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We owe to Claude Bellanger what brings us together in 2018

Looking back on Claude Bellanger’s legacy, WAN-IFRA CEO Vincent Peyrègne explores how the founder’s motivations are still the driving force behind WAN-IFRA’s efforts to champion sustainable model for news in the digital age, freedom of expression and the rights of journalists around the world.

New York Times likely on firm grounds in Trump tax returns case thanks to First Amendment

Ever since the New York Times published last Saturday excerpts of Donald Trump’s tax returns, there has been much chatter on the possible legal consequences for the paper, which received the documents from an anonymous source through snail mail.

Sabine Sirach on production trends for the printed newspaper

The trend toward consolidation of newspaper printing centres is slowly coming to a halt, says consultant Sabine Sirach. After all, for printed daily newspapers, there are physical limitations to the distribution distances that can be covered while still being up-to-date and relevant.

German publisher retrofits press to ease maintenance, modernize control system

“The print industry – suppliers and users alike – must continue to adjust its approach and follow the example of classic industrial branches in order to remain fit for the future,” says Robert Heitzer.

Personal viewpoint: Journalists have responsibility to engage with audiences

Many editors and newsroom middle managers have stories about a circulation department that consistently failed to deliver papers on time (with the result that unhappy readers and agents would, as a last resort, complain to the newsdesk).

Impressions from World Publishing Expo 2013

Snapshots of the largest annual event of the news publishing industry, held in Berlin Messe, from 7 to 9 October 2013.

A case study of flexible short-run digital printing

At the Media Port Power of Print on Wednesday, Stefaan Vanysacker, Project Manager at Halewijn Drukkerij in Belgium, reports on a special newspaper: Kerk & Leven (Church & Life), which is published by the Catholic Church and has a weekly circulation of 300,000 copies – spread over 481 different editions. It is printed digitally.

“noviny” – new opportunities with digital printing

At the Media Port Power of Print on Wednesday, Martin Novotny, owner of Grafie CZ in Prague, Czech Republic, describes the bi-weekly newspaper “Noviny,” which is dedicated to the printing market. Its circulation of about 1500 copies is printed digitally on a Canon Océ JetStream 1000 press.

World Publishing Expo Closes on Successful Note

About 8,500 visitors from 90 countries attended the World Publishing Expo, the largest global trade fair for the newspaper and news publishing industry, which closed in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday

Tobii Eye Tracker: ABB’s version of ‘hands off’ production in the future?

“Lights out production” – long the dream of many newspaper printing plants where automation completely takes over. What about “Hands off, eyes on” production?