Sales fell 3% at John Wiley in the second quarter ended October 31, largely due to a 14% revenue decline in its academic and publishing learning group. Trouble in the group prompted the company to lower its revenue forecast for fiscal 2023, though its earnings predictions remained intact. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
John Wiley's financial performance in the third quarter ended January 31, 2021, was strong enough for the company to raise sales and earnings estimates for the fiscal year ending April 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
John Wiley has expanded its presence in the open access field with the acquisition of Hindawi, a London-based scientific research publisher of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and medical journals. Wiley paid $298 million for Hindawi, which had 2020 revenue of $40 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
Softness in John Wiley’s education publishing and professional learning group limited growth in the first quarter ended July 31, 2019, to 3%, and contributed to a 87% drop in operating income. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
A 7% sales decline in its publishing business offset gains in John Wiley's solutions division and a small gain in research, leading to a 1% sales increase in fiscal 2019 over 2018. Operating income fell 3%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Academic publisher John Wiley has reported an increase in revenue in both its fourth quarter 2018 and whole fiscal year reports, driven by strong operational performance and favourable impacts from foreign currency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue fell 2% in John Wiley's publishing division in the fiscal year ended April 30, compared to fiscal 2017. However, increases in the company's other two groups led to a 5% increase in sales and a 16% gain in earnings for the entire company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Putting customer needs at the heart of your thinking, and letting that drive the change, and pace of change, in your business is the number one lesson for an academic publisher as it navigates the digital transition, according to Brian A Napack, the newly appointed president and c.e.o. of John... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brian A Napack, a former president of Macmillan and currently an advisor at Providence Equity Partners, has been named the new president and c.e.o. at John Wiley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brian Napack, who has served in a host of corporate positions including as president of Macmillan, will start at John Wiley on December 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A drop in print revenue in John Wiley's publishing group was offset by increases in the company's other to operating divisions, leading to a 2% sales rise in the quarter ended July 31, 2017, over the comparable period last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Declines in John Wiley’s publishing segment offset increases in its research and solutions categories in the fiscal year ended April 30. Sales of books fell 11% in the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of higher education textbooks fell 27% at John Wiley in the third quarter ended January 31, compared to the third period of fiscal 2016. Sales of STM and professional books fell 12%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales in John Wiley's newly-created publishing segment fell 7% in the second quarter ended October 31, 2016 compared to a year ago. Book sales fell 9% in the quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of print books took a beating at John Wiley in the first quarter ended July 31. The biggest decline was in the higher education segment, where sales of printed textbooks dropped 31%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steve Smith, the former president and c.e.o. of John Wiley, has died at the age of 61. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smith, the former president and CEO of John Wiley and Sons, died on July 10 following a long illness. He was 61. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales and earnings fell in fiscal 2016 at John Wiley as the company continued its transition to a digital knowledge and learning company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The board of directors of John Wiley & Sons has officially elected Matthew Kissner to succeed Peter Booth Wiley, who first announced he would step down as chairman of the board in December 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Wiley has announced a partnership with data repository organisation Figshare, part of Macmillan's Digital Science business, to support authors who wish to openly share their data. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]