Australian publishing industry remains strong in 2008

The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) appointed Mark Hollands chief executive in May 2008. He joined the association after roles at Dow Jones Inc. as Asia-Pacific ...>

Main events for 2008 in Scandinavia

By Kristine Lowe Media shares plummeted to new lows as the year opened, yet it was only the beginning of what would be a truly nerve-wracking year for Scandinavian media. They say "What does not kill you make you stronger," and despite jittery markets taking Sca ...>

In general performance, the media remains a profitable sector of the Russian economy

Interview with Vasily Gatov, counsellor to the director general of Media 3, a publishing holding that includes Argumenty i Fakty (AiF) national weekly newspaper, Trud national daily, severa ...>

2008 was not a bad year for Germany

Text not available in English Stagnierende Erträge prägten das Jahr 2008 für deutsche Zeitungsverlage. Große Einbrüche im Werbemarkt blieben der Branche bislang erspart. Mit dem Kauf der Süddeutschen Zeitung durch die Südwestdeutsche Medienholding erfolgte eine be ...>

Newspapers were going down before the recession kicked in

James P. Rutherfurd is executive vice president of Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) IFRA: What does the financial crisis mean for the business of publishing? Rutherfurd: What t ...>

In Asia, online is going to be increasingly important

Vivek Couto is executive director of Media Partners Asia Ltd. IFRA: How do you see the financial outcome of 2008 for newspaper publishers in Asia? Couto: Print remains import ...>

"It is surprising high circulation figures have been maintained in Scandinavia"

Henrik Schultz is Nordic Head of Media Research, Kaupthing Oslo. IFRA: How would you characterise the Scandinavian media market in 2008? Schultz: It became obvious that we hav ...>

It is essential to be able to monetise your audience!

Edouard Camblain is Media Analyst - Equity Research for Société Générale. IFRA: Many large media groups have seen their market capitalisation melt away in several months. Do you think that ...>

This is certainly not the time to go private

John Morton is a newspaper industry analyst with Morton Research. IFRA: Do you think that we will see more public newspaper companies tempted to go private in the next years in an attempt ...>

Le Figaro can rely on its brand -- an interview with Luciano Bosio

Available in French only Italien d’origine, Luciano Bosio est l’un des experts les plus reconnus du marché de la presse en France. Il a passé 7 ans chez Ipsos Media, 8 ans chez RCS M ...>

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1. Что вы считаете главным достижением отрасли, в которой работает ваша ассоциация, этого года. Были ли события, которые можно считать «прорывными»? 2. Какие проблемы остались нерешенными? »? 1. В области полиграфии-материально-технической ...>

Изданий больше, тиражи меньше

1. Что вы считаете главным достижением отрасли, в которой работает ваша ассоциация, этого года. Были ли события, которые можно считать «прорывными»? 2. Какие проблемы остались нерешенными? »? Главным событием уходящего 2007 года является т ...>

Отрасль на подъеме

1. Что вы считаете главным достижением отрасли, в которой работает ваша ассоциация, этого года. Были ли события, которые можно считать «прорывными»? 2. Какие проблемы остались нерешенными? »? 1. Очевидно, что издательская отрасль в России н ...>

What's your opinion: Who should have been our cover person of the year?

The editors of newspaper techniques selected News Corp's Rupert Murdoch as the magazine's cover person of the year for 2007. Our opinion is that his US$5.6 billion purchase of the Wall ...>

Business Report 2007: Recent Trends in the Japanese Newspaper Business

This article was written by Motoyoshi Torii, Secretary General of Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association). A serious current problem for the newspaper busin ...>

Business Report 2007: Interview with Charles Peacock

Charles Peacock is a media analyst for Seymour Pierce, having previously covered media (and the Paper, Packaging and Printing sector) for ABN AMRO and HSBC. newspaper techniques: ...>

Business Overview 2007 in South America by Rafael Mathus Ruiz, editor Economía & Negocios at Diario La Nación

available only in Spanish for the moment de Rafael Mathus Ruiz, editor Economía & Negocios del Diario La Nación La profundización de los procesos de integración entre las distintas ...>

India summary II: Q&A with Anand Mathew

Anand Mathew is general manager of sales for Malayala Manorama in India. newspaper techniques: What do you remember as the major events in 2007 concerning the media industry? Anand Mathew: Nothing major comes to mind immediately. More internat ...>

Regional summary: Robert Whitehead address at PANPA 2007

Page 1 of 5 This was originally published in PANPA Magazine, the monthly magazine for Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA, based in Australia). Described at the time as ...>

India summary: Media analysis by Sam Balsara

Sam Balsara is chairman and managing director of Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai, India. We asked him to shed some light on the situation in India. newspaper techniqu ...>

Business Report 2007: Interview with Tobias Trevisan

For the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.), one of Germany’s leading quality newspapers, 2007 was a year of change. Internally there were changes in the organisational structure, while a ...>

