misinfor- stories free and accessible to all. mation. “These groups are also great for sharing and The Morning Context, a digital news startup that creating memes to keep everyone’s spirits up,” Ritu publishes one story each day, has suspended its Kapur, co-founder and CEO, The Quint. regular coverage this week and is running a special series documenting and analysing the fallout of the Content tone and coverage COVID-19 pandemic across tech, business and chaos. As the pandemic unfolds, the constant stream of news Every story is free to read. The decision to remove its can get overwhelming. To counter that, news organ- paywall has had a clear impact on The Morning Con-

14 RIND Survey June 2020 text’s business. The company is looking at a revenue hit by switching to COVID-19 stories from regular Crackdown on online long-form features. “We don’t make money. It is fairly well established that nobody will sign up to pay if the groups, platforms content is not free to read,” says Ashish K Mishra, Print news publishers are cracking down on editor-in-chief. online groups and platforms that have been Mishra says since the situation is unprecedented, sharing PDF versions of popular newspapers it is imperative for the company to cover the crisis to readers every day. For a lot of newspaper and its impact. “We will bring our own rigour to the management bodies, these informal circulations coverage, and hopefully this will help readers be well on social media are nothing but a form of piracy. informed,” says Mishra. “I believe most of the readers Soon only subscribed members will be able to we serve already know this, and this helps us because access online newspapers. we do very few free stories – only 12 a year. This will Many newspapers are now available in the help with sampling.” Most of The Morning Context e-paper format online in the morning every day, writers work from home, but have currently restricted some of which are free. According to the INS,

field work. < many users are creating PDFs out of newspaper pages and circulate them on WhatsApp and (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA blog/ World News Telegram groups to the readers, leading to a Publishing Focus. The writer is a multimedia journalist loss in both subscription revenue for the print

newspapers as well as epapers digitally. The INS

with WAN-IFRA South Asia based in Chennai.) also called this circulation of newspapers on< social media illegal.

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Indian publishers promote safety of print newspapers

Despite rumours of printed newspapers being a carrier of COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently confirmed that newspapers are safe to read during the pandemic. Elizabeth Shilpa has the details

he likelihood of an infected person con- on the handling conditions. The idea of a virus stuck taminating commercial goods is low and to paper is not seriously considered because it is a “Tthe risk of catching the virus that causes virus that is extremely susceptible to drying out.” COVID-19 from a package that has been moved, The rumour has been spreading panic in many parts travelled, and exposed to different conditions and of the world and making a dent in the sales of single temperature is also low,” a statement from the World copies, and even subscriptions, of newspapers that Health Organisation (WHO) said. have already been reeling under distribution hurdles WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyregne states, “Accord- and plummeting ad revenues. The issue has been par- ing to current knowledge, the new coronavirus is ticularly visible in India where print is still the domi- transmitted mainly by droplets, when patients cough, nant media player and the readership base is huge. sneeze or spit in the vicinity of another person. The risk of being contaminated by an inert material such What are the facts? as newsprint seems infinitesimal and really depends Dr Nalini Ramamurthy, former director – King Institute of Preventive Medicine and former scien- tist with WHO South East Asia Region, says, “For a person to get infected, besides several factors, the virus load is also a factor depending on the virus. In case of COVID-19, it is not known. It is known on inanimate surfaces the virus may survive for a varying period of time depending on temperature and other conditions.” No studies of survival of the virus on paper have

Photo: WAN-IFRA been conducted so far; the closest is studies on metal, The novel coronavirus has generated rumour and panic in many parts of plastics and cardboard. Ramamurthy says that the the world. The World Health Organisation is finding it challenging to likelihood of an infected person contaminating com- get the right messages across. mercial packing (paper) and risk of someone else

16 RIND Survey June 2020 subsequently being infected is low. “By the time the that in Australia, NT News printed extra pages to paper reaches your home from the press it’s a few help out people with toilet paper shortage. hours already. Most important is to take universal pre- Kumar Natarajan, general manager at ABP Group, cautions which you are already taking when you buy which publishes The Telegraph and several other papers, other essentials groceries, vegetables, medicines. If says they have suffered a major blow from people can- the paper/ magazine comes in a bag, discard the bag, celling subscriptions. wash hands with soap and water and do not touch “We haven’t assessed the percentage, but it has sig- your eyes, nose, mouth,” says Dr Nalini Ramamurthy. nificantly affected the circulation. We are taking all In a statement issued by UPM, a major newsprint precautionary measures, but people are scared and supplier, Martin Ledwon, VP, Stakeholder Relations, I don’t see this situation changing until everything noted that considering the current scientific view on becomes normal again,” he says. ways of infection and the possible role of surfaces carrying a certain quantity of virus, it could be con- Campaigning to fight crisis cluded that there was no specific risk associated with With people shying away from buying newspapers paper products. Dr Rajni Kant, scientist and director, despite the sanitation and disinfecting efforts, pub- Indian Council of Medical Research, also noted that lishers have been trying to take the message to the there was no evidence about newspapers being carri- readers through campaigns. Most publishers have put ers. However, it could not be ruled out as well, hence out videos showing newspaper bundles being fumi- better to take universal precautions. gated by men in overalls and masks. “We are developing our own messaging that can go Sanitisation at site to the readers and tell them that paper is actually safe. So far no cases of infection from newspapers have For that we are also networking with other indus- been reported. Printing and transporting of news- try publishers. I’m constantly talking to my peers in papers involves very limited manual interference the industry and asking them to develop messages,” thereby reducing the chances of infection signifi- Mohit Jain points out. He notes that the messaging cantly. On top of that, newspaper publishers have that goes out is of two parts: one, newspapers are the also been disinfecting their plants, machines and credible source of information in these times, there- newspaper bundles and supplying safety equipment fore do not let go of it, and two, newspapers do not to their staff. carry the virus. “At our printing presses across the country, along “Our primary focus during this time has been on with the existing measures in place, the operating ensuring we reach our subscribers safely and on time machines which are prone to contact by our staff are and to be sure we educate subscribers that our prod- cleaned with sanitisers as well. The newspapers are ucts not only disseminate fact-based and verified printed on fully automated machines with minimal news but are also safe, thanks to all the safety mea- to no manual intervention,” says The Hindu Group sures in place,” said The Hindu Group spokesperson spokesperson. further adding, “We have collaborated with many of Mohit Jain, executive president, The Times Group, India’s leading newspapers to crusade against fake says, “We are providing all our staff, hawkers and so news. We asked readers to wait for the printed, well- on with masks and sanitisers. We have been fumigat- researched, truthful articles that will help curb fake

ing around plants, but somehow the fake news has news, reminding everyone why ‘print is proof ’ and < prevailed for now.” He notes that despite the govern- here to stay.” ment declaring print media a part of essential services, people have been fearing for their lives when it comes (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA blog/ World News to buying newspapers. “If newspapers were a poten- Publishing Focus. The writer is a business analyst with tial virus carrier, why would the government include WAN-IFRA South Asia based in Chennai.) it among essential services?” he asks, and points out

