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On October 19, 2005 as the Frankfurt Book Fair got underway and with Google very much there in Hall 8, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced the filing of a lawsuit against Google ove... Read More >>
Manugraph, India’s leading manufacturer of newspaper and commercial web presses has confirmed orders for 27 QuadTech Register Guidance Systems with MultiCam. The equipment, to be installed on Manugrap... Read More >>
Year after year, ‘Frankfurt’ is a hallucinating event for the companies participating in a fair that, primarily, is a meeting place for professionals - a trading platform for finalizing and communicat... Read More >>
Five years ago, digital plate setting advances pretty much stole the show at Ifra; in 2000, everyone was impressed with how fast these mighty beasts could go. But the 2005 discussion in Leipzig was mo... Read More >>
Seventy-one journalists and other media workers were killed because of theirprofessional activities in 2004, with 23 of them killed in Iraq, the mostdangerous place for journalists on the planet, a Wo... Read More >>
Ifra and Ifra India in association with some of its leading members has launched a standard printing profile called ICONS — Indian Coldset Offset Newspaper Standardisation, for Indian newspapers. ICON... Read More >>
As a fair for print media professionals, Ifra Expo has catered, over the years, to a dual interest. Newspaper and magazine publishers often included the exhibition and other Ifra activities in their e... Read More >>
Jacob Mathew, The Executive Editor of Malayala Manorama in Kerala, South India, has been elected to a one-year term as President of the Indian Newspaper Society. Mathew, 53, succeeds Pradeep Guha of T... Read More >>
Aakar Patel, The Group Editor-in-Chief of Mid-day in Mumbai, has quit the Group after working with it for six years and has joined Divya Bhaskar, again as Editor-in-Chief. Patel, 35, said: “I am... Read More >>
The Nigerian Book Fair Trust (NBFT) will be organising a book fair on “National Book Policy, HIV/AIDS and Sustainable Development’ from May 8 to 13, 2006. NBFT is a coalition of the major stakeh... Read More >>
Readership of many newspapers is declining. What\'s happening? How do we arrest the decline before it becomes a tidal wave? Where can we find new readers? How to turn them into loyal readers? What rol... Read More >>
As we have written earlier, DNA started its first edition in Mumbai on 30 July 2005, right when the city was badly reeling from unprecedented rain and floods. We have since seen the paper and it seems... Read More >>
FICCI organised a high-level seminar which discussed the future of print on 27th September, at the Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai. With IFRA being hosted in Delhi, a couple of days prior to the seminar, ... Read More >>
The commercial and entertainment capital of the country is also the headquarters of the Bennett Coleman group, publishers of The Times of India and The Economic Times, the two circulation leading Engl... Read More >>
According to MAN Roland numerous enquiries by existing and potential customers and the continuing success of the eight-page Regioman pressline have inspired plans for a Colorman 4 x 1 press. At the If... Read More >>
In the countdown to IfraExpo from 17 to 20 October in Leipzig the general climate in the print media industry is sunnier than it has been for some time. Alongside proven technologies, processes and se... Read More >>
A delegation from the World Association of Newspapers met with the international football association FIFA on 23 September 2005 to discuss concerns about potential limits on newspaper coverage of the ... Read More >>
Deccan Chronicle Holdings, owner of English dailies Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age, is close to acquiring a retail chain of book stores. The value of the acquisition is estimated at Rs 50 crore. T... Read More >>
Ifra, a 40-year old international association for newspaper and media publishing, is organising an event for advertising agencies, to introduce to them a common printing profile.... Read More >>
When the government finally announced on June 25 that it would allow up to 26 per cent foreign investment in the print media sector in India the decision capped one of the longest and most dogged camp... Read More >>
The Regioman was shown at Drupa 2000 and has since sold over a 1000 units around the world. The newly designed press from MAN Roland addresses the demand for dedicated sections and two-page jumps for... Read More >>
Marking the company\'s first participation at IPEX, Sansui Software announced a raft of new additions to their publishing and knowledge management systems.... Read More >>
Of the major Indian languages, the newspaper industry in Kannada is perhaps the least recognised or discussed. The reasons help us to understand the complex, organic relationship between newspapers an... Read More >>
