Printing Industry Commentary & Analysis

Economic Overview, Printing Shipments, New Media, Offshore by a Bit, The "Syndicate"

Published May 6, 2005

Economic Round-Up, Printing Profits, Call to Action, Important Articles

Published April 29, 2005

Printing Profits, Magazine Circulation, Broadband, Using Census Data, and Questioning Dr. Joe

Published April 15, 2005

Economic Roundup, Questioning Dr. Joe, Commercials, 1:1 Marketing, and Road Warrior

Published April 8, 2005

Upcoming Webinar, Questioning The Numbers

Published March 18, 2005

Economic Roundup, Small Business Decline?

Published March 11, 2005

Blogosphere, Rodney Dangerfield Economy, Changes in Media Mix, Credible Edibles, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published March 4, 2005

Economic Roundup, Budget Fun & Games, The Sappi Campaign

Published February 18, 2005

Economic Roundup, Amazing Cluttered Inbox, Fear of Technology, Index of Economic Freedom

Published February 11, 2005

Economic Roundup, Understanding Your Own Personality, and a Billion Here, a Billion There

Published February 4, 2005

Economic Roundup, Young Whippersnapper, and Running out of Capacity

Published January 28, 2005

Economic Roundup, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Index of Economic Freedom

Published January 21, 2005

Mixed Employment Report, Ancillary Services, Myths, Road Warrier, and More...

Published January 14, 2005

Economic Roundup, The Stealth Boom, Ask Exactly What is Measured, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published January 7, 2005

Disappointing Q3 Printer Profits, Mixing Up Top and Bottom, GAMIS Thanks

Published December 17, 2004

Economy Strong, Small Biz Trend, ISM, Dr. Joe's Inbox Clutter, and Road Warrior

Published December 10, 2004

Economic Roundup and Important Articles

Published December 3, 2004

Expectations for 2005, Content Surpasses Communication Online, Capital Expenditures, and Next Round of Consolidation

Published November 19, 2004

Economic Roundup, Standing Up For Ourselves, Dr. Joe's Inbox, Road Warror Tips, and Sightings

Published November 12, 2004

Economic Roundup, Effectiveness of Print, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Sightings

Published November 5, 2004

FREE: Economic Roundup, Dr. Joe's Inbox, Road Warrior, and Sightings

Published October 29, 2004

FREE: Dynamic Inertia, Economic Insight, Alan Greenspan, and Ask Dr. Joe

Published October 22, 2004

Economic Roundup, Top 300 Mags, Advertising, Bits and Bytes, and Magazine Market Changes

Published September 24, 2004

Print Profits Up, China Syndrome, CIA World Factbook, Magazine Market Changes, and Road Warrior

Published September 17, 2004

Economic Round-Up, Bad Economic Reporting, The Forecasting Game, and Upcoming Webinar

Published August 20, 2004

Economic Round-Up, Sage Advice, Joe's Siggraph Adventure, Upcoming Webinar

Published August 13, 2004

Economic News, Another Sign of Economy Growth, A Paper Company Discovers Print, "Pursuing Other Interests, and China-Phobia

Published July 30, 2004

Economic Round-up and MacWorld

Published July 23, 2004

A Hard Question and The Decline of Mass Marketing

Published July 16, 2004

Economic Roundup, Quick Takes, Road Warrier Stuff, and Digitally Savvy Musician

Published July 9, 2004

Webinar, NYU Prism Luncheon Thoughts, Magazine Handbook, Summer Reading, and Questioning Dr. Joe

Published June 25, 2004

Economic Roundup, Deficit Not So Big, Outsourcing Overblown?, New Webinar

Published June 18, 2004

Economic Roundup, Printing Profitability, Technologies of the Past, Odds & Ends, and Advertising News

Published June 11, 2004

FREE: Economic Roundup, Economic Media Bias?, News Holiday, and Upcoming Webinar

Published June 4, 2004

Special Economic Roundup, CMOs, Reading Material, and Commercials That Hit The Mark

Published May 28, 2004

Special Economic Roundup, Fed up with the Fed?, and Maintaining Profitability

Published May 21, 2004

FREE: Economic Roundup, Outsourcing Good and Bad, China and the 'net, Interactive Marketing, and Random Road Warrior Thoughts

Published April 30, 2004

FREE: Economic Roundup, Entrepreneurship, Role of e-Mail in Customer Retention, Mario Brothers, and Gateway

Published April 23, 2004

Economic Roundup, Updated Net New Business, Complaints About Financing, and Questioning Dr. Joe

Published April 9, 2004

Economic Roundup, Dr Joe Roasts Vinocur, Font Bureaucracy, E-Commerce, and Shopping Habits

Published April 2, 2004

Economic Roundup, Inside the Media Business, ROI Obsession, Advertising, And More

Published March 26, 2004

Economic Roundup, Capacity Utilization Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be, Next Week and Dr. Joe Sightings

Published March 12, 2004

Economic Roundup, Small Business Regulatory Costs, Magazine Circulation Numbers Tumble, More on Media Mix, Cocal Cola, and Email's Role in Retail Purchases

Published February 27, 2004

Economic Roundup, Capital Expenditures, Short-term Orientation, Media Mix ROI, and P&G Reiterates Need for ROI

Published February 13, 2004

Economic Roundup, More Economic Notes, Print's ROI, and Ordering Out for Chinese

Published February 6, 2004

Advertising Forecast, Catalog Titles on the Rise, Big Brother Stopping Us from Making More "Money", and The Business of Politics

Published January 30, 2004

Economic Roundup, Why People Read Mags, Buying or Not Buying Presses

Published January 23, 2004

Economic Roundup, CEO Confidence, Index of Economic Freedom, Media Mix, Software Notes

