Mr. Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run at its parent company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-07-01 22:31:42 UTC ]
The Woman in Me, which will cover pop star’s conservatorship experience among other topics, is set for release later this yearBritney Spears will release her tell-all memoir, The Woman in Me on 24 October, the publisher announced on Tuesday.The Woman in Me will be “a brave and astonishingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-11 16:02:28 UTC ]
On Translation Browsing a Copenhagen airport bookstore, a translator picks up a book. The journey between that impulse and his eventual translation of the memoir into English was both emotional and serendipitous. In the summer of 2016 I was passing... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-06 13:12:22 UTC ]
Amazon may not be in it for the long term but its investment in Autumn Nations Cup is likely to prompt interest from othersThere has been little cheer for unions and clubs this year as restrictions imposed by the pandemic have reduced cash flow to a trickle, prompted wage cuts and led to a run... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-12 19:00:30 UTC ]
Model and activist signs six-figure contract to publish Transitional, ‘a manifesto for how I see society changing for the better, bringing us all closer’The first book by Munroe Bergdorf, a manifesto on gender by the black transgender activist and model, has been bought for a six-figure sum... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-17 05:01:06 UTC ]
Snoop Dogg is producing the TV adaptation for Joe Ide's IQ detective series, after TV rights were initially snapped up in a seven-way bidding war by Alcon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 14:06:32 UTC ]
Pushkin Press has sold YA debut Bearmouth by Liz Hyder to Norton in the US following a three-way bidding war. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 19:34:40 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired Irish writer Louise Kennedy’s debut collection of short stories and her first novel in a "fiercely contested" nine-way bidding war, ahead of this month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 22:07:05 UTC ]
Sceptre has triumphed in an eight-way bidding war to win the highly anticipated Fleabag: Scriptures, the book of the BBC comedy series by its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-06 15:22:55 UTC ]
Following a “highly competitive” seven-way bidding war, Atlantic Books has acquired a prison diary by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Atkins from his time at HMP Wandsworth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 02:41:09 UTC ]
According to a report in the 'Wall Street Journal,' Readerlink is considering putting together a bid to top the $6.50 per share offer made by Elliott Advisors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The exercise book contained English Literature essays written by the former Beatles member. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut non-fiction book from Irish scientist Olive Heffernan about the ‘Blue Gold Rush’, The New Pirates of the High Seas, has sparked a bidding war on both sides of the Atlantic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital First Media, the owner of the Los Angeles Daily News, has indicated interest in bidding for the Orange County Register and other assets of bankrupt publishing company Freedom Communications. That move could set up a three-way bidding war for the Register among Digital First, Freedom... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital First Media, the owner of the Los Angeles Daily News, has indicated interest in bidding for the Orange County Register and other assets of bankrupt publishing company Freedom Communications. That move could set up a three-way bidding war for the Register among Digital First, Freedom... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]