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Battle Over Courier Pits RRD, Quad

First head-to-head battle over a takeover target is won by RRD

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

The thinking a little while back was that the field of book publishing was soon going to go the way of the dinosaur. In other words, books would be replaced by eReaders, etc.   However, book publishing remains healthy, and apparently a target for acquisitions as the battle for Courier Corporation between publishing printing industry heavyweights R.R. Donnelley (RRD) and Quad/Graphics shows, and the resulting battle offers insights into the road ahead.   “Quad and R.R. Donnelley were eventual...

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