Published January 16, 2004

Economic Roundup, Industry Profit Trends, Vetting Print: Stand Up and Fight!, Linux Adventure

Published January 9, 2004

Economic Roundup, Adobe Acrobatics? Anti-Spam and Telemarketing and Print, Windows Alternatives

Published December 19, 2003

Economic Roundup, Freedom of Association, Surf Everywhere, Memorable Marketing, Q&A, Software Tips

Published December 12, 2003

Economic Round-Up, One for the Books, PowerPoint Comments

Published December 5, 2003

Blame Game, Despair.com, Important Perspective About Trade Deficits, Software Tips

Published November 21, 2003

Donnelley/Moore-Wallace, Variable Data Results?, Whining and Dining, Tools

Published November 14, 2003

Economic Round-Up, Factory Orders, Productivity, Tribute to Bryon Ramseyer

Published November 7, 2003

GDP up 7.2%, CEOs Online, Publisher Results, Print’s Tenure Track, Advertising - What CEO's Think

Published October 31, 2003

Economic Roundup, Worldwide Mfg, Media Mix, Road Warrior, Software Tips

Published October 24, 2003

TV Ads Don't Sell Cars, Media Mix, Customer Retention, e-Paper

Published October 17, 2003

FREE: Economy - Good news, bad news, World Bank Report, Ride it, don't fight it

Published October 10, 2003

Magazine Frequency, Clipping Coupons, Note to the NYSE, PR Translation Services

Published September 26, 2003

Forcasting Tips, Creo's Plate Plan, Sticking to your knitting

Published September 19, 2003

Low Down on Low Tech, Personalizationally Speaking, Adobe Performance, Sales Territory and 9/11

Published September 12, 2003

Does Print Track with Ad Pages? Hiring on the Horizon, GDP Analysis

Published September 5, 2003

Between the Lines of GDP and Corporate Profits, The "BIG Idea"

Published August 29, 2003

Blaming Drupa?, The Digital Publication Trend, Uncontrollable Personalization

Published August 22, 2003

The Wired Generation, Why Buy the Cow, Words Don't Matter?, Top Business Web Sites

Published August 15, 2003

Economic Roundup, Dr. Joe Goes to Siggraph

Published August 8, 2003

Is Digital Displacing Offset?, Acrobat Alternatives, Moving from "Mainstream" to Affordable and Functional Software

Published August 1, 2003

Economic picture getting better, Balancing Consensus and Leadership

Published July 25, 2003

The Recession Ended in 2001?? and Questioning Dr. Joe about Heidelberg

Published July 18, 2003

Dr. Joe Webb: The Software Licensing Conundrum

Published July 18, 2003

Future of Magazines, Downsizing, Dr. Doom, Heidelberg, Economic Roundup

Published July 11, 2003

Trade Show Value, Fed (T)eases, Capital Spending’s Relation to Productivity, Ad Data

Published June 27, 2003

Non-print 1:1, Print and Broadband, Googling, Overcapacity Question, Acrobat 6.0 Review

Published June 20, 2003

Part 2: Understanding Overcapacity... or the Lack Thereof

Published June 16, 2003

Part 1: Understanding Overcapacity, or the Lack Thereof

Published June 13, 2003

FCC ruling good for cross-media, "Business as usual", The truth about Print on Demand

Published June 6, 2003

25 Years Ago at Agfa, Medium-sized Dealers, Economic Update

Published May 30, 2003

Which Index Should You Watch?, Smaller Dealers Disappearing?, Economic Roundup

Published May 23, 2003

Over Reliance on Sales Commission, Management by Slogans & a Conspiracy Theory

Published May 16, 2003

The "State of Printing", Fed rates, Manufacturing activity, Capital expenditures, Sales per employee

Published May 9, 2003

Greenspan, Productivity, Total Number of Printers, Capital Spending by Printers, "7-70 Rule"

Published May 2, 2003

Cost-Cutting Hero May Not Be So Heroic, Economic Roundup, Consolidated Graphics, Size of the Industry

Published April 25, 2003

Economic News, Vertis' Internet study, Magazine upturn?, Convincing print buyers

Published April 18, 2003

FREE Special: Can Printers Really Be In the Communications Business?

Published April 11, 2003

Surviving The Economic News, ISM Stats, Feb Factory Orders, Prosper In Tough Times

Published April 4, 2003

The "Fog of War", Congress and the Tax Plan, Consolidated Graphics, Corel Up for Sale

Published March 28, 2003

Economic Indicators, Quebecor Shakeup, CFO Dealings, Tardy Managers, Cool Tools

Published March 21, 2003

What the Ad Stats DID NOT Say, CEO as Spokesperson, Geek Product

Published March 14, 2003

Kinko’s & ImageX, Economic News, IT Publishers and Apple

Published March 7, 2003

Consumer Confidence, Ad Spending, Newspapers, Durable Goods

Published February 28, 2003

Printcafe, Print Buyers, Ad Revenues, Economic Front, Bowne

Published February 21, 2003

Printcafe, Seasonality is Changing, Retail Sales, New Media

Published February 14, 2003

Fridays with Dr. Joe: Quebecor, PIA, Manufacturing, Labor Stats

Published February 7, 2003

Beware the E-Magazine (a special report)

Published February 4, 2003

Fed Interest Rates, Q4 GDP, PIA Projections, Beware the E-Magazine

Published January 31, 2003

DJW Quick Take: Is the PIA’s Outlook Too Rosy?

Published January 28, 2003

Bidding War for Printcafe, Forms Giants Plan Merger, More

Published January 24, 2003

DJW Quick Take: Moore-Wallace Merger

Published January 20, 2003

AOL Time Warner, Virtual JC Penney, Retail Sales, Mfg Activity, Paper Consumption

Published January 17, 2003

Articles by Dr. Joe Webb