Exhibitor Profiles
Profiles supplied by vendors.
3M Canada
Booth 21
3M Canada was established in 1951 in London, Ontario, as one of the first international subsidiaries of the global 3M Company. Visit us in booth 21 to learn about the exciting new line of 3M Direct Response products, including Post-it® Notes for Direct Mail! On the cover of this issue is a special ballot on a custom printed Post-it® Note. Drop off your ballot at the 3M Direct Response booth to enter a draw for your chance to win a Mac Mini! Winners will be announced at the Masthead 20th Anniversary Party on Wednesday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. in the Guildhall at the Old Mill Inn.
Access Copyright
Booth 11
Access Copyright, The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, was established in 1988 to license public access to copyright protected works. Our licences provide users with immediate, legal and economical access to excerpts from published works while ensuring that copyright owners are fairly compensated for that use. Access Copyright represents the reproduction rights interests of more than 8,000 Canadian creators and publishers, as well as those of copyright owners around the globe. www.accesscopyright.ca
Advanced Publishing Corp.
Booth 15
Advanced Publishing is a digital delivery service provider that uses its innovative technology suites to create digital products for web and e-mail delivery. Our digital edition service includes everything a publisher needs to create and manage digital editions—high-quality viewing, subscriber security, real-time reader activity reporting, e-mail notification, interactive linking, archive creation, and full search complete this turnkey service. Our engage.email marketing service allows publishers to create and manage digital communications including marketing campaigns, e-newsletters, polls, and surveys that deliver content the way their readers want to receive it—e-mail, RSS, or SMS/mobile. www.advancedpublishing.com
The Advertising Store
Booth 42
The Advertising Store offers circulation and ad sales premiums including promotional products, CD business cards, and corporate video production. Visit advertisingstore.promocan.com, call 416-630-7684, or e-mail theadvertisingstore@sympatico.ca.
Annex Publishing & Printing
Booth 15A
Annex Printing specializes in the printing of short- to medium-run sheetfed magazines. It offers everything publishers need to get their magazines from their desktops to readers, and has developed a reputation for trust. Whether you’re a new publisher needing some advice to get started, or you are a seasoned veteran looking to improve your bottom line, Annex invites you to give one of its customer service reps a call. Concerned about the environment? Well, Annex Printing is and we have stepped up our efforts and are now FSC Certified. Give us a call and see how we can help you get your next issue printed on recycled paper at no extra cost!
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Booth 44
ABC is a not-for-profit, tripartite association of advertisers, advertising agencies and publishers. Its purpose is to set standards by which circulation and other data from member publishers may be audited; verify facts and figures through field auditors’ examination of all pertinent records, and report these facts and figures through regularly published standardized reports.
Bard Business Solutions
Booth 16
Bard’s latest Magazine Manager 4.0 is an all-in-one integrated management solution for advertisers, rate cards, volumes and issues, contracts, production, subscriptions, scheduling, articles, invoices and reports. Magazine Manager 4.0 is available for Apple and Windows platforms. The power of this application is derived from the philosophy that you “enter data once and use it many times.”
Battlefield Graphics
Booth 64
At Battlefield Graphics we are dedicated to be the best. Four decades of experience and commitment have positioned us as leaders in sheetfed printing; uniquely skilled to deliver the most comprehensive set of services you will find anywhere in Canada. All under one roof.
Canada Magazine Fund/
Publications Assistance Program
Booth 2
Representatives from the Department of Canadian Heritage will be available to answer questions about departmental funding programs, namely the Canada Magazine Fund (CMF) and the Publications Assistance Program (PAP). The CMF was created to contribute to the production of magazines that showcase the work of Canadian creators, as well as to build industry capacity through Support for Business Development for Small Magazine Publishers and for industry infrastructure projects. PAP provides subsidies to reduce the mailing costs of Canadian periodicals.
Canada Post
Booth 4
Canada Post’s Publications Mail is designed and priced for news and information periodicals. Whether you’re mailing newspapers, magazines or newsletters to subscribers, non-subscribers or news dealers, our professional letter carriers deliver reliably to every address in Canada. This includes households, apartments, rural routes and PO boxes, many addresses that our competition cannot deliver to. For delivery that gives you a competitive advantage Publications Mail delivers cost-effectively to more of your readers than any other service in Canada. And, you can use many of our other services to build readerships, improve advertising revenues, and streamline shipping processes.
