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2012/01 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for March
Putting a spin on ‘letting you go’, Wolpe ready for Australian election action, cold versus wet weather, blokey newsrooms and more, as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2011/November Peter Coleman's Newswrapper for November
Thousands of words have been written about the problems at manroland– and that’s even before the company sought insolvency protection in a German court.

2011/08 Peter Coleman's Newswrapper for August
Family businesses show their strengths – and weaknesses – and a transition for South East Asia’s newspaper technical group, as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2011/05 Peter Coleman's Newswrapper for May
Days before Australian printers had got together for the SWUG conference in Hobart, there was WAN/Seven TV boss Kerry Stokes talking about printed newspapers as a ‘sunset’ industry with perhaps 15 years to go, writes Peter Coleman.

2010/11 Peter Coleman's Newswrapper for November
I should get out more? Probably not... this ‘November’ issue of GXpress is already overdue because of the industry events which have beckoned in recent months. As a result, you have coverage of the Digital Media Asia conference in Singapore which should still have been ‘forthcoming’ when we hit the streets (writes Peter Coleman).

2010/08 Peter Coleman's Newswrapper for August
Politics and big business get in the way of news publishing, we take GXpress back on the road (on that night) and regional trade events draw a growing crowd, as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2010/05 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for May

2010/01 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for March
Future scenarios from Fairfax Media’s Media 2010 conference, back to black in Dorrigo, excellence and power to spare on the Sunshine Coast... and more as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2009/11 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for November
‘Asian SWUG’ gets off the grounds, a ‘Trading Post’ successor rises from the ashes, Swiss logistics, a handsome ‘Oz’ evolution... and more as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2009/05 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for May


2009/05 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for May
New publications for old, encouragement at Fairfax’s Wodonga outpost, making light of production ‘chaos’ ... and more as Peter Coleman wraps it up

2009/03 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for March
The departure of David Kirk from Fairfax Media has brought the end, for the time being, of involvement in the Australian Business & Community Network’s ‘partners in learning’ project.

2008/11 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for November
The pictures in the SEANG montage give some indication of what a convivial affair, the inaugural meeting of the new South East Asia Newspapers Group was.

Why newspapers don’t need to shrink with Gawenda
Newspapers that shrink will grow? Don’t blame Michael Gawenda for the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ headline to extracts from his A.N. Smith journalism lecture … he probably didn’t write it, writes Peter Coleman.
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2008/09 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for September
Time to build PANPA’s conference numbers, powering up the Solomons’ web, early colour a digital ‘prop’ and ideas from the three bananas. Peter Coleman's 'wrap' from our September print edition

2008/07 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for July
2008/07 Peter Coleman's NewsWrapper for July
Leavin’ on a jet plane ... sometime? Travel has its pitfalls, but Peter Coleman found ample consolation in Macau, Washington and Düsseldorf