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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

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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…

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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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Letter from America. 



O'Donnell Irish EyesO'Donnell Irish EyesBy way of introducing this piece, I have to confess to a teensy-weensy, itty-bitty—minuscule, really—on-line addiction.  Quite recently, I’ve been spending an inordinate number of precious waking hours taking Internet tests.  Now, you must understand that I have always been a sucker for filling out forms.  Why, even as a child, I enjoyed taking the same standardized tests that cause parents and teachers to moan, groan, and break out in rashes these days.  (“Get a good night’s sleep and eat a good breakfast” constituted the only advice I took semi-seriously to prepare myself for such exams.) 



Well-rested and filled to the gills with eggs and toast, I actually looked forward to wielding my twin, freshly sharpened, #2 Ticonderoga pencils enthusiastically as soon as I heard my teacher tell us to begin each section of each test, and not a moment sooner.  These new on-line tests, though, are more abbreviated than those I sat for in my little Long Island schools, but probably reveal as much about me as those elementary-school exams did; i.e., precious little.

The Internet tests I take quite willingly, I have to reiterate, are easy; the questions consist primarily of clicking on a favorite image, most of which appear to have little to do with the actual subject of the test.  No matter; some results are surprisingly accurate.  So far, I’ve learned what type of tree I am (a willow), in what decade I truly belong (the 1960s), and what my spirit animal is—more about that one later.  It turns out that the name my parents should have given me was not “Cara” but, instead, “Emmy Lou.”  Well, butter my buns, honey child, and call me a biscuit!  I don’t understand that one at all, although it does complement the results of the test in which I discovered that the American city I should inhabit is Nashville, Tennessee (home of the U.S. country music industry and, of course, the Grand Ol’ Opry, where Minnie Pearl reigned supreme and Elvis Presley was once told by the manager that he had no future in show biz).



Much to my surprise, one test concluded that I am “incredibly sweet.”  I had hoped for “smokin’ hot” but I’m afraid nobody will describe me using those two words until the day I’m cremated.  The deceased superstar I most resemble is Elizabeth Taylor, even though another test on the same website informed me that the hair color most suitable for me is blonde, which I most definitely am (even if my color is a wee bit—ahem—enhanced).  Go figure.  My living celebrity doppelganger is Beyoncé.  Um, all righty. In a past life, I was definitely a Greek philosopher.  (On reading that, it immediately occurred to me that philosophers don’t make much money, so I imagined that I supplemented my income in my past as a philosopher with a nine-to-five day job. I was undoubtedly the sewing instructor in Ancient Athens’ most prestigious self-serve tailor shop, “Euripedes, Eumenides.”)

While in an uncharacteristic devil-may-care mood, I decided to retake my past-life exam (fearing that I had not eaten a hearty enough breakfast when I took it the first time). The equally convincing result was that I had once lived the life of a Parisian courtesan.  That didn’t entirely please me, so I took the same test a third time:  Bingo! I was—for a brief period in time—Edgar Rice Burroughs!  Well, now:  That made perfect sense.  I adored the Tarzan series when I was a child, and Burroughs DID die on March 19, 1950, just four months and two days before my own birth.  (Presumably, my soon-to-be-reincarnated soul spent the months between his death and my appearance in the delivery room of the French Hospital in New York perfecting my chest-thump ‘n’ howl.)

It does puzzle me that, in one test, the type of house I should inhabit is a charming Irish thatch-roofed cottage—no surprise there!—but that said dwelling should be erected in the bustling downtown of Kuala Lumpur, where I should be walking (and, in good conscience, scooping the poop of) a Rhodesian ridgeback breed of dog, while wearing only Michael Kors clothing and singing along to the complete works of Justin Bieber. (Yuck to that last one.) Oh, and my Rhody should respond (tail wagging wildly) to the name of “General Fluffernutter.”

Whoa, there:  I sense your confusion!  (I am, after all, highly empathic, according to yet another Internet examination of my character.)  The naming of my dog is the result of my selecting from a list the adjective that corresponds to the last letter of my first name plus choosing from a second list the noun corresponding to the first letter of my last name—another type of test entirely, but a type to which I subject myself as regularly as I brush my teeth, or bake a fruitcake.

By now, you have probably realized that taking these tests is a whole lot more exhilarating than undergoing colonoscopy prep (but not as exciting as having a bikini wax) and far less mind-numbing than snapping photos at the Motor Vehicles Bureau.  Hey, taking these tests fills a void!  But the best Internet tests are those that promise one an accurate intelligence-quotient (I.Q.) score.   I’m here to tell you, my lovelies, that there is nothing more enlightening than finding out what kind of fool you are…or not.  I encourage all of you to take an on-line I.Q. test—any on-line I.Q. test—right this very minute.  They don’t take long.  I promise.

I’ll wait.

(Singing Bieber’s “Somebody To Love” here while you take the test and calculate your score.)  Okay…DONE.

So, do you agree with your result?  GREAT!

Awww!  You don’t especially relish the score?  Then, hie thee to another Internet I.Q. test, pronto.

(Singing Bieber’s “One Less Lonely Girl” and waiting for you.)  DONE.

Better results?  No?  Yes?  No matter.  Keep on taking I.Q. tests until you score at genius level.  That’s what I did.  When I had a slightly disappointing result from one of them—granted, it was the official on-line MENSA qualifier—I chalked that up to the takeover of my intellect by my spirit animal (mentioned above).  Turns out that my inner jackass doesn’t give a hee-haw what I score on an I.Q. test, and that’s the truth.

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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

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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…

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

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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

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Xerox Phaser 6510 Color Printer

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Xara Designer Pro X365

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New Mimaki brings breakthrough digital printing to the textile industry

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