Britney Spears done writing drama-filled memoir, so what’s the hold up? (pagesix.com)

Two Sides North America (TSNA) President Kathi Rowzie announced that Jules Van Sant and Jill Crossley have joined the TSNA leadership team as Executive Director and Director of Operations, respectively. “I am thrilled to welcome these two outstanding professionals to help lead Two Sides North America into the future,” Rowzie said. “As we continue to grow, Jules and Jill bring a wealth of sustainability knowledge and industry experience that will add value to everything we do for our members and will make us even more effective in eliminating anti-paper greenwashing and telling the great sustainability story of print, paper and paper-based packaging.”

The UK and the USA may be two countries “divided by a common language” but as far as media is concerned, the figures speak with the same clarity in every single tongue. As of today, Ink titles are now in front of more than three-fifths of all airline passengers crossing the Atlantic from the UK at every inkhour of every day, of every month, in every year. Ok, full disclosure: we can't offer you Ethiopian Air’s 3 flights a week from Addis Ababa (via Dublin) to LA, but we can provide American Airlines’ 175 weekly departures, as well as United’s 161 and Virgin Atlantic’s 160. That’s not to mention Norwegian’s new and expanding 787 fleet departing from London, Barcelona, Belfast, Oakland, Austin and many, many more locations. And let’s not forget Thomas Cook’s unassuming - yet strong – market position. They quietly ferry 41 flights a week to the land of the free and the home of the brave. Click Read More below for more of the story.

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its StatShot report for September 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for September 2024 were up 2.4% as compared to September 2023, coming in at $1.5 billion. Year-to-date revenues were up 7.0%, at $10.8 billion for the first nine months of the year. Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were roughly flat in September, down 0.9% at $911.5 million. In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of September, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were up 3.2%, coming in at $400.1 million; Paperbacks were down 12.6%, with $263.2 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 22.1% to $9.1 million; and Special Bindings were down 1.0%, with $27.2 million in revenue. eBook revenues were up 4.0% for the month as compared to September 2023 for a total of $90.5 million, and the Digital Audio format was up 28.1% for September, coming in at $89.7 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 51.1% coming in at $800 thousand.