Editor & Publisher magazine (www.editorandpublisher.com ) today signed an agreement with Pressmart Media Ltd. (www.pressmart.net) to provide a digital, same-as-print electronic edition of the newspaper publishing industry’s leading trade publication.

In a joint statement E&P Publisher Chas McKeown said “the Pressmart state-of-the-art solution will provide our readership access to Editor & Publisher on multiple digital distribution channels including eEditions; Podcasts; Mobile devices and eArchives.”

“We are very excited by E&P’s choice of Pressmart as their new media delivery partner. E&P had a choice of vendors and chose Pressmart’s best-of-breed solution,” commented Myles M. Fuchs, President of Pressmart Media Ltd.

About Editor&Publisher
Editor & Publisher is the authoritative journal covering all aspects of the North American newspaper industry, including business, newsroom, advertising, circulation, marketing, technology, online and syndicates.

Based in New York City, the magazine dates back to 1884, when The Journalist, a weekly, was founded. E&P was launched in 1901 and merged with The Journalist in 1907. E&P later acquired Newspaperdom, a trade journal for the newspaper industry that started in 1892. In 1927, E&P merged with another trade paper, The Fourth Estate. In January 2004, E&P switched from weekly to monthly publication, while revamping its Web site to offer more breaking news and content on a daily basis.

E&P Online (www.editorandpublisher.com) offers breaking news free to all visitors in our Top Stories section. Each week, selected proprietary stories from E&P staff are made available free to all visitors, but the majority of our analysis, industry news, features, columns, and trends are restricted to E&P subscribers.

About Pressmart
Pressmart ( www.pressmart.net ) is a New Media Delivery Partner of leading newspapers and magazines, delivering same-as-print content on multiple distribution channels including the Web (as a print-replica ePaper edition), Mobile, RSS, Podcasts, Blogs, Social Networking Sites, Article Directories, Search Engines and eArchives. Pressmart has digitized over 400 years’ worth of newspapers, magazines and journals.

Media Contacts:
E&P: Chas McKeown – (646) 654-5120
Pressmart: Myles M. Fuchs – (949) 395-7560

Pressmart Media Limited will be showcasing its widely adopted New Media Digital Publishing and Archival Solution for Newspapers and Magazines at WAN Info Service Expo, Goteborg (Sweden) between 1 & 4th June, 2008 (Booth #H:30).

Pressmart is a New Media Delivery Partner of leading newspapers and magazines published in over 20 languages across 34 countries and offer a 360 degree service (right from conversion to monetization) to publications. Pressmart takes over where the pre-press ends and delivers the electronic edition on multiple distribution channels including web (as a print-replica ePaper edition), Mobile, RSS, Podcasts, Blogs, Social Networking Sites, Article Directories, Search Engines, etc.

Pressmart seamlessly integrates the current eEdition with historic news-pages. We have converted over 400 years of historic news pages of our publishing customers into an eArchival format. Historic publications stored on print, microfilm, microfiche or any other physical media can be converted into digital medium thru’ Pressmart eArchival solution.

Interactive demos of Pressmart New Media solution can be accessed at www.pressmart.net/demo

We look forward to meet you at the event. Please feel free to contact should you have any doubts or seek any clarifications.

Our annual 2008 conference will be at the beautiful Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, June 22-24, 2008. We will again be holding our conference with the Periodical and Book Association of America, with enhanced oppportunities to network. In total there will be over 500 attendees and over 100 one-on-one opportunities.

As always, there will be lots of educational sessions, networking and social events. Please be sure to register before May 9 to take advantage of the early bird discount.

Pressmart Media LTD, a worldwide new media delivery partner of magazines and newspapers and Curtis Circulation Company, the leading national distributor of magazines with retail sales exceeding $1.5 billion, today announced a new digital sales, distribution and marketing service for magazine publishers.

