Print buying

FT Group and Penguin experience digital growth
Online demand for FT Group has exceeded print for the first time while nearly a fifth of Penguin's revenues are represented by e-book sales according to Pearson's 2012 interim report.

The Times launches digital out of home campaign
The Times has tied with digital production company Grand Visual to showcase its latest news headlines with a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising campaign.

Details of mammoth Olympic print project revealed
Haymarket Network, the customer publishing arm of PrintWeek publisher Haymarket, has revealed details of one of the largest UK magazine projects ever undertaken.

Southernprint to produce Hello Kitty magazine for Egmont
Egmont Publishing Group has signed a deal with Wyndeham Group subsidiary Southernprint after it won the first UK publishing contract for <i>Hello Kitty</i> magazine.

DMGT posts 509m revenue as Mail Online records profit
The Daily Mail & General Trust reported a 3% revenue increase in its third quarter interim results to 1 July.

IFABC launches free newspaper circulation database
The new online service will cover headline circulation data for 34 global markets.

Business secretary Vince Cable visits Butler Tanner & Dennis
Cable discussed issues from exports to apprentices on a visit to Frome-based book printer Butler Tanner & Dennis.

DKP Finishing to move in with Surrey Laminators in buy-out deal
DKP Finishing is to move into Surrey Laminators' Croydon plant within the next two months to offer a "one-stop-shop" for finishing.

Experian data shows fall in payment times
Print and packaging firms saw their invoices paid more than two days earlier in quarter two compared to the same period last year, according to new data.

Metsa Board enforces price increase
Metsa Board is to increase the cost of its papers by 6-8% from September 2012.