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Fujifilm wins $30m Fairfax plate contract 

Fujifilm wins $30m Fairfax plate contract

16 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Fujifilm has landed a plum $30 million deal to become the sole supplier of plates to Fairfax Media.
New APN chief exec faces 13% fall in Australian print revenue 

New APN chief exec faces 13% fall in Australian print revenue

7 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
APN News & Media's new chief executive will focus on reducing debt and cutting costs as the media giant's sales continue to fall.
Fairfax buys new Manroland web equipment amid $42m print relocation  

Fairfax buys new Manroland web equipment amid $42m print relocation

4 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media will install new Manroland equipment at its regional hubs, which are being upgraded to take over when Fairfax shuts down its Sydney and Melbourne supersites.
Horton Media plucks $2.2m newspaper contract from Fairfax 

Horton Media plucks $2.2m newspaper contract from Fairfax

12 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Horton Media has nabbed a $2.2 million newspaper contract from Fairfax Regional Media following a $250,000 machinery investment.
Soar Printing to produce special wrap for NZ Herald 

Soar Printing to produce special wrap for NZ Herald

25 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Soar Printing will 'gift wrap' 60,000 New Zealand Herald newspapers as part of a campaign to stop a plant disease.
APN chairman and CEO forced to quit over debt battle 

APN chairman and CEO forced to quit over debt battle

19 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
APN News & Media's major shareholders have rolled its chief executive after they lost faith in his ability to turn around the debt-ridden group.
APN looks to sack CEO and join with News Ltd 

APN looks to sack CEO and join with News Ltd

18 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
APN News & Media's shareholders are demanding it sack the chief executive, amid rumours of a print partnership deal with News Limited.
Fairfax to slash debt with Chullora and Tullamarine sales 

Fairfax to slash debt with Chullora and Tullamarine sales

13 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media expects to raise up to $90 million from the sale of its Sydney and Melbourne printing facilities.
Newspapers set to slump in 2013: report 

Newspapers set to slump in 2013: report

25 Jan 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Newspaper printing and publishing will decline 4% in 2013 and be one of Australia's poorest performing industries, according to a research body.
APN's print business going backwards as outdoor and digital march on 

APN's print business going backwards as outdoor and digital march on

18 Dec 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
APN News & Media has reported reduced revenues for its print publishing businesses but a rise in profits for its digital-first titles.
Historic regional daily moves into the future with $70,000 CTP system 

Historic regional daily moves into the future with $70,000 CTP system

18 Dec 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
One of Australia's few remaining locally-owned dailies has made the move to CTP after more than a century of publishing.
Oce and Manroland team up for digital newspaper production 

Oce and Manroland team up for digital newspaper production

7 Dec 2012 |  Simon Nias  |   Comment now
Oce and Manroland Web Systems have teamed up to develop a digital printing and finishing system for newspaper and book production.
News Ltd throws off gloom with multimillion-dollar web press spend 

News Ltd throws off gloom with multimillion-dollar web press spend

15 Nov 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
News Limited has hailed its long-term commitment to print after signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Manroland.
News Ltd consolidates far north printing with Cairns closure  

News Ltd consolidates far north printing with Cairns closure

5 Nov 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
News Limited's Cairns plant had its final run on 18 October with printing shifted to a more advanced facility in Townsville.
APN to cut jobs on both sides of the ditch after $485m write-off 

APN to cut jobs on both sides of the ditch after $485m write-off

21 Aug 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
The declining fortunes of printed newspapers have taken their toll on APN News & Media, which wrote-down its New Zealand publishing arm by $485 million.
News Ltd says 'print is not dead' as it follows suit with restructure 

News Ltd says 'print is not dead' as it follows suit with restructure

21 Jun 2012 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
News Limited has followed the lead of rival Fairfax and announced a restructure that is light on detail but seems more committed to print.
Union attacks Fairfax over Age and SMH plant closures 

Union attacks Fairfax over Age and SMH plant closures

20 Jun 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Relations between Fairfax and the union have quickly soured as it emerged almost 400 jobs will be axed when Chullora and Tullamarine close.
Fairfax to cut 1,900 staff and close metropolitan newspaper plants 

Fairfax to cut 1,900 staff and close metropolitan newspaper plants

18 Jun 2012 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Fairfax will close its Chullora and Tullamarine newspaper sites and print The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald at its regional facilities.
Newspapers will be gone in 20 years: Murdoch 

