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Niiu follows a tact similar to
PersonalNews, which Germany-based
Syntops was to have launched last
month. PersonalNews allows read-
ers to create their own newspapers
by selecting specific sections from
newspapers worldwide. The ensuing
papers are then delivered to subscrib-
ers either as PDFs or printed editions.
PersonalNews charges read-
ers 25 euros ($37) for 25 issues, and
subscribers can select from among
600 different newspaper sections (see
News & Tech's News on Demand, July
2009).
Niiu from page 7
Niiu will debut Nov. 16.
Brendan Moran, Editor
Current Publishing, www.keepmecurrent.com
"(BLOX has) given us far more
control over the presentation of
stories on our Web site... It's
given all of our editors the ability
to make changes to the site."
Randy Rickman, Publisher
Helena Independent Record, www.helenair.com
"To say we love (our BLOX site) is
an understatement."
Mary L. Van Meter, Publisher
News & Tech, www.newsandtech.com
"BLOX allows our staff to easily
update content, and allowed for a
more sleek design than we
previously had."
Building BLOX for
your online future.
Contact Teri Sutton: 866-213-0476 * info@townnews.com
to open a second printing plant in
Madrid next year, where it will install a
JetStream 2800.
Niiu, an individualized paper
based in Berlin that is set to debut Nov.
16, will also be printed on a JetStream
2200 (see related article, page 7).
Oc� told News & Tech it's received
patents for a device and method to pro-
duce and print personalized products,
which encompasses technology aimed
at printing individualized newspapers.
Reaching the Big Apple
To expand their reach in the United
States, a number of international pub-
lishers have partnered with Newsworld
and its New Jersey-based printing part-
ner AlphaGraphics for the distribution
of titles in New Jersey and New York.
AlphaGraphics prints newspapers on a
Screen Treupress Jet520.
Most recently, the London Evening
Standard produced a special edition
of the paper for distribution in Times
Square. Newsworld also produces the
Daily Mail. The printer distributes 500
copies of the paper six days a week to
areas in New York.
Overseas, Newsworld partnered
with Atlas Media in Dubai to set up a
foundation supporting the production
of U.K., European and U.S. titles in the
Gulf Region. The papers will also be
produced on a Screen digital press.
"There has always been a demand
for international titles in the UAE, but
the drawback was the lead time from
import to newsstand delivery, which
was always 10-12 hours too late," Amit
Radia, CEO of Atlas Media told News &
Tech earlier this year.
Finally, out-of-market printing
vendor PressTerra is printing titles
including the Los Angeles Times and
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of
Germany on an Agfa Dotrix digital
press through its partnership with a
printer in Lisbon, Portugal.
IBD proves capability
Investor's Business Daily parent O'Neil
Data Systems this spring ramped up an
HP Inkjet Web Press at its facility in Los
Angeles, and although the publisher
demonstrated that the press is com-
pletely capable of producing the paper,
IBD has no plans to do so.
"IBD is still just a proof of concept,"
ODS President Jim Lucanish told News
& Tech in May. "We have no intention to
print that on this press at this point."
O'Neil's reluctance notwithstand-
ing, vendors don't seem shy about
introducing new digital press models.
TKS this month will become the
latest supplier to launch a digital press.
Its JetLeader water-based inkjet press,
which sports a maximum web width of
21.5 inches and can print up to 492 feet
per minute at a resolution of 600-by-
600 dots per inch, will make its debut
at the JANPS newspaper production
show in Tokyo, the firm said.
In a demo, TKS will print process
color on one side of the web and black
and white on the other side. But the
press can also produce 4-color on both
sides of the web if desired, according to
Mike Shafer, national sales manager of
TKS (USA).
"We have high hopes for this new
product," he said.
On the prepress side, VIM Tech-
nologies, with its JT-P computer-to-plate
system, is offering digital press users a
processless method to image offset plates
using small- to mid-size inkjet printers.
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