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Cross-media is a gamble: will you lose your shirt?

Data has been described as "the new oil" for the printing industry. If that's the case, then cross-media can perhaps be likened to a new gold rush.

Kern releases its smallest self-mailer

Kern's desktop self-mailer, the Kern Office, launched at the beginning of this month and is the mailing solutions provider's smallest white paper solutions machine.

Trinity Mirror targets readership boost with free editions

Trinity Mirror is to bolster its <i>Birmingham Mail</i> newspaper with an additional 50,000 free Friday copies in a bid to boost its readership.

Pearson unveils 250m restructure to push digital growth

Pearson announced that it was to book a 150m restructuring expense for 2013 to push online growth as <i>Financial Times</i> digital subscriptions overtook print circulation for the first time.

Tower Hamlets council tenders for 20m print framework

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is on the hunt for five to eights UK printers to tender for a contract, worth up to 20m over four years, to produce publications for councils from across the...

Talking Print to show audio and video DM at TFM&A

Audio and video embedded print specialists Talking Print will be showcasing its range of marketing solutions at this week's Technology for Marketing and Advertising 2013 event (TFM&A).

Xerox bridges gap from cut-sheet to continuous with Color 8250

Xerox previewed a cut-sheet colour press at Hunkeler Innovationdays last week, in addition to a new member of the CiPress range.

Lucrative contract wins prompt Document Outsourcing expansion

Document Outsourcing has doubled the size of its Warrington facility to make way for new digital presses, following recent contract wins, and is planning a third site as it targets 30m turnover by...

BAF Graphics offers Polish-made display system Clever Frame

BAF Graphics has taken on the UK dealership for modular display graphics system Clever Frame.

USPS move to end Saturday delivery leaves direct mail sector in limbo

This week's US Postal Service announcement that it is ending Saturday mail delivery - without the direct OK of Congress - leaves direct mail and commercial printing industries in limbo.

Xerox in twin colour press launch

Xerox has announced two new digital print engines aimed at in-plants, high street and commercial printers producing jobs ranging from photobooks and brochures to DM and catalogues.

Rhapsody moves Emagine upstream with Edesign launch

Rhapsody, the pre-media subsidiary of Walstead Investments, has launched Edesign, an InDesign plug-in that adds editorial collaboration tools to its Emagine cross-channel production workflow.