Publishing

OPC eyeing sales increase after acquisition
Distributor and greetings card publisher The Original Poster Company (OPC) is aiming for a 10% increase in sales, having been recently acquired by Cathay Investments.

Killer app: Wyndeham scores 10 for folded underwear job
Luxury quarterly 10 Magazine was seeking innovation for its Victoria’s Secret issue, which hit the newsstands earlier this month. In stepped Cornwall-based Wyndeham Roche, with whom it had worked...

The publishers who put it all together
Which part of the magazine publishing sector has a colossal advertising spend yet doesn’t sell advertising in its titles, publishes new products every year, in two tightly defined timeframes and knows...

John E Wright acquisitive in Nottingham
John E Wright has completed its 10th M&A deal with the acquisition of Nottingham-based digital printer Instaprint.

Sport magazine to close
Sport magazine, a free weekly title that has been running since 2006, will be publishing its final issue this week (3 February).

Rivals add Daily Mail print work to rosters
Johnston Press and News UK have taken on a chunk of DMG Media’s print work, which will see the rival publishers handle production of The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

GMG considering outsourcing its printing
Guardian Media Group (GMG) is considering outsourcing its printing and potentially becoming a tabloid as one of a series of cost-cutting measures.

Buxton buys Excel out of administration
Buxton Press, the PrintWeek 2016 Company of the Year, has acquired Excel Publishing out of administration.

Johnston completes £17m title sell-off
Johnston Press has completed the disposal of 13 of its print titles and associated websites to Cambridge-based Iliffe Media.

Hubert Burda snaps up Radio Times publisher
Hubert Burda Media’s takeover of Radio Times publisher Immediate Media has been confirmed.