June 2020 RIND Survey 17 A South Korean newspaper’s brave response to COVID-19

Once the per capita rate of increase in the number of confirmed patients in South Korea began falling, it was clear the country had succeeded in flattening the COVID-19 curve. Changhee Park, writing this some weeks ago, says Seoul has lost its characteristic dynamism, but all its functions remain intact. The empty streets are not due to government enforcement but the result of voluntary choice by citizens, he points out – quite an extraordinary example

he fear related to the coronavirus climaxed In the case of workers in Daegu, commuting would four weeks ago at the end of February. For expose them to the risk of infection. At the same time, Tdays, nearly 1000 confirmed cases of infection a shutdown had to be avoided. Dozens of newspa- were being reported, involving a religious group and pers that entrusted their printing to JoongAng Ilbo a nursing home in Daegu, Korea’s third largest city were depending on us. That’s when we received the with nearly 2.5 million people. The number of deaths alarming news from Daegu: Every single employee at from the coronavirus began to rise amid reports there the Daegu plant had decided not to go home but to were not enough beds and respirators to deal with the isolate themselves at the printing facility. infected. The idea here was to avoid the possibility of infec- Daegu is the site of one of JoongAng Ilbo’s four tion by eliminating the process of commuting. Instead major production plants. A single case of infection of working from home, they chose to live at work. would mean having to shut down the entire facility. All the necessities for this temporary measure, includ- JoongAng Ilbo focused on the following strategy to ing individual tents for all 24 employees at the plant, deal with COVID-19: were provided. The facility turned into a makeshift campsite. • Minimise the likelihood of infection among Two weeks later, we learned that the wife and workers daughter of one of the employees tested positive for • Maintain the utmost business efficiency COVID-19. If that employee had commuted from • Do not overload the system to ensure sustainability home, he could have picked up the virus. This could have meant the shutdown of the entire printing facility. We were fortunate enough to overcome the Daegu crisis, but JoongAng Ilbo teams in Seoul were still exposed to the coronavirus. There was no surefire way for reporters to avoid it. The bottom line was to minimise the possibility of shutdown for the Seoul- based headquarters building. We did that by: • First checking the temperatures of everyone

Photos: INMA entering the building This picture and the one on the next page reflect the changes the • People without face masks were not allowed entry coronavirus has brought to the workplace. into the building

18 RIND Survey June 2020 We were lucky during the first wave. Fortunately, none of our 3,400 employees were infected. Advertis- ing revenue, which fell 10 per cent short of our first quarter target, should be recoverable if business gets back on track in the second half. But that’s assuming everything is under control by the latter half of the year. That being said, such a recovery seems far from easy. The coronavirus is not expected to die down so easily. In fact, we may have to get used to the ‘new normal’ of living alongside the virus. A prolonged lockdown around the world may paralyse global systems, which would strike a fatal blow to the survival of the media industry. It is difficult to fathom how detrimental such • We covered elevator buttons with antivirus films a blow would be. • We took extra care in cleaning and disinfecting the Therefore, gearing up for a long, protracted war building against the coronavirus is inevitable. Cash-focused management is essential, so we prioritised projects However, efforts to minimise the risk of transmis- based on revenue creation. On the other hand, we are sion were not enough. Our goal could not be 100 developing customised marketing strategies in antici- per cent remote production as that would mean giv- pation of retaliatory consumption post-COVID-19. ing up on the quality and efficiency of the newspaper Our role as a quality stabiliser informing our readers production process. There were swift decisions to be of what is truth and what will be beneficial in the long made and work to be implemented based on the fluid term is still our top priority. COVID-19 situation. This, too, shall pass. And the world will find stability We had to be prepared for the worst but at the same again. Seoul is surprisingly calm, and the city is main- time, work was work. We came up with a compromise taining its composure during this time of turbulence. plan. For teams that had to work from the office, we For this, I give credit to our citizens. had half the workforce take turns coming in or work- When Daegu was facing an explosive rise in the num- ing from home. Members of the newspaper editing ber of confirmed cases of coronavirus, we had doc- team who have to work from the office were divided tors and nurses from around the country rushing to into two teams working in two separate locations. the region to volunteer and treat the infected. Daegu Helping employees manage stress was also vitally citizens, for their part, remained in Daegu instead of important. Amid the coronavirus spread, protective trying to avoid the virus by moving to other provinces. face masks have become a luxury item with prices In this context, it’s easy to understand the voluntary soaring and demand overwhelming current supplies. decision by employees at the JoongAng Ilbo Daegu Anticipating this situation, JoongAng Ilbo decided to plant to quarantine themselves at the printing facility. purchase 20000 face masks early on in the outbreak The tone of the video titled Korea, Wonderland? may and distributed them to all employees. seem a little too emotional, but there’s no denying the Given the seriousness of the COVID-19 crisis, outpouring of emotion as we all come together to some would say the masks were more welcome than overcome this unprecedented crisis. even a pay raise — not because they were guaranteed Makeshift tents inside the Daegu production to block the virus but because they were regarded as plant of JoongAng Ilbo served as the homes for a crucial ration item in what felt like a time of war. production workers who decided to isolate them- The masks offered psychological comfort to our selves rather than go home. Nobody with an abnor- employees mal temperature is allowed to enter JoongAng Ilbo

June 2020 RIND Survey 19 offices. Everyone passes the camera, which auto- (Courtesy: International News Media Association/ matically measures the person’s temperature. The INMA. The writer is chief executive officer of Joongang Ilbo, computer screen tells you if you have a fever — and based in Seoul, South Korea. He is a former member of the whether you can enter. Antivirus film was placed in INMA Board of Directors.)

the elevators of JoongAng Ilbo as research shows the buttons are carriers of germs generally. The film< also is easier to clean.

Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award instituted Mathrubhumi has enriched Malayalam language and literature since its inception in 1923. For close to a century, Mathrubhumi has been a platform for almost all of the leading writers from Kerala and has published some of the best in Indian literature. The Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (www.mbifl.com) is gearing up for its third edition from Jan 30 to Feb 2, 2020. Encouraged by its success and acceptance both by the general public and the literary circles in India and abroad, Mathrubhumi considers it is fitting to institute an annual Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award, which will carry a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs and a memento. “The Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award is a commitment from Mathrubhumi to honour the best in Indian literature every year. We are inspired to honour and celebrate brilliant works and encourage the publishers to look for the best writing by Indian authors,” says M.V. Shreyams Kumar, joint managing director, Mathrubhumi, and a patron of MBIFIL. The theme this time is: Shrinking Spaces; Transcending Letters. The award is open to Indian writers who are published in India. Works in regional languages should be translated to English to be eligible for the award.

MBIFL is celebration of Kerala culture, literature and words. It will include conversations and reading sessions, a cartoon/ illustration exhibition, story-telling, impromptu performances and an exploration< of traditional Malabar cuisine. Each day of the festival will culminate in cultural evenings.

Color-Logic expands online training program For seven years, Color-Logic has provided licensed Color-Logic printers around the world with web- based training, suitable for their captive designers, external designers, agencies, and brands. Color- Logic developed these training programs for two primary reasons: Time, because print personnel are often too busy during the day to learn new techniques, and thus need an effective means of learning at their own pace, and Location, because with licensed printers in more than 60 countries, the designer could well be in a different city or country, enabling licensed Color-Logic printers to expand markets in any direction. A unique aspect of the Color-Logic system is that it enables print embellishment at the design stage, since the Adobe Design Suite is consistent in every language, on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. While it remains unclear how design will evolve beyond the COVID-19 outbreak, online training and web based training will remain, which is why Color-Logic has expanding online resources

for licensed printers and their captive and external designers. Color-Logic has added Master Class Tutorials for Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign to provide extensive instruction about how< to add embellishments into artwork and make it truly stand out from the competition.

20 RIND Survey June 2020 CASE STUDY Automated plate production aids workflow, saves time he printing plate production is a fulcrum for from the stacker, temporarily stored several times, most sheetfed offset printers. Together with assigned to orders, labelled and bended. All steps that TBEIL-Registersysteme GmbH (Abensberg), are not only prone to errors, they have also repeatedly FiboDruck has optimised this process. The print- led to damage to the sensitive offset printing plates. ing company in Neuried on the outskirts of Munich With the investment decision for a Kodak plate received a tailor-made automation solution that sig- exposure type Magnus 800, it was clear at FiboDruck nificantly speeds up the workflow. that its efficiency only comes into play if the entire Since its foundation in 1976 by Inge and Klaus plate logistics is also rethought. Kodak and Rädler, Bockmaier, Bavarian company FiboDruck has contin- the printing company’s long-standing retail partner, ued to develop. In 2003, son Robert Bockmaier joined worked with BEIL-Registersysteme to develop a suit- the management board. The owners and their team of able overall concept that makes optimum use of the around 35 people know that service providers today available space. not only deliver top quality, but also have to realise In addition to the scratch-free handling of the plates, it in the shortest possible time. Continuous invest- the print shop’s wish list included the required process- ments ensure competitiveness and a top level of per- ing speed and a plate organization that allows the plates formance. Thanks to optimal processes and precisely to be safely assigned to the jobs and quickly found by coordinated production steps, even fragmented and the printers. demanding orders are handled flawlessly. BEIL-Registersysteme has been one of the world’s In plate production at FiboDruck, manual processes leading suppliers of systems for processing and han- have dominated up to now – plates had to be removed dling printing plates for the printing industry for more than 35 years. The company’s core competencies from Abensberg in Bavaria include the entire range of print- ing plate punches, benders, and shears in every desired expansion stage, from manual table-top models to fully automatic and networked inline processing sys- tems. Precision, reliability and safety are three of the most important factors that users of BEIL systems value in their daily use. The Kodak Magnus 800 is equipped with a pallet loader, which means that it automatically retrieves the required plates directly from a pallet without operat- ing personnel. FiboDruck employees only have to take care of the filling of the pallet loader. Photos: BEIL BEIL supplied a printing plate processing line with a For the new plate logistics at FiboDruck, Kodak and Rädler, the bender for Heidelberg’s Speedmaster XL 106, in direct printing company’s long-standing retail partner, developed a suitable connection to the Kodak CTP, which easily handles overall concept together with BEIL Registersysteme that makes optimum use of the available space. 150 plates per hour.

June 2020 RIND Survey 21 The processed plates are stacked on two plate trol- leys. An offset between the jobs on the trolleys allows an easy differentiation between those sets. Lowerable swivel arms do the scratch-free stacking of the plates, which are moved precisely and gently by suction cups. The barcode reader is adapted to the process-free Kodak-Sonora printing plates, a job ticket printer produces print outs with the information of stacked plates on the trolley. The printout starts automatically when the trolley is removed from the stacker. Up to 120 bended plates can be placed on each trolley. Here, too, at the end of the production line, the employees only have to exchange the filled trolleys for empty ones. The installation and commissioning were smooth, the Bavarian partners Rädler and Beil worked hand in Happy about the successful project (l-r): Roland Beil (commerical manager, hand and – just in operation – the new plate logistics BEIL), Fritz-Otto Rüth (sales manager, Rädler Group) and Robert Bockmaier (managing director FiboDruck). showed its benefits in everyday use. Fritz Rüth, who oversaw the project for Rädler, sums it up in one sen- 20,000 records have already been produced on the new tence: “The employees were enthusiastic.” line. Now, a few months later, FiboDruck is once again FiboDruck estimates the actual time savings to be at realising that all requirements from the specifications least one minute per plate, which then quickly adds up have been met from the outset. The personnel costs to two to four hours per day. Not only does the new for the plate production have decreased significantly, workflow run almost without manual intervention, it is the processing of the process-free Sonora plates also faster than the previous manual bending and sort- runs perfectly smooth in all production steps. The ing process. For Managing Director Robert Bockmaier,

the step to automated plate production was “one of consequences of damaged plates – remanufacturing, < machine down- times, quality defects – have practically the best decisions in a long time.” disappeared. This is despite of the fact that more than

