Magazines

Condé Nast and Hearst have set up a new joint venture in the US that could have far-reaching implications for magazine production if it sets a trend.

RR Donnelley has decided on the new names for the separate businesses that will be created when the group completes its three-way split later this year.

The boss of the former Emap B2B publishing business has said the firm will keep printing “just not necessarily mass distribution magazine products”.

Polestar has won back the Express Newspapers supplements that were previously printed on the continent in a deal that encompasses some 125m magazines a year.

Proventus Capital Partners has appointed four directors to Polestar Print Holdings, including a former Quebecor executive.

Wyndeham Group owner Walstead Investments has filed its first set of full-year results since the group lost its largest-single contract, with chairman Mark Scanlon stating that the firm “will not...

As managing director of PrintWeek’s reigning Company of the Year, it’s safe to say that Kirk Galloway has been pretty happy with his 2015 lot. And it sounds like he’s planning to carry that ‘feel-good...

Prinovis is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann, following the approval of its takeover.

Swedish private equity fund Proventus Capital Partners is in the process of ‘taking control’ of Polestar, resulting in the exit of the print group’s former owner Sun Capital Partners.

Wyndeham Group owner Walstead Investments is prepared to launch a bid for Polestar if the opportunity arises, PrintWeek can reveal.

Polestar is attempting to reassure customers about its future after reports about its parlous financial position appeared in the national press over the weekend.

Polestar has brought in Deloitte to advise on a new financial structure for the group in the face of downgraded forecasts for the performance of the business.