The Canadian Press
Web content & photography drop-in clinics
The Canadian Press is Canada’s only national news agency since 1917, with over 250 journalists reporting news as it happens to more than 600 newspapers and radio/TV stations. This real-time news is accessible to your magazine via an online service, where you can search for relevant content across 30 topics, reprint our credible news verbatim and free up your editorial staff to focus on features/ exclusives. We also provide access to more than one million photos and services for publishing news on websites.
CCAB/BPA Worldwide
Booth 53
The Canadian Circulations Audit Board (CCAB) is a not-for-profit circulation auditing organization with over 500 Canadian consumer magazines, business publications, community and daily newspaper members. Internationally, BPA has the largest membership of any media auditing organization in the world with 5,300 media properties and media buyers in over 20 countries. CCAB is the only Canadian provider of circulation auditing with two full-service Canadian offices staffed by Canadians to serve our membership. We help our members sell more advertising! Contact Neil Ta at 416.487.2418 ext 228 or nta@bpaww.com.
Centennial College
Booth 18
The Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College, is a creative campus and the home of the School of Communications, Media and Design, dedicated to educating and training tomorrow’s communications professionals via interactive storytelling: writing, production and visual communication. Established in 1994, The Centre offers award-winning and hands-on programs in four key areas of Art and Design, Advertising and Public Relations, Journalism and Publishing and Integrated Media. Visit www.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca.
Cenveo/MM&T
Booth 20
Cenveo McLaren Morris and Todd (MM&T) is the third largest graphics communication company in North America. The
company is a leading provider of print and visual communications, with one-stop services from design through fulfillment. Cenveo/MM&T’s broad portfolio of services and products include magazines, catalogs, commercial printing, envelopes, labels, packaging, publishing and business documents delivered through a network of production, fulfillment and distribution facilities throughout North America. Cenveo/MM&T’s wide-array of capabilities are well-suited to today’s competitive marketplace where customers are requiring graphics communications companies to not just produce, but manage their printing and related needs. www.cenveo.com
Convera Corp.
Booth: Hallway
Convera is a leading provider of vertical search services for publishers. Based on a semantic index of the web, Convera enables publishers to generate additional revenue by creating customized search applications for specialist audiences under their own brand.
Many of the world’s largest publishers rely on Convera vertical search services to accelerate their e-publishing strategies, meet growing monetization goals and build loyal online professional communities. Convera is headquartered in the Washington DC area, with offices in San Diego and London. Convera is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CNVR. Convera has more than fifteen years experience developing advanced, semantic search technologies, and is recognized as one of the search industry’s most prolific innovators.
Cornerstone Group
Booth 1
Cornerstone provides prospecting and database management solutions to many of North America’s leading marketers, in order to help them initiate and sustain lasting relationships with their most profitable customers. We provide publishers with complete subscription fulfillment processing and subscriber database management, as well as a variety of industry-specific Web-based tools, such as online subscriber processing and customer care.
Dollco Printing
Booth 34
Why should a small or mid-sized magazine choose to print with Dollco? Dollco Printing offers the most complete range of printing services under one roof in Canada. We produce over 45 titles and have an experienced team who will shepherd your job with the ‘TLC’ it takes to ensure timely delivery. What’s more: We are FSC certified. Our preflight team accepts files in a variety of formats, allowing clients to use their preferred workflow for maximum efficiency. Our broad selection of web and sheetfed presses allows for optimum print efficiency for a wide variety of publication page counts. We use high-definition Staccato screening on all our presses, giving our clients improved image quality at no extra cost. Our post-press services (finishing, fulfillment, data and mail) are done in the same facility, which reduces handling fees and turnaround time. Drop by the Dollco booth 34 to qualify for our draw for a $200 SunglassHut gift card. For more information, call us at 1-800-267-2751 or visit www.dollco.com.
FSC Canada
Booth 32
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international certification and labeling system for paper and wood products that come from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources. With FSC certification, forests are certified against a set of strict environmental and social standards, and fibre from certified forests and recycled sources is tracked all the way to the consumer through the Chain of Custody certification system. FSC is supported by environmental groups around the world, and is the leading choice for companies and financial institutions across North America. Look for the FSC logo when you buy and know that you are supporting healthy forests and strong communities.
