To understand why selecting environmentally preferable paper is so challenging for print buyers, consider this: National Geographic Society has been praised for promoting sustainable forestry and carbon-footprint reporting but is also the subject of protests for not using recycled paper.
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A 25-year veteran of International Paper's closed Franklin, Virginia mill pursues a new career in healthcare, along with other tales about the demise of ink-on-paper publishing.
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Decreasing demand for publication papers in the U.S. is apparently having a counterintuitive result: higher prices. Or at least higher minimum price levels during down markets.
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Sales of e-books in the U.S. have gone from "exponential" to "incremental," surprising almost all of the industry pundits. In-depth research from RR Bowker actually indicates signs of market saturation. But one major category of books still seems likely to be replaced by digital content.
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Fellow print lovers, it’s time to stop pretending that electronic publications aren’t real magazines or that print is always superior to digital. Printed publications have become a niche medium. A niche product cannot be all things to all people.
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Quad/Graphics once tried to build a printing plant next to a paper mill. But now its approach to "redefining print" is to help its clients "connect with customers" via various digital media.
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The potential purchaser of the idled Port Hawkesbury paper mill in Canada has almost worked out an electricity deal and has contacted the union to start labor negotiations, the bankruptcy monitor revealed today.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is trying to close the Son of Black Liquor tax loophole that has already provided U.S. paper makers with a windfall of more than $1 billion.
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A major print-related company is likely to go bankrupt this year, according to the vast majority of voters in a Dead Tree Edition poll that ended tonight. The voters just can't agree on which company it will be.
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Today’s public relations tip: If you’re trying to clarify your company’s financial status, make sure your pronouncements are clear and that you don’t make people wade through a 443-word sentence that only a lawyer could love, or understand.
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Leading the early voting for most likely to succumb is Verso Paper: "Numerous reports indicate that Verso will have a very difficult time staying out of bankruptcy during the next couple of years."
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“I believe that most [paper] industry forecasts underestimate the impact of digital media on graphic paper demand, not wanting to appear too negative to their clients. We have developed an outlook for our clients that is quite negative,” paper industry analyst Roman Hohol says.
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A favorable ruling from a Congressional committee will add millions more dollars to what U.S. pulp and paper companies gained from the infamous black liquor tax credits.
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