Linotype: The Film
We are excited to announce that we have officially started production on a documentary film about the Linotype typecasting machine. My interest in the Linotype started about six years ago when I was a graphic design student at university. For my senior thesis project, I re-established a letterpress printing area for the graphic design department. […]
James Murdoch: Free online content cannot be monetised
Speaking at the Monaco Media Forum, Murdoch said: “The first rule: if you are going to monetise something [online], you probably shouldn’t give it away for free.” News International, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation, recently erected paywalls around both The Times and The Sunday Times’ respective websites and is the first generalist UK […]
Publishers Await US Supreme Court Decision in Key Copyright Case
The Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in a copyright case that publishers say holds major implications for their businesses—even though the case doesn’t involve books. In Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Omega, S.A, the court will decide whether retail giant Costco can re-sell copyright-protected, foreign-made Omega wristwatches exclusively licensed for sale abroad in the […]
DM News Interviews Ruth Goldway, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission
Ruth Goldway, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, speaks with Direct Marketing News’ news editor Frank Washkuch about how the US Postal Service can improve its financial situation as well as consumers’ response to possible five-day home delivery. Direct Marketing News (DMN): What does the US Postal Service need to do to right its financial […]
London Times loses "less than" 90 percent of readers online
LONDON (Reuters) – News Corp’s Times of London has lost less than 90 percent of its online audience since it started charging readers on the Web, fewer than it had feared, it said on Tuesday. The Times is the first major consumer newspaper to put its online content behind a so-called paywall and the three-month-old […]
Launch of Newspaper Extinction Timeline for every country in the world
Ross Dawson, October 31, 2010 Back in August I predicted that newspapers in their current form will be irrelevant in Australia in 2022. That received significant international attention including from The Australian, The Guardian, Editor & Publisher (which called me the ‘Wizard of Aussie’) and many others. Part of the point I wanted to make […]
Allure Mag shares results from QR contest
Back in July, GoMo News reported that Allure magazine was launching a give-away promotion powered by Microsoft Tag mobile barcodes. The contest gave away $725,000 of beauty products over the course of a month, to people who scanned the Tags with their mobile devices. And Allure is reporting an impressive increase of entrants into the […]
First U.S. newspaper offers readers interactive access for editorial content
amNewYork, Manhattans most distributed daily newspaper, is offering readers enhanced content with Microsoft Tag. By connecting its audience with additional editorial content that can be accessed via mobile devices, amNewYork continues to achieve its goal of getting readers “Manhattan Ready” with quick and efficient access to the latest information.Microsoft Tags allow readers to scan a […]
UK adspend returns to double digit growth
The United Kingdom’s advertising spend has recorded a double digit rise of 10.7% in the first half of 2010, according to Nielsen’s latest Global AdView Pulse report. Globally, adspend has increased by 12.8% in the first six months of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009, with a combined spend of $238 billion (£150 […]
Magazine Ad Pages Rose in Third Quarter
The number of ad pages in U.S. magazines inched up for the second consecutive quarter, giving publishers more hope that the declines that killed dozens of well-known titles in 2009 are behind them. Ad pages in the third quarter rose 3.6% from the same period last year, according to figures released Monday by the Publishers […]
Free Webinar: Make Sustainable Printing Your Competitive Advantage
Canon and HOW magazine are joining together to offer the free webinar “Make Sustainable Printing Your Competitive Advantage.” Date: Tuesday, October 12 Time: 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Don Carli and Hans Wegner Green is much more than a color to today’s creative professionals. It’s an expectation, driven by a sincere […]
Postal Rate Increases for 2011 Denied! HOWEVER – Expect Increases!
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has declined the USPS’s request for a 5.6% increase, which had been proposed to take effect in January 2011, and was filed under the Extraordinary Circumstances rule. The Extraordinary Circumstances rule allows the USPS to increase rates above the CPI rate cap during “exceptional or extraordinary circumstances”. This is great […]
