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Captura bets on data, yearbooks, and the power of print

January 21, 2026 GaryPageau Captura, yearbooks

Captura is in the middle of a major transformation — and its leadership team says the future of school photography will be built on smarter data, better e-commerce, and a renewed focus on yearbooks as both a revenue engine and a cultural anchor for the industry. In a recent Dead Pixels Society podcast, host Gary Pageau sat down with Tim... Read More

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Jostens adds signatures to digital yearbooks

June 9, 2020June 11, 2020 GaryPageau COVID-19, Jostens, yearbooks

Jostens announced the release of a new website providing students with free digital yearbook signing pages, in response to COVID-19 separation. After registering at www.yearbooksigning.jostens.com, students can send their personalized web link to friends, requesting them to sign their yearbook. At that point, friends use the online platform to select fonts, colors, and stickers to write a note. As friends contribute... Read More

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Jostens makes exclusive content available during COVID-19 outbreak

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 GaryPageau COVID-19, Jostens, yearbooks2 Comments

Jostens announced it will be providing all students, parents, and educators more communication and distance learning activities due to COVID-19 through the public release of exclusive digital content and curriculum previously shared with customers only. Jostens is making its exclusive content available to the public for the next 30 days, pending further COVID-19 developments impacting schools. For students and parents,... Read More

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Book printer Walsworth to acquire Ripon Printers by year-end

December 19, 2019December 20, 2019 GaryPageau Ripon Printers, Walsworth, yearbooks

Marceline, Mo.-based Walsworth Publishing Company will acquire Ripon Printers in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Dec. 31, 2019. The purchase of Ripon Printers will enhance Walsworth’s print manufacturing capabilities, giving customers additional printing, direct mail, fulfillment and digital communications options. After the acquisition, Walsworth’s annual revenue will exceed $200 million. The Ripon Printers plant will remain open and regular production schedules will... Read More

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Jostens names new yearbook ambassador, Casey Nichols, MJE

August 14, 2019August 15, 2019 GaryPageau Jostens, yearbooks

Nationally recognized yearbook adviser Casey Nichols, MJE, joins leading yearbook publisher Minneapolis, Aug. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jostens, the leading provider of yearbooks serving the K-12 and college markets, announced today that Casey Nichols, MJE, one of the nation’s top yearbook advisers, has joined the company as a yearbook Ambassador. Nichols, who has been recognized as a National High... Read More

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Walsworth Yearbooks launches podcast network

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 GaryPageau Walsworth, yearbooks

OVERLAND PARK, KAN. (PRWEB) JULY 09, 2018 – Walsworth Yearbooks is excited to announce the debut of the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN). WYPN premieres with two yearbook-themed podcasts, and plans to add more in the next year. “Yearbooks have traditionally been considered a visual medium, so a podcast network may not be the obvious choice from a printing company,”... Read More