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Daily News automates sports video with AI u by Tara McMeekin Contributing Writer Photo: NYDN Since last year, the publisher has been using SendtoNews’ Smart Match, an AI-powered video player feature. The paper has automated the process of publishing sports-related video content, and as a result, seen an uptick in sports video consumption since the implementation of Smart Match, according to STN. The vendor said NYDN has seen more than a 30 percent increase in both page views and unique viewers. Unfortunately for the NYDN, automation has become more of a necessity than a luxury. In July 2018, the paper’s new owner Tronc slashed the sports staff by 70 percent — part of a 50 percent cut to the paper’s overall editorial staff. Prior to those cuts, the staff was at 32, and in its heyday NYDN had about 100 people on its reporting team. “At this point we aren’t generating the same amount of content as we were, but we are still digging out of a huge hole trying to cover New York City sports with a team of nine,” said Andy Clayton, senior content editor, digital sports for the Daily News. “Smart Match helps to make that more manageable.” NYDN began using SendtoNews’ Smart Match AI technology for sports video content last year. Automating a manual process Although NYDN already used SendtoNews’ sports video player prior to im- AI seems to be making inroads everywhere and newspapers are no ex- plementing the vendor’s newer AI-powered tech, adding video to sports con- ception. The New York Daily News is among the publishers to embrace the tent was a fairly manual process. Before Smart Match, which STN released technology, in its case, leveraging AI technology to provide video coverage of New York sports teams to its approximately 200,000 daily readers. NY Daily News continued on page 9 Florida Today merges augmented reality,

traditional journalism with new app u by Kirsten Staples Contributing Writer Augmented reality is becoming a huge tool in teams prepare it for liftoff, and then actually launch how today’s journalists tell a story because it offers the rocket in AR. Finally, users can follow as the readers what traditional print does not. If a picture rocket’s first stage comes back to land. The app’s is worth a thousand words, then how many words second section, and perhaps its core feature, is all is augmented reality worth? of the above, but in real time as a rocket launches That concept is put to the test by Florida Today from Cape Canaveral,” he said. with their newly released app 321 Launch. The Kelly explained that by using past data, a trajec- app uses augmented reality to bring live coverage tory can be built for the live rocket launch. The app of rockets launching out of Cape performs with “down-to-the-second” accuracy. Canaveral. Florida Today part- “This app is the first of its kind for journalism. nered with USA Today to develop No other spaceflight, science, or even national the app. It’s available to both iOS publication has attempted to merge real-time hap- Turn to and Android users. penings with augmented reality. The best part, page 37 “It’s divided into two parts,” said though, is that 321 Launch still incorporates our Emre Kelly, space reporter at Flori- traditional journalism into the stream,” Kelly said. for expanded da Today. “First, a narrated educa- “AR, whether seeing it as a stepping stone to VR, or tional experience that allows users a different technology for different uses, is already industry to take a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket impacting journalism. It opens up more opportuni- coverage to the pad, learn more about how Florida Today continued on page 5

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One of the biggest stories in the newspaper industry recently, the U.S. and our new business initiatives, UpCurve, GateHouse Live and Promotions, International Trade Commission’s cancellation of tariffs hitting newsprint, performed extremely well. On the inorganic growth side, we closed four broke on Aug. 29, well after major newspaper chains released their second transactions in our acquisition pipeline that totaled nearly $118 million in quarter results. purchase price and our pipeline remains strong,” he said. The industry is currently seeing a number of papers cut staff, print days or “We are thrilled with the exceptional growth trends achieved within our pages, with many attributing their decisions to the cost of newsprint rising business initiatives. UpCurve revenue grew 47.2% over prior year, exclud- by as much as 30 percent. Not surprisingly, the rising cost of newsprint was ing the impact of ASC 606. ThriveHive had significant wins within the auto- cited in all the quarterly reports mentioned below. motive customer vertical, accelerated by our recent acquisition of Online Beyond the tariff issue, the second quarter numbers reflect a familiar trend: Automotive Solutions and its tech-enabled video and data products. On print ad and circulation revenue down, digital growing, but not as robustly the events front, both GateHouse Live and Promotions had revenue growth as some in the industry had looked for. “After reporting Q2 earnings results, exceeding 65% over the prior year. May and June are very busy months for it became glaringly obvious that the Times' biggest growth driver — its digital us, especially for our Best of Preps events, which celebrate outstanding high business — isn't growing quite as quickly as investors would have hoped,” school athletes. wrote Gary Alexander at Seeking Alpha of The New York Times. “With our four newspaper acquisitions closed in the quarter, our total ac- “Most of the chains find themselves slipping farther and farther from rev- quisitions for the year are now in excess of $133 million. These new markets enue growth. This headline number tells you that digital initiatives simply are all great additions to our portfolio, are within our acquisition criteria and are not making up for overall print revenue losses,” wrote Ken Doctor in his valuation expectations, and are expected to drive further growth potential Newsonomics column at niemanlab.org. for our new business initiatives.” Below are a few points from the quarterly reports. The companies don’t report uniformly, so the information differs from company to company. Com- McClatchy ments from the companies’ leaders touting high points, special projects and McClatchy, which operates major local media companies in 30 U.S. mar- acquisitions follow the numbers. kets, saw digital-only subscribers grow 34.5 percent to 122,400 as of the end of the second quarter. Gannett Audience revenues were $84.8 million, down 5.7 percent in the second Gannett, parent of USA Today and owner of 109 local media properties, saw quarter compared to the same period in 2017, reflecting declines in print digital-only subscriber volumes grow 46 percent year-over-year to total ap- subscribers. proximately 413,000. Total advertising revenues were $107 million, down 14.6 percent in The company saw same-store print ad revenues fall 19.1 percent for Q2 the second quarter of 2018 compared to the second quarter of 2017. The 2018 vs. Q2 2017, which Gannett partly attributed to the date of Easter. rate of decline in total advertising revenues in the second quarter reflects a Same-store operating revenues declined 7.5 percent year-over-year, con- sequential improvement from the first quarter of 2018 of 2.1 percent due to sistent with the first quarter decline of 7.2 percent, the company said. Same the improvements store circulation revenues fell 5.0 percent from the prior year quarter, con- “In the 2018 second quarter, newspaper-industry headwinds continued sistent with the first quarter trend. but nonetheless our digital transformation progressed despite these industry “We are excited by the continued momentum in our digital business challenges,” said CEO Craig Forman in the July 27 earnings release. driven by strong growth in our marketing services and national media busi- “We saw many areas of sequential improvement: our total digital advertis- nesses,” said CEO Robert J. Dickey in the Aug. 9 earnings release. “On July ing revenues were up almost 8%, while our digital-only advertising revenues 2nd, we successfully closed the WordStream acquisition, which adds more grew more than 20%. In the first quarter of 2018 we achieved a milestone in software-as-a-service solutions to our digital marketing services product our digital transformation that was repeated in the second quarter: total digi- portfolio and will further propel our digital transformation that is already tal advertising revenues exceeded our print newspaper advertising revenues well underway.” and that trend accelerated in the quarter just ended. Indeed, in May and June “The strong margin improvement at our ReachLocal segment and the con- we met another milestone: our digital-only advertising revenues exceeded tinued focus on driving efficiencies within our publishing and corporate our print newspaper advertising revenues. Finally, while print advertising operations reflect strong execution on our objectives,” said Ali Engel, senior was down double digits, even in this hard-hit category, we saw improvement vice president and chief financial officer. in the trend of our print advertising business in almost all categories.” Forman continued, “We are gratified to have completed the refinancing GateHouse Media (New Media Investment Group) of the vast majority of our debt earlier this month, which provides us more GateHouse, publisher of 145 daily newspapers, 340 community publica- runway for our digital transformation,” he said. tions and more than 570 local market websites, saw its digital-only subscription base in Q2 grow to 121,300. That includes 32,200 digital-only subscrib- Tronc ers from 2018 acquisitions. Excluding those acquired digital subscribers, Headquartered in Chicago, tronc operates newsrooms in ten markets with “our growth in this category was strong at 51.9%,” the company says. titles including the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and The Balti- The company saw same-store print ad revenues fall 13.3 percent for Q2 more Sun. 2018 vs. Q2 2017. Total revenues (same-store), Q2 2018 compared to Q2 Digital-only subscribers increased 89 percent to 212,000 at the end of 2017 were down 4.9 percent. Circulation revenue declined 2.1 percent on the second quarter 2018, up from 112,000 at the end of the second quarter a same-store basis. 2017. “The second quarter performed well across many areas of our business Second quarter 2018 total advertising revenue and digital advertising reve- plan,” said Michael E. Reed, New Media CEO, in the Aug. 2 earnings re- nue were $111.8 million and $24.0 million, respectively, which includes the lease. “We had a good revenue quarter, a very strong acquisition quarter, Q2 earnings snapshot continued on page 26

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Florida Today from page 1 ties to tell stories. Journalists did it with photography, then with radio, then work to develop the app. We also compiled trajectory information with out- with video. Why not AR?” said Kelly. side help so our AR rocket would accurately fly to its destination in real- Given that 321 Launch is in the vanguard in fusing these two types of sto- time,” Kelly said. rytelling, Florida Today did not have a template to go off of during develop- Currently, the app has about 100,000 downloads, and costs nothing to ment. Their relationship with USA Today allowed them an ample-sized team users. According to Kelly, Florida Today is still developing new educational of individuals dedicated to creating the app. According to Kelly, the team features for the app. They are also planning on adding more rockets to the twice toured Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to inventory of available live experiences. get an understanding of how to incorporate AR. “As for what people take away, I hope they see we tried something new — “The development team, most of which is made up of former game devel- something that involved heavy investments of time and resources. It hasn’t opers, already knew how to code and design for AR. We used our in-house been perfect, but it’s been incredible and the overall reception we’ve received knowledge of rocketry, commercial launch companies and how launches from this tech-savvy, space-loving audience has been positive,” said Kelly. p ProImage develops innovative solutions that help publishers and printers reduce costs. Making Complex Publishing Simple