Business Report 2007: Interview of Scott Anthony

Scott Anthony is president of Innosight, a consulting firm based in Watertown, Massachussetts and co-author with Harvard professor Clay Christensen of “Blueprint for Transformation” a res ...>

Доходы от онлайновой рекламы начинают компенсировать упадок печатной

Он является исполнительным вице-президентом и управляющим директором Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) – частной инвестиционной компании, которая занимается выкупом и структурными инвестициями ...>

Business Report 2007: Interview with Martin Fabel, A.T. Kearney

For Martin Fabel, Principal of A.T. Kearney in Berlin, publishing houses have understood the new challenges. In the future, however, they should focus even more on generating business themselv ...>

Business Report 2007: Vivek Couto on Asia

Vivek Couto is an analyst at Media Partners Asia in Hong Kong. Media Partners Asia provides independent analyses and information on the media and communication industries in Asia. new ...>

Прибыли, слияния, поглощения

Василий Гатов - советник генерального директора УК “Первая полоса” (медиа- активы ФПГ “ПромСвязьКапитал”). "ПромСвязьКапиталу" принадлежат два общенациональных газетных бренда с многолетней историей – ежедневная газета "Труд" и еженедельник "Аргументы и факты", а также бе ...>

Business Report 2007: Q&A with Edward Hill-Wood, Morgan Stanley

Edward Hill-Wood is an analyst at Morgan Stanley whose re-rating of Trinity Mirror was widely reported as one of the reasons for that company's share price falling by nearly 5 per ...>

Ifra's Manfred Werfel on RCS MediaGroup's acquisition of Recoletos

Italy’s RCS MediaGroup announced on 7 February that they will acquire Spain’s Recoletos group. (please see earlier Ifra weblog entry for full details). Here, Manfred Werfel, Ifra's Director o ...>

Análisis del consultor de medios del Laboratorio de Comunicación Multimedia MMLab de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Navarra sobre la venta de Recoletos a RCS MediaGroup

La compra de Recoletos por la italiana RCS Media Group supone la operación más importante de la última década en España en el ámbito de los medios impresos. Con este nuevo conglomerado, surge el m ...>

Análisis del consultor de medios y periodista Juan Varela sobre la compra de Recoletos por parte de RCS MediaGroup

La unión de El Mundo (Unedisa) y Recoletos era una operación largamente anunciada y esperada. Son dos empresas complementarias, "no suman sino que multiplican", en palabras de Pedro J. Ramírez, di ...>

Comentario de Jaime Castellanos, presidente de Recoletos grupo de Comunicación

“Con esta operación estamos dando la respuesta que necesita Recoletos para asegurar en el futuro el liderazgo de sus publicaciones y actividades, y sobre todo para afrontar los importantes retos y ...>

Italy's RCS MediaGroup acquires Spain's Recoletos

Italy’s RCS MediaGroup today announced they will acquire Spain’s Recoletos group. Financial analysts had been speculating the past few months (even after two official denials from RCS – Rizzo ...>

Atex acquires Mactive: Customer reaction

Göteborgs-Posten (GP) in Sweden uses the AdBase advertising solution as well as a subscription system from Mactive. The newspaper has never had any systems from Atex, says Lennart Rosqvist, the newspaper’s IT manager. Here is his reaction about Atex’s acquisition of Mactive. ...>

Atex acquires Mactive

Less than two months after buying Unisys (on 27 November), Atex is once again expanding by acquiring Mactive, the developer of AdBase. See more details on the deal below, and read our six-page special ntExtra edition about the Unisys acquisition, which includes an interview wi ...>

Gérard Démocrate on business 2006

Gérard Démocrate has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of France's Société Professionnelle des Papiers de Presse (SPPP), which deals with newsprint and other papers and Compagnie Française des Papiers de Presse (CFPP) since 2002. He has also been a member of the Ifra ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with Allan Marshall, iMedia Advisory Services

Allan Marshall is a joint principal of iMedia Advisory Services Ltd., the new consulting company jointly formed by Ifra and the principals within iMedia. He is former Group Technical Director o ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Reaction from Nicolas Boutet, Wedia

Nicolas Boutet is CEO of Wedia, which was established in 1981 under the name of Datox, a specialist in publishing software for newspapers, the media and business. The company is based in France ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with Mike Pelizzoni, BBC Worldwide

Mike Pelizzoni is head of advertisement systems for BBC Worldwide Ltd. (U.K.). newspaper techniques: What Atex and/or Unisys solutions are you using at the moment? < ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Reaction from John Marley, News International

John Marley is chief technology officer for News International Ltd., publishers of the U.K. national titles The Times, The Sunday Times, The News of the World and The Sun. News International ru ...>

