Magazines

Polestar and Celloglas produce festive finish for BBC Good Food
Polestar Chantry and Celloglas have teamed up to provide a festive finish for the front cover of <i>BBC Good Food</i> magazine's Christmas issue.

Unibind launches 'talking' print ads
Unibind, the Horsham-based binding specialist, is targeting new markets with a "talking pages" advertising product for print.

Polestar retains Hearst contract
The Polestar Group has agreed a new three-year deal with magazine publisher Hearst Magazines UK to continue printing 12 of its leading consumer titles.

Prinovis hit with 10m impairment as Bertelsmann rebrands print division
Prinovis posted a massive drop in profitability in its recently-filed accounts for the year to 31 December 2011 after a "change to a significant contract" led to a 10m impairment.

Newsweek move to digital only not tipping point for US print publications
<i>Newsweek</i>'s decision to cull its print edition triggered surprisingly little concern in the US print community, with even its printer, Quad/Graphics stating that it will have little impact on...

Mulberry's Brilliant Britain honours print companies
Print businesses The London Printworks Trust and The Newspaper Club have been included in a new guide, Brilliant Britain, featuring the 'best of British'.

News International closes monthly science magazine
The newspaper publisher has confirmed that the current issue of Eureka (28 September), which is distributed with The Times, will be the last.

Practitioners of the dark arts still cast a spell
Once respected as guardians of the written word, printers today have little or no responsibility for content proofing, but pride in print remains

Magazine ABCs: the issue that can't be put to bed just yet
It's easy to bemoan the latest batch of magazine ABCs, with many sectors in freefall - but there are success stories, too. Look closer and you'll find great opportunities

HH signs three-year contract extension with Asda
HH Global has secured a three-year, multi-million pound extension to its print management contract with the UK supermarket chain Asda.

Egmont partners with Rovio for Angry Birds title
Egmont Publishing Group has launched a children's double-sided joke book based on Rovio Entertainment's successful Angry Birds gaming app.

Goodhead Group halves losses, gains market share
Cost reduction measures have helped Goodhead Group halve its losses in its latest financial year, with web offset wing BGP reducing its operating loss by 57%, to 2.8m.