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Colorado Sun from page 6 approached Ryckman. The company uses block- ally Ryckman said The Sun will offer monthly wild horses across the West in an effort to con- chain and cryptocurrency technologies with a subscription options ranging from $5-$30, with trol their population. The story was subsequently goal of launching more than 1,000 publications increasing levels of access and perks. picked up by The (Fort Collins) Coloradoan. by the end of the year. Although The Sun currently has no plans for “They asked me if I would be interested in a print product, Ryckman said the news out- The business model brainstorming what a new news organization let wouldn’t rule that out if it made economic The Sun is journalist-owned — with Ryckman at might look like,” he said. sense. its helm as editor — and community supported. The Sun has found its footing, and thanks to “We will be whatever Colorado needs us to Besides Ryckman and Coffield, The Sun has eight Civil’s deep pockets, Ryckman feels confident the be,” he added. “We know how to put out a news- other former Post employees on staff full time and news organization has enough runway to make paper or magazine and we all have great experi- it also relies on freelance journalists. But Ryck- its case with readers. The Sun will not accept ad- ence in the publishing world.” man is quick to point out that the mission is not vertising, but it is accepting sponsorships, similar The staff is excited about the future, whatever about the journalists. to the model of a public radio station. it brings. “This isn’t about us providing jobs,” he said. “For those that want to sponsor us, we accept “It’s been a wild ride what’s happened to news- “We created this to serve the community and I that with the understanding that we will not write papers,” Ryckman said. “It’s risky to start some- think people get that — and they are very enthu- about, or avoid writing about you, based on that thing new, but it’s far less risky than it was to stay siastic.” sponsorship,” Ryckman said. “We just don’t be- employed by Alden Capital. The future seemed The Sun’s journalist owners know the risks of lieve that advertising is the answer. Once upon a pretty dark.” the startup, but early support has been a positive time it sustained newspapers and news organi- Recently Ryckman had the opportunity to ad- indication that the news site is poised for long- zations, but that is getting tougher and tougher dress The Denver Film Society at a showing of “All term success. A well-received Kickstarter cam- every day.” The President’s Men,” which famously chronicles paign raised much more than expected — over Furthermore, Ryckman said The Sun’s success the investigative reporting of Washington Post re- $161,000 — proving to Ryckman and his team depends on providing a positive reader experi- porters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during that the state is hungry for higher-quality journal- ence. the Watergate scandal. ism. “Ads divert attention and alienate the readers “We are in a time where people realize that “We had one woman send us a check for we are trying to attract,” he added. “We don’t independent journalism is important,” he said. “I $1,000 and in the memo she wrote, ‘Bless your want to throw obstacles in the way in order to am optimistic about the future — and this is the hearts,’” he said. “Between the News and The make a few bucks.” first time in a long time that I could say that about Post, we once had 500-600 journalists in the state The Sun will also count on readers for financial my business. I feel like we have a fighting chance; of Colorado and people are frustrated at the lack support, but it first wants readers to get to know we are masters of our own destiny and can make of news coverage.” and trust its journalism. Initially, stories will be our case to the people of Colorado.” p In late March, New York startup company Civil, available without a subscription, and eventu-

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NY Daily News from page 1 in late 2017, adding video meant NYDN Data insights writers had to log into STN’s CMS, select In addition to the automation STN’s solu- Ownership changes a relevant video and manually place it tion has provided, NYDN has access to into the article. The embedding process The (New York) analytics so the publisher can see per- was relatively fast, but left room for hu- Daily News is formance on a weekly, monthly, or year- man error in codes, and a considerable among the many over-year basis. amount of time was being spent search- publishers that’s “Data reports are indicative of realiz- ing for the most relative videos. filling the gap of ing where our biggest hits are,” Clayton The AI feature has added significant staff cuts and said. “We found that all the content we automation to the process of adding vid- relying more heavily on automation to do so. Tronc purchased generated leading up to the NFL Draft eo, Clayton told News & Tech. NYDN last fall for $1, and assumed operational and pension li- really resonated with readers and video “Now I just log in in the morning and abilities totaling approximately $30 million, according to reports views were significant. So it helps us look review articles, and rarely do I see a from the Chicago Tribune, which Tronc also owns. at where traffic is coming from — to see video that is not a great match,” he said. Tronc’s corporate predecessor was the Tribune Co., where spikes are, which videos are most “And if there is one, it’s very easy to go which was the original founder of NYDN in 1919. In March 1991, popular and what are strong months and and manually pull a new clip.” Tribune Co. sold NYDN to Robert Maxwell, who died from weaker months.” With Smart Match, NYDN places the drowning in November of the same year. The paper’s funds NYDN has increased its audience en- AI-powered embed code into its CMS had mysteriously disappeared along with its owner and NYDN gagement with sports video content as a template, ensuring it populates every soon filed for bankruptcy in December 1991. In a fortunate turn result of an improved user experience. time a sports staffer begins writing an ar- of events, wealthy publisher Mortimer B. Zuckerman, along In fact, NYDN has seen a 26 percent in- ticle. Smart Match then reads the article with his partner Fred Drasner, agreed to purchase the paper in crease in time on page from its audience. for relevant keywords, which it uses to January 1993 for $36.3 million. “The New York Daily News has one find the best match in STN’s library of While NYDN, like other papers, has seen many more of the most active and savvy sports au- more than 400,000 videos. The matched changes and circulation drops in recent years, it has managed diences in the country,” Matthew Wat- video is then automatically populated to remain in the top-10 circulated papers in the U.S. son, CEO of SendtoNews, said. “We are into the published article. By using a sin- Since its acquisition of Tribune Co. papers and NYDN, thrilled that Smart Match helps the New gle embed code, the potential for human Tronc has continued to cut newsroom staff — by 50 percent in York Daily News provide official video error has been removed, and writers no NYDN’s case — and focused on quick-turn news designed for highlights and content from all of New longer need to spend time searching for digital consumption. York’s great teams with the world-class video, Clayton said. editorial the Daily News is known for.”p

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News & Tech September/October 2018 u 9 www.newsandtech.com marc... my words Is it time to start your own weekly newspaper? u By Marc Wilson columnist

Will weekly newspapers work in markets ments a community’s life and identifies its issues, while providing advertising long served by now struggling daily newspapers? that connects consumers with local businesses.” Would local ownership of a newspaper overcome I agree. the problems caused by absentee ownership? I think there remains a demand in most communities for a good newspa- “(A) new media baron has emerged in the Unit- per, whether weekly or daily. ed States,” says a report issued by the School of But it’s far from easy or without great risk. Media and Journalism at the University of North Too many journalist lack business skills. A newspaper is one part journal- Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Private equity funds, ism and one part business — parts that can conflict with each other. hedge funds and other newly formed investment I was a fool when I bought a weekly newspaper. partnerships have swooped in to buy — and ac- I had intentionally skipped the advertising courses at my journalism school tively manage — newspapers all over the country. These new owners… mis- because I thought advertising was the “dark side.” My journalism education sion is to make money for their investors, so they operate with a short-term, served me well as a reporter at three daily newspapers and five bureaus of earnings-first focus and are prepared to get rid of any holdings — includ- The Associated Press. ing newspapers — that fail to produce what they judge to be an adequate But I had no clue about how to run a business or sell advertising. profit.” In 1983, when I became editor-publisher-janitor of the weekly Bigfork In many communities, the era of the new media baron is failing. Eagle, I also became the only ad sales person. I had to sell advertising or our Newsroom staffs have been cut in half or worse. Cost-cutting has become investment would be lost. the main, if not sole, method of generating profits. So, many newspapers So — with the help of the local merchants who wanted an advertising me- have become less competitive at a time when media competition from digi- dium in town — I learned how to sell and produce ads at the same time that tal companies is increasing manyfold. I covered local government, sporting events and learned how to run a “wet” Is this current time of stress an opportunity? An opportunity for local own- darkroom, roll film, and run a little business. ers to start weekly newspapers (with strong digital products) to fill the ever- I became a workaholic and did whatever I had to do to be successful — or increasing void left in the wake of declining daily newspapers? at least to survive. Owning, operating and financing your own weekly newspaper is a mas- My wife, also a journalist, was a critical player. She did most of the editing sive challenge. and layout of the content, and did some reporting. We had two other full- I know. I ran my own weekly newspaper for 14 years in rural Montana. time employees, and a part-time sports writer. Our circulation was 1,900. Quite frankly, I’m not suggesting there’s much hope for weeklies in many We four times won the honor as the top weekly in Montana. rural communities anymore. The Age of Amazon has destroyed many of the I served on the chamber board, served two terms as president of the local businesses that advertised in the weekly I owned. My newspaper carried economic development board, and became a Mason (because my biggest ads from a hardware store, a book store, travel agency, auto parts store, shoe advertiser asked me to). store, department store and other stores that are long closed because they When I first arrived in Bigfork, the local Lions club invited me to dinner couldn’t compete with prices and services offered by Amazon, big box stores on a Monday night. At the end of the dinner they asked me to join. I said I and other competitors. couldn’t because their meetings were on Monday nights, our main produc- But I wonder if there isn’t an opportunity to run weeklies in smaller and tion night. medium-size cities that have long been served by now struggling dailies. “What night would you like us to meet?” they asked. The private equity funds and hedge funds that own many small dailies “I couldn’t ask you to change your meeting night just for me.” have often damaged the local long-serving daily. Readers notice when night “We’re all retired. We can meet anytime you want,” they said. sports scores aren’t carried in the paper because deadlines have been moved So, I became a Lion. They changed their meeting nights to Wednesday. up so early. They know when reporters aren’t covering city council, planning I did whatever I had to do to be successful. That meant 80-hour weeks and board, sewer board and other meetings. They notice that the courts, police no vacations except the annual press association three-day convention. and fire departments aren’t covered adequately. They know that local break- So I know it’s hard. Probably harder today even than back in the 1980s ing news often isn’t adequately covered. and 1990s, although today’s technology makes it far easier to produce both Local readers know when their local newspaper is becoming a shadow of print and digital products. its former self. The bottom line is: There remains a need — a demand — for local journal- And they drop their subscriptions. And advertisers lose respect for the ism, both for the good of the community and American democracy. newspaper, and drop or reduce their advertising. I’m convinced that local ownership and management make a difference. Absentee owners respond to the reduced subscriptions and advertising by To start your own weekly, you’d need a strong business plan, including ad- cutting costs, which triggers more losses of readers and advertisers. equate financing. You’d need solid commitments from local merchants that A true vicious cycle that has damaged an entire industry and cost thou- they’d support a strong weekly or twice-weekly. You’d need ownership that sands of journalists their jobs. is equal parts of journalism and advertising and business smarts. So, back to my earlier question: Can local journalists and investors start There’s certainly plenty of stress these days. and successfully operate weekly or twice- or thrice-weekly newspapers in Stress creates opportunity. p markets once served by dailies? The UNC report noted, “Without significant fresh investment, the bond Marc Wilson is founder and executive chairman of TownNews. He’s also author of the between newspapers and their readers and advertisers will erode. Strong recently published book, Kidnapped by Columbus, published by Floricanto Press. newspapers enhance the quality of life by producing journalism that docu-