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ppi Media ‘available for its drupa postponed, likely Indian customers’ next year A comprehensive package of measures was put Due to the spread of the coronavirus, Messe Düs- together by ppi Media in the early stages of the seldorf decided on 13 March 2020 to postpone the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing its employees to leading trade fair drupa, which was planned for June. work from home – wherever possible – to ensure Instead, the fair will take place from 20 to 30 April their health and safety and fully maintain the 2021. company’s support services. This has allowed ppi Media to ensure the full continuation of its cus- tomer care. Koenig & Bauer operational As a result, publishing customers in India can be despite dire situation sure that their newspaper production will not run into technical difficulties in a general state of emer- Koenig & Bauer has adopted extensive measures to gency. This applies to all ppi Media solutions – from guarantee the health and safety of our employees, planning to content creation. ppi Media’s uninter- customers and suppliers in the exceptional situation rupted performance is also supported by the fact in which we find ourselves. Koenig & Bauer Flexo- that the company officially forms part of Germany’s tecnica has already been classified as system-relevant critical infrastructure. This means that employees at in Italy and is therefore permitted to remain fully ppi Media can make use of options like emergency operational, and we are now especially pleased to childcare when necessary. note that the German Federal Ministry of Food and ppi Media is also expanding its range of services Agriculture has explicitly listed ‘Enterprises produc- for international publishing customers to ensure ing packaging and packaging materials for products’ the maintenance of critical infrastructure in the as critical – and thus system-relevant – suppliers to current situation. In recent weeks, for example, the the food industry throughout Europe. The value of company has helped its customers to ensure the packaging is thus acknowledged. connection of employees working from home and Board packaging, folding cartons, plastic films, to outsource production to new printing houses bottles, cans and the necessary labelling ensure that when printing service providers have been at risk food and pharmaceutical products reach the end user of inactivity. efficiently and in hygienic condition. Koenig & Bauer “We’re actively approaching our customers to takes the responsibility very seriously and is fully determine potential issues where we can offer sup- aware that no interruption of the supply chains can port. Our international customers, such as pub- be allowed. Our production, which is located exclu- lishing companies in India, can rely 100% on our sively in Europe, is running. Our service staff are services. Our Indian customers will also receive free ready to provide assistance where needed, our spare licenses for our e-paper solution until the end of the parts warehouses in Europe, Asia and the USA are corona crisis to ensure digital distribution options operating, and parts are being dispatched to custom- for newspapers”, explains Hauke Berndt, CEO of ers all over the world every day. ppi Media. “We’re pleased to see that our technolo- My great thanks go out to all employees, who are gies and structures developed in recent years offer handling this unusual situation professionally and our customers a high level of reliability in the cur- with their customary enthusiasm. That is what char- rent situation.” acterises Koenig & Bauer. And has done for more

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than 200 years. I wish our customers and suppliers the with the Dutch specialist in measurement and control confidence that we will weather this phase together – equipment for the print industry. with us, you are in good hands. Vanguardia Liberal is one of the largest Colombian newspapers and celebrated its one hundredth anniver- - Statement by Claus Bolza-Schünemann, Koenig & sary in September 2019. The Goss Universal 50 press, Bauer CEO which will be retrofitted by QIPC, is located at the printing facility in Bucaramanga, in the north of the Some changes at Koenig country. The newspaper also owns a printing facility in Cartagena. With Michael Ulverich and Stephen M. Kimmich, The press in Bucaramanga consists of ten towers the supervisory board of Koenig & Bauer AG has and has updated EAE controls. EAE is a sister com- appointed two new management board members. pany of QIPC. “The integration of automation into From 15 April, Ulverich has taken over the new our current software systems was very important to management board position of the chief operating us,” explains Alexander Delgado, deputy manager - officer. His future responsibilities include materials Production of Vanguardia Liberal. “We didn’t want management, purchasing, logistics and the ‘industrial’ to have an external system. The best thing for this production companies at the sites in Würzburg and automation is that everything is integrated in the same Radebeul as well as the subsidiary in Frankenthal. Ulv- control console”. erich was most recently managing director and CEO The Goss Universal 50 press was equipped with at Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann. outdated QIPC automation. EAE’s control systems Kimmich took over as CFO on 15 April. He was had already been renewed, but according to Alexan- most recently chief financial officer, Europe, Middle der Delgado, it was logical to replace the automation East (West Asia) and Africa of Joyson Safety Systems as well. “There are two reasons to invest in new press and MD of Joyson Safety Systems Germany GmbH. automation: waste savings and quality improvements. Kimmich succeeds Mathias Dähn. In order to further We expect that these new QIPC systems will allow accelerate the digitisation offensive that has already us to save on lost copies during start-up, allowing been successfully launched, the supervisory board us to handle our raw materials more efficiently. In has also appointed management board member Ralf addition, we would like to deliver excellent quality Sammeck to take over the group-wide coordination to our customers. That should be possible with this of the digital transformation in addition to his previ- automation.” ous areas of responsibility. For the time being, six of the ten towers will be In the wake of the corona crisis and the associated equipped with the mRC-3D colour register and cut- uncertainties for holding meetings, this year’s annual off control system. A total of eighteen cameras will general meeting of the company will be postponed to be installed for this purpose. “We expect to be able 14 July in Würzburg. to equip the other four towers with the new QIPC systems in the second half of 2020, so that the entire QIPC automation scores in Columbia... Major Colombian newspaper Vanguardia Liberal is investing in press automation of QI Press Controls (QIPC) for its recently acquired Goss Universal 50 press. The person in charge of the printing company mentions the integration in the control systems of respective company /PR agency Materials in this section: Provided by QIPC’s subsidiary Engineering Automation Elec- Alexander Delgado, Vanguardia Liberal. tronics (EAE) as the main reason for joining forces