General Printers
Booth 52
Measure. Match. Maintain. General Printers has installed a second 8-colour Heidelberg perfector. Using Spectrophotometric scanning technology, we can calibrate our digital workflow directly to our presses. By scanning press sheets, we are able to maintain colour consistency throughout the press run. We can print multiple forms of the same magazine simultaneously on both 8-colour presses with colour matched by the GPerfect system. GPerfect—the highest level in print colour management. Printing by the numbers—colour you can count on.
Humber College Magazine Journalism
Booth 18
Humber is proud to present its 2006/2007 magazines. These eight trade/consumer magazines are written, edited, designed and managed by the students in the Humber Journalism program. Consistent winners of top North American student magazine awards, these publications are produced annually with fresh approaches to the topics and audiences they cover. Student editors, photographers and designers will be on hand to answer your questions.
Ironstone Media Corporation
Booth 40
Ironstone Media Corporation is a family of commercial printing operations encompassing everything from traditional web and sheetfed printing to the latest in online editions. Its components, Web Offset, Linkpath and IMprint combine cutting edge printing technology with flexibility and experience—the same vision of quality, innovation and efficiency that publishers have relied on for over 45 years. From concept to realization, we are the full service printer capable of exceeding all of your printing needs.
Managing Editor, Inc.
Booth 65
MEI provides innovative pagination and editorial management software to publishers in magazine and other markets in more than 60 countries. MEI’s offerings include:
•The K4 Publishing System, a high-performance database solution that integrates Adobe® InDesign® and InCopy® for collaborative design and editorial workflows. K4, developed by SoftCare GmbH, has more than 11,000 users worldwide. MEI is the exclusive distributor of K4 in the Americas. Customers include Condé Nast, Hearst magazine division, Rogers Media and Transcontinental Media.
• The Page Director® Series of Advertising and Classified Layout Systems, for automated ad placement and issue planning. ALS for Magazines is a version of the software especially optimized for magazine production.
MEI is an Adobe Systems portfolio company.
MINT-NA
Booth 63
MINT-NA distributes in Canada the leading Fotoware, Laidback Solutions and IMBRIDGE European products for the press and magazine industries. Take control of your digital assets workflow and archiving. Speed-up and automate multimedia asset acquisition, captioning, repurposing, color and format management and archiving. Automate ads management and integrate image and ad workflow through the web. Match ads with bookings (links to Atex, K4) and automate your pre-flight workflow (asura, PitStop, Distiller). Create InDesign ads templates editable by your customers directly on the web with Creole. Join our list of successful users: the Canadian Press, Journal de Montreal, Journal de Quebec, the Globe and Mail, Metro Toronto News. Book now to meet with MINT-NA and Toronto Reseller Dolores Gubasta, call (416) 698-3468
National Association of Major Mail Users
Booth 13
NAMMU is the voice of the Canadian mailing industry, representing the business interests of end users and the supplier infrastructure, from concept through execution. The Canadian mailing industry represents 500,000 jobs and contributes 85% of the revenue and volume of Canada Post, as well as a significant contribution to other delivery operations. The NAMMU Publications Mail Council represents every component in the publishing chain, and as such, can easily evaluate and model solutions, as well as provide impact assessment on each publishing activity for any given proposal, adding significant value to joint industry-CPC efforts. Visit the booth to ask about the new membership special.
Quark Inc.
Booth 54
Quark has been developing superlative software since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, Quark is developing the next generation of tools to create and manage content for cost-effective delivery to multiple media. QuarkXPress sparked a revolution in desktop publishing. Quark 7, Quark Interactive Designer, and Quark Dynamic Document Server bring organization and efficiency to content management and publishing in the Internet age.
Quebecor World
Booth 60
Quebecor World is a world-class printer servicing the publication and commercial markets. The company prides itself on its unequaled team of customer service representatives and print technicians. They specialize in and understand the magazine industry. From pre-media to pre-press (including computer-to-plate) to long or short-run magazine lengths, excellence is the company’s habit.
RR DONNELLY
Booth 31
RR Donnelley (NYSE: RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider of print and related services, including business process outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, labels, forms, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in publishing, advertising, and many other industries. The largest companies in the world and others rely on RR Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive range of online tools, variable printing services and market-specific solutions. For more, visit www.rrdonnelley.com.
