Print buying

Polestar has renewed its contract to print two weekly supplements for Guardian News & Media, but will lose two others because the publisher is going to print them in-house.

Writtle Holdings has gone on the offensive over its potential bid for Tangent Communications, and has publicly complained about the lack of information forthcoming from directors at the PLC.

An outcry over plans by the House of Lords to stop printing on vellum has generated such a storm that the tradition now appears likely to continue.

Inspired Thinking Group has boosted its CRM know-how with the acquisition of digital agency Creator.

Independent directors at Tangent Communications have responded to the potential rival bid from Writtle Holdings with a holding statement.

Andreas Whittam Smith, one of the founders of the Independent has said other national newspapers are “bound to” follow the newspaper in abandoning their daily print editions.

The owner of the Independent has confirmed that the newspaper is to ditch its print editions and go online only, making it the first national daily to cease publication since Today in 1995.

Writtle Holdings could launch a rival takeover bid for Tangent Communications.

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.

A House of Lords decision to scrap the centuries old tradition of recording Acts of Parliament on vellum has sparked an outcry, with the story going viral on social media with the #savevellum...

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.

Former TV mogul Michael Green is backing a £6.7m bid to buy back Tangent Communications and take the struggling print PLC private.