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press will be automated,” says Alexander Delgado, who is counting on a long-term and successful collab- oration between Vanguardia Liberal and QIPC. “New investments in technology will strengthen us to produce quality products for the next 100 years. I believe that QIPC will become a partner that helps us to be a leader in quality printing. With the increased efficiency, we also want to be a leader in the commercial offset market,” says Delgado. Ronald Reedijk, managing director of QIPC-EAE Ameri- cas, expresses the same belief: “Vanguardia Liberal is one of the largest newspapers in Colombia. We are therefore very pleased they want to join forces with us. This installation offers a lot of possibilities for Tuna Yıldırım owner, Tuna Matbaacılık. the future”. acquired two years ago from a print shop in South … in Turkey… Africa and on which mainly school books were printed. The press was already equipped with QIPC automa- Printing company Tuna Matbaacılık equips its recently tion in South Africa, but these systems stayed with acquired press with the latest automation of QI Press the vendor. “From the moment the press arrived in Controls (QIPC). In this way, the Turkish print- Turkey, we knew that we also wanted to invest in auto- ing company maintains the successful combination mation to improve product quality and reduce waste,” between the manroland Uniset 75 newspaper press says owner Tuna Yıldırım. In the end, the investment and the QIPC automation the previous owner of the was slightly delayed, but today Tuna Yıldırım is proud press in South Africa also used. The Dutch specialist to announce that the press will be re-equipped with in measuring and control equipment for the printing QIPC automation. industry installs its innovative mRC-3D system for The total of six mRC-3D cameras (two for cut-off colour register and cut-off control at the print shop control and four for colour register control) will allow in Ankara. the press to work more efficiently with less waste and Tuna Matbaacılık is one of the more modern print- a higher quality end product as a result. Tuna Yıldırım ing companies in Turkey. The company operates five explains the choice for QIPC by pointing out the presses, including the manroland Uniset 75 which it future vision of QIPC and the conditions offered: “QIPC is fully focused on the printing industry. They also continue to invest in research and development within this industry. In addition, the “value for money” and delivery time were excellent”. ... and in Germany The German printing company Aschendorff Medien once again opts for press automation from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). Satisfaction with the other K&B press with QIPC automation led to the obvious deci- sion to also equip the new K&B press with the sys- tems of the Dutch specialist in measurement and The manroland Uniset 75. control equipment for the printing industry.

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Aschendorff Mediening machine with a maximum repeat length of up to recently bought a new K&B 1400 mm and print width of max 1650 mm prints in Commander CL press. The high quality on wide web. It is designed for large print fact that the press manufac- jobs for industrial packaging applications and sched- turer K&B prefers to equip uled to start production Q2 2021. its machines with QIPC auto- Håkan Rundén, sales & service director of Koe- mation is known throughout nig & Bauer DK states: “This was a great team effort. the industry. Aschendorff The colleagues from Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Medien already experienced supported us perfectly in the consulting process and why K&B prefers QIPC on implemented all special customer requirements”. Thomas Wenge, technical the other K&B press they Luigi Magliocchi, CEO of Koenig & Bauer Flexo- manager at Aschendorff Medien. use,. “All the expectations tecnica adds, “After the unrivalled printing results and requirements we had achieved in Italy on the Evo XG printing machine, we when we first invested in a QIPC system were met,” are pleased that Trioplast continues to rely on Koe- says a satisfied Thomas Wenge, Technical Manager at nig & Bauer as a reliable partner and wants to realize Aschendorff Medien. “And of course we wanted this future growth with us”. “This stack type flexo press new K&B press to perform in the same way as the replaces three of our old presses,” adds Trioplast one we already use. Therefore there has never been Chief Procurement Officer Oskar Karlsson. any discussion for us whether we should equip this A further, even larger press, an Evo XG 10 LR, is to press with QIPC automation”. be ordered in 2021. The Evo XG series consists of QIPC responds delighted to Thomas Wenge’s highly automated CI flexographic printing machines reconfirmation of trust. Harold Drinhuyzen, Area for the efficient processing of a wide range of films, Sales Manager at QIPC: “This is the best way to build papers and cardboards at production speeds of up to end-user confidence in our technologies. Aschendorff 600 m/ min. Medien has always been a very satisfied user of our Trioplast Nyborg is part of the Trioplast Group. systems. This is now evident once again; without any Trioplast is an industrial group with just over 1200 doubt, Q.I. Press Controls is once again chosen as employees and a turnover of 540 million EUR. The supplier”. group is one of the leading European players in The new K&B Commander CL in Münster will be innovative, sustainable and cost-efficient packag- equipped with the mRC-3D system for colour register ing solutions based on polyethylene film. It oper- and cut-off control and the IDS-3D system for colour ates production facilities in Sweden, Denmark, the control. In addition, the IQM system for better analy- sis of press performance is included. This measuring and control equipment will help Aschendorff Medien to work more efficiently and to deliver printed matter of a higher, consistent quality. “In addition, the ser- vice and support provided by QIPC, when we needed it, has always been exemplary and very good,” con- cludes Thomas Wenge. Trioplast Nyborg invests in Celebrating the successful completion of the Evo XG 8 LR project (l-r): Koenig & Bauer machine Massimo Forletto, Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica; Andrea Dallavalle, Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica; Oskar Karlsson, Trioplast; Joachim Trioplast Nyborg is investing in an Evo XG 8 LR Barthelme, Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica; Richard Warnick, Koenig & from Koenig & Bauer for printing polyethylene films Bauer UK; Håkan Rundén, Koenig & Bauer DK and Dario Simic, for industrial packaging. The tailor-made flexo print- Trioplast; Niels Petersen, Trioplast (missing in the photo).