Ryerson University
Booth 18
Ryerson University’s Continuing Education division offers a certificate in Magazine Publishing, with highly regarded courses in editorial, publishing, circulation and marketing, ad sales and production. New are seven-week courses in substantive editing and service journalism. One-day Master Classes offer advanced instruction on specific topics. A two-day workshop, “So You Want to Start a Magazine” addresses the challenge of the start-up. All courses are at Ryerson’s campus in downtown Toronto.
St. Joseph Print
Booth 43
St. Joseph Print is a technological leader in digital prepress, heatset web printing, sheetfed printing, and high-volume finishing organized around the offerings of two state-of-the-art production facilities in Toronto. Clients include many of North America’s largest and most renowned magazine publishers, financial corporations, retailers, and blue chip companies. St. Joseph Print is a division of St. Joseph Communications, Canada’s largest privately owned communications company with four distinct platforms in content, print, documents, and media.
Stora Enso
Booth 62
Stora Enso is the world’s oldest, continuously operating company with documented shares dating to 1288. Today we are a company of 44,000 people in more than 40 counties on five continents, committed to sustainability – economic, social and environmental. It underpins our thinking and our approach to doing business. Recognized as a leader, Stora Enso has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for several years. In 2006, Stora Enso was selected for inclusion in the DJSI STOXX for the sixth consecutive year. Visit us at booth #62 to learn more.
Texterity Inc.
Booth 55
Texterity is a leading provider of complete digital magazine publishing and delivery solutions. The Texterity solution enables publishers to increase their reach, impact and revenue while enhancing reader and advertiser commitment. Only Texterity provides a true browser-based, no-download solution. In addition to a superior reading experience, Texterity also provides the expertise, value-added marketing and circulation-building programs to maximize your digital publishing investment. These programs are so successful that qualifying magazines following Texterity’s “best practices” receive a money-back guarantee of positive ROI within six months. Texterity has become the provider of choice for top publishers including IDG Canada, Time, Inc., Dow Jones & Co., Penton, Condé Nast, and many more. www.texterity.com
Torstar Direct Services
Booth 10
Torstar Direct Services, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, is GTA’s premier newsstand distributor of free publications. The experts at TDS are Newstand Distribution Specialists who offer full service circulation/distribution services to newspaper and magazine publishers. Our distribution network offers over 2,000 Dream Box locations, thousands of retail outlets and exclusive access to the Toronto Transit System reaching hundreds of thousands of commuters daily. Only TDS can offer free publishers exclusive distribution inside the Toronto Transit subway system. TDS has exclusive distribution with Gateway Newstands throughout the Toronto Transit System and within mall and office buildings throughout the GTA. TDS offers clients premier advertising opportunities within Gateway. Contact Connie Fancy at cfancy@starmediagroup.ca to discuss your distribution needs.
Transcontinental Printing
Booth 50
Canada’s #1 printer and one of the 10 largest commercial printers in North America, Transcontinental has gained proven proficiency in printing and distributing over 500 publication titles a year. Transcontinental has developed considerable expertise in delivering flexible solutions that take all publisher’s needs into account from premedia solutions, virtual press-side proofing, the newest and most versatile press and finishing equipment available in the industry today, a high level of sophisticated quality control, to postal optimization solutions. Transcontinental offers solid magazine know-how for all size publishers. Transcontinental Printing is a proud sponsor of the 2007 Canadian Newsstand Awards. Visit www.transcontinental-printing.com/magazine.
TransMedia Group Ltd.
Booth 3
TransMedia is a North American newsstand distributor with national exposure and a reputation for personal attention. It offers direct to specialty retailers and subscription services and has helped publishers improve their newsstand performance since 1986. From sales and distribution to break-up and traffic management, TransMedia prides itself on ensuring client magazines are seen on today’s highly competitive newsstands across North America.
Warren’s Waterless Printing
Booth 30
Environmental Printing—it’s more than recycled paper. As Canada’s only dedicated waterless printer, Warren’s Waterless Printing is committed to providing an environmentally responsible print alternative with a promise to deliver enhanced quality, customer service excellence and superior value. At Warren’s being environmentally responsible does not come at a higher price, in fact, it simply makes good business sense. Explore the ways in which Warren’s Waterless Printing can enhance your business, while ensuring your company is effectively contributing to environmental stewardship. Visit www.warrenswaterless.com.
