After a long and cold winter, Druckzentrum Rhein-Main (DRM) in Rüsselsheim, Germany, celebrated a roof-raising ceremony on 18th March 2010. The management of the joint newspaper printing company of the Rhein-Main publishing group (Mainz) and the Darmstädter Echo welcomed many invited guests as well as construction workers and tradesmen from the participating building companies.
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DeutschA lower price (0.50 Euros), new design, new team, and a huge investment – that is France-Soir's ambitious way of breathing new life into this French national newspaper that in its golden years was among the most circulated newspaper in Europe.
Consolidation: Finkbeiner on manroland-WIFAG deal
manroland announced on 26 February that the press manufacturer is in negotiations to purchase WIFAG, the Swiss press manufacturer. Gerd Finkbeiner, CEO of manroland AG, answered questions from WAN-IFRA via email earlier this week.
WAN-IFRA: What are the complementary technologies and services that WIFAG would bring to manroland?
Average free daily circulation in Europe fell 19 percent from 26.2 to 21.3 million in 2009, according to the latest edition of the Free Daily Newspaper newsletter, which has just been published. When average circulation in 2010 is compared with 2009, a further drop of 9 percent is seen. There are now 82 free titles published in Europe, down from 139 in 2007.
WIFAG has made no secret since this past fall that it was seeking a strong partner after announcing a significant job reduction plan. It looks like the Swiss press manufacturer has found it in the form of manroland. Gerd Finkbeiner, CEO of manroland AG, confirmed Friday in a company press release that the press manufacturer is indeed negotiating the purchase of WIFAG AG.
The corresponding letter of intent was signed, and negotiations should be finalised in the spring, according to the press release.
FrançaisMatt Jones, Vice President of Mobile Strategy and Operations for USA Today/Gannett Digital, updates with fresh data and perspectives the discussion he had with us a year ago about USA Today's strategy for publishing on mobile platforms.
Will the Apple iPad create a need for a redesign
of your app or will you
wait and see for a while?
In a gloomy French market, the property advertising group seloger.com has achieved an advertising turnover of EUR 61.7 million in 2009 (representing a growth of 3.5 percent). Its flagship is the website seloger.com. But its mobile extensions (site and applications) are an integral part of the service offered to its customers. "This service fits nicely our core mission to facilitate connection between buyers and agents" explains Frédéric Toquin, head of the group’s Internet and mobile portals.
Semi-commercial jobs which would normally require heatset printing are being produced in coldset at the Singapore Press Holding (SPH) Media Centre Plant on their manroland UNISET press using various types of newsprint. "We have done posters, leaflets, newsletters & magazines. Our customers include banks, retail outlets, government bodies, hospitals, associations, etc.," says Anthony Cheng, Executive Vice-President of Production at SPH.
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