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News & Tech September/October 2018 u 13 www.newsandtech.com Community Impact Newspaper expands u by Mary rearDOn Contributing Writer Community Impact Newspaper, based in The company opened a $10 million printing fa- Pflugerville, Texas, has launched a number of pa- cility in 2016 next to its Pflugerville headquarters. pers in the last year to bring the chain’s count to Jennifer Garrett’s interior design background was 27 papers in total by the end of September. put to use in the company’s workspace designs, so The expanding company says it’s restructured journalists used to dusty old newsrooms might be an antiquated model — the community newspa- surprised at what they see. per — and “turned it into an essential tool by pro- The company’s newspaper model stresses use- viding readers with useful, informative news.” ful news and a serious commitment to graphic de- The free papers featuring hyperlocal content sign and rich infographics, says John Garrett, who have websites for daily updates and a print edition spent time on the business side at the Houston that’s mailed once a month to area readers. The Chronicle and the Austin Business Journal. “The papers are almost 100 percent advertising driven, quality of the design really shines,” he says. says Community Impact Newspaper co-owner The company aims to compete with “the John Garrett. Googles and the Facebooks,” John Garrett says. Recent launches cover Lewisville, Flower Its recent launch in Richardson, Texas, repre- Mound and Highland Village, in the Dallas-Fort sents the company’s sixth edition in the Dallas/ Worth metro; New Braunfels, Texas; Clear Lake, Fort Worth area. League City and Nassau Bay, in the Houston metro “The residents and business owners of Rich- area; and most recently Richardson, in the Dallas- ardson deserve to have someone covering their Fort Worth metro area; and Gilbert, Arizona, in city in a way that is unbiased and informative,” the Phoenix metro area. said Christal Howard, the company’s Dallas/Fort Owners John and Jennifer Garrett started the John and Jennifer Garrett at the launch party for Worth publisher. “We believe not just in covering first edition of Community Impact Newspaper community Impact Newspaper's edition in New the important, newsworthy happenings; we be- Braunfels, Texas. in 2005 with three full-time employees covering lieve in showing up. You’ll see us all around town Round Rock and Pflugerville. The company has Photo: Community Impact Newspaper and at city council and school board meetings. It’s no other investors, John Garrett says. Unlike some doesn’t rely on freelancers, but on a staff of some a responsibility we are humbled to take on and outlets with a hyperlocal focus, the company 50 journalists and editors, Garrett says. don’t take lightly.” p

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Existing dream for most in the mid 1970s, content management vendors re-architected their systems to take advantage so people referred to these things as of these desktop platforms. Dumb terminals were replaced with PC or Mac text processing systems, or editorial workstations. Several upstart companies entered the fray with content man- systems, or sometimes simply, da- agement systems that relied on souped-up PC or Mac computers as their tabases. back-end servers. Digital Equipment Corp. won Companies like Saxotech, Miles 33 and Dewar brought to market PC- the early platform battles. Vendors based content management solutions using Windows PCs as editorial work- like Atex, CSI, Harris and Hendrix/ stations and NT machines as servers. Baseview, P-Ink, Quark and others Hastech developed text-processing systems based on DEC minicomputers. countered with systems that were entirely Mac-based. TheseMartin systems Vedej were designed to help journalists, editors and production One of the most revolutionary — but unfortunately, least successful — people automate the whole collaborative workflow process for publishing content management solutions to emerge from this era was the Informa- newspapers, magazines and trade journals. tion International TECS/2 system. Originally built by the Morris Newspaper Group, TECS/2 was a PC-based editorial system designed around the Pro- Two-party system teon token ring network. The idea was that the server could never go down Along came System Integrators Inc. in 1979, bringing to the publishing because there was no server. Each journalist’s stories were automatically market a text-processing system based on fault-tolerant computers from a backed up on another PC somewhere on the network. If that journalist’s PC company called Tandem. The minicomputer duopoly war was on. The Tan- failed for any reason, he or she could find the backup copies on another PC dem platform was appealing to publishers because of its fully redundant on the network. Locating these backup stories turned out to be one of the “NonStop” architecture. This meant, in theory, that an SII system powering biggest challenges, along with the Christmas-light effect that often occurred a 24/7/365 news operation would never go down. One-hundred percent when one node on the token ring network went down. uptime. During sales presentations, SII would demonstrate how an engineer Nevertheless, during this desktop era, our digital democracy continued could swap out a printed circuit board in a Tandem computer while it was to flourish. Publishers had the freedom to choose a content management still running, and the users wouldn’t lose even one keystroke. Journalists, system that fit their business needs as well as their microcomputer platform editors and IT people loved it. preferences. Of course, this platform war quickly became more than just a two-party contest. Companies like Digital Technology International (DTI) latched on Flash forward to the web to the industry’s preference for a newsroom system that could operate con- The rules changed again around the turn of the century with the advent of tinuously with no single point of failure. Using Sun Microsystems hardware web content management technology. Companies like Vignette, Interwoven, and UNIX-based software, DTI developed an editorial platform that boasted Polopoly, Ektron and others developed proprietary systems that enabled pub- complete fault tolerance due to its resilient dual-server architecture. 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After closing the California transaction (the sale of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune), we now have one of the strongest balance at IFRA conference sheets in the industry,” said tronc Chairman and CEO Justin Dearborn in u News & Tech Staff Report the Aug. 9 earnings release. “Moreover, during the quarter we added The Virginian-Pilot Media Companies to our portfolio and we saw ongoing advancement in our digital subscription business as well as overall strong representation of consumer-related revenue versus advertising revenue.” Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, in 49 markets, saw digital advertising revenue increase 4.7 percent, to represent 33.7 percent of total advertising revenue for its third fiscal quarter, ending June 24, CEO Kevin Mowbray said in the Aug. 3 earnings release. Monthly visits to Lee mobile, tablet, desktop and app sites averaged 73.7 million, an increase of 14.7 percent over the prior year quarter, which fuels digital advertising revenue. Advertising and marketing services revenue combined decreased 9.5 percent to $73.5 million. Total digital revenue, including digital advertising and digital services, was $28.6 million for the quarter, up 5.5 percent compared with a year ago and up 4.9 percent on a same property basis. Subscription revenue increased 1.6 percent in the current year quarter The Krause booth at the IFRA World Publishing Expo 2017. and decreased 0.8 percent on a same property basis. Average daily newspaper circulation, including TNI and MNI and digital subscribers, totaled Germany-based Krause-Biago- Ultra 3.0 electronics plus the TIFF- 0.7 million in the 13 weeks ended June 24, 2018. Price increases and ad- sch will highlight its top-selling Plat- Stream board “to run the machine ditional revenue from premium content partially offset revenue lost from eStream with violet laser at the IFRA with highest quality at full speed.” lower print circulation volumes. World Publishing Expo 2018/DCX To match these components with “Revenue trends were driven by strong performance from local adver- Digital Content Expo, taking place high-speed mechanics, Krause says it tisers — including digital, a 14.4% increase in programmatic advertising, Oct. 9 to Oct. 11 in Berlin. designed the Snap-Lock register plate subscription revenue growth and revenue gains from TownNews.com,” Krause-Biagosch, based in alignment and the Mikro-Direct- said Mowbray. Bielefeld, is part of the Horstmann Drive system that allows for Group. almost continuous imaging of New York Times Company The company highlights “Made in plates, according to the company. The New York Times Company reported that subscription revenues in- Germany” on its website. At the IFRA World Publishing creased 4.2 percent, while advertising revenues decreased 9.9 percent Among the suppliers of CTP sys- Expo, the Krause team will exhibit and other revenues increased 40 percent. tems’ clients or references are the and demonstrate the PlateStream Second-quarter digital advertising revenue decreased 7.5 percent, while New York Daily News, New York with BlueFin LowChem cleanout unit print advertising revenue decreased 11.5 percent. Digital advertising rev- Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and including the AutoClean option. enue was $51 million, or 42.8 percent of total company advertising reve- Spokesman-Review, along with nu- Krause has a history stretching nues, compared with $55.2 million, or 41.7 percent, in the second quarter merous papers in Europe and else- back to an 1855 paper-cutting ma- of 2017. The decrease in digital advertising revenue reflected a smaller where. chine in Leipzig, providing institu- audience as well as a decline in creative service revenues. The PlateStream “represents state- tional expertise that bears on the cur- “In the second quarter, we saw increases in revenue and overall profit- of-the-art technology for future ori- rent climate, the company says. ability and continued growth in our digital subscription business,” said ented and integrated CTP produc- “Since in today’s business environ- CEO Mark Thompson in the Aug. 8 earnings release. “We added 109,000 tion,” the company claims. ment, the retrofit of existing systems is net new digital-only subscriptions, of which The PlateStream loads from left or in the focus of a lot of customers, and 68,000 were to our core news bundle. At the end of Q2, we had 3.8 right with trolleys or pallets with no since Krause has developed modular million total subscriptions, 2.9 million of which were digital-only. Our extra space need, the company says. systems for decades, we can offer subscribers who came to us around the 2016 election and post-election A panorama cassette is also avail- corresponding updates and retrofits periods continue to retain better than previous cohorts. able and holds up to 30 panorama for our high quality Krause plateset- “Subscription revenues accounted for nearly two-thirds of the compa- plates. ters and processors in order to extend ny’s revenues, a trend we expect to continue. 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Wilson Times buys 4 weeklies Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers buying The Wilson Times (North Carolina) has bought the Kenly News, Pine Westerly Sun Level News, Princeton News Leader and The Selma News and has Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers is buying The Westerly Sun combined the four publications into a county-wide weekly news- and related publications, including the weekly Mystic River Press, paper under the Johnstonian News banner, company executives from family-owned Record-Journal Publishing, the Record-Journal announced. reports. "While each paper covers its community well, we believe it The RISN group is based in Marion, Illinois, and headed by Ca- makes sense to centralize Johnston County’s local news in one edi- nadian newspaper executive Steven Malkowich. It owns three dailies tion to serve readers of each city and town together,” said Keven Ze- and six weeklies in Rhode Island. pezauer, Times president and publisher. “As one of the fastest-grow- Record-Journal Publishing Company is owned by fourth and ing counties in North Carolina, Johnston deserves a local newspaper fifth-generation members of the White family. all residents can call their own.” The Sun is based in Stonington, Connecticut. Westerly is in All current subscriptions to the Kenly, Pine Level, Princeton and Rhode Island. Selma newspapers will be honored. The paper will continue to be The sale will become effective Aug. 31. RISN plans to keep all based in Kenly. Rick and Karen Stewart, owners of the newspapers Westerly Sun employees in the acquisition, according to a statement since 1981, retired and Zepezauer became the Johnstonian News’ announcing the sale. publisher. “We still believe in the importance of newspapers as a valuable While the reporting staff remains based in Johnston County, the community service, and that’s why we are happy to invest in publi- paper will be produced in Wilson, where the Times operates a page cations that have been proven to provide that service,” RISN group design hub with contract layout services available to newspapers, Publisher Jody Boucher said. magazines and specialty publications. New Mexico-based Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April is repre- Grimes, McGovern & Associates represented the Stewarts in the senting Sun Media Group in the transaction. deal.

