Fairfax Media has slammed the NZCC over its opposition to the proposed merger of Fairfax NZ and NZME - the country’s two biggest media companies. “Nobody, not least us, wants to see New Zealand’s social fabric shredded by misguided thinking that the status quo is immune from market realities.”

Scott Print walked away with 12 gold medals including Best of Category at the 2016 Printing Industries Western Australia PICAs held in the Rendezvous Hotel, Perth.

“We needed a fast and reliable machine that was easy for our staff to access and use, so we did a lot of research and the Epson RIPS printer came up as the best available option by far,” says Simon de Crespigny of Sydney-based Macartney Real Estate.

Pacific Magazines has sold two of its teen publications and will cut back on printed editions of its popular Girlfriend magazine to focus on its digital platform.

Wind power is the top source of renewable energy and the one with the shortest payback period while investment in solar is relatively inexpensive with a pretty swift return, says sustainability consultant Laurel Brunner.

Pantone says its forecast of the Top 10 list of colours for the 2017 northern hemisphere spring "evokes a spectrum of emotion and feeling...reminiscent of the hues that surround us in nature."

It's becoming a recognised stroke at the LATMA charity golf day at Carnarvon Golf Club in Sydney for the Jet Technologies team breezing through again to take the title. This year product managers Darryl Wilson and Martin McEwen, and sales director David Reece, finished six under par on October 13 to win the coveted prize (pictured).

The announcement that PMP is to acquire IPMG is potentially the largest change to the local print market since PMP itself was created out of the need for Rupert Murdoch to rationalize his printing business interests in the early 1990s. Industry analyst, Glenn O'Connor, explains the deal.

The Australasian Catalogue Association (ACA) will not be submitting to the ACCC review into the proposed merger between PMP and IPMG.

When First Impressions went into business as a Melbourne offset printing house with one and two-colour machines in the 1980s, it would have been hard to imagine where the company would end up today.

Members of the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a plan to join the Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA).

News Corp is planning to slash another $40 million in costs from its Australian publishing operation before the end of the financial year after a further slump in advertising revenue. "We will need to implement a series of cost initiatives across the business."

Global press giant Heidelberg posted robust second quarter results, with net earnings of €9 million compared to a loss of €9 million in the same period last year. The company says its investment in digitalisation, digital printing and services is 'bearing fruit.'

Marisa Rossi from BJ Ball and Sandy Aspinall from Bowden Group will take on the local patrons’ role for Women in Print in South Australia. “Both felt that a lot of the social culture in the industry in South Australia has been lost with the demise of the PICA’s."

Q: When is a Legend not a Legend? A: When she is a woman. Strong words but the recent ‘Industry Legends Awards’ in Queensland displayed, maybe innocently, a gender bias, which spurred Robyn Frampton to call it out.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission says it will reject a proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ over concerns it could lead to the second highest level of print media ownership in the world, behind only China.