Cygnus Media emerges from Chapter 11
Cygnus Business Media, Ft. Atkinson, Wis., named John French CEO, as it emerged from Chapter 11. He was most recently CEO of Penton Media Inc., and a member of its board of directors. Cygnus Business Media’s interim-CEO, Charles Carnaval, an executive with Zolfo Cooper, a corporate management solutions firm, will assist in the transition.
6Sight Future of Imaging Conference presents top innovators of 3D imaging
Two top 3D innovators from the movie industry will present their visions of the future of 3D at the upcoming 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, Nov. 10-12, at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, Calif. First will be a look at the state of the art of 3D technology from Lenny Lipton, a pioneer of [...]
Hahnemühle Fine Arts celebrates more than 400 years of papermaking
Hahnemühle Fine Arts GmbH last month celebrated 425 years of papermaking for the fine arts at the company’s headquarters in Dassel, Germany – less than 250 yards from the site of the company’s original paper mill. The party was attended by 280 employees and their families from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain [...]
Sanyo unveils full HD /Full Frame Rate CCTV Cameras
Sanyo North America Corp., Chatsworth, Calif., announced nine new HD surveillance cameras offering up to 4MP MJPEG and Full HD video for security monitoring. The lineup of Full HD 1080p and full frame rate compatible network cameras with multi-streaming H.264 and MJPEG codecs includes four different form factors: Box, Dome, Zoom, and PTZ. In this [...]
StudioPlus Software names Heath Lassiter as business development director
StudioPlus Software LLC, publishers of the studio management and digital workflow software products, appointed Heath Lassiter as director, business development. Lassiter had worked as sales manager for Noritsu America Corp. and director, international sales, for Express Digital.
Help your customers take better pictures with today’s PMA Marketing Moment
In the new PMA Marketing Moment, Chad Munce of PMA shares “photo tips” videos aimed at consumers showing them practical ways to take better pictures. This video player is easily embeddable into your web site, and is available to all PMA members.
Nikon produces 50 millionth NIKKOR lens
Nikon Corp., Tokyo, Japan, announced total production of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras reached fifty million in August. Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first NIKKOR lens for Nikon SLR cameras, the NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f/2, in 1959, along with its first SLR camera, the Nikon F. In the fifty years since then, [...]
Sears Holdings to destroy improperly collected consumer information
The Press reports Sears Holdings Management Corp. must destroy information improperly collected about consumers through downloaded software under a consent order made final last week by the Federal Trade Commission. Sears paid certain consumers visiting the sears.com and kmart.com websites $10 to become members of “My SHC Community,” and solicited them to “participate in exciting, [...]
PNY sponsoring N.J. Nets practice basketball jerseys
PNY Technologies Inc., Parsippany, N.J., announced they are the first company to be granted logo placement rights on an NBA team practice jersey. As part of a two-year agreement with the N.J. Nets, PNY will also own the naming rights for the Nets practice facility in East Rutherford, N.J., to be called the PNY Center. [...]
Online ad spending slows, but still second only to print
eMarketer reports print ads will lose even more U.S. spending share than previously forecast but remain on top, while online is set to grab the second-largest slice of the ad spending pie this year, according to estimates by Myers Publishing. Ad spending online is greater than local and national spot TV for the first time [...]