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Netherlands and France and sells its products on a • Durability: Extremely durable on any substrate global market. The main owner of Trioplast is Altor with increased scratch resistance Funds • Resolution: Reproduction of even finer screens with consistent durability • Ink transfer: Excellent solids and fast ink roll New Verico printing plate up, excellent compatibility with UV Inks and for waterless presses increased solvent resistance • Measurability: Plate is video microscopically Verico Technology LLC has successfully launched measurable the latest plate in the Zahara family, the Zahara Elite • Drop-in: Uses your existing processing equipment waterless plate. Zahara Elite plates are available in most sizes and gauges for waterless newspaper, sheet- As the remaining stock of Zahara XP products are fed, narrow web label, security printing and CD / depleted, Verico Technology will automatically ship DVD applications. Elite is a drop-in product to the Zahara Elite plates to fill customer orders. Customers existing Zahara CTP settings and in will not require will notice the new labeling on the package that will any adjustments in exposures. distinguish Zahara Elite plates. Immediate upgrades Like all Zahara products, the Zahara Elite is a 100 available on request. per cent chemical-free process plate using simply water for cleanout. No hazardous chemicals or dyes to maintain or dispose. Just expose, rinse and print. Koenig & Bauer, Actega to Benefits of the brand new VericoZahara Elite water- less plate: continue cooperation Koenig & Bauer and Actega have been working • Speed: Increased sensitivity in the CtP system together in the field of press consumables since enables higher throughput with wider exposure November 2016. During the time, new Rapida presses latitude accompanied by Actega starter kits with coating prod- ucts for inline finishing have been delivered to cus- tomers in 58 countries around the world. The users benefit from products which have been tailored to achieve the highest possible quality and performance on Rapida sheetfed offset presses. These products are

Dirk Winkler, head of print technology at Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed, describes the cooperation as a source of benefits for both the user experience Druckplatte Zahara. and further developments in finishing technologies.

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ties. Continuation of the annual calendar production is another objective of the further cooperation. Andreas Gipp, senior vice-president for the business line Paper & Board at Actega, explains: “Together with Koenig & Bauer, we are defining benchmarks for the finishing of printed products. The purpose of our cooperation is to guarantee the availability of high- quality coating systems for use on high-performance sheetfed offset presses from Koenig & Bauer. Con- sequently, we will continue to apply the innovation strengths of both companies in the future, in order to develop attractive products for our joint customers.” Andreas Gipp, senior vice-president for the business line Paper & Board at Dirk Winkler, head of print technology at Koenig & Actega, views the innovation strength of the two companies as an important Bauer Sheetfed, adds: “Our cooperation with Actega prerequisite for the development of attractive finishing options for their joint is driving the development of finishing technologies customers. and benefits our users directly. Coatings, presses and processes are matched precisely to each other, as the used, tested and optimised on a regular basis at the key to reproducible quality results.” Koenig & Bauer demo centre. The two companies have now agreed to extend their successful cooperation for a further five years. This Koenig & Bauer receives means that Actega will remain a reliable development partner for Koenig & Bauer in the future – for exam- recognition ple in work to optimise finishing processes in connec- At the Fifth Annual Digital Packaging Summit held in tion with LED-UV production. Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in November 2019, Koe- For ten years already, the two manufacturers have nig & Bauer was honoured with the coveted Company been demonstrating the diversity of high-quality fin- to Watch Award. The three-day event is organised ishing techniques which can be realised in a modern and coordinated by NAPCO Media and the magazine inline process through the production of Actega’s Packaging Impressions, and played host to 95 executives annual calendar. The interesting visual, haptic and from the printing and packaging industries who were olfactory effects are created using Rapida sheetfed keen to find out about the latest developments in digi- offset technology with corresponding coating facili- tal technologies for use in packaging printing. During the event, the attendees were also asked to vote for the company which they considered the Company to Watch. Some 43 solution providers were in attendance at the event to present their products and answer ques- tions. Eric Frank, senior vice president of market- ing and product management at Koenig & Bauer (US) explains: “The Digital Packaging Summit was a unique opportunity to present our company’s digi- tal vision in close cooperation with our joint venture partner Durst. It also provided a forum for personal discussions on the future direction of our industry. And we are naturally very proud of the award.” The annual Actega calendar showcases the diversity of high-quality finishing Koenig & Bauer is the oldest printing press manu- which can today be realised in an inline process. facturer in the world with the broadest product range

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people Hamburg-based printing group, HO Persiehl. The EcoLeaf operator training and unit installation on the company’s highly specified all-servo 12-colour press, with a combination of offset, flexo and screen all inline Gallus RCS, began in early March 2020. “Our business is focused on print services that create a greater connection between a brand and the consumer, to ultimately aid sales. We do that by employing some of the best print technologies on the market, and EcoLeaf is a perfect example of this,” says Michael Leon, MD, Kolbe-Coloco. “Eradicating foil is a huge and incredibly important L-r: Brian Ludwick, VP & publisher/ brand director at Packaging milestone in our industry, and this technology looks Impressions, congratulates Eric Frank, senior vice president of marketing poised to support that. For this reason, we have no and product management at Koenig & Bauer (US), and Maik Laubin, doubt that our customers will embrace EcoLeaf with sales director for digital solutions at Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed, and presents open arms, but we also know that they will love the them with the Company to Watch Award along with David Pesko, EVP at NAPCO Media and event director for the Digital Packaging Summit. opportunity to add cost effective and amazing metal- lization to their jobs too – this solution has the poten- tial to be a serious game changer,” continued Leon. in the industry. For more than 200 years, the company The basis of EcoLeaf is a silver pigment that can be has been supporting printers with innovative technol- overprinted, leading to a rainbow of metallic colors ogy, tailor-made processes and a wide array of ser- including gold. Integrated inline on analogue presses, vices. The portfolio ranges from banknotes, via board, digital printing presses or finishing equipment – either film, metal and glass packaging, through to book, dis- new or retrofitted to existing equipment – EcoLeaf plays, coding, magazine, advertising and newspaper consists of a printed trigger image and a metallization printing. Sheetfed and webfed offset and flexo print- unit that applies only the precise and required amount ing, waterless offset, intaglio, simultaneous perfecting of metal to the trigger image. and screen printing or digital inkjet – Koenig & Bauer According to Jan Franz Allerkamp, MD, Actega “In is at home in virtually all printing processes and is the Kolbe-Coloco we’ve found a likeminded and very market leader in many of them. innovation-driven business. One that operates an automated, clean and very professional environment, Kolbe-Coloco is world’s first EcoLeaf beta customer Actega Metal Print GmbH has announced Ger- man print specialist, Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck GmbH, as the world’s first beta customer for its revo- lutionary, sustainable and cost-effective metallization technology, EcoLeaf. Focusing on high-end applica- tions, the company will use the new solution to print profit driving metallization embellishments onto self- adhesive labels for a broad variety of markets. The company cites the eradication of foil and its sustain- ability advantages as a key decision. Based in Versmold, only a 1.5 hours drive from Actega in Lehrte, Kolbe-Coloco is part of the 550 Actega Metal Print EcoLeaf metallization sample.