Atex übernimmt Mediensparte von Unisys: Kurzinterview mit Gerd-Rüdiger Schmidtke von Funkinform

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Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with Max Lederer, Stars & Stripes

Max Lederer is general manager of Stars & Stripes, the daily newspaper for the U.S. military communities in Europe, Middle East and Asia. newspaper techniques: Assuming you still ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Reaction from an integration specialist

Russell O'Brien is CEO of Bluescribe Pty Limited, a company that specialises in integration and rationalisation projects regarding business and technology. It is based in London, Sydney and Cap ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with Klaus Dombrowski, multicom

Klaus Dombrowski is director of system provider multicom, which is based in Germany. newspaper techniques: The systems offering for publishing companies is shrinking. Do ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with consultant Andreas Pfeiffer

Andreas Pfeiffer is in charge of Pfeiffer Consulting and the Pfeiffer Report about technology and business issues in the media industry. newspaper techniques: In general, w ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Reaction of José Bolufer, IT manager at Le Monde

"The newsdesks at the daily newspaper Le Monde have been working with Hermes since 26 June 2000. Unisys is more than just a supplier, because we have also collaborated with its teams on the develo ...>

Atex aquires Unisys: Q&A with Andrés Checa

Andrés Checa is marketing director for Protec, the system supplier based in Spain. newspaper techniques: The systems offering for publishing companies is shrinking. Do ...>

Atex acquires Unisys: Q&A with Don Oldham, CEO, DTI

newspaper techniques: The system offer just got smaller for publishers; is this a good thing for the industry and for this sector? Don Oldham: More choices are almost alway ...>

Atex acquires Unisys Media

At IfraExpo 2006 in October, rumours were whirling about a possible acquisition/merger between Atex and Unisys. During that week, Atex CEO John Hawkins told newspaper techniques that “Atex is around as a consolidator, definitely not to be consolidated.” True to his word, Atex Gro ...>

Regional business summary: Middle East

As a result of the economic upturn during the first half of 2006, it proved possible to match the circulation figures and ad revenues achieved in 2005. The first changeover of a newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid was carried out at the beginning of the year. According to ...>

Regional business summary: Europe

Newspapers in Europe, even those with long-standing traditions, are struggling for readers and attempting to halt continual drops in circulation by offering attractive add-ons, such as a dictionary at a knock-down price or a collection of classical CDs for mu ...>

Thomas Hauser zur Zeitungsbranche im Jahr 2006

Available in German only. zeitungs­technik: Welches Business-Thema hat Ihrer Meinung nach die Zeitungsbranche im Jahr 2006 am meisten beschäftigt und aus ...>

What was most significant about the business of newspapers in 2006?

Please contribute your viewpoint to the Ifra Newspaper Business Report 2006. From your perspective and that of your newspaper company, what trend stood out as having the most influence on how ...>

David Kirk on business 2006

David Kirk is CEO of Fairfax Media in Australia. The following are excerpts from a speech he made addressing the national Press Club in Canberra, 24. October 2006. “I want to discuss our strategy for our business in a world of structural change for the media – and ...>

Tendencias en la prensa escrita española en 2006

Available in Spanish only. por Iñaki Arechabaleta Torróntegui, director general de medios impresos del grupo de comunicación Vocento. En el año 2006 cabe destacar la tendenci ...>

Manfred Werfel on business 2006

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? Manfred Werfel: Maybe we can ...>

Dietmar Schantin on business 2006

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? Dietmar Schantin: The start ...>

Phillip Crawley on business 2006

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? Philip Crawley: Ownership di ...>

Gunnar Springfeldt on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? Gunnar Springfeldt: The most ...>

Interview with Tony Ridder

In his time as CEO of Knight Ridder, Tony Ridder brought the company years of success. But changing market conditions – the decline of employment-classified advertising, the decline in readership, a stagnant national economy – halted revenue growth. Soon analysts ha ...>

Regional business summary: Australia

We asked Stephen Quinn, an Ifra correspondent and associate professor of communications studies at Deakin University in Australia, to report about the frenetic business situation in Australia. On October 18 Australia’s media ownership laws changed, initiating a fr ...>

Steffen Helmschrott, Berliner Zeitungsdruck, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

Sverre Munck, Schibsted ASA, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

Steve Yelvington, Morris Digital Works, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

Murdoch MacLennan, Telegraph Group, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

Mike Coleman, Cape Publications, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

Franz Rossi, Tera Digital Publishing, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry wo ...>

David Stamp, PrintCity, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? David Stamp: The PrintCity a ...>

Bob Brown, Goss, on 2006 business

newspaper techniques: When you eventually look back at 2006, what is the one main business issue that you feel will define 2006 for your company and for the newspaper industry worldwide? This will be the year that ... what? Bob Brown: 2006 will be char ...>

