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Kevin Slimp is a favorite speaker and trainer in the publishing world. He can be reached at kevin@kevinslimp.com.
Current Newsletter
End is Near ...Or Is It?
Is The Times-Picayune On It's Last Leg?
I'll bet you can guess the answers to these questions. And while we're at it, let's make those photos look better.
60 Misses, er Minutes, Pronounces Death of Newspapers
I’m listening to this interview for the fourth time as I write. And for the life of me, I still haven’t heard him answer the question. He gave what sounded to me like a “packaged” response, the kind I might have written years ago.
It reminded me so much of my son, when I asked where his iPod was, knowing full well it had been lost. He told me all about the possible places an iPod could be, without coming out and telling me he’d lost it a few days earlier.
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BREAKING NEWS! Print is KING for the next 10,000 years, MINIMUM!
Digital circ for U.S. papers soars
Soars. Hmm.
Even more new tools in Adobe Creative Suite 6
Here are even more new tools in Create Suite 6.
Kevin Answers Questions From Readers
From Sherry in Tennessee
Is there a way to convert RGB to CMYK in a PDF file without having to open each pic individually in Photoshop?
No need to thank me. But 23 of the largest weekly papers in America are still in business today
"One who assumes financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure. To insure against losses."
Why JCPenney and Newhouse have a lot in common
In the constantly evolving world of communication, of which we are a major player, we are bombarded daily with the idea that we’re missing something. There must be some golden key out there which will unlock the door to future success. Without that key, we fear, we are doomed to failure.
JCPenney thought they’d found that key a year ago when they hired former Apple exec Ron Johnson as their CEO.
Adobe Creative Suite 6: My Favorite Features
OK, here it is, in no particular order. My favorite new features in Adobe Creative Suite 6. We’ll stick with the applications most used by those of us in the trenches.
Do as I say. Not as I do. More backup fun.
That’s right. On July 2, two days before my country’s Independence celebration, my five year old iMac began to crawl.
Here's what happened next ...
Kevin Reviews InDesign CS6
With new versions of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and more, newspaper designers and publishers are asking, “Is it time to upgrade?”
Now it's time to read what Kevin has to say.
Slimp rebuts story on 60 Minutes
“No,” was my immediate response.
“They’re saying the newspaper industry is dead. I thought you’d want to know.”
Who'd have thunk it? Optimism creeps back into newspaper industry.
In New York, I received spontaneous applause when I told the audience to “quit running their newspapers as if all their business is coming from mobile” when most of their profits are coming from print.




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