American Hometown Publishing buys Jackson County Times-Journal combined Osceola News-Gazette with Vinton Courier The Jackson County Times-Journal in Jackson, Ohio, has been Lakeway Publishers has sold the Osceola News-Gazette (Kissimmee, combined with the Vinton Courier, now called the Vinton Jackson Florida) to American Hometown Publishing, according to Randy Courier. Cope and Gary Greene of Cribb, Greene & Cope, who represented Owner Adams Publishing Group announced the change in July. Lakeway Publishers in the transaction. Jackson County news and sports stories will also be published in "We're ecstatic to be joining American Hometown Publishing," the free distribution Jackson-Vinton Shopper each weekend. said Osceola News-Gazette Publisher Tom Overton. "It's a company APG has made alterations at other papers in Ohio, as well. The that specializes in operating free print and digital content products company has ceased publishing a Saturday edition of the Athens in fast-growing markets, and our readers and advertisers are in for Messenger. exciting new twists." “APG Media of Ohio operates several local newspapers in South- Kissimmee is minutes from Disney World, and Osceola County east Ohio, along with a lifestyle magazine and countless other com- has exploded from about 25,000 residents in 1970 to more than munity and commercial printing projects,” the company said. “The 325,000 today. The Osceola News-Gazette publishes twice weekly changing media landscape, along with rising costs due to newsprint and is carrier-delivered to about 40,000 households that request the tariffs, has forced APG to make decisions to sustain local news cov- publication. erage and serve the communities of our region.” "We continue to focus on acquiring free-distribution hyperlocal news products in growing destination markets and the Osceola News-Gazette is an ideal addition to our portfolio," said AHP CEO Brad Dennison. "We see a wonderful opportunity to build engaging print and digital products and a large audience in central Florida."

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Idaho Press buys Boise Weekly All journalists from the Orange County team were retained and The Idaho Press has bought the alternative Boise Weekly, the Press will continue to cover Orange County. reported. The Hoosier Times includes newspapers The Herald-Times in Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bloomington, The Reporter-Times in Martinsville, The Mooresville- “We are very excited for Boise Weekly to be aligned with the Decatur Times in Mooresville, The Times-Mail in Bedford, Spencer Idaho Press,” said Idaho Press publisher Matt Davison. “As home Evening World in Spencer, Clay City Times in Clay City and Elletts- delivery of the Idaho Press is now available in all of Ada County, the ville Journal in Ellettsville. content and offerings of Boise Weekly will be perfect complementary Orange County Publishing had been owned by Art Hampton content for readers in both Canyon and Ada counties.” since 1997. The newspapers’ histories date back to the first publica- Sally Freeman, who has owned Boise Weekly since 2001, will tion of The Paoli Republican in 1875 and the Springs Valley’s Herald’s remain as publisher. founding in 1902. “We have been partners printing Boise Weekly at Idaho Press “I am so very excited that we will be adding the community for many years,” Freeman said. “Adams Publishing Group believes newspapers of Paoli and Springs Valley to the Schurz family of news- in journalism, newspapers and communities. Together we will be papers,” said Cory Bollinger, Schurz Communications vice president stronger, and our partnership ensures the sustainability of Boise of publishing. Weekly. We will continue to serve our community and provide the independent lens that our readers count on.” Reade Brower buys two Maine weeklies The Boise Weekly has been published since 1992. The Idaho Reade Brower has bought two weekly papers in Maine. The purchase Press, once known as the Idaho Press-Tribune, has served as paper comes on top of the six Maine dailies and numerous weeklies Brower of record in Canyon County going back to 1883. already owns. Brower has bought the Ellsworth American and the Mount Des- Chance the Rapper buys Chicagoist ert Islander from owner Alan Baker, the Ellsworth American report- Chance the Rapper announced a deal to buy Chicagoist, a local news ed. The deal closes Aug. 31. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. site in Chicago. The rapper announced the purchase in a new track, “The Ellsworth American has a long legacy of excellence and the “I Might Need Security,” Variety reports. Mount Desert Islander complements that legacy, providing its own Chicagoist.com has not been publishing since fall of 2017, when quality, award-winning journalism,” Brower said. “Who wouldn’t owner Joe Ricketts shuttered the site along with Gothamist, DNAinfo want them in the family?” and others. Together the two weeklies have 60 employees and a combined “I’m extremely excited to be continuing the work of the Chicago- print circulation of nearly 13,000. ist, an integral local platform for Chicago news, events and enter- The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander will remain tainment,” said a statement from Chance the Rapper. “I look forward independent operations and won’t join MaineToday Media or Sun to relaunching it and bringing the people of Chicago an independent Media Group, which include other papers Brower owns. media outlet focused on amplifying diverse voices and content.” Chance the Rapper bought Chicagoist from New York Public ESW Capital acquires Olive Software Radio’s WNYC, through the artist’s new Social Media LLC. Terms of GateAustin-based ESW Capital has acquired Olive Software. the deal weren’t disclosed. Denver-based Olive Software provides e-publishing solutions and “We are delighted that the Chicagoist assets are finding a new digital archiving. home in the hands of a proud Chicagoan,” said Laura Walker, presi- “Their patented and proprietary technology makes Olive Software dent of New York Public Radio, in a statement. “WNYC has a strong unique in the industry,” said a June press release from ESW. Olive’s commitment to local journalism and building community, and we history includes the first XML-based digital-edition, PDF to XML are pleased that these assets will be used to support local coverage conversion system, web-based electronic magazine and cloud-based in the great city of Chicago.” cross-media publishing solution, according to the release. Olive Software joins ESW Capital’s corporate family of more than Schurz buys Orange County Publishing 75 enterprise software companies, which has a presence in over 45 The Hoosier Times Inc. and Orange County Publishing have com- countries, the company says. The group includes brands such as pleted transactions for the Hoosier Times to acquire Orange County Aurea, Trilogy, Versata, and Ignite. Publishing, said a press release from Hoosier Times’ parent com- Kyle Ford, an ESW Capital executive, has been appointed CEO of pany, Schurz Communications. Olive Software. The Paoli News Republican, Springs Valley Herald and Orange Countian will continue to be printed at Hoosier Times print facilities.