Robert A. Castardi, President of Curtis Circulation Co. said, “This is the launch of a significant and very exciting service for Curtis. We are confident that Pressmart’s technology will create an entirely new and innovative sales, marketing and distribution channel for our publishing clients. The development and launch of iMags confirms our position as the leader in forward-thinking sales building programs, which reinforce our commitment to each Curtis client publisher.”

“We surveyed the digital edition arena and Pressmart stood out among the field as the industry leader, having developed the widest choice in distribution platforms among its competitors,” Castardi said. “With the added benefits from Pressmart’s e-Publishing solutions, we have gone one more step forward in creating exciting new ways of meeting the needs of our publishers both locally and globally.”

“We could not be more delighted by Curtis’ choice of technology partners with which to launch the iMags digital edition solution,” Myles M. Fuchs, Pressmart Media President, commented. “Increasingly, publishers are seeking to implement and deliver innovative digital publishing solutions for their readers and the Pressmart new media delivery solution represents a value-based approach for magazine publishers, built on a reliable technology that is both publisher and reader friendly.”

Commenting on Pressmart’s growing recognition in the global e-publishing market, CEO of Pressmart Media, Sanjeev Gupta, said, “Pressmart’s new media delivery technology is designed to deliver lasting business value to its customer, backed by constant innovation and customizations. Our performance is testified by some of the world’s most respected publishers who continue to expand their relationships with Pressmart.”

About Curtis Circulation Company

Curtis Circulation Company (www.curtiscirc.com), a worldwide periodicals distributor, represents many leading and prestigious magazine publishers that account for approximately $1.5 billion in annual single copy sales. Curtis is 90% owned by the Lagardere Company (www.lagardere.com/US) a multi-based company with extensive interest in media properties, book and magazine publishing, magazine distribution and retailing around the world.

Media Contact:
Pressmart Media Ltd.
Myles Fuchs, 212-351-5090 Myles@Pressmart.net

Pressmart Media LTD, a new media delivery partner of worldwide newspapers and magazines today announced that Baltimore-based citybizlist.com and citybiz magazine will deploy its e-Publishing solution.

The digital citybiz magazine, a spin-off of the local business news site www.citybizlist.com, will profile investors and dealmakers that are helping to transform the business landscape in Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia. Drawing upon the new Knowledge Map database, which diagrams in depth the inter-relationships of dealmakers and investors, the magazine will analyze key players in the context of their business network reflected in transactions and relationship history.

Edwin Warfield, Publisher of citybizlist.com and citybiz magazine said, “This is a significant product initiative for us. We are confident that Pressmart’s technology will create an entirely new and refreshing experience for our consumers across our 5 markets.”

“The process of working with Pressmart Media has been excellent,” Warfield said. “We got exactly what we have been looking for, even with very challenging project deadlines we put forth to Pressmart. With the added benefits from Pressmart e-Publishing solution we have gone one more step forward in creating exciting new ways of meeting the needs of readers locally and globally.”

“At Pressmart we are always focused on delivering the best technology solutions to our customers,” Myles M. Fuchs President, commented. “Increasingly, publishers are seeking to implement and deliver innovative e-publishing solutions for their demanding online readers and the Pressmart new media delivery solution represents a value-based approach for online newspaper and magazine publishers, built on a reliable technology that is both publisher and reader friendly.”

Commenting on Pressmart’s growing recognition in the global e-publishing market, CEO of Pressmart Media, Sanjeev Gupta, said, “Pressmart’s new media delivery technology is designed to deliver lasting business value to its customer, backed by constant innovation and customizations. Our performance is testified by some of the world’s most respected publishers who continue to expand their relationships with Pressmart.”

To meet the changing media habits and preferences of consumers, The San Diego Union-Tribune is further evolving into a dynamic multimedia company by introducing an electronic edition of its newspaper.

Available at eedition.uniontrib.com and via a link on SignOnSanDiego.com’s Homepage, the electronic edition contains the same editorial content and advertising in the exact layout as the print edition.