Newspapers will be gone in 20 years: Murdoch

16 May 2012 |  Adam Hooker, Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Prominent Australian newspaper insider Mark Hollands has challenged Rupert Murdoch's prediction that newspapers will all but die in 20 years.
APN, Horton Media and RPP win SWUG awards 

APN, Horton Media and RPP win SWUG awards

24 Apr 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
APN New Zealand, Horton Media, RPP, Goss and Manroland were the big winners at the annual SWUG newspaper production awards.
Fairfax and News Ltd break off talks about $70m joint printing deal 

Fairfax and News Ltd break off talks about $70m joint printing deal

15 Mar 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Talks have broken down between Fairfax and News Limited about a shared printing deal that would have saved the ailing newspaper giants $70 million.
Fairfax to shift away from print as revenues fall 

Fairfax to shift away from print as revenues fall

27 Feb 2012 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media will continue to cut costs in printing and try to grow its online armoury following another glum set of financials.
Fairfax drives consolidation in regional publishing 

Fairfax drives consolidation in regional publishing

18 Jan 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A merger between Fairfax's newspaper publishing arm and Metro Media Publishing won't necessarily impact printing but supply deals will be examined.
Fairfax will merge printing with News Ltd or build smaller Sydney plant 

Fairfax will merge printing with News Ltd or build smaller Sydney plant

5 Sep 2011 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
A merged Fairfax and News Limited printing plant in Sydney could be a reality within two years, according to a leaked memo.
APN and Fairfax post big losses 

APN and Fairfax post big losses

29 Aug 2011 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Newspaper giants Fairfax and APN have both posted major losses after significant goodwill write-downs and pointed to printing partnerships as a way to cut overheads.
Murdoch speaks out on merging Australian newspaper printing 

Murdoch speaks out on merging Australian newspaper printing

12 Aug 2011 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Rupert Murdoch has put a dampener on rumours News Ltd will merge printing with Fairfax, while also throwing his support behind the group's UK printing operations after the News of the World scandal.
Fairfax and News Ltd confirm talks over shared printing 

Fairfax and News Ltd confirm talks over shared printing

18 May 2011 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
It is unlikely any job cuts in print and production at Fairfax or News Ltd are directly related to plans to merge printing, but the newspaper giants have confirmed talks are taking place.
Rural Press print workers strike over cuts to wages and entitlements 

Rural Press print workers strike over cuts to wages and entitlements

21 Feb 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
Industrial action has been taking place at Rural Press sites in New South Wales and Victoria over Fairfax plans to cut redundancy entitlements and wages for print and pre-press workers.
New Fairfax CEO to take media giant into digital future 

New Fairfax CEO to take media giant into digital future

9 Feb 2011 |  Comment now
Fairfax stalwart Greg Hywood faces the task of turning the media giant into a successful online business for the digital age after being appointed chief executive and managing director.
IPMG sheds newspaper arm with sale to Fairfax 

IPMG sheds newspaper arm with sale to Fairfax

6 Jan 2011 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Michael Hannan's IPMG has shed the last of its print media publishing operations with the sale of regional newspaper arm Southern Independent Publishers to Fairfax Media.

Murdoch praises "wonderful" iPad 

Murdoch praises "wonderful" iPad

9 Apr 2010 |  Daniel Fitzgerald  |   Comment now
Rupert Murdoch has praised Apple's iPad tablet computer as a "wonderful tool" that could rule out newspaper publishers' need for traditional print.
Fairfax moves into black, but printing revenues down a fifth 

Fairfax moves into black, but printing revenues down a fifth

24 Feb 2010 |  Daniel Fitzgerald  |   Comment now
Print revenues have fallen by a fifth at Fairfax Media in its half-year results, though the group has returned to profit after posting a $375.6m loss for the corresponding period last financial year.
Fairfax to cut 550 jobs 

Fairfax to cut 550 jobs

27 Aug 2008 |  Daniel Fitzgerald  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media is planning to realign its prepress and production departments in Victoria and South Australia as part of a business plan which will see the company shed roughly 550 jobs, or five per cent of its total workforce, in Australia and New Zealand.
News Ltd to build Queensland’s biggest printing plant 

News Ltd to build Queensland’s biggest printing plant

8 Aug 2008 |  Comment now
News Limited will build a $52 million state-of-the-art printing plant in Townsville.
 
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