Lucy Danziger, most recently editor-in-chief of "SELF" magazine, is joining Ballantine Bantam Dell in the newly created position of editor-at-large. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
This will be the last week any publisher interested in filling out PW's annual salary survey will be able to do so. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Company has announced a rebranding as Tribune Media Company, following news yesterday that the company would spin off its troubled print publications into Tribune Publishing. The rebranding reflects Tribune's shift from print publication to content, broadcast distribution and digital. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony will no longer produce e-reader devices because it is not "economically viable".... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chairman and c.e.o. of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) are both stepping down from their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The worldwide domination of Markus Persson's building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imaginationA funny thing happened on the way to this column. Browsing idly through the Publishers Weekly site, I came on the list of the Nielsen bestselling books of 2014 (so far) in the US. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The LA Times reports that literary scholar M.H. Abrams was awarded the National Humanities Medal last Monday by President Obama. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the BBCs commissioning of Walter, a police comedy drama submitted by ITVs Kevin Lygo under the pseudonym Ruby Solomon, some commissioners are said to be wearily preparing to find out all the names of their rivals kids, so theyre ready in future for scripts by good but unknown writers for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin sale to HarperCollins closes and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four stories by children's author Dr Seuss, including early incarnations of Horton and The Grinch, are to be published 60 years after last being seen. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scout Media, a men's sports and lifestyle digital publisher, has appointed Ross Levinsohn to executive chairman, the company's CEO James Heckman announced. Levinsohn served as CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media, which has recently been renamed Guggenheim Entertainment Media, for 18 months before... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the first trailer for the much-anticipated adaptation of E.L. James’s "Fifty Shades of Grey" dropped on July 24, it took the Internet by storm, becoming the most-watched YouTube preview of the year thus far. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prime minister David Cameron has refused to meet with campaigners and authors seeking to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gulf Coast Newspapers, LLC, a publishing firm operating in Baldwin County, has been acquired by a family owned newspaper company in South Carolina. OPC News, LLC, purchased the media properties from Crescent Publishing Company, LLC, also ba ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
One area of publishing where brand loyalty reigns is in religious books, and Roman Catholic books in particular, largely resulting from market fragmentation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a large decline on the last day of the month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6% in July, and the overall market weakness contributed to a 3.6% decline for the Publishers Weekly Stock Index. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Robert M. Sacks There is an odd form of delusion in the publishing world, characterized by a resistance to reason in the face of actual facts. This inability to recognize modern business trends is easy for most... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Advertising technologies such as real-time bidding and automated auctions are driving digital revenue downward at Meredith Corp.'s National Media Group, which includes the company's magazines like Better Homes & Gardens as well as websites such as AllRecipes.com.Digital ad revenue fell 4% at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A monograph published by Dorset-based publisher Little Toller Books has scooped a coveted BBC... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette finance chief plays down effect of Amazon tactics as parent Lagardère reports 1% overall dip in salesThe Hachette publishing group has reported a fall in ebook sales as it continues its battle with Amazon over pricing.The publisher of Ian Rankin and Booker prize nominee Joshua Ferris... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]