Printing Industry Commentary & Analysis

What's Happened with Industry Mentoring?

Published May 16, 2007

The Fed Remains a Bystander, The Paper Tariff Issue

Published May 14, 2007

The Trade Surplus in Print is Back

Published May 14, 2007

Fed Decides that Doing Nothing is Just Right

Published May 9, 2007

Mixed Messages; Preview of April Printing Shipments

Published May 7, 2007

More on Newspapers and Whether or Not They

Published May 7, 2007

The Economy, Printing Shipments, Tax Freedom Day, and Newspapers on the Web

Published May 7, 2007

Postal Weight Rate of Change

Published May 7, 2007

Yet More Mis-Reported Employment News

Published May 6, 2007

March Printing Shipments Up +$319 million, +4.2%

Published May 2, 2007

The Economy...Zzzzz, The Halo Effect, 30 Days Notice

Published April 30, 2007

Federal Reserve Capacity Utilization

Published April 30, 2007

Q1-2007 GDP +1.3% and Other Economic Meanderings

Published April 27, 2007

Printing Industry Shipments and Profits

Published April 23, 2007

A Perspective on the Paper Tariff

Published April 20, 2007

Current Dollar and Inflation Adjusted Shipments per Employee

Published April 16, 2007

Printing Profits Up

Published April 13, 2007

More Protectionist Efforts Underway

Published April 9, 2007

Economy Looks Great? Experiment Time, Printing Shipments, and Information Explosion

Published April 9, 2007

Economy Looks Great? Experiment Time, Printing Shipments, and Information Explosion

Published April 9, 2007

Readjusting The Workforce

Published April 9, 2007

February Printing Shipments Up +1.8%

Published April 4, 2007

Magazine Circulation vs. Number of Titles

Published April 2, 2007

Best of Dr. Joe Webb: Rational Printers and Bad Salesmanship?

Published April 2, 2007

Google's April Fools Post Says More than Its Obvious Amusing Intent

Published April 1, 2007

Paper Tariff Bad for Printers, Bad for Their Customers, Bad for the Economy

Published March 31, 2007

Fed Stands Pat, Industry Capital Expenditures, Simultaneous Media, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and March 31

Published March 26, 2007

Major Printer 4th Quarter Net Sales Change

Published March 26, 2007

ad:tech, Again, Without Us

Published March 22, 2007

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged --- Yawwwwwn!

Published March 21, 2007

Publishing and Advertising Revenues

Published March 19, 2007

Do Not Mail: Are Legislative Efforts Really Necessary?

Published March 19, 2007

The Sky is Not Falling

Published March 15, 2007

Do Not Mail Law Proposed in Many States

Published March 12, 2007

Decoding Greenspan, Postal Reform Landmines

Published March 12, 2007

Printing Production Workers

Published March 12, 2007

Employment Report Not as Rosy as the Business Press Says

Published March 9, 2007

Dr. Joe Speaks at IBSA Conference

Published March 8, 2007

January 2007 Printing Shipments +$343 million

Published March 6, 2007

January 2007 Printing Shipments +$343 million

Published March 6, 2007

Today's Notes

Published March 6, 2007

PrintForecast Sold to WhatTheyThink.com

Published March 5, 2007

An Interesting Two Weeks, GDP in Print

Published March 5, 2007

The Cost-Cutting Hero Not So Heroic?

Published February 26, 2007

Better Marketing Through Common Sense, Economic Roundup

Published February 12, 2007

Economic Roundup and Is Personalization Cracking the Foundations of Society?

Published February 5, 2007

U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Up 8 Consecutive Months

Published February 2, 2007

GDP up +3.5% in Q4-2006

Published January 31, 2007

Headline Malpractice

Published January 30, 2007

The ABC’s of Forecasting

Published January 29, 2007

Economic Update, iPhone, Consolidation Issues, and Road Warrior

Published January 22, 2007

Economic Roundup, Optimized Businesses, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Deficits are Good?

Published January 15, 2007

Printing Shipments, Economic Roundup, Taking Stock of the Industry, and What's Happening in the Creative Markets

Published January 8, 2007

Economic Roundup, Printing Profits, Postal Reform, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published December 18, 2006

From Manufacturing to Service to Value-Added: What Matters, What Doesn't

Published December 11, 2006

Newspapers Indicate Media Shifts and Create Strange Bedfellows,

Published December 4, 2006

Death of Milton Friedman, Economic Roundup, and A $100 Laptop

Published November 20, 2006

Economic Roundup, What Industries Are Growing?, Print Is Cheap

Published November 13, 2006

Do We Really Need Graphic Communications Education?

