Print buying

Emirates themes Birmingham airport in year-long campaign
Emirates Airline has rolled out an outdoor campaign at Birmingham International Airport highlighting the range of destinations it offers.

Archant launches 'alternative route to market' Cambridge newspaper
Newspaper publisher Archant has launched a weekly newspaper, using "alternative routes to market".

Wired has trust issues with 'scratch-off' cover
Wired magazine, printed by St Ives Web, has produced a special latex scratch-off cover for its June issue.

Penguin Classics launches Red editions
Penguin Classics has joined up with the Aids awareness group (Product) Red to produce a selection of titles that will raise money for fighting the disease in Africa.

St Ives boosts direct marketing offering with 12m Occam deal
St Ives has bought database marketing services company Occam DM in a deal worth up to 12.6m.

FT parent distances itself from comments about cutting print operation
The parent group of national newspaper the Financial Times has had to deny claims that it will be scaling down its print operation in the next five years.

Newcomer high-end Spindle magazine tasks Wyndeham Grange for first issue
West Sussex-based Wyndeham Grange has printed the first issue of Spindle Magazine.

Coalition halves COI ad spend as part of cuts
The coalition government will freeze its annual 540m advertising budget except on "essential" campaigns and will axe the Central Office of Information's (COI) ad budget as part of plans to reduce...

Garnett Dickinson announces distribution tie-up with NPS
Garnett Dickinson has merged magazine distributor Native Publisher Services (NPS) into its business following the recent closure of the Magazine Marketing Company (MMC).

Communisis teams with data firm to streamline personalisation
Communisis has enlisted the help of a data company to hone targeted marketing based on what it hopes will be one of the UK's most comprehensive database services.