Publishing

CPI Group has opted for Canon kit for its new on-demand facility with partner Wiley, and is set to create up to 40 new jobs at the operation.

Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has acquired New Scientist in a whopping £70m cash deal.

Overmatter understands that Bridgerton, a drama involving gossip, intrigue and royalty that recently aired on Netflix, has proved really rather popular.

Media group Reach has made a near-£50m write-down in connection to the closure of two of its print sites, which also involved almost £17m in costs.

SCA will make its last reel of publication paper today as the group shuts down the last remaining paper machine at its Ortviken mill.

The National Trust has reduced the pagination of its flagship members’ Handbook after removing information that could be subject to change because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Immediate Media’s subscriber base has passed the 1m landmark after readers turned to its trusted and special interest magazine brands during the pandemic.

Ricoh has scooped a major deal with Paragon Customer Communications that will see the business add book-on-demand production to the array of facilities at its Dagenham supersite.

CPI Group executive director Pierre-François Catté will step down at the end of March, and the group is appointing a chief operating officer instead as a result.

Severn has been acquired in a secondary management buyout and is poised to commission its latest investment in Canon sheetfed inkjet technology.