“Our electronic edition pairs the convenience of online content with the familiar feel and design of a hard-copy newspaper,” said Jeanne Driscoll, sales channel and business development manager. “This new feature reflects the fact that we are continually looking for new ways to deliver information to consumers when and how they want the news.”

The Union-Tribune has partnered with Pressmart Media Ltd., a global leader in online publishing services, to create its electronic edition. Pressmart provides advanced solutions for publishing electronic editions of newspapers, magazines and other published materials using multiple distribution channels.

“We are extremely excited to have been chosen by the Union-Tribune to be their eEdition partner. San Diego had a choice of partners and they chose Pressmart Media due to our continued commitment to provide unique, state-of-the industry publisher solutions,” commented Myles M. Fuchs, president, Pressmart Media Limited.

With the Union-Tribune’s electronic edition, readers can search full articles, advertisements and photographs. There are approximately 147 newspapers in the United States with a paid electronic edition. The launch of the Union-Tribune’s electronic edition was accelerated to reach readers throughout the county during the October wildfires. A seven-day subscription of the electronic edition is now available.

In addition to its print newspaper and electronic edition, the Union-Tribune will continue to update SignOnSanDiego.com with the latest breaking news 24 hours a day, seven days a week and support stories with multimedia reports — including video and audio — online forums, blogs and more.

Pressmart Media Ltd. announced today that Metroland West Media Group, a division of Metroland Media Group, publisher of over 100 community newspapers, magazines and specialty publications, Ontario’s largest and most successful community newspaper publisher, a division of Torstar Corporation (Toronto Stock Exchange: TS.B), has signed an agreement appointing Pressmart Media Ltd., service provider for conversion and hosting of its Digital Editions.

Pressmart will co-develop, host and electronically deliver the print-replica Digital Editions of Metroland West Media Groups’ newspapers, magazines and specialty shoppers on its New Media Delivery Platform™. Offering Web 2.0 features that include Blogs, Podcasts, RSS feeds, and Social Media integration, the Digital Editions will be delivered across multiple distribution channels. Distinct from web-based versions of newspapers, the Digital Editions will be actual replicas of the print editions.

“Metroland selected the Pressmart eEdition system because of its ease of use and its unique functionality and the responsiveness and flexibility of its support and development teams,” said Metroland West Media Group’s Director of Interactive Media, Bill Rasmussen. “This new media digital distribution channel will include Digital Editions, Mobile Editions and Audio Editions for Podcasts. It will allow us to offer new and current print subscribers a convenient same-day, same-as-print Digital Edition delivered to their laptops, PC’s, or Web enabled hand-held devices.”

“We are extremely excited to have been chosen by Metroland West Media Group to be their Digital Edition partner. From Metroland West Media Group’s range of options, they chose Pressmart Media Ltd. due to our continued commitment to providing unique, state-of-the industry publisher solutions,” commented Myles M. Fuchs, President NA, Pressmart Media Limited.

“Pressmart’s “ePaper” solution is the industry’s most advanced solution for publishing the digital editions of newspapers, magazines or any other periodical or publication on the web. Pressmart also has one of the industries most sophisticated and advanced library digitization service supported by its large global delivery team and proprietary digitization technology,” commented Fuchs.

“Pressmart’s “ePaper” solution is the industry’s most advanced solution for publishing the digital editions of newspapers, magazines or any other periodical or publication on the web. Pressmart also has one of the industries most sophisticated and advanced library digitization service supported by its large global delivery team and proprietary digitization technology,” commented Fuchs.

Media Contact, Pressmart: Myles M. Fuchs, 212-351-5090
Media Contact, Metroland Media Group: Bill Rasmussen, 905-330-7629

National Newspaper Association (www.nna.org) today signed an agreement with Pressmart Media Ltd. (www.pressmart.net) to provide a digital, same-as-print electronic edition of their monthly association newspaper Publishers’ Auxiliary.

In a joint statement, NNA Executive Director Brian Steffens said “the Pressmart solution will provide our 2,700 member community newspapers access to Publisher’s Auxiliary on multiple digital distribution channels including eEditions; Podcasts; Mobile devices and eArchives.”

