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SF Gate Vs SF Chronicle

Print’s not dead. How Hearst is using social to power-up its papers.

The Newspaper business is dead? Don’t tell that to Hearst. By Brett Lofgren | September 12, 2017 NewsWhip’s Global CRO Brett Lofgren discussed the future of “print” in an interview with President of Hearst Newspapers Digital Media, Robertson Barrett. In the age of digital, how are print papers adapting? In the journalism industry, we constantly hear that print is dead. Last month, the New York community lost an iconic brand when the Village Voice announced plans to discontinue their print operation after 60 years. For those under a certain…
Soyang Europe is exclusively distributing Aurich Textilien's range of HP Latex certified fabrics

Soyang Europe launches innovative new HP Latex certified textile range

Soyang Europe holds stock of Aurich Textilien manufactured textiles for distribution Soyang Europe has launched a range of HP Latex certified textiles that allow HP Latex printer users to benefit from a coating jointly developed by HP and the fabric…
Algorithm as a Service

Analizo launches Europe's first algorithm-as-a-service, bringing robo-investing capabilities to the wealth management industry

Robo-investing breaks into the wealth management industry On 19 September, Analizo launched Europe’s first algorithm-as-a-service (AaaS), bringing quantitative investing technology to asset managers and private banks. With 9 out of 10 actively managed funds…
Neon Pink toner

Ricoh expands print diversity with Neon Pink toner

Retrofit Toner with Ricoh Ricoh has launched Neon Pink toner to enhance the creative possibilities for a wide range of print from posters and invitations to ticketing and advertising. The Neon Pink toner has been developed for the fifth colour station on the…

Editorial Comment

The Truth About Social Media V Online Media

Jan 11, 2016
Things are moving on, and online print media is not! During the Christmas holidays I was…

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Lifetime Achievement winner

Winners revealed at Label Industry Global Awards

Sep 27, 2017
Award for Innovation Announced The most innovative, creative and commercially successful…

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Soyang Europe is exclusively distributing Aurich Textilien's range of HP Latex certified fabrics

Soyang Europe launches innovative new HP Latex certified textile range

Soyang Europe holds stock of Aurich Textilien manufactured textiles for distribution Soyang Europe has launched a range of HP Latex certified textiles that allow HP Latex printer users to benefit from a coating jointly developed by HP and the fabric…
Neon Pink toner

Ricoh expands print diversity with Neon Pink toner

Retrofit Toner with Ricoh Ricoh has launched Neon Pink toner to enhance the creative possibilities for a wide range of print from posters and invitations to ticketing and advertising. The Neon Pink toner has been developed for the fifth colour station on the…
BSGA

Roland DG celebrates young talent with BSGA Award sponsorship

 Young Signmaker of the Year Roland DG is to sponsor the Young Signmaker of the Year category at the 2017 BSGA British Sign Awards for the third time, demonstrating the company’s support to the next generation of print industry professionals. Organised by the…
Lifetime Achievement winner

Winners revealed at Label Industry Global Awards

Award for Innovation Announced The most innovative, creative and commercially successful work from the label and package printing industry has been rewarded at the Label Industry Global Awards 2017. The people behind the some of the most important innovations…
CRON showcases the HDI Flexo series at Labelexpo this week (Stand 9B18) providing an overview of the wide range of labelling and packaging applications available.

CRON Expands Exceptional HDI Flexo Image Solutions with Double the Speed at Labelexpo Europe

 CRON offers a two year guarantee that makes cost of ownership affordable CRON announces new additions to HDI Flexo CTP range: HDI 600H+, HDI 920H+ and HDI 1600H+ New models deliver doubled laser power and speed for imaging resolutions up to 9600 dpi
CRON HDI Flexo 600

CRON delivers exceptional image quality yet low cost solutions.

HDI Flexo plate imaging will be at Labelexpo Europe CRON’s commitment to delivering exceptional quality prepress solutions and excellent value for money will be demonstrated during Labelexpo this September, with a showcase of the CRON HDI Flexo 600 and 1600…

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SF Gate Vs SF Chronicle

Print’s not dead. How Hearst is using social to power-up its papers.

The Newspaper business is dead? Don’t tell that to Hearst. By Brett Lofgren | September 12, 2017 NewsWhip’s Global CRO Brett Lofgren discussed the future of “print” in an interview with President of Hearst Newspapers Digital Media, Robertson Barrett. In the…
Algorithm as a Service

Analizo launches Europe's first algorithm-as-a-service, bringing robo-investing capabilities to the wealth management industry

Robo-investing breaks into the wealth management industry On 19 September, Analizo launched Europe’s first algorithm-as-a-service (AaaS), bringing quantitative investing technology to asset managers and private banks. With 9 out of 10 actively managed funds…
Applegree receives the Star of 2016 Award at the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards in Brussels

Applegreen wins prestigious European SME Award

Star of 2016 award won by Applegreen Applegreen, the #1 motorway service area operator in the Republic of Ireland, has won the prestigious “Star of 2016” at the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards. Applegreen beat off stiff competition from the two other…
Hybrid's National Sales Manager - Textile & Apparel, Stephen Woodall with the Mimaki Tx300P-1800 printer in the company's showroom.