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American Society of News Editors, Associ- Omaha World-Herald employees take steps ated Press Media Editors to merge to unionize The American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Members of the newsroom staff of The Omaha World-Herald Media Editors have voted to merge and become the News Leaders have filed cards with the National Labor Relations Board stating Association, the groups announced. their desire to be represented by The NewsGuild-CWA. Seventy-five The move was approved by the two groups’ members during percent of the 95 journalists who work as reporters, copy editors, de- their joint News Leadership Conference in Austin. signers and photographers in The World-Herald’s newsroom signed ASNE and APME will continue to work jointly on major projects cards, said a news release from the guild. during the coming year as legal steps toward the merger are com- The cards, filed on Sept. 13, will trigger an NLRB-monitored elec- pleted. NLA is expected to be in place by the 2019 News Leadership tion by World-Herald staff members in the next 20 to 40 days unless Conference Sept. 9-10 in New Orleans. the newspaper’s owner, Omaha-based BH Media Group, part of bil- “These are challenging times for our business and our country,” lionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, voluntarily recognizes said Nancy Barnes, incoming president of ASNE for 2018-19. “We The NewsGuild as the workers’ union, according to the guild. believe joining our two organizations will only strengthen our ability, The World-Herald, which BH Media’s website says has more than as journalism leaders, to stand up for the principles we hold dear.” 100,000 print subscribers and a million unique visitors per month at “Editors’ jobs have never been more challenging, and we believe Omaha.com, would become the first newspaper in Nebraska to have that our groups are stronger together as we work to be a valuable a unionized newsroom. resource for leaders at news organizations of all sizes,” said APME In the summer, BH Media struck a deal with Iowa-based Lee En- President Angie Muhs. terprises to manage The World-Herald and other BH Media papers. The mission statement of NLA reads: “The News Leaders As- Lee’s management began in July. sociation is committed to leading, nurturing and serving journalism and democracy.” Meredith selling Time brand to Benioffs Meredith announced Sept. 16 that it has agreed to sell the Time European Parliament adopts position on media brand to Marc and Lynne Benioff for $190 million in cash. The digital copyright rules transaction was expected to close within 30 days. The Benioffs are purchasing Time personally and the transaction The European Parliament has voted to approve a position for is unrelated to Salesforce.com, where Marc Benioff is chairman, co- talks with member states to hammer out a final deal on digital copy- CEO and founder. The Benioffs will not be involved in the day-to-day right rules. The measure was approved Sept. 12 by 438 votes to 226, operations or journalistic decisions, which will continue to be led by with 39 abstentions. Time’s current executive leadership team, according to Des Moines- Many of the parliament’s changes “aim to make certain that based Meredith. artists, notably musicians, performers and script authors, as well as Time is a multimedia brand that reaches a combined audience news publishers and journalists, are paid for their work when it is of more than 100 million readers in print and online, including over used by sharing platforms such as YouTube or Facebook, and news 50 million digital visitors and 40 million social followers each month, aggregators such as Google News,” a news release from the parlia- according to Meredith. ment said. “We’re pleased to have found such passionate buyers in Marc and Parliament’s position toughens the EU Commission’s proposed Lynne Benioff for the Time brand,” said Meredith CEO Tom Harty. plans to make online platforms and aggregators liable for copyright Meredith acquired Time as part of its purchase of Time Inc., infringements. This would also apply to snippets, where only a small which closed on January 31, 2018. Shortly thereafter, Meredith an- part of a news publisher’s text is displayed, the European Parliament nounced it was selling Time Inc.’s news and sports brands: Time, release said. Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money. Meredith expects to announce “This is a great day not only for news publishers in Europe, but agreements for the remaining asset sales in the near future. all over the world,” said David Chavern, CEO of the News Media Alli- As part of the transaction, Meredith will provide short-term busi- ance, which represents over 2,000 news organizations in the U.S. and ness continuity services and has entered into a multi-year agreement globally. with the Benioffs to provide services such as consumer marketing, “The European Union is showing strong leadership in protect- subscription fulfillment, paper purchasing and printing. Meredith will ing the sustainability of high-quality journalism, and we hope that also be able to include the Time brand in large corporate advertising other countries follow suit in leveling the playing field between news buys. publishers and online services. We encourage the EU to conclude the Meredith plans to use proceeds from the transaction to pay down negotiations swiftly and to preserve a strong Article 11 in the final debt. directive,” Chavern said.

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International Trade Commission scraps said Sharon Rowlands, president of USA Today Network Marketing Solutions and CEO of ReachLocal. newsprint tariffs Gannett has grown its marketing offerings recently with the The U.S. International Trade Commission voted to overturned purchases of marketing firm ReachLocal, location and reputation tariffs put on Canadian newsprint by the U.S. Commerce Depart- management software company SweetIQ, and cloud-based software- ment. as-a-service (SaaS) solutions company WordStream. In the Aug. 29 decision, all five commissioners voted in the negative, that the paper from Canada does not injure U.S. industry, knocking out the anti-dumping and countervailing duties. GateHouse launches Inside Florida Politics “The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) GateHouse Florida, a group of major Florida newspa- today determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or pers owned by GateHouse Media, has created a statewide threatened with material injury by reason of imports of uncoated digital political reporting network called Inside Florida groundwood paper from Canada that the U.S. Department of Com- merce (Commerce) has determined are subsidized and sold in the Politics, anchored by a weekly audio podcast, Inside Flori- United States at less than fair value,” said a release from the commis- da Politics. sion. “As a result of the USITC’s negative determinations, no anti- Combining the reporting of The Palm Beach Post, Sara- dumping or countervailing duty orders will be issued on imports of sota Herald Tribune, Florida Times-Union, Daytona Beach this product from Canada.” News-Journal, Lakeland Ledger, Gainesville Sun, Ocala Newspapers and industry trade groups had lobbied hard against the tariffs, imposed earlier this year. Star-Banner and Northwest Florida Daily News, Inside Stop Tariffs on Printers & Publishers (STOPP), a coalition of Florida Politics will offer ongoing political coverage for printers, publishers, retailers, paper suppliers and distributors, wel- Florida, according to GateHouse. comed the decision. The podcast will be hosted by longtime Palm Beach “Today is a great day for American journalism. The ITC’s Post political reporter George Bennett, who will be joined decision will help to preserve the vitality of local newspapers and prevent additional job losses in the printing and publishing sec- each week by Sarasota Herald-Tribune political director tors,” said David Chavern, president and CEO, News Media Alliance, Zac Anderson and State House insider John Kennedy in part of the coalition. “The end of these unwarranted tariffs means Tallahassee. local newspapers can focus once again on playing a vital role in our “This is an all-star lineup of the best political report- democracy by keeping citizens informed and connected to the daily ers in the business,” said Patrick Dorsey, president of the life of their communities.” The Commerce Department imposed the duties on uncoated Coastal Group for GateHouse Florida. “We have digitally groundwood paper made in Canada in response to a petition filed by connected all of our newsrooms in Florida to bring our North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC), a paper mill in Longview, readers and listeners the most up-to-date political analysis Washington. in the state.” Inside Florida Politics is released each Thursday and USA Today Network launching marketing will be featured on every GateHouse Florida newspaper service LOCALiQ website and available on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Gannett’s USA Today Network is launching LOCALiQ, a digital Tunein, Spotify and Amazon Alexa. marketing and advertising service, USA Today reported. “LOCALiQ Grader technology will bring sophisticated data in- Apple buys rights to series based on NYT telligence tools to local businesses, helping them enhance and track their online presence – across Facebook, Google and other search article and online sites – and compare it to the competition,” according to Apple has purchased the rights to a series produced USA Today. The service can bundle the online advertising and marketing by Anonymous Content and based on “Losing Earth: The tools with offline advertising solutions such as newspaper and mail- Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change,” an article by ers, the paper said. Nathaniel Rich that ran in New York Times Magazine this "Through our company’s history, we have gained a strong under- month. At least a half-dozen bidders aimed at getting the standing of local marketing and with LOCALiQ, we are bringing to- rights, according to The Times. gether all of our assets to make a real difference for local businesses,” Apple will likely turn the article into a TV project, The

