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  1. Revenue from magazine advertisements been a real challenge in 2009, but several publishers are reporting good numbers for December issues.
  2. FibreGreen, a 100% recycled paper used for grocery bags and fast-food sacks. Sales are up, as are most mfg that produce recycle papers.
  3. Vallely appears in recent Business Week article "...many mills are losing money or breaking even, and have had to shutter operations ..... "
  4. In an attempt to gain share of limited pockets for the consumer, Kohl’s will launch their holiday ad. campaigns. Should be good for paper
  5. Maggwire.com has confirmed a model that allows magazine publishers to monetize online content. More on http://coypaper.com
  6. Worldcolor signed one of the largest book printing agreements with a multi-year agreement with Macmillan
  7. Meredith national media advertising revenues trending in the right direction, and continue to outperform their major peers and gain share
  8. Stora Enso’s Kvarnsveden paper mill in Sweden houses PM #12, which is the largest paper machine producing supercalendered paper
  9. Newsweek has decided start to charge a fee for access to the news on their website.
  10. Freshwater Tissue, California's last pulp mill and the only chlorine-free/dioxin-free mill in the USA, plans to permanently close
  11. Like so many other newspapers,New York Times & Gannett continue to reduce costs due to declining revenue; advertising continues to struggle
  12. The San Jose, California City Council joined several other city in their fight against plastic bags, allow paper IF 40% recycled.
  13. IP takes down time, but real improvement will come when the economy improves and end users begin to buy things that go into boxes
  14. Cutsize pricing remains at approximately $1010-$1060/ton; uncoated offset - 50lbs witnessed an increase of $35-40/to to $845-865.
  15. Big daily newspapers are losing circulation and advertising revenue, BUT the story is not so grim for community and small town newspapers.
  16. Total North American packaging industry shipped $79.7Billion worth of products in 2008. Breakdown on http://coypaper.com/Home_Page.html
  17. International Paper to curtail 2.1Million tons- 1.4Million tons containerboard; 600,000tons Uncoated; 140,000tons bleached coated board
  18. Due to poor adv revenue Fortune Magazine will publish 25% fewer issues, which translates into 18 issues vs the current 25
  19. World pulp inventories were reported to be 26 days in September - down substantially from 44 days in September of 2008
  20. October 18-24 is National Forest Products week. Our industry makes up 6% of the GNP manufacturing sector.