Publishing

Regional daily newspapers suffering in latest ABCs

All bar two regional daily newspapers suffered a drop in circulation in the six months to December 2012 compared to the previous year, recent ABC figures show.

Trinity Mirror targets readership boost with free editions

Trinity Mirror is to bolster its <i>Birmingham Mail</i> newspaper with an additional 50,000 free Friday copies in a bid to boost its readership.

Pearson unveils 250m restructure to push digital growth

Pearson announced that it was to book a 150m restructuring expense for 2013 to push online growth as <i>Financial Times</i> digital subscriptions overtook print circulation for the first time.

Tower Hamlets council tenders for 20m print framework

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is on the hunt for five to eights UK printers to tender for a contract, worth up to 20m over four years, to produce publications for councils from across the...

Printers hit as Reader's Digest files for Chapter 11 again

Three of the largest unsecured creditors of Reader's Digest parent RDA Holding's last insolvency filing found themselves in painfully familiar territory this week as the publisher once again filed for...

Taopix enters exclusive partnership with FastPencil

Taopix has teamed up with US self-publishing engine FastPencil to offer its digital print customers a route into the wider market of book publishing.

KBA revamps large format line-up with Rapida 164

KBA has announced the launch of a new sheetfed offset press, the Rapida 164, which has replaced the Rapida 162 and 162a models in its large format line-up.

British Library tenders for book printing framework

The British Library has put out a tender in a bid to establish a framework of printers to call upon for book production.

Digital magazine growth prompts combined ABCs

Last week's ABC figures revealed a 1.5% drop in the total print circulations of audited consumer magazines for the last six months of 2012, spurring the PPA to publish its first ever combined digital...

<i>Sun on Sunday</i> offsets <i>News of The World</i> legal bill

Investigations into the phone hacking scandals at <i>News of The World</i> continue to impose significant costs for parent company News Corporation, according to its second quarter results.