And then there was one: Canadian Plastics absorbs Plastics in Canada

In what was clearly its strategic intention all along, the Business Information Group (Glacier Media Inc.) is erasing a former publishing rival Plastics in Canada, leaving the 68-year-old Canadian Plastics as the only trade book serving the Canadian plastics industry. PiC had ceased appearing in print in June 2010, but Rogers Publishing Limited kept the brand alive through a website and an

HighwaySTAR magazine publishes final issue, merges with Today's Trucking

Newcom's HighwayStar magazine celebrating the truck-driving life, has published its last issue. According to a story in Masthead, the b2b magazine founded in 1999 never quite recovered from the recession. Its circulation will be rolled into that of its sister magazine Today's Trucking, with perhaps some additional editorial aimed at owner/operators. 
The controlled circulation of HighwaySTAR was

Giant Quad/Graphics Inc. buys Montreal-based Worldcolor Press

[This post has been updated] Quad/Graphics Inc, has agreed to buy magazine printer Worldcolor Press Inc. of Canada, which prints magazines such as Time and Cosmopolitan.The sale price is about $1.3 billion. According to a story published on Bloomberg.com, the merged company, which will be publicly traded, will have 30,000 employees and combined sales of $5.1 billion.

Joel Quadracci, Quad/

U.S. fulfillment operations merge under Palm Coast brand

In a consolidation that was anticipated following a takeover, Palm Coast Data of Florida and Kable Fulfillment Services will be merged and centralized in Florida , closing in the process Kable's Colorado and Illinois operations. Ironically, though Kable took over Palm Coast and the combined entity will still be managed by Kable, it will operate under the Palm Coast name. It is expected that

Oilfield publishing merger inked as JuneWarren bought out by Glacier

Two major oil industry publishing groups are to be merged with the 100% purchase of the JuneWarren Publishing by GVIC Communications Corp. for an undisclosed combination of cash and shares.(GVIC used to be called Glacier International Ventures Corporation; it is a former bottled water company that transformed itself into an information and communications company and it became a major media player

Media Bistro, once a "mixer", now sold for US$23 million

For those of you who use and enjoy Media Bistro, the news, jobs and training website from the U.S., it may be interesting to know that what started 10 years ago as a series of cocktail party "mixers" and became a media job board has today been sold to Jupitermedia Corporation for $23 million. Laurel Touby, the CEO, becomes senior vice-president of the new, merged entity.Ms Touby told the New York

Ontario Out of Doors merges fishing show with Sportsmen's Show

For 15 years, Ontario Out of Doors magazine has run a Spring Fishing Show; now, it has decided to collaborate and merge that show with the Canadian National Sportsmen's Shows, effective in 2008. Sporting and angling enthusiasts will still be able to shop for gear and boats and check out fishing destinations, but as part of the wider sportsman's show."At Ontario OUT OF DOORS we are always looking