North america

News Corp closes The Daily app

News Corp has announced that it will close its digital newspaper app, The Daily, which it launched for the iPad in February 2011.

Williams Lea appoints ex-agency boss to Tag

Williams Lea is understood to have found a new figurehead for Tag Worldwide following the departure of chief executive Steve Parish, who leaves at the end of this calendar year.

Kodak secures $830m exit finance facility

Kodak said its lenders were demonstrating increased confidence in the company's future after they boosted its $793m interim and exit finance facility by $37m and established "improved" terms for...

GOA study points to Latin American opportunity

The Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference (GOA) is predicting solid 4% commercial printing industry growth throughout Latin America next year.

Rhapsody completes pre-media job on Kylie Minogue book

Rhapsody teamed up with publisher Thames & Hudson as the pre-media partner for a 224-page book charting Kylie Minogue's 25 years in music, called <i>Kylie/Fashion</i>.

Quark launches free DesignPad update

Quark has issued a free update to its DesignPad app, a grid-based design package for amateur and professional designers.

InnerWorkings predicts managed print growth in 2013

InnerWorkings CEO Eric Belcher has predicted growth for the company's managed print services in the year ahead as more large corporations look for a single vendor to handle their global brand and...

Copy General opts for iGen 150

Dulles, VA-based Copy General this week announced the install of a 32-feet long, four-ton Xerox iGen 150 press as it looks to extend its exclusively digital offerings into larger formats.

HP books $8.8bn charge on Autonomy deal

HP has called in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division after it was forced to announced an $8.8bn writedown of its $11bn Autonomy...

John Watson & Co sold to CCL Industries

Canadian label printer CCL Industries has acquired John Watson & Co, the 80-staff Glasgow-based label printer, in a multi-million pound takeover deal.

Speedmaster SX sales exceed expectations by a quarter

Heidelberg has exceeded its own expectations by selling over 1,000 Speedmaster SX units since the range's launch.

EFI strengthens MIS reach with Technique acquisition

EFI has acquired UK-based MIS provider Technique as it continues to expand its presence in the software market.