Inquiry: Any metal type newspapers left? Any metal type web fed presses left?

[Franz]

I have already asked on Facebook, will try to update with responses from both places:

Any periodically published newspapers still printed from metal type?

Any places at all that can operate (not only display) a web fed press from metal type (flat-bed or rotary)? All museums that I know have sheet feed presses in operation, no web.

France: The Le Démocrate de l'Aisne  publishes a weekly paper from hot metal on a web press. They operate a web fed, flat bed:


https://youtu.be/voxTm4WYmwE?si=Ti-32XUmczeorE75&t=524

US, Co: The Saguache Crescent is a one man enterprise, running sheet fed:


https://youtu.be/FZvPFzXZy4o?si=UFMBM77wGDgZZnOv&t=260 (Thanks Bill Whitley)

[Dave Hughes]

Some great videos there @Franz

Interesting that Le Démocrate de l'Aisne appears to use a sans serif face for its body text.

Here's a video of a Cossar Flat-Bed Web Press taking its last run in Scotland in 1991.


https://youtu.be/2GLqrRFmSr0

More info on that press on the main site here: Cossar Flat-Bed Web Press

[George Chapman]

Not exactly what  you are looking for but we publish an 8 page newspaper here in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa every August as part of the operation of Printers' Hall during the Old Threshers Reunion.

In a few weeks several volunteer operators will gather in Ackley, Iowa and produce between 20 and 25 gallies of type on the Intertypes there.

At the end of August this all gets laid out in the page forms and printed on our big Miehle sheet-fed press (four pages at a time). After printing, the sheets get folded on our antique folder and distributed to Reunion visitors (who number about 30,000 over the five day event).

The paper, The Threshers Bee, was first produced almost 20 years  ago. We missed the Covid year and one other due to the untimely death of one of our critical volunteers—but we are back on track now!