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Odds and Ends as We Close Out 2008 Free Content - 12/17/2008

Answers to December 10th's Webinar Questions Free Content - 12/10/2008

Renewing the Printing Industry... In Print! Free Content - 12/03/2008

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Dr. Joe Sightings

PIASC Graphics Night, “The Future of Print with Dr. Joe Webb,” Thursday, February 12, 2009, Printing Industries Association of Southern California, at The California Club, 538 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA; reception at 5:00 p.m., dinner and presentation at 6:30 p.m.

“Strategies for Beating the Economic Heat,” Tuesday, March 31, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, On Demand Conference & Exposition, Philadelphia.

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 Premium Columns from Dr. Joe Webb

Does “Marketing Services” Make a Difference? - 12/15/2008

Recessions and Technological Change - 12/08/2008

Free: Twenty-five Years - 12/01/2008

Trudging Through the Economic Swampland - 11/24/2008


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 Reports for Sale
Post-Drupa Technology Forecast for Print to 2018 - 12/16/2008

Global & North American Print Production Workflow Software Market Forecast: 2007 – 2012 - 12/15/2008

Wide-Format Printing: The Competitive Landscape - 12/10/2008

2008 U.S. Commercial Printing Profits Slide; Pressures to Consolidate Grows - 12/09/2008

Monthly U.S. Printing Shipments - October 2008 - 12/04/2008

The Ultimate Guide to Web-to-Print Solutions - 12/03/2008

Service Provider Market Pricing Study; Second Edition - 11/17/2008

Print and Creative Forecast 2009 - 11/10/2008

Document Composition Market Study; Third Edition - 10/15/2008

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- Do We Really Need Graphic Communications Education? By Dr. Webb

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Repositioning the Print Industry by Dr. Webb - Also see Part Two

- Global internet trends

- Internet and Multimedia 2006: On-Demand Media Explodes

- Europe in figures - Eurostat Yearbook 2005

- Morgan Stanley Internet Advertising Report

- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More

- What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds

- China's printing industry

- "Age of Engagement" presentation

- Index of Economic Freedom profiles of more than 150 countries and doing business there



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