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From the editors of American Printer | A Penton Media Property March 10, 2010   



Table of Contents
Rosen says RRD deal makes sense
 Sun Chem raises ink prices, citing raw material costs
 PIA calls for print website award entries
 IPEX says offset to stay strong at 2010 show
 Digital book for Dubai Trump tower wins Mohawk i-Tonies award
 BIA Announces Class of 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
 What would happen if Andy Rooney blogged for AMERICAN PRINTER?
 Recent tweets
 Paging Captain Video
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From the Pressroom...
Rosen says RRD deal makes sense
RR Donnelley recently announced it will acquire Bowne & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $481 million. It’s a logical move according to industry pundit Bob Rosen (Pittstown, NJ).

“For a change in the world of deals, [this one] really does meet many strategic objectives. The financial printing business has been running a long-term going-out-of-business sale for many years,” says Rosen. “This goes back to the moment when law firms and corporate clients took control of the word processing files, thereby eliminating the magical mystery of overnight typesetting. With that, the financial printers’ pricing opportunities began evaporating. And after the loss of premium pricing came the increasing use of electronically-filed documents, further reducing demand.”

Rosen adds that financial printer consolidation not only logical, but inevitable: “The only surprise is why it’s taken so long,” he says. “The end-game is obvious. The only open question is how long it takes to play out.”

Follow Rosen at bobrosenworkshopd1.blogspot.com.

As always, thanks for reading!

—Katherine O’Brien, editor, AMERICAN PRINTER (KOB@americanprinter.com)
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Top Headlines
Sun Chem raises ink prices, citing raw material costs
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/0303-sun-chem-raises-ink-prices
PIA calls for print website award entries
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/0304-pia-calls-print-website
IPEX says offset to stay strong at 2010 show
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/ipex-2010-offset-vendors-0226
Digital book for Dubai Trump tower wins Mohawk i-Tonies award
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/0201-dubai-trump-digital-book
BIA Announces Class of 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
americanprinter.com/news/syndicate/0225-bia-announces-hof-class
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Editor's Notebook
What would happen if Andy Rooney blogged for AMERICAN PRINTER?
See blog.americanprinter.com/kob.
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What's New
Recent tweets
Follow AMERICAN PRINTER on Twitter or Facebook. See our handy links at americanprinter.com.

American Printer TV: The inkjet Ipex, RRD acquires Bowne, press vendors service plans & more! americanprinter.com/tv/viewing/index.html

We love the 1950s motif The Baker Press (Orlando, FL) uses online. Frank Baker founded the company in 1968; son Charlie is now at the helm. See www.thebakerpress.com.

HP is a platinum sponsor for the InfoTrends PhotoPublishing Summit: June 15-16, 2010 at the Crown Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. See www.infotrends.com.

Plenus has petitioned the Israeli court to appoint an Officer of the Court to direct Press-sense. See www.press-sense.com.

Are you getting the most from your MIS? blog.americanprinter.com/in-focus

“The potential to democratize knowledge is huge,” says Dane Neller in an Economist (www.economist.com) article on the Espresso book on demand machine.

Five major magazines back $90 million campaign to make advertisers, shareholders, and industry influencers reconsider the importance of print: www.onlinewsj.com.

The Onion: "Helvetica Bold Oblique was the big winner at Tuesday's 73rd Annual Fonty Awards": www.theonion.com/content/node/28261.
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Trim Out
Paging Captain Video
Here are three print related videos I’ve recently enjoyed:

Clever commercial for the UK’s Sun newspaper makes the case for print:
blog.junta42.com/content_marketing_blog.

Belk Printing takes to YouTube to demonstrate its iFlip Publications for the Charlotte Bobcats and others. See www.belkprinting.com.

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day: Watch this rainbow “jump” out of the flip book. (If you see any leprechauns or pots of gold, you might have started celebrating a wee bit prematurely.) See www.printeresting.org/2010/02/28/rainbow-flipbook.
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