Transcontinental Inc. will print the Toronto-based Globe and Mail for 18 years, according to a new contract, valued at C$1.7 billion, Editor & Publisher reported.

The Globe and Mail took competitive bids from Canadian printers for 18 months, and the new contract will begin in 2010.

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The Chicago Sun-Times, although hit hard by the advertising slump and poor U.S. economy, is investing in its has printing and workflow systems, Editor & Publisher reported.

The tabloid-style newspaper has purchased nine prepress systems and workflow components from Belgium-based Agfa Graphics.

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Increasing newsprint costs in India mean many publications are postponing launches, as well as raising advertising rates, Rediff News reported Friday.

The price of waste newspaper, which is recycled to make newsprint, was up between 30 and 40 percent during the first quarter. Costs of pulp, power and coal are also up.

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The Baltimore Sun Media Group on Wednesday announced an agreement to print The Washington Times beginning in September, which will help The Sun offset some of its advertising revenue declines, the paper reported Thursday.

The Times, with 100,000 copies produced a day, plans to shut down its printing plant in Washington, and transfer the work to The Sun's Port Covington printing plant, known as Sun Park.

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Publishing houses across Vietnam are having to raise cover prices or reduce the number of copies they print due to a sharp increase in paper prices and printing fees, VietNamNet Bridge reported Thursday.

Paper and printing now account for 25 percent to 30 percent of publishing costs.

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Magazine publishing has taken a leap towards the future with the beta launch of MagCloud, a print-on-demand service. MagCloud’s method will help improve control and revenue in the field of magazine publishing, Folio Mag reported.

MagCloud lets users upload PDF pages and takes care of everything else like printing, mailing and subscription. Derek Powazek and HP Labs developed the software.

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The Idaho Press Tribune will begin printing the Idaho Statesman, the two most recent U.S. newspapers to cut costs by sharing a printing plant, Fox 12 News reported Thursday.

Other newspapers in the United States and around the world are taking the same measure to offset rising printing costs and lower income due to a poor ad market.

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Diversified industrial manufacturer Illinois Tool Works announced Thursday it will buy newspaper handling equipment maker Quipp Inc., Reuters reported.

The deal is expected to be between US$6.4 million and $8.4 million, and the final price will be decided based on Quipp's cash, cash equivalents and debts.

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As demand for the paper newspapers are printed on shrinks, the cost of that paper is on the rise in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported last week.

Paper companies spent much of 2007 idling the machinery used to make the paper, and sometimes even having to sell that machinery. This decrease in supply means paper companies have more power over pricing their products, and have turned to raising prices in the face of shrinking demand and revenues as readers turn to online.

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The Chicago Tribune confirmed Friday it will terminate remote printing of its Midwest edition this spring, shrinking its distribution area, Editor & Publisher reported Friday.

Its Midwest edition has been printed by Capital Newspapers in Madison, Wisc., and The News Gazette in Champaign, Ill.

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A printworks expansion project costing Newsquest and its Herald publishers four million pounds is expected to protect more than 100 jobs, AllmediaScotland reported Friday.

The investment in the Cambuslang, Scotland plant will go to two new tower print units and revamping a third tower, which enables the plant to produce full-colour, 128-page tabloid-sized newspapers for Newsquest rival Associated Newspapers. Associated recently signed an agreement stating it will continue printing its Scottish Daily Mail and Scottish Mail on Sunday at the Cambuslang plant until 2022.

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Problems with production at Mutare Board and Paper Mills have caused the Zimpapers to reduce print runs for its newspapers, the publishing group's chief executive announced Tuesday.

Justin Mutasa apologised to readers and advertisers in a statement, and said the group's Harare Branch uses 100 tons of newsprint each week, while its Bulawayo Branch uses 30 tons, All Africa reported Wednesday.

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The Bakersfield Californian newspaper will begin outsourcing its printing operation in mid-March, a move that will cut 34 jobs at the newspaper's publishing centre.

The printing will be done by Nevada-based Brad Moseley Inc.

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Gannett's British newspaper division Newsquest is closing one of it printing sites.

According to the Guardian's Stephen Brook, Newsquest is shutting down the Newport plant, the company's only Welsh site. It is said this action could lead to 21 jobs cut.

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The South Wales Argus could see 21 job cuts if parent company Newsquest closes its printing plant in Newport and switches to overnight publishing, HoldtheFrontPage reported Tuesday.

Executives at Newsquest, one of the largest regional newspaper publishers in the United Kingdom, are in talks with staff over whether to make the move, as currently only the Saturday edition of the Argus is printed overnight.

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