Print buying
News International pays 30m to end Johnston Press contract
News International has paid 30m to Johnston Press in an agreement to terminate its long-term printing contract.
Fretwell Print and Design boosts post-press offering with Stahlfolder investment
Fretwell Print and Design has expanded its post-press capabilities after investing in a Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH66 buckle machine.
Monthly music magazine The Word to close
The magazine, printed by the Wyndeham Group, is to cease publication after nine years.
Print industry news roundup: St Ives Direct; Pureprint; Manroland; MPG and CUP; DS Smith and SCA Packaging; tobacco packaging
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: St Ives Leeds to close, Pureprint to signs to beta HP Indigo 10000, Manroland GB sale...
Media roundup: Profero; Monkou; Facebook App Store; DM Foundation; Newnham and Talon
We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: Profero acquires Vox Collective shares, Mankuo launches new mag, Facebook App store arrives in UK, DM...
Polestar wins renewed Monarch contract
Polestar Applied Solutions renewed its contract with Monarch Travel Group to provide its entire printing, mailing and fulfilment requirements.
UPM announces further restructuring
UPM has sold its Kajaani sawmill to wood processing company Plkky Oy in Finland.
BGP prints 1.5m River Cottage booklets for Telegraph
BGP has printed 1.5m copies of two booklets featuring 40 vegetarian recipes from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for Telegraph Media Group, for inclusion in this weekend's newspapers.
Advertising spend in UK printed press down 10% in Q1 of 2012
The latest year-on-year figures reveal advertising in printed press showed the greatest decline compared to other mediums in the first quarter of 2012.
Media roundup: News Corporation, Microsoft, O2, Aegis Isobar, BBC, GoCompare
We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: Murdoch to step down from running newspapers; Microsoft in $1.2bn Yammer deal; O2 awards digital...