Local newsprint loss a cost to sector

Local newsprint loss a cost to sector
Gavin Evans
The potential loss of New Zealand newsprint production is bad for the media industry but will not leave them without affordable supplies, a local publisher says.Newsprint has struggled as a product globally for the past decade and Norske Skog Tasman’s review of its operation at Kawerau – possibly to shift production into more stable packaging products – is not a surprise, Horton Media chief executive Matthew Horton said.Printers can, as Horton Media does, source paper internationally at competitive prices. But he said tha...

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