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The new information technologies have transformed the techniques of print publishing. This paper charts the diffusion of digital desktop publishing (dtp) systems within the magazine publishing sector, and assesses the threats and opportunities of the new information technologies for print publishing. In particular, the paper focuses on the organizational changes accompanying the new techniques as publishers internalize page make-up, and in so doing bring into question the long term future of an independent pre-press sector. The paper highlights the obstacles in the path towards full digital publishing, and examines the factors behind the slow diffusion of dtp amongst magazine publishers. Finally, the strategic implications for decision makers are assessed, and some wider issues arising from our study for the information technology community are considered.
Author(s): Driver S, Gillespie AE
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Information Technology
Year: 1992
Volume: 7
Issue: 3
Pages: 149-159
ISSN (print): 0268-3962
ISSN (electronic): 1466-4437
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.1992.21
DOI: 10.1057/jit.1992.21
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