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Times reports. of the paper as factors. The Record is the sole GateHouse Anonymous Content is behind films like “Spotlight” paper to come at the 50-inch web width, the paper said. and is owned in part by a company controlled by Laurene “The costs of printing the paper with our own press has Powell Jobs. become too high to continue,” she said. Rich will be an executive producer along with Steve The printing facility opened in 2005, constructed by Golin, the Oscar-winning founder of Anonymous. then-owner Dow Jones, and relies on some presses that are Apple has said it will start streaming its TV offerings about 30 years old. Maintaining the older presses became in 2019. It has a content deal with Oprah Winfrey, among an issue, the paper said. other content arrangements, the paper reports. The closure will mean the loss of around 40 jobs. Some employees will be moved to other jobs at The Record. Selma Times-Journal drops Sunday print, turns to USPS GateHouse closes papers in Arkansas, The Selma Times-Journal (Alabama) will change print California publication days to Tuesday through Saturday, will no lon- GateHouse Media is closing its weekly papers in Pu- ger produce a Sunday printed edition, and will use the U.S. laski and Lonoke counties, Arkansas, a GateHouse group Postal Service to deliver the paper to subscribers, the paper publisher confirmed to Arkansas Business. announced. The changes will come about on Oct. 2. The papers were the North Little Rock Times and the Papers will still be available to buy through the news- Lonoke County Democrat. Both papers had recently com- paper’s vending machines and partner businesses, the paper bined with other papers in the area. said. The final print editions were scheduled for the last week The paper cited the rising costs of newsprint and dis- of August, according to Arkansas Business. The online tribution through contracted news carriers as the primary production was also shut down. drivers behind the changes. “The bottom line is that the papers were not doing what “Even with the overturn of the tariffs (on Canadian we needed them to do as profit centers," Teresa Hicks of newsprint) this week, the effects of that repeal will not be GateHouse’s Western Publishing Division told Arkansas automatic,” said Times-Journal Publisher Dennis Palmer. Business. "That's the only reason; the workers were doing “We had two choices. We could substantially raise the price their jobs well." we charge subscribers, or we could reduce frequency. We Jobs loss details were not available. felt given the economic environment of the community we North Pulaski County publisher Garrick Feldman, serve, we felt a reduction in frequency was the most viable meanwhile, is eyeing his chance to cover news in North option to allow us to continue to publish a newspaper that Little Rock, something he’s been wanting to do for three kept our community well informed, and allow a conduit for decades, according to the business paper. local businesses to draw consumers to their stores.” Feldman publishes The Leader, based in Jacksonville, and has been beefing up staff to cover the territory the Record to close press facility closed papers covered. The Record (Stockton, California) will shutter its pro- The Gridley Herald (California), another GateHouse duction facility in October, President and Publisher Deitra paper, has shut down as well. R. Kenoly announced Sept. 7, the paper reported. “It is with genuine dismay, grief and sorrow that I write “We will continue to serve our readers,” Kenoly said. our communities to say that we have just received word “We will continue home delivery for our subscribers, news- Thursday morning that this will be our last newspaper,” stand sales and our digital edition at recordnet.com.” wrote Publisher Lisa Van De Hey. The price of newsprint The paper cited the cost of newsprint and the width was the top reason cited for the closure.

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IDS-3D is a fully automatic image based color and register measuring and control system for web offset presses that also detects failures in print. A digital camera ensures that the measured data is processed in real-time and uses the digital file data as its reference. The ultimate result realized by IDS-3D is reproduction with absolute color and register stability in products independent of job, printing company or press at minimum waste and maximum efficiency.

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ABB customers getting system upgrades plate is gummed in the clean-out unit with a dedicated gum, which Three ABB customers have recently ordered upgrades to systems es- removes the soft, unexposed non-image areas in an easy and clean sential for their production, the Switzerland-based company says. way. Mediaworks, publisher of many papers in Hungary, has ordered “Violet-laser technology makes up the majority of the newspa- an upgrade to its print production management system, MPS Pro- per market,” said Rainer Kirschke, market manager newspapers for duction. The latest version of MPS Production 6 will go into service Agfa Graphics. “We have a worldwide base of customers who have at the start of next year. In addition, they have also ordered hardware been using our violet chem-free plates for more than a decade. Dur- upgrades to their press control consoles. ing the development of Avatar V-ZH we carefully listened to their Singapore Press Holdings, publisher of titles such as the Straits remarks, and we made every effort to bring maximum economic and Times, has ordered software upgrades for the 16 control consoles ecological benefits to their production.” on their KBA Commander presses at their Jurong print site. The new The plate will make its global debut at the IFRA World Publish- consoles on the first of the four presses will be commissioned at the ing Expo 2018 in Berlin in October and will be available worldwide end of February 2019. The work includes the transfer of a series of early in the fourth quarter of 2018.. SPH-specific functions to the new platform as well as an upgraded interface to their WPC register control system. Apogee v11 latest workflow release from Rhein-Neckar Zeitung in Heidelberg, Germany, has ordered hardware upgrades for its six control consoles. The hardware up- Agfa Graphics grades will be delivered in November 2018. Apogee v11 is the latest release of the Apogee workflow from Agfa ABB is a Switzerland-based automation supplier to the newspa- Graphics. The version will be available starting Oct. 22, the company per industry and serves customers in utilities, industry and trans- says. port and infrastructure globally. Apogee v11 automates all prepress tasks and includes multi- product support to increase printing efficiency. Integration with PressTune supports Agfa Graphics’ ECO³ market approach focused Apple wants to add big papers to Texture on economy, ecology and extra convenience, according to the Apple wants major U.S. newspapers in the U.S. to add their content Belgium-based company. to Texture, the magazine distributor app Apple purchased in spring, Apogee v11 offers a mechanism to combine print jobs in an Recode reports. intelligent way to optimize press time, while also keeping track of Apple has contacted The New York Times, Wall Street Journal the actual order, the company says. “This is a major step forward in and Washington Post about joining the app, according to people production efficiency,” says Erik Peeters, global marketing manager familiar with the effort, Recode reports. An Apple rep declined to Software Solutions. “Combining orders reduces plate changes and comment on the effort. lowers production costs. As paper waste is significantly less, the Texture allows people to access as many stories as they like from ecological footprint decreases, too.” a selection of magazines for $10 a month. It’s not clear if the papers Apogee WebApproval, an online portal that lets print buyers ac- would be integrated into the existing services or made into an ad- cess their jobs for file upload and page approval, also got an update. ditional service. Apogee WebFlow is a new module that gives customer service “But no matter how Apple structures the proposal, it may be a representatives, press and finishing operators or others in a printing hard sell for any of the papers, which already have big subscription company access to prepress job data. businesses of their own and would be concerned about cannibaliz- Version 11 from Apogee will be offered both as an on-premise ing their own sales,” according to Recode. and cloud solution.

Agfa launches Avatar V-ZH preheat-free Agfa Graphics plans to acquire Ipagsa’s chemistry-free violet plate prepress business Eleven years after the launch of the first chem-free violet newspa- Agfa Graphics intends to acquire the prepress business of the per CtP plate, Agfa Graphics launches Avatar V-ZH, which does not privately-owned Spanish printing plate supplier Ipagsa Industrial, require pre-heating, according to the company. Agfa announced. The Avatar V-ZH plate requires no pre-heating unit, which The transaction excludes the printing plate manufacturing reduces printers’ capex and energy consumption while gaining them activities in Barcelona, Spain. The printing plate volumes to be floor space, the company says. acquired will be partly integrated in Agfa's global manufacturing Avatar V-ZH works with all violet CtP units in use at newspaper network and partly procured from third-party suppliers. print sites across the world, the company says. During exposure, the It’s expected that in 2019, this acquisition will contribute up violet-laser diode triggers the polymerization of the image area. The to 30 million euro to Agfa Graphic’s top line with a double-digit

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EBITDA, according to Agfa. Koenig & Bauer changes subsidiary names ''This acquisition is another step in our strategy for profitable During its 200th anniversary last year, Koenig & Bauer returned to growth. Next to a significant increase of our prepress top line, the its founding name "Koenig & Bauer" as part of a global brand re- acquisition will also help Agfa achieving its EBITDA target of 10 launch. percent in average over the next few years. Ipagsa’s experienced In a continuation of this rebranding, the Germany-based compa- team will continue to operate under its own brand as a separate ny is changing the names of the global business units, subsidiaries, entity, managed by its current owner, Lorenzo Ferrari,'' says Stefaan and agencies to be aligned with this new brand. Vanhooren, president of Agfa Graphics. Effective immediately, KBA North America Inc. is now named Koenig & Bauer (US) Inc., and KBA Canada Inc. is now named Lucky and Agfa announce strategic alliance Koenig & Bauer (CA) Inc. Koenig & Bauer (US) or Koenig & Bauer (CA) should be used in in graphics prepress all legal documents and Koenig & Bauer can be used in general daily Lucky HuaGuang Graphics and Agfa Graphics announced today that use, the company says. they have entered into a strategic alliance. Koenig & Bauer (US) is located in Dallas and a member of the The strategic alliance aims to allow both companies to grow Koenig & Bauer Group, which was established 200 years ago in their businesses by optimizing their respective strengths in manu- Wurzburg, Germany. facturing, technology and distribution of graphic prepress products The group's products include sheetfed offset presses, post press and services, a news release said. die-cutters, inkjet presses and systems, flexographic presses, com- Under the intended collaboration, Lucky HuaGuang Graphics mercial and newspaper web presses, corrugated presses, special will provide manufacturing capacity for printing plates in Nanyang, presses for banknotes, securities, metal-decorating, smart cards, China, with Agfa Graphics’ support and using Agfa technology and glass and plastic decorating. intellectual property to manufacture products for Agfa. The companies intend to join forces to accelerate growth in mainland China, managed through the set-up of a joint venture com- Koenig & Bauer reports high order intake bining their prepress distribution activities in the country. With order intake reaching a “particularly high” €454.4m ($525 “Joining forces with Lucky HuaGuang Graphics Co. Ltd., a million) in the second quarter and with an order backlog rising to leading supplier of prepress plates in China, will offer us a unique €805.8m ($932 million) at the end of the first half of the year, the opportunity to grow our business and to restore our profitability. It is Koenig & Bauer Group is on track to meet its targets for 2018, the an important step in the further development of our strategy to offer Germany-based company reports. our customers more choice,” says Stefaan Vanhooren, president of Strong security business and more orders in packaging printing Belgium-based Agfa Graphics. caused order intake to rise by 17.2 percent in the first half of 2018. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Driven by the Q2 figure of €297.1m ($343.5 million), group revenue came to €514.4m ($595 million) but fell short of the previous year’s figure of €538.9m ($623 million) due to the even greater accumula- tion of delivery dates in the second half of the year, the company said. This was also reflected in EBIT, which at €10.6m ($12.3 million) was lower than in 2017, at €16.3m ($18.8 million). The sheetfed segment reached a strong order intake of €326.3m ($377 million), exactly matching the previous year’s figure, which had been influenced by the Print China fair. “Substantial growth was achieved in large-format cardboard printing. As the world market leader in folding carton printing, we are benefiting from heightened capital spending of the international packaging printers,” said Presi- dent Claus Bolza-Schunemann. Orders in Digital & Web (€84.7m, or $98 million) were slightly down on the previous year (€85.7m, or $99 million) due to fewer orders for newspaper web presses and services.

