Here are just a few of the gems you might’ve missed in social media this week…
- Oprah considering abandoning print publishing
- The death of the ‘father of digital imaging’, former Kodak scientist Bryce Bayer
- More Australian custom print launches being planned for 2013 than online
- An Indian newspaper using the country’s regular electricity cuts to promote print media
- A newspaper producing a ‘thermal’ cover wrap that changes colour when touched by the reader
- Bonus photos from the ACT Page Awards
- Myths being debunked about packaging’s environmental impact
- The Kiwi printer cheekily promising clients “your hard-earned money isn’t supporting Australians when you print with us”
- Fire destroying an historic US printer that once did work for Martin Luther King
- How to use LinkedIn to generate leads
- What’s your all-time favourite piece of kit?
- Are FSC or PEFC worth it?
- How important is corporate social responsibility?
Our top five stories this week were…
1) IPMG slams PMP for casting print industry as a ‘victim’
2) Turnover is vanity: regional printer invests $500,000 to double profits
3) Geon cuts NZ head Andrew Durrans after 18 years
4) Printers get new digital kit and site upgrades in $2.2m govt grant
5) Embattled Hyde Park Press determined to ‘go out with our heads high’
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