Publisher plans newsmag daily

An Austrian newspaper publisher has revealed plans for an innovative daily news magazine that will combine heatset and coldset production in the same title.

Fellner Medien signed a 17m (25m) deal with MAN Roland at IfraExpo last week for a double-width four-tower Geoman press that will be able to produce both heatset and coldset in the same tower.

No name has yet been revealed for the magazine, which will be a tabloid of the Rheinsicher format and will be aimed at young and well-educated readers.

The magazine's first edition is planned for autumn 2006, and promises to be the first major launch for around 20 years into the conservative Austrian newspaper market.