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Muller and Hunkeler agree to collaborate process. "As a modern printing operation, we have to protect the Muller and Hunkeler have agreed that Hunkeler should take over environment by reducing our use of resources on the one hand, and, sales and service for the DocuTrim sheet finishing system, Hunkeler on the other, using our well-trained staff effectively by automating announced. The two companies are currently finalizing details of unnecessary manual tasks," says CEO Ernst Jackwert. the deal. Hunkeler is based in Switzerland and Muller is based in The QIPC quality management system IQM will also come into Germany. use in Ulm and Weingarten in fall 2018. IQM is a web-based report- Hunkeler will initially take charge of business across Europe and ing system that logs data relating to register, color density or fan-out then gradually extend its activities to other markets. DocuTrim, a that is relevant to product quality and summarizes all nonconformi- multifunctional system for online sheet finishing, was developed by ties in a clearly structured production report. Muller and has already been launched. "We are very pleased that DUO, as a classic manroland cus- “This sales partnership lays the foundation that will enable us to tomer, elected to use our systems," says Menno Jansen, chairman of provide new, innovative solutions to the highest standard in the digi- Netherlands-based QIPC. tal sheet finishing segment. The DocuTrim perfectly complements our Generation 8, POPP6 and 7 continuous-feed product lines,” said Serbia’s Color Press Group installs QIPC Michel Hunkeler, CEO of Hunkeler. Hunkeler has been active on behalf of the printing industry systems since it was founded in 1922. Muller is a family company founded in Serbia-based printing concern Color Press Group is installing auto- 1965. It produces flexible paper management solutions for the automation systems from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) on its presses. The mated processing of digital print products. heatset printer is investing in the mRC-3D system for color register and cut-off control supplied by the Dutch specialist in measurement and control equipment for the printing industry. QIPC gets business from India Color Press Group has printing presses from a previous genera- QIPC, the Dutch specialist in measure and control equipment, tion. To get these operating at optimum capacity, the management recently got orders from Indian printer Pudhari Publications in considered an upgrade an absolute necessity. "It's a fiercely competi- Kolhapur, which will use the mRC-3D-system in their own printing tive market out there," said Color Press Group Executive Director plant, and from Sigmarq Technologies, an Indian press builder, who Zoran Tovjanin. will install the mRC-3D-system on a press that's been built up in In total, four mRC-3D cameras for color register and two mRC- Kenya. 3D cameras for cut-off control were installed on the manroland Ro- The Pudhari Publications order is part of a long-term coopera- toman D press. The aim is to limit register waste to 500 revolutions, tion. restrict overall paper waste by 40 percent and enhance print quality. "The cost for printing plants are constantly increasing and we For QIPC, this new collaboration with the second-largest print- were looking for a way to keep them under control," says Managing ing concern in Serbia presents the possibility of the company estab- Director Yogesh Jadav of Pudhari Publications on why he has part- lishing itself more firmly in the Balkan region. nered with QIPC in the past. Sigmarq is a growing Indian press builder. The four mRC-3D- cameras that Sigmarq has ordered will be installed on a press in the Southern Lithoplate's new plate does well Kenyan capital Nairobi. for company Southern Lithoplate’s latest generation Liberty NXP no-process plate Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben further is on course to set a company record for customer adoption, the company says. automates with QIPC “The primary drivers of Liberty NXP’s record-setting adoption German printer Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben (DUO) has elected have been its rapid clean up on press and linear dot,” said Steve Mat- to use a IDS-3D system from Q.I. Press Controls as a color-density tingly, senior vice president, Southern Lithoplate. control solution, QIPC announced. SLP rolled out the new generation of the no-process plate early The decision follows DUO’s 2014 comprehensive renewal pro- this year. gram, when the printer invested in four Colorman autoprints from SLP specializes in the manufacture, distribution and service of manroland. digital lithoplates and CtP solutions for targeted print markets. It The core business of DUO with its two sites in Ulm and Weingar- maintains manufacturing facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and ten is the production of newspapers and local weeklies published by at its headquarters in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Neue Pressegesellschaft Ulm and Schwabisch Media Ravensburg. The introduction of 16 IDS-3D cameras from QIPC is aimed at reducing the ink consumption and further automate the production

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Flint Group 2017 Sustainability Report Shows Progress, Dedication

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The News Media Alliance has promotedDanielle Coffey to Group, a territory that includes the parent company’s newspa- senior vice president, Strategic Initiatives and Counsel. Coffey pers in Florida, Alabama and now the Statesman in Texas. joined the organization in 2015 and has focused on the intersec- tion of technology and public policy. She previously worked in Jeffrey Potts has been named senior associate at Cribb, the telecom industry for over 10 years. Greene & Cope.

Daytona Beach News-Journal publisher Bill Offill has been Mike Reilly, 58, vice president for news at BH Media, has promoted to the position of group publisher for three Gate- resigned from the Omaha World-Herald to relocate to Texas. House Media newspapers in Florida including The St. Augustine Reilly worked at The World-Herald for the past 28 years. Record, and the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. Former Record publisher Tony Bernados was named the president of Jamey Honeycutt has been named publisher of five commu- The Augusta Chronicle and Chronicle Media in May. In Jackson- nity newspapers in Bolivar, Stockton, Buffalo, Marshfield and ville, Mark Nusbaum recently announced his retirement as Ozark (Missouri). Honeycutt has represented these newspapers president and publisher. as advertising director and associate publisher since early July. Honeycutt will report to work Oct. 1. Dave Berry is retiring as Sondre Gravir, the CEO of marketplaces at Schibsted (Nor- publisher of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press, effective at the end of way), is leaving the company. He's the latest in a line of high- September. level executives at Schibsted to leave in the past few months, including several from the classified marketplace arena. Aaron Becher has named a new vice president of newspaper operations for Forum Communications. Becher, general man- Ben Kenfield has been named general manager of The Herald ager of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and West Fargo Pio- Journal (Logan, Utah), an Adams Publishing Group newspaper. neer since 2012 and director of advertising operations for the Kenfield succeeds publisherDave Welsh. company in recent months, will now oversee publishers at the company’s more than 30 newspapers in four states. Northwest Florida Daily News Publisher Diane Win- nemuller announced her retirement after three years. She will D. Lee Carlson, president of PA Media Group, has announced remain with GateHouse Media on a contractual basis. her retirement effective at the end of the year. PA Media Group is the parent company of PennLive and The Patriot-News. James Doughton, regional publisher of seven newspapers including the Gainesville Sun and the Ocala Star-Banner, will Beau Campbell has joined Siebold Company as vice presi- retire at the end of the year. dent Midwest sales. Campbell has successfully completed hundreds of press installations, press additions, press upgrades Editorial page editor Ellen Clegg has retired from The Boston and press sales worldwide. He also serves on the ING board and Globe after four years leading the editorial board. During her is actively involved with several newspaper associations, includ- time with The Globe, she served as the executive director of ing SNPA and the Inland Press Association. communications, as well as deputy managing editor and city editor. Postmedia Network Canada has announced that David Peck- er has resigned his seat from the boards of Postmedia Network Herald-Tribune’s (Sarasota, Florida) Matthew Sauer will Canada and Postmedia Network. add the title of general manager to his existing duties as executive editor. Sauer will continue to oversee the Herald-Tribune’s Andy Fisher has been named the new top business executive newsroom but will now work with the media company’s sea- for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA Today Network- soned team of executives to continue the paper’s mission. Wisconsin. Fisher, who most recently was an executive with the Dallas-based business software and marketing firm DexYP, Patrick Dorsey, the Herald-Tribune’s publisher since 2012, started as Gannett’s vice president of sales for Wisconsin on is taking over as publisher at newly acquired GateHouse Media Monday. newspaper the Austin American-Statesman. Dorsey will continue in his role as regional vice president of GateHouse’s Coastal John Bailey has been named executive editor of the Rome

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News-Tribune (Georgia). pany in Ithaca, New York. His last day will be Sept. 28.

