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Consumers Prefer Print to Digital When it Comes to Ad Circulars

Study: Consumers prefer print to digital when it comes to ad circulars Author By  Cathy Siegner Published Jan. 10, 2018 Dive Brief: When making grocery purchasing decisions, 80% of U.S. households use printed advertising circulars more than they do any digital sources of information, according to a Nielsen Homescan study reported by Food Navigator. Consumers tend to […]

U.S. Newspaper, Book Printers Buying Canadian Uncoated Groundwood Are Up in Arms

U.S. Newspaper, Book Printers Buying Canadian Uncoated Groundwood Are Up in Arms By Mark Michelson U.S. Newspaper, Book Printers Buying Canadian Uncoated Groundwood Are Up in Arms. A preliminary determination on Jan. 9 by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties (CVD) ranging from 4.43% to 9.93% has U.S. newspaper, book and commercial […]

Readers Prefer Print

Article reprinted from Printing Impressions: Reading Preferences and Habits of U.S. Consumers. The recent Toluna survey commissioned by Two Sides showed that 62% of U.S. consumers between the ages of 18 to 55+ preferred to read books in print versus electronic devices, including 63% of the youngest age group (18- to 24-year-olds). Both groups strongly […]

Did You Know ?

DID YOU KNOW? We added a support tab to our website. Here you will find instructions on how best to export your pdf files for printing with Florida Sun Printing. Also other great tips and tricks for your InDesign and Quark publishing programs. Visit www.flasunprinting.com/support.php

Leaders Are Readers

(portions reprinted from SAPA) … Successful people are often described as “self-made” men or women. I think it is more accurate to describe them as “self-making” people because one of the things that makes them rise above their peers is their dedication to constant self-improvement. In some of my training classes, I have had people with over fifty years […]

Advertising Resurgence in Local Newspapers

This article was written by Jim Busch, taken from “Paper-Chain” a SAPA publication. Many, many, many years ago when I landed my first sales job, one of the “old-timers” gave me some advice that I forgot, “This job is simple kid, the more you tell, the more you sell!” He went on to explain that […]

Newspapers are members of the Community

OLIVER GIVES JOURNALISM SOME NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT August 10, 2016 JoeyYoung Comments 0 Comment John Oliver is just one of the funniest people on television now. I have slapped my knee many times during his “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” show on HBO, and a segment about journalism had me both sad and laughing at […]

WHY I AM UNCONCERNED WITH AD BLOCKING SOFTWARE

August 2, 2016  JoeyYoung I understand why publishers all over the country are scared to death about ad blocking software and what it is doing to their bottom lines. I am also completely unconcerned, personally. After 20 years of doing everything we could as an industry to build a presence online and sell advertising around […]

Invest in Your Core: Make Your Print Product Look Great

N E W S P A P E R D I S R U P T O R Changing The Newspaper Game One Day At A Time INVEST IN YOUR CORE: MAKE YOUR PRINT PRODUCT LOOK GREAT July 22 , 2 0 1 6 reposted from May 26, 2016 Invest in your core: Make your print product […]

Newspapers

Newspapers & Free Community Newspapers Will the Internet kill your free community paper? Did instant coffee kill coffee? New technologies change many things. But not everything. You may tweet, blog, surf, shop, or search online but you continue to read your free community paper. You just proved it. Readership of free community papers is now […]