With a circulation of more than one million (ten lakh) copies daily, a staff of 3,000 and a complex production workflow spanning twelve locations throughout the country, the numbers alone might scare ... Read More >>
As we have written earlier, at both Print 05 in Chicago from September 9 to 15, and at the Ifra India show in Delhi from September 21 to 23, the star of the QuadTech exhibit is the demonstration of th... Read More >>
The first Indian Magazine Summit (IMS) touched on many issues of concern to the Indian magazine industry. Prominent magazine editors, marketers, and media planners congregated in Delhi, to discuss the... Read More >>
In India there is no law against cross ownership of media. As print publishers have gone into broadcasting, increasingly, broadcasters are getting into the print media. And although growth seems to be... Read More >>
The IFRA India Conference that will take place on 21 and 22 September at Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi this year will again be co-sponsored by the Indian Newspaper Society. There will be a couple of... Read More >>
The National Book Trust, India (NBT) — an autonomous organisation under the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development — publishes a wide variety of books ran... Read More >>
In India there is no law against cross ownership of media. As print publishers have gone into broadcasting, increasingly, broadcasters are getting into the print media. And although growth seems to be... Read More >>
The circulation of newspapers in the world increased strongly last year, the World Association of Newspapers announced in Seoul, Korea, on 30 May 2005. At the same time, newspaper advertising revenues... Read More >>
Dainik Jagran is one of the largest circulated dailies in India with an audited (January to June 2004) circulation well over 1.91 million copies when the paper had 25 editions. According to the recent... Read More >>
At a dozen IfraExpo Information Meetings currently being held across Europe, Ifra’s CEO Reiner Mittelbach and Ifra Director of Exhibitions Michael Heipel are launching an information offensive to coun... Read More >>
At the Printpack05 exhibition in January in New Delhi Sudhir Agarwal of Dainik Bhaskar confirmed the order for the Orient X-press 45000 copies an hour line from Printers House that was shown running a... Read More >>
Will a new wage board for the newspaper industry be set up? And when? Although the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has indicated that he would be taking up this question with ... Read More >>
Dainik Bhaskar, one of the largest newspaper groups in the country and perhaps the fastest growing, has started off its conversion to CtP with the purchase of seven Xcalibur platesetters from Agfa. Th... Read More >>
The battle has begun. In round one, Dainik Bhaskar who were cocky because of their successful track-record in Jaipur and Ahmedabad, have been thwarted by the grand Old Lady of Boribunder.The war does... Read More >>
On February 12, the fast growing Bhaskar Group\'s Gujarati daily, Divya Bhaskar launched another edition from Rajkot with an initial print run of 52,000 copies. This was the fourth centre in Gujarat t... Read More >>
From India to Japan, Asia is one of the world\'s most dynamic regions fornewspapers. Asian editors have had particular success in luring youngreaders and integrating new media strategies, but they hav... Read More >>
It was supposed to be a high profile launch, but the torrential rains in Mumbai ruined the party for the over hyped, Daily News & Analysis (DNA). Finally on 30th July, Saturday, the English daily sta... Read More >>
HT Media publishers of the Delhi-based The Hindustan Times have sold 8.27 per cent equity to Citicorp International Finance Corp for Rs 69 crore (approximately US$ 15.7 million). A further investment ... Read More >>
Bennet Coleman publishers of The Times of India and The Economic Times daily newspapers have placed an order for three Colorman presses for their Mumbai and Delhi centres. These are the largest ever p... Read More >>
After a decade of Internet trading, going to Frankfurt has become mainly a ritual for the publishing industry. In this business, the past few years have seen a shift away from the trade in publishing ... Read More >>
In children\'s newspapers worldwide, editors reacted to the tsunami in Asiawith carefully crafted coverage and opportunities for young people to helpthe victims. How they went about it is the subject ... Read More >>
For newspapers there is really only one show, and that show is Ifra, this year held in Amsterdam. Ifra Expo is always an excellent place to catch up on the latest technology, with advances in software... Read More >>
The Mumbai-based Chitralekha group has a strong performer in special issues. The company, which publishes general interest magazine Chitralekha (in Gujarati and Marathi) and film magazine G (in Englis... Read More >>
Issue : 01 | Jan, 2009
Founded in 1979, the trade monthly Indian Printer and Publisher reaches publishing and print professionals in South Asia.
