MD&JA 2008: call for entries

Entries are being invited for the Magazine Design & Journalism Awards 2008, organised by Press Gazette. This is just about the only event of its kind that acknowledges the work of sub-editors (albeit all lumped together in a single team award) alongside the scores of accolades on offer for writers, photographers and designers.

Press Gazette will relaunch as a monthly

The UK’s only news-stand magazine for journalists, Press Gazette, has published its last weekly edition, with a cover date of Friday 15 August 2008. A letter from Tony Loynes, the editor-in-chief, has been sent to all subscribers

Badia OpenNow Pro 4.0

Badia Software has released version 4.0 of OpenNow Pro, its picture usage XTension for QuarkXPress. As well as presenting a refreshed interface, this latest release is designed to work with QuarkXPress 8.

Roll up your e-newspaper by 2015

A concept design by Mayo Nissen for The Guardian newspaper in the UK puts the publication on a flexible-medium e-reader shaped in a roll.

Quark relaunches online support

Quark’s online support has undergone a major reconstruction, now featuring more powerful help and solutions interfaces at the company’s website. In addition to the existing free support pages, Quark has set up a ‘virtual knowledge base’, comprising a public search form for its help database and a self-service portal for registered users.