Regional business summary: East Asia

Back in April, Malaysian timber baron Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King was busy defending himself against suggestions that his ownership of market leader Sin Chew Jit Poh as well as Guangming Daily was leading to accusations of a monopoly. “In a free market where there is free compe ...>

Regional business summary: Latin America

The purchase of periodicals had a prominent place on the business agenda. Four major deals were closed, all of which involved foreign investors divesting themselves of their stakes. That was the case of the Recoletos group, which gave up its businesses in Argentina after fi ...>

Regional business summary: USA

Plagued by a continuing decline in print subscribers and flustered by Wall Street demands for higher profits, U.S. and North American newspaper publishers took far-reaching steps in 2006 to transform their operations. The most recent semi-annual Fas-Fax repo ...>

Analysis on Asia

Andrew Lynch, an Ifra correspondent, interviewed Vivek Couto, an analyst for Media Partners Asia in Hong Kong, about the general business mood in Asia. In terms of newspapers, 2006 has been pretty quiet for mergers and acquisitions apart from in Australia where a ch ...>

Analysis on France: by Jean-Clément Texier

“At a time when financial globalisation in all sectors of the economy is causing an in-rush of hedge funds that increase primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary leveraged buy-outs ...>

Analysis on Europe: by Christian Rauch

Christian Rauch European Media Analyst Moody's Investors Service “When we look at 2006, we notice that public media companies have been the target for private equity firms. There was more speculation than real actions, but if you look at the VNU acquisition (The N ...>

Analysis on Germany / Europe: Q&A with Martin Fabel

Martin Fabel reports that German newspaper companies, like others in Europe, have done quite well at diversifying their operations – into book publishing, CDs, DVDs, events, and the Internet. ...>

Reaction from José Manuel Lozano, KBA client

José Manuel Lozano is general manager of Heraldo de Aragón, Spain. newspaper techniques: How do you regard the sale by MAN AG of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen to Allianz Capital Pa ...>

Interview mit Alexander Diekmann

Die Verlagsgruppe Passau orderte bei der letzten IfraExpo vor einem halben Jahr zwei Colorman-Rotationen für die Passauer Neue Presse (Neue Presse Verlags-GmbH) und eine Colorman 4/1-Maschine für Polskapresse in Polen. Alexander Diekmann ist Geschäftsführer d ...>

Comment from merger expert Owen Van Essen

newspaper techniques: Does the sale of Knight Ridder to McClatchy signal major changes in the way newspapers will be valued? Owen Van Essen: Knight Ridder is one of just ...>

ppi Media won't be affected

In 2002, MAN Roland acquired a controlling interest in ppi Media, the provider of newspaper workflow solutions, as the two companies had worked together for years. ppi Media’s PrintNet workflow solution can be found at many MAN Roland installations. We asked Martin Ruhle, g ...>

Reaction from U.S. consultant Chuck Blevins

newspaper techniques: What are some of the questions MAN Roland customers in the United States will be thinking about? Chuck Blevins: Why was it necessary to go to a priv ...>

Interview with Frédéric Fabre, client of MAN Roland

Frédéric Fabre is the director of Roto Garonne (Sud Ouest Group) in France, which has been using MAN Roland Cromoman presses since 2000. newspaper techniques: Should Man Roland ...>

Interview with Purnendu Sen, client of MAN Roland

Purnendu Sen is the technical director of Bennett, Coleman & Co, Ltd., printers of The Times of India in Mumbai and owners of a Geoman. newspaper techniques: Were you aware of ...>

Interview with Julián Esteban, client of MAN Roland

During IfraExpo 2005, MAN Roland announced the sale to the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo of a Colorman 4x1, to be installed before the end of this year. Julián Esteban is technical manager ...>

Interview with Gerd Finkbeiner, CEO of MAN Roland

In an exclusive interview with newspaper techniques, Gerd Finkbeiner confirmed that he will remain as CEO of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen, and steer the company into its future with a new ...>

MAN Roland's recent developments in technology

MAN AG was not miserly in the past when it came to investing in research and development for its printing division. Last year alone, MAN Roland invested EUR 114 million in research and develop ...>

Now MAN Roland also wants a stock exchange listing

by Boris Fuchs Two years ago, when the RWE power company sold its majority share in the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG through the stock exchange, Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberger cha ...>

Viewpoint from Uwe Junglas, Ifra

The separation of the printing press division from the MAN group is an entirely logical development. Allianz Capital Partners can be expected to exert their influence and reorganise and streamline the company. Although it is too early to judge to what degree, MAN Roland ...>

Company history of MAN Roland

by Boris Fuchs Carl Reichenbach (1801-1883) was a nephew of the inventor of the cylinder press, Friedrich Koenig (son Koenig’s sister Marie) and learned the profession of cylinder press erector from him in Oberzell, near Würzburg. Upon the recommendation of h ...>