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The article offers news briefs on printing and publishing technologies in the U.S. in 2016. Topics in the news include the new funding for copy company Xerox Corp., the financial report of computer software company Adobe Systems Inc.'s revenue, and the partnership between commercial printer MGI USA Inc.'s Digital Technology division and technology company Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. for digital print solutions.

The article focuses significance of a different, sustainable business model for print publishers in the U.S. It cites on the 7 cent per copy fee imposed by the leading magazine wholesaler Anderson News and Source Interlink. It offers several alternative solutions intended to solve the issues affecting the financial performance of several publishing companies in the U.S. including a partnership between the U.S. Postal Service and publishers, lowering retailer discounts and utilizing the direct wholesaler non-service distribution model. It concludes that the economic crisis will continue to affect the supply chain of the printing and publishing industry and suggests that businessmen and technology innovators need to offer new services and create partnerships.

The article reports on the plan of Politico Network and Reuters to form a reverse syndication partnership aimed in providing political, government and business news from both organizations in the U.S. According to Roy Schwartz, vice president of marketing and business development of Politico, the arrangement is opposed to traditional wire services agreement wherein content is paid for up front. Aside from the plan, Politico has a deal with Adify to provide ad management, trafficking, optimizing, reporting, payment and technology support functions.

The article reports on the expansion of the partnership of Yahoo! Inc. with newspaper companies in the U.S. It notes that after forming a consortium with more than 150 newspapers, Yahoo! also announced a plan to share advertising and editorial content with 12 newspaper companies that will focus on job search online advertising. Yahoo! aims to attract more people to the newspapers and their sites and provide each newspaper site with a customized version and sell advertisements for national clients to appear on the sites. It adds that with this partnership, Yahoo! and the newspapers aim to capture a big share of the local online advertising market.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. digital printing industry. Agfa Graphics NV was named an Adobe Gold Solution Partner and Adobe Partner Connection member by Adobe Systems Inc. The Information Management Institute Inc. (IMI) announced its third annual Digital Printing Presses conference in Kissimmee, Florida from June 9 to 11, 2010. MediaSpectrum Inc. added campaign management automation technology to its advertisement sales web site for media companies.

The article offers news briefs related to the printing industry. The publishing company Heartland Publications LLC had filed for Chapter 11 bankcruptcy in the U.S. The digital asset management system developer WoodWing Software BV had announced its collaboration with two technical companies. Vasont Systems had launched its version 12.2 Vasont Content Management System.

The article reports on the contract for the development of the Future Digital System, a sophisticated content management system, which is awarded to Harris Corp. The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) announced that Harris has been selected to help in the development of the system, which will have a digital and searchable format. According to Bruce James, director of the GPO, the decision to partner with Harris is the culmination of careful analysis and planning of the requirements of the system. James states that it also marks a major milestone, as GPO forges ahead to develop a robust and flexible digital platform that will provide permanent public access to information from the branches of the federal government.

Reports developments in publishing industry in the U.S. as of July 2002. Collaboration of Equilibrium and Pageflex to create PageRich; Offer of Stellent of Tamino XML Server as a standard component of the Stellent Content Management Server; Postponement of the Imprinta '03.

Focuses on the partnership between IBM and Vignette, an electronic-business software developer in the United States. Aim of the partnership; Services of IBM on Vignette to install software for branded Web sites; Total Web sites of Vignette.