While third quarter sales at Lagardère Publishing were flat in the most recent period, sales at Hachette Book Group were strong with increases in digital sales helping drive up revenue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Cost cuts and higher sales led to rises in profits at HarperCollins, Lagardère Publishing, and Penguin Random House in the first half of this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
A 7.7% sales increase at the recently restructured Hachette Book Group was a key contributor to a 5% rise in revenue at Lagardère Publishing in the first six months of 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Good performances at its English-language divisions, including a 3% gain at Hachette Book Group, helped to increase first-quarter sales at Lagardère Publishing to €576 million, a 1.1% gain over 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette Book Group fell 8.6% in the first six months of 2023 compared to the first half of 2022, parent company Lagardère reported. Sales for all of Lagardère Publishing fell 2.5%, and profits dropped 16%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Having satisfied the European Commission's antitrust requirements, Vivendi says, it's on course to acquire Lagardère and its Hachette Livre. The post In France, Vivendi’s Acquisition of Lagardère Approved appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-12 16:50:58 UTC ]
The French media company has received approval to acquire Lagardère following Vivendi's agreement to sell its existing book publisher, Editis. Lagardère is the parent company of Hachette Livre, whose subsidiaries include Hachette Book Group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
With a full year of sales from its purchase of Workman Publishing in its pockets, Hachette Book Group saw revenue rise over 2021, but higher costs dropped profits. Results at HBG parent, Lagardère Publishing, followed a similar pattern. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Total revenue rose 9.4% at Hachette Book Group parent Lagardère Publishing in 2021, and profits jumped 42.7% over 2020. HBG sales rose 3.7%, excluding the impact of its Workman Publishing acquisition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Vivendi has denied a report that it plans to sell off Editis, France’s second largest book publisher, after it takes over Lagardère, owner of market leader Hachette Livre, French trade magazine Livres Hebdo has reported. The newsletter La Lettre A reported on Wednesday (22nd December) that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 07:07:12 UTC ]
Hachette Livre owner Lagardère has raised its publishing division's profitability outlook to 13.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 11:14:48 UTC ]
After Vivendi finishes acquiring additional shares of Lagardère this week, it will own a 45.1% stake in the company, forcing Vivendi to make a tender offer for all remaining shares. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has celebrated “an extremely strong" first half as parent company Lagardère showed a path to recovery in the six months to end of June 2021, with its publishing arm recording some decade-high results. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-27 10:16:57 UTC ]
Revenue at Hachette Book Group increased 14.8% over the first half of 2020, while sales at parent Lagardère Publishing jumped 16.4%, and profits soared. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group sales increased 9.1% in the quarter ended March 31, 2021, over last year's comparable quarter. Sales at all of Lagardère Publishing increased 11.6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
A proxy battle over the control of Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette Livre, appears headed to a resolution, with Arnaud Lagardère willing to give up some of his family's power of the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has reported a “stellar” third quarter with year-on-year growth of 15.6% and record download revenue for e-books and audio. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 11:50:37 UTC ]
The Paris commercial court has rejected the demand by Vivendi SE and the UK's Amber Capital for Hachette Livre parent company Lagardère SCA to hold an early extraordinary shareholders meeting. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 11:42:49 UTC ]
Revenue in the first six months of 2020 fell 7% at Lagardère Publishing compared to the same period in 2019, helped by a 20% jump in June sales. Hachette Book Group had the best performance in the period, with sales falling 1%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the first two months of 2020, sales in Lagardère's worldwide publishing group were up 5.3% over the comparable period in 2019, but fell 19% in March. For April, Lagardère said it expects global publishing sales to be down 45% from April 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]