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Our second week of newspaper production in the Design Houses is almost complete.
This week, Rockford launched Canandaigua’s Daily Messenger and its Post weeklies in New York, and Framingham added seven weeklies in New England: Amesbury Journal, Hamilton/Wenham Chronicle, Cape Ann Beacon, North Andover, North Shore Sunday, Salem Gazette and Stoneham Sun.
In total, we have taken on 41 titles since the beginning of June. That number will continue to grow to close to 280 by the end of the year.
Next week we launch our first set of newspapers that do not have automated ad layout systems. In the Design Houses, we are centralizing the task of creating pages in the MediaWare Center, drawing/labeling boxes and placing ads. Newspapers that currently do manual ad layout will share their dummies and ads via FTP to make this happen.
Of course, work to prepare for future launches continues: regional training, Saxotech webinars, equipment prep and so on. We’re making adjustments in these areas as needed based on what we’ve learned from our first launches.
On the construction front: The dust is settling (literally) as major work has wrapped up. Now is the time for cleanup, detailing and followup on nonurgent issues.
Do you have dazzling design skills and an excellent eye for copy editing? If so, we need you. Join our Design House team, which will be setting up shop in Rockford, Ill., and Framingham, Mass., this year. Click here to apply.
