BBC Books and Penguin Random House Children’s UK have struck a two-series deal with BBC Worldwide to continue their line of Doctor Who publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consumers are looking to brands to tell stories in ways that feel "modern, connected and personal" in a world that is going through an "unprecedented state of change", Julia Kenyon, director of brand and content marketing of BBC Worldwide has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched in the 1970s, the travel empire preempted the gap year trend. Today Tony Wheeler is working on five books and is still an avid travellerTony and Maureen Wheeler co-founded Lonely Planet in 1973 after the couple travelled overland from London to Australia. The travel publisher, which has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hubert Burda needs consent from BBC Worldwide before it can acquire publisher of Top Gear magazine and other titlesThe Radio Times is poised to go into foreign ownership, as German publisher Hubert Burda finalises a deal to buy its parent company.Immediate Media, which struck a £121m deal with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Rafferty is leaving Pottermore to join the BBC Worldwide as its director of digital marketing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Worldwide is to take a 10% stake in Curtis Brown, which is set to "unlock further production opportunities" for the agency's talent. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK is to become the global publisher and distributor for all BBC-branded physical and digital audiobooks. The deal signed today with BBC Worldwide extends an agreement signed by Random House Audio and BBC Worldwide in 2013 to sell and distribute BBC audiobooks that had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired the publishing rights to "Hey Duggee", a new pre-school children’s TV programme created by Studio AKA for Cbeebies and BBC Worldwide. The TV showis set at a children's playgroup called the Squirrel Club and is run by a big friendly dog called Duggee, who teaches children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Audio has signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to sell and distribute the company... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet is to be sold by BBC Worldwide to US-based media company NC2... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Worldwide may be looking to sell Lonely Planet, the Guardian has reported. The newspaper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Worldwide, a UK-based publisher, has sold its magazine business to Exponent, a private equity firm. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bauer Media, the consumer division of the publishing group, is understood to have renewed its focus on acquisitions following its failed attempt to partner with BBC Worldwide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]