Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail

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• Diminishing world of web

  Today is apparently Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year. How apt that it's the day I end up saying "farewell then" to Cooper Clegg and its remaining 170 employees. As part of a general obsession with the web offset market I've... Posted Jan 19 2009, 12:55 PM by Jo Francis with | with no comments Filed under: web offset, Pindar, Cooper Clegg

• Not so Merry Christmas for so many in print

  This is my last pre-Christmas post and I was hoping to find something cheery to write about - I was planning to congratulate Andrew Moss on producing my favourite Christmas card of the season thus far with his hand-made origami santa creation ("may... Posted Dec 19 2008, 11:38 AM by Jo Francis with | with no comments Filed under: Cooper Clegg

• More web musings

  December is shaping up to be a memorable month, particularly in web offset. The mists are clearing, but the plot is thickening. We now know that the same team of investors do indeed own both Cooper Clegg and Wyndeham. Why? If I had a few spare quid knocking... Posted Dec 16 2008, 12:22 PM by Jo Francis with | with no comments Filed under: BGP, Wyndeham, Polestar, Cooper Clegg

• Tectonic plates shifting in web offset

  A month ago I was musing about the future shape of the UK web offset sector , in particular the magazine printing specialists. With the change of ownership at Cooper Clegg, and now Wyndeham , and the accompanying restructuring at those two firms it's... Posted Dec 08 2008, 12:34 PM by Jo Francis with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Wyndeham, Polestar, magazine printing, web offset, Cooper Clegg

• Online mag moves

  Lots of comment and coverage today about a decision from across the big pond, where troubled US publisher Ziff Davis has decided to cease publication of the printed version of PCMag . From the February 2009 edition it will be an online title only, with... Posted Nov 21 2008, 12:35 PM by Jo Francis with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Wyndeham, Cooper Clegg, digital editions, Zinio, Ziff Davis

• All eyes on what happens next in Tewkesbury

  From where I sit it seems pretty amazing that Pindar has managed to get a deal for Cooper Clegg away just a month (pretty much) after putting the business up for sale, especially as plenty of people were of the opinion that no buyer would be found. Rivals... Posted Nov 03 2008, 05:04 PM by Jo Francis with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Cooper Clegg

• "Publisher to set up print plant, shock"

  Intrigued to read about the expressions of interest in up-for-sale Cooper Clegg, along with speculation that at least one publisher could be an interested party too... While I agree with Martin Bloomfield's comment on my previous post on this topic... Posted Oct 03 2008, 03:33 PM by Jo Francis with | with no comments Filed under: Cooper Clegg, ACP

• And so it begins...

  I'm wondering if my brain is located on some sort of web offset ley line. News that Pindar has put Cooper Clegg up for sale came just hours after yesterday's musings regarding the future shape of the magazine printing sector. It's easy to... Posted Sep 30 2008, 11:53 AM by Jo Francis with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: web offset, Bauer, Pindar, Cooper Clegg