Judge says demonstration was ‘peaceful’ but impacted Murdoch, Mail, Telegraph and Standard titlesSix Extinction Rebellion protesters on trial for blockading the printing press of some of the UK’s biggest newspapers have been found guilty.The activists appeared at St Albans magistrates court on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-07-16 12:17:11 UTC ]
Prosecutors send letters to publishers, editors and reporters at News Corp, the ABC and others• Follow live updates on the reaction to Cardinal George Pell’s conviction • Full report: Pell found guilty of child sexual assault• Five times guilty: how Pell’s past caught up with himAs many as 100... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishers in the US, has been found guilty of fraud and breach of contract and ordered to pay $15m in damages to printer EPAC Technologies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The FT today published a fascinating interview with Thomas Middelhoff, the former CEO of Bertelsmann, the German media giant. Middelhoff became a star during the dot-com boom—his $50 million investment in AOL became a $7 billion exit five years later—and then his star fell. Middelhoff ended up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The partner of children’s author Helen Bailey has been found guilty of her murder. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC presenter Jeremy Vine is confronted by Shanique Sheena Pearson, 22, in a road rage incident. The footage, posted by Vine on his Facebook page in August last year, shows Pearson shouting at him for cycling in the centre of the road in order to avoid car doors on a narrow Kensington street. On... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Danaher has been found guilty of murdering author and rare books dealer Adrian Greenwood (pictured) over a first edition of The Wind in the Willows. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A woman who founded the publishing firm which initially released Fifty Shades of Grey has been ordered by a US judge to set aside $10.7m (£6.9m) for her former partner after being found guilty of defrauding her out of royalties for the book. Australian Amanda Hayward and Jennifer Pedroza were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Satellite engineer Trevor Gibbon has been found guilty of the murder of former children's publisher Alison Morrison. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A global piracy ring has been found guilty in a US federal court of intentionally infringing copyright, sharing copies of books from up to 16,000 international publishers. The maximum damages allowed under US law - $37.5m – were awarded. The case of Elsevier Inc v Victor Kozlov and Pavel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five major publishers are challenging restrictions imposed on Apple after it was found guilty of ebook price-fixing. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five book publishers have objected to restrictions that would be placed on Apple's business after it was found guilty last month of conspiring to fix prices for ebooks.A New York federal judge ruled in July that Apple conspired with the publishers to fix prices for ebooks, snuffing out... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has been found guilty of colluding to raise ebook prices. Financial ramifications aside, has the judgement damaged publishing's reputation with consumers? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]