With 'No Foreseeable Model to Achieve Profitability,' American Printer Folds After 128 Years

If you’ve ever spent time at a press check, which implies that you’ve been at the printer’s office for no fewer than five hours with very little to do, you’ve undoubtably wound up flipping through the trade magazines in the lobby. Sadly, one of the oldest of those is stopping production after 128 years. Late last week, American Printer, which catered to commercial printers and began in 1883 under the name Inland Printer, announced that its publisher, Penton Media, won’t be releasing any new issues after its now-final edition in August.