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continuing its successful investment strategy in digi- tal print. The company recently ordered yet another RotaJet digital web press from Koenig & Bauer. The new press is scheduled to enter production in the first half of 2021. With the RotaJet 225, Interprint will be able to process web widths up to 225 cm. “We are convinced that the future belongs to digi- tal. And with the digital printing technology offered by Koenig & Bauer, we can both accelerate product development and extend our design flexibility. For our customers, variable job volumes, longer repeat lengths and previously impossible colour combina- tions are becoming ever more important,” says Robert Bierfreund, managing director of Interprint GmbH. Michael Leon, MD, Kolbe-Coloco and Jan-Franz Allerkamp, MD, Actega Barely half a year has passed since Interprint last Metal Print. decided to expand its digital printing capacities with but a company that has already proved itself to be the installation of a second RotaJet, and now the com- a real change-maker. We look forward to working pany is back once more with the order for its third closely with them over the coming weeks and months, industrial digital printing press from Koenig & Bauer. and to seeing EcoLeaf ’s positive impact on their busi- More than 15 industrial single-pass digital presses ness.” EcoLeaf will be commercially available from from Koenig & Bauer (including HP PageWide T1190 Summer 2020 onwards. and T1100 models), with web widths up to 2.8 m and Actega Metal Print was founded in February 2017 production speeds up to 305 m/min, are currently with a mission to revolutionise graphic arts with a already in use or else sold and awaiting installation. sustainable technology that reduces the amount of material, waste, cost and production time for creat- ing embellishments compared to today’s conventional processes that are mainly foil-based. German printing company Kolbe-Coloco Spezial- druck GmbH is known for label rolls, sales folders, brochures, special effects cards or unusual 3D adver- tising material for the point of sale in the sheet fed and label roll printing sectors. Main markets supplied include spices, smoothies and meat. The company’s history dates back originally to 1828 in bookbind- ing, but more latterly in sheet fed offset printing from 1960. What is special is that the company is regarded as a pioneer of UV technology, which was first intro- duced at Kolbe-Coloco in 1975. Third RotaJet for digital printer Interprint GmbH from Arnsberg, Germany, since October 2019 a member of the Toppan Group, is Example of a RotaJet for digital decor printing

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APTech, George Mason Univ launch program The Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) and the George Mason University (Mason) School of Business have announced the launch of the Lead- ingPrint: Advanced Leadership Program with its first online education offering: Managing Transformation in the Printing Industry. The program is designed to provide leaders in the printing industry with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to success- fully transform their companies and generate contin- ued success in an industry being disrupted by radical change in technologies, markets, business, and finan- Eye-catching wall graphics in a café. cial models. “It’s critically important for ‘outside’ business leader- Smooth 150, in an appropriately newspaper-themed ship knowledge and experience to join with our print- design. In late 2019, Walt & Whitman Brewing took ing industry expertise so we can offer printing industry over an historical building in Saratoga Springs, NY, professionals new and valuable business-growth that formerly housed the offices for the Saratogian insights,” said Thayer Long, president, APTech. “This newspaper. The new brewery and coffee house - exciting new professional development opportunity inspired by American poet Walt Whitman - wanted to is consistent with APTech’s commitment to develop- recognise this history, so called on Grant Graphics to ing unique and relevant products and services for our create an eye-catching mural. members.” With over 30 years’ experience Grant Graphics is The graduate-level curriculum will develop strategic a leading distributor for large-format inkjet printers, frameworks for leaders to reinvent their organisations ink and media - including Drytac products - in the and develop new or revised business models based north-east US region, as well as a producer of graph- on an innovative vision for the future. The program ics work. For the Saratogian pink-sheet newspaper consists of three modules that are essential for lead- project for Walt & Whitman, the team printed onto ing organisational transformation: Marketplace Dis- Drytac ReTac Smooth 150 with a Mimaki CJV300 ruption (Vision of the Market), Customer Principles solvent printer/cutter. (Vision of the Customer) and Implementation (Vision Garrison Grant, Digital Marketing Manager at of the Process). Grant Graphics, explains: “We wanted a matte vinyl The nine-week program will run June 10 - August that was easy to apply and handle. ReTac Smooth 150 30, 2020, be taught by Mason School of Business pro- is our best vinyl for wall applications - it has the ability fessors and will be delivered through the university’s to be stretched, removed and repositioned well with- Learning Management System. Those who complete out leaving residue on the surface. It prints and takes the program will receive a Mason School of Business in ink at a very high quality and the ink lays very nicely. certificate of completion. In total, the Walt & Whitman project was roughly a day of file set-up, a day of printing and a day of install.” Celebrating history with ReTac Smooth 150 (6 mil/150μ) and ReTac Smooth 75 (3 mil/75μ) are white polymeric printable PVC Drytac newspaper graphics films compatible with solvent, eco-solvent, latex and Grant Graphics has completed a wall graphics project UV ink chemistries, offering up to five years’ durability. for a new cafe and craft brewery using Drytac ReTac The key to the products’ simple installation, reposi-

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Featured products include but are not limited to pre- mium UV finishing as well as metallic printing with the Xerox Iridesse, which enable Webprinter custom- ers to create brand or business awareness in a highly cost effective way. Being the first digital printing com- pany to offer these services online, Webprinter makes these printing options easily available to anyone in the country with free standard delivery. Customers can also upload their own designs for quick, efficient printing. Says Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves: “Webprinter represents an ideal appli- cation of Color-Logic software--providing small busi- ness customers with beautiful metallic designs and An excited Garrison Grant. prints. No longer do brands or businesses need to tioning and removal is Drytac’s ReTac ultra-remov- rely on sophisticated design agencies or large printers able adhesive technology, developed with decades of requiring long print runs.” expertise. ReTac Smooth 150 and 75 have achieved Webprinter owner Peter Kohnert, also discussing several fire ratings, making them ideal for use in pub- his Color-Logic installation, adds: “Our Color-Logic lic areas that require compliance with strict fire regula- software has significantly expanded the type of jobs tions - such as coffee shops and bars. we can solicit and print, and has made our Xerox Iri- desse press more valuable than ever. Our customers Color-Logic certifies are amazed at what we can do with metallics.” Webprinter’s press Color-Logic offers free Color-Logic has certified Webprinter -- an online metallic files to printers printer based in suburban Cape Town, South Africa. Webprinter uses a Xerox Iridesse press and an in- As a service to the industry in this time of global house design service to supply South African busi- need, Color-Logic is offering free print-ready Color- nesses with business cards, folders, flyers, postcards, Logic metallic files to anyone wishing to print Thank booklets, leaflets, posters, stickers, tags and much You or Thinking of You cards, or Coronavirus Safety more. Posters. Says Color-Logic Director of Sales and Market- ing Mark Geeves: “Because print is such a powerful communication tool, we are providing print-ready Color-Logic metallic files that anyone can use in these stressful times. Now is the time to reach out to cus- tomers, family, and friends to thank them or just let them know you are thinking about them. Plus this is the time to particularly consider those individuals who do not have internet access or computer knowl- edge. These are the people who need a warm thought, and what better media than a nice printed card. These designs can be printed using either silver ink/ toner and CMYK on paper, or white ink/toner and CMYK The Webprinter printing team. on metallic substrate. All the embellishments have

