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Andrew Tribute is the Managing Partner of Attributes Associates, an internationally oriented consulting company specializing in marketing and technology issues for the printing, publishing and media markets.Andy is recognized internationally as one of the world's leading authorities on these industries and subjects.

Attributes' client base comprises a large number of publishers and printers as well as a significant number of industry vendors. In most cases consulting is carried out at high level to assist such organizations in the selection and adoption of technology, or to define ongoing business strategies covering the likely future directions of the markets. Contact him at tribute@attributes.co.uk.

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RECENT COLUMNS:

Inkjet Printing and Light Production Printers - 06/23/2009

How Many Words Do We Need? - 06/16/2009

Clarifying CtP Terminology - 06/09/2009

The Demise of Junk Mail - 05/26/2009

Updating the Road Warrior’s Toolkit - 05/19/2009

Changing the Role of Flexo Printing - 04/27/2009

Photobooks – The Undiscovered Market - 04/14/2009

Heidelberg- A View from the Top - 04/07/2009

Offset to Digital Transition - 03/31/2009

Growth Markets for Printing? - 03/24/2009

The First Real Digital Newspaper Printing Operation - 03/17/2009

Digital & Offset Printing Trends in 2008 - 03/03/2009

Kodak’s Inkjet Strategy - 02/17/2009

How Green is Digital Printing? - 02/10/2009

Is This the Software Bubble? - 02/03/2009

Understanding the Competitive Threat of Southeast Asia in a Down Economy - 01/20/2009

Google, The New Evil Empire - 12/09/2008

Will Santa Bring me an E-Reader? - 11/24/2008

Free: Is Digital Color Printing the Only Answer? - 11/04/2008

Free: An Update on the HP Inkjet Web Press - 10/21/2008

Is This the New Newspaper Production Model? - 10/07/2008

Workflow: The driving force of a printing operation - 09/23/2008

Making it Easy to Deal With You - 09/02/2008

Digital Editions - 08/26/2008

Kill Your Product Before a Competitor Kills It! - 08/19/2008

Build It and They Will Come - 08/05/2008

Digital Newspaper Printing – A Future Application? - 07/22/2008

Changes within HP’s Imaging & Printing Group - 07/15/2008

What’s Happening at Heidelberg? - 07/08/2008

Offset to Digital Transfer – Is it Happening? - 04/29/2008

ALL Columns from Andy

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Net new businesses, 12-month moving average - 06/29
Change in Newspaper Advertising Revenue - 06/22
Current Dollar/Year Change in Corporate Cash Flow - 06/15
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