The
Buffalo (N.Y.) News began printing sections on one of its two new Koenig &
Bauer AG presses, according to the newspaper. Selected feature sections and
three classified sections were printed. The presses will begin printing the
entire newspaper in mid-May. As part of a tradition dating back 100 years, the
president flipped the switch on the press’ initial live run. President George
W. Bush joins former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Theodore Roosevelt, who
activated The News’ then-new presses in 1958 and 1904, respectively.
Dow
Jones is close to finishing the rollout of Datastream Systems Inc.’s 7i
enterprise asset management software. The app will let Dow Jones monitor
equipment maintenance and parts inventories across its 18 plants.
The
Chicago Tribune said it plans to beef up software and hardware used to for
advertiser and circulation management, picking technology developed by Sun
Microsystems Inc., AT&T and Nortel Networks. “With this project Chicago
Tribune is responding to changing market demands and is leading the media
industry in the use of advanced technology solutions,” Darko Dejanovic, vice
president and chief technology officer, said in a statement.
A
total of 53 journalists died in 2003, 15 of them in Iraq, according to the World
Association of Newspapers’ annual report of journalists killed worldwide.
Three countries, Iraq, the Philippines and Columbia, accounted for more than
half the deaths. The 2003 death toll compares with 46 killed in 2002, 60 in 2001
and 53 in 2000, WAN said.
One
year ago
The
Journal Star in Peoria, Ill. agrees to purchase a MAN Roland GeoMAN 70 offset
press.
Five
years ago
Heidelberg
Web Systems unveils plans for its first newspaper press, the Mainstream 80.
10
years ago
The
Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly teams up with Internet Distribution Services to put
its content on the Internet hours before the printed paper is available.
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