“We are very excited by NNA’s choice of Pressmart as their new media delivery partner for Publishers’ Auxiliary, the oldest newspaper serving the newspaper industry,” commented Myles M. Fuchs, President of Pressmart Media Ltd.

Media Contacts:
NNA: Brian Steffens - (573) 882-4021
Pressmart: Myles M. Fuchs – (949) 395-7560

Pressmart Media Ltd. Today announced that The Philadelphia Inquirer has signed an agreement appointing Pressmart Media Ltd. to power its electronic edition. Pressmart will co-develop, host and electronically deliver the print-replica eEdition of The Philadelphia Inquirer on its New Media Delivery Platformâ„¢. Offering Web 2.0 features that include Blogs, Podcast, RSS, and Social Media integration, the electronic edition will be delivered on multiple distribution channels to individuals, enterprises and academic institutions. Distinctive from web-based versions of newspapers, the eEdition will be actual replica of the print edition and will be available at a regular subscription rate for current and potential Inquirer subscribers. The electronic edition is scheduled to go live on January 7th, 2008.

“The Inquirer selected the Pressmart eEdition system because of its ease of use and its unique functionality,” said Inquirer Publisher Brian Tierney. “This new media digital distribution channel includes eEditions, Mobile Editions, and Audio Editions for Podcasts. We can now offer our current print subscribers as well as new subscribers a convenient same-day, same-as-print eEdition delivered to their laptops or PC’s.”

“We are extremely excited to have been chosen by The Philadelphia Inquirer to be their eEdition partner. Philadelphia had a choice of partners and they chose Pressmart Media Ltd. due to our continued commitment to provide unique, state-of-the industry publisher solutions,” commented Myles M. Fuchs, President NA, Pressmart Media Limited.

Pressmart’s “ePaper” solution is the industry’s most advanced solution for publishing the electronic edition of daily newspapers, magazines or any other periodical or publication on the web. Pressmart also has one of the industry’s most sophisticated and advanced library digitization service supported by its large global delivery team and proprietary digitization technology

To address the growing worldwide demand for its products and services, Pressmart, (www.pressmart.net) a New Media Delivery Partner for leading newspapers and magazines published in over 15 languages across 21 countries, today announced the appointment of Myles M Fuchs, as President, NA, to expand company’s presence in the North American publishing market. In this newly created position, Myles will be responsible for driving the sales and marketing efforts for all Pressmart products in the American and Canadian markets

“Myles brings to this position a wealth of significant sales and marketing experience that will further strengthen Pressmart’s position as the dominant e-paper and library digitization service provider on a global scale,” said Sanjeev Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of Pressmart. “We are confident Myles will successfully lead the North American team as we expand our business in the NA market.”

“This is an exciting time to join Pressmart, which is emerging as a major player in the high-growth e-paper and the lucrative library digitization market, and continues to multiply its customer base worldwide,” Myles said. “My primary objective will be to fuel this growth in the US and Canadian publishing markets for the Pressmart product line.”

Pressmart partners with more than 120 publishing clients around the world, including the Trinity Mirror (UK), CNBC European Magazine (UK), Hammerville Magazines (UK), Business Weekly (UK), World Association of Newspapers, IKEA, Hindustan Times and Mint (Exclusive Partner - The Wall Street Journal).

In his previous position, as Senior Vice President, NewsStand, Inc., an early developer and provider of software and solutions for processing and marketing of exact-as-print, digital editions of newspapers & magazines, Myles was responsible for the development and implementation of the company-wide sales strategy leading to a 300% increase in sales.

Pressmart has digitized over 400 years’ worth of newspapers, magazines and journals. Pressmart’s “ePaper” solution is considered as the industry’s most advanced solution for publishing the electronic edition of daily newspapers, magazines or any other periodical or publication on the web.

Pressmart is a subsidiary of Bodhtree Consulting Limited. Bodhtree is ISO certified and has a presence in India, USA and SE Asian countries.