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The article presents the comments of Patrick Coyne, editor of the journal "Communication Arts," on the 20th anniversary of the journal. When Coyne started working with the journal, digital media and the World Wide Web were almost a decade away but now digital technology and communication have become a significant part of the advertising industry. The year 2005 has been the best for the industry since economic slowdown and advertising grew by 6.3%. The year presented a lot of challenges, the largest being the major hit to the journal from rising paper prices, 18% in 2005 alone.

Reports on the increased need for paper during the digital age. Estimated number of Internet information printed per day; Factors that contributed to the trend.

Reports that the Radio Authority is expected to issue a response to the Government's White Paper on digital broadcasting. Commencement of digital broadcasting systems by NTL; Comments by Mike Thorne, business manager for NTL; Publication of the Radio Authority's response to the White Paper on digital broadcasting.

This section presents news briefs related to the U.S. printing industry, as of July 2004. UPM allegedly is the world's largest user of recovered paper in the production of printing papers, purchasing about 2.3 million tons of recovered paper in 2003. On the other hand, digital book manufacturer IBT Global set what it says are new production records, with orders for more than 100 million content pages, 105 million pages of text printed, and a quarter of a million books. Meanwhile, the second progress report from the International Color Consortium offers information on the approval of Profile Specification 4.1, as well as activities of each of the six working groups of ICC.