Mimaki Tx300P-1800 already proving a Fashionable Choice

Strong uptake on Mimaki Tx300P from both the education sector and within the textile printing industry. Following its unveiling during ITMA Milan, the popular Mimaki Tx300P-1800 has put the manufacturer at the forefront of direct-to-textile printing bringing…
Ricoh Ireland Receives Business Working Responsibly Mark for a Second Time

Ricoh Ireland Receives Business Working Responsibly Mark.

 For a second time, Ricoh is recognised as a Company that has responsible and sustainable business practices Dublin Castle was the venue for Ricoh Ireland receiving certification to the Business Responsibly Working Mark. It is the second time they received it…
Irish Stock Exchange Quarterly Statistics Q3 2016

Irish Stock Exchange Quarterly Statistics Q3 2016

Q3 2016 statistics show over 35,000 securities listed on Irish Stock Exchange markets Listings on ISE markets exceed 35,000 securities 1,438 new debt listings in Q3 including Canadian, Latin American and European issuers Funds from Babson Capital, WisdomTree…

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How to Survive Parent Teacher Meetings

As well as other managerial lessons.

Paul MooneyPaul MooneyI recently attended a Parent: Teachers meeting. If ever an event was poorly named, this is it. It’s not really a meeting at all, more an assault on your self-worth.

Go Where?

During this bi-annual humiliation, the first thing to be worked out is the schedule. Which teachers do you need to see and in which room are they holding court? In order to do this you have to know (a) what subjects your kid is doing (b) the specific teachers names (c) have an inbuilt GPS which directs you around school corridors painted in identical colours, filled with dishevelled parents who are similarly lost. But, hey, you’re smart and will eventually figure it out.

Queue Talk:

Then you sit ‘on the queue’ and invariably strike up a conversation with the mother/father/guardian beside you. In Clontarf, a suburb of Dublin, these people can be described, as the ‘Educational Taliban’ such is their fundamentalist belief that securing 625 points in the Leaving Certificate (last year exams in Irish Secondary schools) is the gateway to all future happiness. Interestingly, it also doubles as a personal ‘score’ of their parental ability. They tell me stuff like: “Oh, it’s such a dilemma. Clive/Rosheen (delete as appropriate) does not know whether to do Nuclear Physics in Oxford or go straight into medical research in the Mayo Clinic”. I feel like saying: “I had a similar dilemma myself recently. I wasn’t sure whether to bring my kid to Beaumont A&E (ER) to get his stomach pumped after another wild 18th birthday party or take him straight to Lomans’ Mental Hospital for a full Psychiatric assessment. It’s so hard to make those calls, isn’t it?” But politeness stops me from saying anything of the sort. I fake active listening while figuring out how to murder my child without being apprehended by the police or, at the very least, getting the charge downgraded to manslaughter.

Long Chat:

Then you meet couples that both want to talk to every teacher. No ‘divide and conquer’ to lessen the time involved. Oh no. They have zero problem taking a day off work to figure out the minutiae of how their child prodigy performed in the History of Art mock exams and an almost hysterical need to visually inspect every artefact he ever created (“If he concentrated on the grass as well as the Serengeti animals, would that attention to detail be worth additional marks in the Art practical module, section B, sub-section 2.7?”). They don’t give a huge amount of thought to the 38 people waiting patiently behind them as each ‘visit’ with a teacher takes up about a weekend of dialogue. Perhaps it just seems that long when you can predict the ‘script’ for your own kid. Eventually, the top of the queue appears and it’s my turn for ‘feedback’. Jesus, my heart sinks as the parental version of B.O.H.I.C.A. beckons (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again).

Next Year:

Next year I’m going to re-engineer the process. I’m getting a professionally edited DVD with pre-recorded messages: “Smart but lazy”; “Great personality, but doesn’t do a tap”; “Massively underperforming versus his/her potential”. It will feature an über modern background rap sung by the X Factor finalists. Then, when I get to the top of each queue, I’m going to give the teachers the following instruction: “Don’t say a word. Just watch” and hit the return key. A brief nod of acknowledgement as the music fades and I silently walk away. Yes! It should work really well for all concerned. Roll on 2014.

Deep Understanding:

So, why are my kid’s gobshites? Well, personally, I blame their mother (coincidentally, Linda doesn’t read this blog!). And, why have they copied my terrible example in massively underperforming at secondary school? Why can’t they just be…. well brilliant like all those other perfect kids I keep hearing about? Perhaps my laissez-faire stance could be described as the ‘Emily Dickinson’ school of parenting:

‘The props assist the house, until the house is built. And then the props withdraw. And adequate, erect. The house supports itself. And ceases to recollect. The auger and the carpenter’.