Published November 6, 2006

Economic Roundup, Money in Despair, E-Paper: For Real!, Small is Beautiful, and Dear Dr. Joe

Published October 30, 2006

FREE: Economic Roundup, Printing's Strong August, Keys to Print Business Success?

Published October 9, 2006

Dr. Joe at Graph Expo, Part 2: “ Print Can Be a Legitimate Spinoff from the Web”

Published October 2, 2006

"Print Can Be a Legitimate Spinoff from the Web", Let's Reinforce the Benefits of Print, What Should We Do?, and Mondays

Published September 25, 2006

Sideways Print Profits, Letters to Dr. Joe, Stock Buyback Question, Industry Blogs, and Joe's

Published September 15, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Shipments Up (Again!), Heidelberg Comments on Joe's Blog

Published September 8, 2006

Industry Pricing

Published August 25, 2006

Economic Roundup, Econospinning, and Why Disaster Planning Is So Important

Published August 18, 2006

Economic Roundup, Postal Service Data, and Industry Employment

Published August 11, 2006

Economic Roundup, and Dr. Joe's Siggraph Adventure

Published August 4, 2006

Economic Roundup, and Dr.Joe's Inbox

Published July 28, 2006

Economic Roundup, Forecasting Difficulty, and Dr.Joe's Inbox

Published July 21, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Shipments, Number of Printers, Tail Wagging, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published July 14, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Profits, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Dr. Joe's Outbox

Published June 23, 2006

Twenty-five Years, Ask Dr. Joe

Published June 16, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Shipments, Q3 Webinar

Published June 9, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Shipments and GDP, Q3 Webinar

Published June 2, 2006

Planning Often Gets in the Way of Running Business Well, Rumor Mill on Press Mfg. Consolidation

Published May 19, 2006

Economic Roundup, Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published May 5, 2006

Price and Demand, Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published April 28, 2006

Economic Roundup, Delivering Deliverability, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published April 21, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Shipments and Profit, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Road Warrior

Published April 7, 2006

Economic Roundup, Print and New Media, Hasbro Toying with Print, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and New Perspective on VDP

Published March 31, 2006

Why Industry Profits Will be Tough to Come By

Published March 24, 2006

Economic Roundup, E-Commerce and Print, Knight Ridder/McClatchy Deal, Dr. Joe's Inbox, and Road Warrior

Published March 17, 2006

Economic Roundup, January Printing Shipments, UK Industry Plan, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published March 10, 2006

Economic Roundup, Newspaper's Tough Transition, Ad Growth and Media Shift, Printed Electronics, and Beware Misleading Reporting

Published March 3, 2006

Economic Roundup, Less Important Needs, Dr. Joe's Inbox, Industry blogs, and Road Warrior

Published February 17, 2006

Syndicate, Economic Roundup, Xerox Down and Up, Questions for Dr. Joe, Road Warrior

Published February 10, 2006

"Profits Must Be a Bad Thing" - The Business Media's Economic Filter

Published February 3, 2006

Economic Roundup, GM, Ten Trends to Watch, and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published January 27, 2006

Economic Roundup and Dr. Joe's Inbox

Published January 20, 2006

Economic Wrapup, B2B Marketers in 2006, What Bubble?, and What's Happening in Newspapers

Published January 13, 2006

Economic Roundup, Looking Ahead, and Printing Shipments

Published January 9, 2006

Economic Roundup, Printing Profits Disappoint, and Postal Rate Obsession

Published December 16, 2005

Economic Roundup, Throwing Out The Old Measuring Sticks

Published December 9, 2005

Economic Roundup, Printforecast.com, and Dr. Joe in Toronto

Published December 2, 2005

11.18.05 - Economic Roundup, Industry Profits, Profit Challengers, Offline Media, and Digital Magazine Growth

Published November 18, 2005

Economic Roundup, Periodic Shipments, Dr. Joe's Inbox, Road Warrior, and Veterans Day

Published November 11, 2005

Economic Roundup, Dr. Joe’s Inbox

Published November 4, 2005

Economic Roundup, E-brochures: Where Are the Printers?, Dr. Joe’s Inbox

Published October 28, 2005

Articles by Dr. Joe Webb