Robert Beck, owner and former publisher of the Roswell Rufus Friday, the Herald-Leader’s (Lexington, Kentucky) Daily Record, has died at 97. president and publisher since 2011, announced that he will be stepping down in the middle of September. Editor Peter Mary Suh is joining the editorial team at AtlanticLIVE, The Baniak will move into an expanded role as the Herald-Leader’s Atlantic’s events division, following more than 20 years as a editor and general manager. top editor at The New York Times. Suh will be a senior editor working with Executive Producer Rob Hendin and a team A longtime newspaper executive and publisher of two Ohio responsible for shaping the content for The Atlantic’s live events newspapers has died after a lengthy illness. The East Liverpool journalism, which comes to life across more than 100 annual Review reports that 67-year-old Larry Dorschner passed events on stages around the world. She will begin at The Atlan- away at his home. Dorschner was publisher of The Review and tic in early September. the Lisbon Morning Journal. Dorschner became a group publisher for Ogden Newspapers in 2005. The Boston Globe announced thatShirley Leung will assume leadership for the editorial board for the next six months and The Chestnut Hill Local’s (Philadelphia) associate publisher will be named the interim editorial page editor. Larry Hochberger announced that he is resigning from the Local next month to take a new job at a weekly newspaper com- Greg Watson has joined the Southern Newspaper Publishers pany in Ithaca, New York. Hochberger’s last day will be Sept. 28. Association staff as chief marketing officer and assistant executive director, with responsibility for planning and executing David Martens, president of the York Dispatch, will receive strategies that promote SNPA’s brand and programs. a lifetime achievement award from the Pennsylvania News- Media Association this fall. Martens, 76, became president of Julie Bechtel has been named executive vice president of York Dispatch Publishing in 2014, when former president Phil BH Media Group, overseeing operations of the Omaha World- Buckner retired. Herald. The former Lee Enterprises executive succeeds Doug Hiemstra, who left the company to pursue other opportunities, Davis J. Taylor has been named interim publisher of Napa said a press release from Lee. The company, based in Davenport, Valley Publishing, which includes the Napa Valley Register, St. Iowa, is managing BH Media on behalf of its owner, Berkshire Helena Star, Weekly Calistogan and American Canyon Eagle, Hathaway. Bechtel will name a publisher for The World-Herald among other publications. Taylor, 69, is currently the publisher at a later date. Terry Kroeger had been publisher of The World- of Lee Central California Newspapers, based in Hanford. He will Herald. He announced in June that he would step down from continue in that job while Napa Valley Publishing searches for a that role with the new Lee management of the newspaper. permanent replacement for former Publisher Brenda Speth, who left in July. Jeannie Parent, the former president and publisher of the company that owns The Oakland Press and Macomb Daily, will Kate Lewis has been named chief content officer for Hearst become MLive Media Group's (Michigan) chief revenue officer. Magazines. Lewis has served as editorial director of Hearst Parent will oversee sales leadership for the media organization, Magazines Digital Media since 2014, responsible for content whose publications include The Grand Rapids Press, The Flint creation across 25 Hearst brands in the digital realm. Now she Journal, The Ann Arbor News and the Jackson Citizen Patriot. adds the print side as well.

Greg Mazanec has been named regional publisher of The Carl Esposito, publisher of The Daily Times in Maryville, Macomb Daily and the Daily Tribune of Royal Oak and several Tennessee, and regional president of Adams Publishing Group other Digital First publications in Michigan. for Tennessee, North Carolina and Southern Virginia, has been named to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association The Chestnut Hill Local’s (Philadelphia) associate publisher board of directors. Larry Hochberger announced that he is resigning from the Local next month to take a new job at a weekly newspaper com- The Association for PRINT Technologies announced that

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Sondra Fry Benoudiz has joined its business development The New York Times announced that Clifford J. Levy, a two- team and will be responsible for building new relationships in time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and a leader of the news- the print community, developing new sponsorship programs, room’s digital initiatives, will be its next metropolitan editor. creating new business opportunities, and providing customized Levy, 51, has served as a deputy managing editor since 2016, solutions to help members meet their business needs. overseeing The Times’ online platforms.

Brooke Hauser has been named editor of the Daily Hamp- Lee Enterprises has chosen corporate controller Timothy shire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts). Millage as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Millage succeeds Ron Mayo, who resigned in June of this year. Julie Vossler-Henderson has been named central news edi- Millage joined Lee in 2010 as assistant corporate controller. He tor for The Daily Camera and the Longmont Times-Call newspa- was named the company's corporate controller in 2012. Prior to pers. joining Lee, Millage was an audit manager with Deloitte, after serving as a senior auditor. Michelle K. Rea, executive director of the New York Press As- sociation, was elected president of Newspaper Association Man- A memorial service will be held Aug. 16 for Dean Bartee, a agers (NAM) during the group’s 95th annual summer conference longtime Mercury News executive who combined a newspaper in Park City, Utah. Rea, who has led NYPA since 1992, has nearly career with years of civic leadership. Bartee, died July 12 of can- four decades in newspaper experience. She is also a former di- cer. He was 86. rector of resource development for American Red Cross. Tim McKeon, Koenig & Bauer’s senior vice president of Ser- Don Bolden, who led the Times-News (Burlington, North vice and Operations, Sheetfed Division, has died after a brief Carolina) as its editor for 18 years and made a long-lasting im- illness, the company announced. McKeon was a loyal member of pact on Alamance County as a reporter, columnist, historian and the Koenig & Bauer family for almost 40 years, having started his community champion, died Aug. 2. He was 85. career as a field service mechanic/technician with Royal Zenith, a predecessor company of Koenig & Bauer. Robert J. Danzig, who served for more than two decades as president of Hearst Newspapers, has died in a Cape Cod hospi- Peter Lechner is the new CEO at Koenig & Bauer (KBA) Flexo- tal. He was 85. tecnica. He takes over from Christoph Muller, who moves to the company’s supervisory board as its chairman. Lechner previ- Joanna Coles, the chief content officer for Hearst, is resigning ously held leading positions at companies in Germany, the U.S. the company, the New York Post reports. Coles, 56, who served and the Czech Republic. as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire before her promotion to oversee all Hearst titles, is expected to leave the Block Communications has promoted Kurt Franck to vice company by the end of this week. president of newspaper operations. He will oversee the company’s papers in Pittsburgh and Toledo. Franck will remain based Robert (Bob) W. Rogers has retired as vice president of in Toledo while also overseeing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. operations for BH Media Group’s publishing solutions group. BH Franck earlier this year took on the role of president and general Media owns the Richmond Times-Dispatch. manager of business operations of The Blade in Toledo. Franck joined The Blade in 2000 as managing editor and became execu- Deanna Lewis has been hired as a digital sales leader for tive editor in 2009. Dream Local Digital, a national digital marketing agency. Lewis spent 15 years working for the Local Media Association. She will Eddie Blakeley has been hired as chief operating officer of be working directly with media partner sales teams to assist Journal Inc., the parent company of the Northeast Mississippi them in selling digital marketing services. Daily Journal. Blakeley has served as publisher of the Ashland (Kentucky) Daily Independent since 2003. His role will be to run Guido Van Loo, former technical director of Manroland all production and commercial print operations for Journal Inc. France, has been promoted to managing director of the group's French outpost.

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1 PF1 Industrial Batt. Charger S18-600B3 PF-1023V22816 (On Pallet) 480VAC / 6A 2 Power Volt 18E200T JH35 11354475 480VAC / 36Volt 3 IBC Flex200 BA2519F 10G6429M 480VAC / 15A

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1 Jack (Electric) - 11 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-27646 10/6/06 2 Jack (Electric) - 12 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-27648 10/6/06 3 Jack (Electric) - 54 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31554 12/19/07 4 Jack (Electric) - 58 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31558 12/19/07 5 Jack (Electric) - 60 TOYOTA7HBW23 7HBW23-31560 12/19/07 6 Jack (Electric) Linde / EGU20-02 7101190430 7 Manual Jack

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HOPPER LOADERS 1 Hopper Loaders GMA/AF 200 96.0200.22 #2 1996

SKID LEVELERS 1 Skid Leveler-17 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-02 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 2 Skid Leveler-7 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-06 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 3 Skid Leveler-9 M2425S67FG42E41M01 116691-08 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 4 Skid Leveler-10 M2425S67FG42E41M01 102210 6/2/98 Rol-Lift 5 Skid Leveler-13 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-02 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 6 Skid Leveler-18 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-04 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 7 Skid Leveler-20 M2425S67FG42E41 160952-06 9/25/00 Rol-Lift 8 Skid Leveler - 16 Parts only

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PRINT SHOP EQUIP 1 Offset Press, 2 color Multilith / 1862 2 Offset Press, 1 color Multilith / 1250 3 Offset Press, 2 color Multilith / 1250 4 Comb binding machine (manual) ibico AG HB24 5 Comb binding machine (electric) ibico AG EP21

KODAK NELA-CREO 1 Plate Loader 02953-01 & 02940-01 Two each 2 Plate Loader Cassettes Four each

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AIR COMPRESSOR 1 1,000 cfm compressor Quincy QSI-1000

AIR DRYER 1 Air Dryer Quincy QFD 1650 2 Air Dryer Quincy QFD 1650 3 Air Dryer Quincy QPNC-500

PKG MAINT SHOP 1 Parts Washer BAC DM-32 2 15-1/2" drill press Craftsman (On a stand) 3 Hydraulic Press Dayton (3Z915) 4 Drill press Craftsman (Table mounted)

PRESS STITCHER 1 Inline stitcher Motterstitch Stitcher Model 103 KBA specific

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Waste conveyor w/ diverter and dual compactors; includes power Karl Schmidt Conveyor and control panel; secton 1 = 61' 5-5/8", Section 2 = 58' 4-1/8", Section 3 = 169' 6-3/16", Section 4 = 85' 1"

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