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Remote maintenance and modern communication channels are becoming increasingly important in the current environment.

In the Sheetfed segment, primarily increased orders in large format as well as pleasing sales of folder gluer systems contributed to the solid order intake of €160.1m (2019: €174.2m). For reasons related to delivery and the pandemic, revenue of €68.2m was Color-Logic Thinking of You card. well below the prior-year figure of €113.7m. Despite declining service business with web offset presses, been added to the files so it is only necessary to add order intake at Digital & Web of €43.6m was signifi- your message of hope to the inside, and personalize cantly higher than the prior-year figure of €31.9m. the reverse with your company information.” Says President and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann: The print-ready Color-Logic files may be down- “The economic consequences of the corona crisis pose loaded at https://www.color-logic.com/coronavi- major challenges for our group. Our broad product rus/, where complete instructions may be found. portfolio with a significant share of revenue in sys- tem relevant packaging printing, the robust, increas- ingly digital service business and our sound balance Koenig & Bauer publishes sheet with a high equity ratio limit the risk potential. its Q1 report 2020 Our action plan focuses on reliable customer support, cost and investment discipline and securing liquidity. Whereas Koenig & Bauer was able to achieve a sound Short-time working has been in place at different loca- group order intake of €271.5 m in the first quarter tions since 1 April 2020 due to capacity utilisation.” of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has already had Says CFO Stephen Kimmich: “Given the uncer- a considerable impact on revenue and earnings. With tainty regarding future developments and the serious group revenue 25.3 per cent lower than in the prior concern about a deep global recession, many of our year at €172.4m, EBIT was –€34.9m. Restrictions customers are reluctant to make new investments… especially in travelling initially are having a significant Because of the drastic effects that are already appar- impact on order and project processing for the deliv- ent, our planning for 2020 is no longer achievable. ery, assembly and installation of the machines at its Accordingly, corona crisis management currently has international customers. The effects are also being felt the highest priority so that we can master the chal- in the services area. At –€36.6m, group net earnings lenges that lie ahead and be prepared for the period in the first quarter of 2020 translated into earnings after the Covid-19 pandemic.” per share of –€2.22.

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New president for The Press Council of India echoed similar senti- ments when it censured the brazen attack on the Times Response senior journalist. The council has also released a Partha Sinha will join the Times Group in the capac- statement, asking the Government of Maharashtra to ity of president, Response, where his primary respon- submit a report on the facts of the case at the earliest. sibility will be to grow the revenue and facilitate the “Every citizen in the Country including a journalist interaction between brands and content. has the right to express their opinion which may not Sinha is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIM be palatable to many but this does not give anybody Ahmedabad. In a career spanning about 30 years, he the authority to strangulate such voice,” it stated. has been a nuclear design engineer, a banker, the strat- The Editors Guild of India condemned the attack. egy and marketing head of media and internet com- A statement issued by the Guild said: “Any physical panies and an advertising strategist. He has worked attack, instigation for hate or verbal abuse hurled with Citibank, Zee, Ogilvy, Publicis and BBH. against any journalist is a reprehensible act. The free- dom to express one’s views or report facts without (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) any fear or intimidation whatsoever is the most fun- damental tenet of journalism.” S Sivakumar named chairman, Several news broadcasters have added their voices to condemn the attack. The News Broadcasters Fed- exec committee, BCCL eration expressed concern and shock at the attack. S. Sivakumar has been appointed as chairman, execu- (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) tive committee at BCCL, effective from April 1 this year. Sivakumar and Mohit Jain will also be part of the board of BCCL as executive directors. Sivakumar Regional newspapers do has been associated with BCCL for 30 years. He was quite well elevated as president - Revenue in July 2016. Raj Jain will be concluding his tenure with BCCL as CEO, The latest IRS report that is based on a rolling average ending his 5-year stint with the organisation. of data from 3 quarters – IRS 2019 (Q1), (Q2) and (Q3) and one fresh quarter, Q4 – shows a growth pat- tern in news centres outside of metros. While some Attack on Arnab Goswami regional newspapers saw a hike in TR (total reader- condemned ship) some witnessed growth in AIR (average issue readership). Incidentally, Amar Ujala, Lokmat, Daily The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has said that Thanthi and Bartaman saw a growth in both TR and frequent attacks on journalists and media professions, AIR. Navbharat Times saw a growth pattern over the through the abuse of power, is a “grave threat to the last four quarters in the state in AIR. In Bihar, Dainik freedom of the press and also an attack on right to Bhaskar too showed consistent growth over the four think, express and speak freely in our democratic quarters with TR growing. country”. Calling the attack on Republic TV Editor- In Kerala, numbers grew for Deshabhimani and in-Chief Arnab Goswami “dastardly”, INS remarked Kerala Kaumudi. In Karnataka, it was Vijay Karnataka, that the act proves how political goons have no Vijayavaniand, Prajavani and Udayavani. In Odisha, it regard for freedom of expression. “The INS urges was Sambad (Ori), Samaja and Pragativadi, and in Tamil the Maharashtra government to take strict action Nadu, it was Daily Thanthi and Dinamalar. In Gujarat, against the offenders while ensuring the safety and Divya Bhaskar saw good growth, and in West Bengal, security of journalists. Such assaults are indefensible Ananda Bazar Patrika, Bartaman, Ei Samay and Sangbad and need to be universally condemned,” it stated. Pratidin saw rise in TR.

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