PEPC Worldwide today proudly announced the signing of its 100th newspaper distribution agreement. With the addition of Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, PEPC now digitally distributes the latest editions of 100 newspapers from 44 countries to high traffic, international venues throughout the world. In the previous month Göteborgs-Posten (Sweden), Udayavani (India), Bisnis Indonesia (Indonesia) and Sofia Echo (Bulgaria) joined PEPC. The company’s rapidly expanding Newspaper Publishers Network represents leading titles such as USA Today (USA), Washington Post (USA), Le Figaro and Le Monde (France), Neue Zurcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Die Welt (Germany), De Telegraaf (The Netherlands), Mainichi Shimbun (Japan), Il Giornale (Italy) and El Pais (Spain).
PEPC (Publishers Electronic Printing Concept) presented the 100th participating newspaper this afternoon at the IfraExpo 2002 in Barcelona. “In the previous months we’ve been able to increase the number of participating newspapers tremendously,” says Rob Dorpmans, CEO of PEPC Worldwide. “With the signing of USA Today and the Los Angeles Times we’ve had 70 newspapers on board by the end of April 2002. The addition of 30 newspapers within 6 months reflects the willingness and enthusiasm PEPC’s concept meets within the newspaper industry.”
PEPC provides newspaper publishers access to a new channel of distribution of their national, international and local newspapers. The company digitally distributes, prints and sells the participating newspapers through its global network of interactive vending units (marketed as PRESSPOiNTS). “Our solution allows publishers to distribute their latest edition on a real-time cost-effective basis to locations where they would generally not otherwise distribute their newspaper,” states Rob Dorpmans. “At the same time, the PRESSPOiNT™ addresses the information needs of ‘away from home readers’ no matter where they are in the world.”
PEPC’s Digital Distribution Network – using five satellites – provides Newspaper Vending Units around the globe with latest edition newspapers on a 24/7/365 basis. PEPC’s distribute-then-print model eliminates physical distribution costs thus generating additional revenues and cost-saving opportunities for the participating newspapers. PEPC has currently installed Newspaper Vending Units at international, high traffic venues in 16 countries around the globe.
About PEPC Worldwide
PEPC Worldwide, headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, with offices in Miami, San Diego and Hong Kong, is a global distributor of digitally transmitted newspapers from newspaper publishers around the world. PEPC, founded in 1999, has developed an interactive vending unit, the PRESSPOiNT™ that digitally prints the latest editions of publisher’s newspapers, on-demand within minutes. PEPC’s state-of -the-art proprietary software and its Private Multicast Satellite Network, form a Digital Distribution Network – covering 99.1 % of the world population – that provides a distribution “highway” to PRESSPOiNTS around the globe.
As from today onwards international business and leisure travelers can print the latest edition of 70 national and international newspapers from 37 countries on PEPC’s global network of PRESSPOiNTS. PEPC Worldwide, developer and manufacturer of the PRESSPOiNT™, a self-contained on demand newspaper kiosk, today announced agreements with US-dailies the Los Angeles Times and USA TODAY. PEPC’s rapidly growing Publishing Network represents leading publications such as the International Herald Tribune, The Miami Herald (USA), El Pais (Spain), Il Giornale (Italy), Die Welt (Germany) and El Economista (Mexico).
“We are delighted in adding the Los Angeles Times and USA TODAY to our global network,” says Raoul Maphar, CEO of PEPC Worldwide. “Our partnership assures their traveling readers the latest edition of their favorite newspaper wherever we have our PRESSPOiNTS installed.”
The PRESSPOiNT™-newspapers are printed within two minutes in an easy readable – stapled, black and white – tabloid format. The PRESSPOiNT™-editions contain the same content and lay out as the newspapers that customers read at home.
“The Los Angeles Times is always looking for opportunities to serve its readers. PEPC offers us a valuable expansion to the ‘away from home’ markets, and gives us the opportunity to reach new readers with our world-class journalism,” states Jeff Johnson, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Times.
“USA TODAY is pleased to be participating in the rollout of PEPC kiosks. We are happy to be providing USA TODAY readers with the latest news on a timely basis.” says Tom Kelly, Vice President of Circulation, USA TODAY.
About the Los Angeles Times:
The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune Publishing company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country and winner of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. It publishes four daily regional editions covering the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the San Fernando Valley, and Orange and Ventura counties as well as a National Edition.
About USA TODAY:
USA TODAY, published by Gannett, is the nation’s top-selling newspaper with a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million. USA TODAY is published via satellite at 36 locations in the USA and at five sites abroad. USA TODAY is renowned for its ease of use and for its comprehensive source of timely news and information, edited to inform and entertain today’s time-pressed, affluent and influential people.
About PEPC Worldwide
PEPC Worldwide, headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, with offices in Miami, San Diego and Hong Kong, is a global distributor of digitally aggregated content from newspapers around the world. PEPC, founded in 1999, has developed a self-contained interactive kiosk, the PRESSPOiNT™ that digitally prints the latest editions of newspapers, on-demand within minutes. PEPC’s state-of -the-art proprietary software – developed in close co-operation with IBM – and its Private Multicast Satellite Network, have created a Digital Distribution Network – covering 99.1 % of the world population – that provides a distribution “highway” to PRESSPOiNTS around the globe