Oh the joys of parenting teenagers. Perhaps in western civilization there may be a ‘missing ritual’. Couldn’t I just send them down the country somewhere to kill a Friesian cow or do a bungee jump off the cliffs in Howth? Then they would come back ‘all grown up’ overnight.

How much I careHow much I careThe Lesson:

Is there a message in all of this angst? Yes, there is. Trying to control every single element of your life sets you up for a lot of disappointment. John C. Maxwell, an expert on leadership, said: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”. I hope that my kids (and your staff) know how much we actually care about them. Even when everything is not going ‘swimmingly’, it’s our job to be there and support. Sometimes, that’s all that’s needed. In the meantime, I’m clinging to the Jewish philosophy – “this too will pass”. And I’m praying that this tunnel will have a light at the end (and it’s not actually a cave).

See you in the pub!

By Paul Mooney (PHD)

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Lifetime achievement award goes to Chinese label industry’s founding father

Professor Tan Junqiao chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Tan Junqiao, founder and honorary chairman of the China Label Sub Association of the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China…

Young people are the future of the sign industry in the UK

Nominations are closing shortly for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the Year’ award sponsored by Roland DG. Offered in recognition of the next generation of hardworking talent emerging in the UK sign industry, nominations for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the…
HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press

HP to showcase new business growth opportunities at photokina 2016

 HP announced that it will showcase the latest capabilities for top quality printing at photo finishers and professional labs at photokina (20-25 September 2016, Cologne, Germany). At HP’s booth (Hall 4.2), visitors to photokina will see the HP Indigo 12000…
Rob Goleniowski demonstrating the LEF-20 at the VersaUV Experience Day

VersaUV Experience Day by Roland DG was successful

Roland DG event attended by many partners and customers Clevedon in the UK was the host area for Roland DG UK’s UK’s first VersaUV Experience Day. There was a focus on versatility and a variety of profitable applications were shown across a wide range of…
Jeff Jacobson

Xerox is splitting their company in two.

Jeff Jacobson has been appointed to the Board of Xerox. Jeffrey Jacobson, who is president of the Xerox Technology business, has been appointed to the Xerox Board of Directors following the completion of the company’s planned separation into two publicly…
Kerrie-Anne Moore

Soyang Europe Strengthens Sales Team

Company appoints Kerrie-Anne Moore to push sales in self-adhesive materials market. Soyang Europe has beefed up its sales team with the appointment of self-adhesive specialist Kerrie-Anne Moore. Her new role will see her spearhead Soyang’s new range of…

Tech

Canon 6D mark II

Canon launch the 6D mark II

The camera with a 26 MP sensor, 45 point autofocus and no 4K video We have been waiting a long time for this. Canon has announced the release of the Canon 6D mark II camera. The specification of the camera makes it an excellent tool for professional and top…
EnRoute Complete subscription users have access to EnRoute’s full catalogue of features at a competitive cost including Rapid Picture that allows users to extend their portfolio with customized products

Expansion of SAi’s subscription model provides more choice for CAD/CAM users, offers improved flexibility and cost efficiencies

SAi announces new subscription-based EnRoute software packages SA International (SAi) are a leading provider of software solutions for the professional sign making, wide-format digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC machining industries. They have announced…
The new Kebab option for the Mimaki UJF MkII printers enables printing around the circumference of cylindrical items

Mimaki adds popular Kebab option to the new UJF MkII printer range

New Kebab option enables Mimaki UJF-3042MkII & UJF-6042MkII to support printing directly onto a wide range of cylindrical objects Mimaki has announced that it is making its popular Kebab option available for the new UJF-3042MkII and UJF-6042MkII; its latest…
Xerox Phaser 6510 Color Printer

New Xerox Colour Printer, MFP Put Big Business Capabilities Within Reach of Small Offices

Customers Get Advanced Features, Reliability, Unmatched Colour – Affordably Most small business printers and multifunction devices are serviceable, but with limited capabilities and reliability. They’re difficult to set up and don’t deliver what offices need…
Xara Designer Pro X365

Review: Xara Designer Pro X365

Great graphics and photo software for idiots - like me. Not being a graphics professional, Xara contacted me for my opinion on Designer Pro X365. I can’t even use Photoshop. My programme of choice is CorelDraw, mainly because I can get my head around it. I…
Mimaki's new Tx300P-1800B features a fabric transportation belt to aid feeding material during the print process.

New Mimaki brings breakthrough digital printing to the textile industry

Mimaki's new Tx300P-1800B textile printer with fabric transportation belt is ideal for producing samples, short production runs and custom orders, even on thick, sheer and elastic textiles. Mimaki has announced the launch of a brand-new textile printer; the…

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