U.K-based Bloomsbury Publishing has expanded its presence in the U.S. with the acquisition of the academic and reference publisher ABC-CLIO for a purchase price of $22.3 million. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO had sales of $14.7 million in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
If your Kindle has ads or “Special Offers” showing onscreen, it’s because you made a deal. You chose to save money on your Kindle’s purchase price by accepting the "Ad-Supported discount (formerly known as the “With Special Offers” discount). It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2021-08-18 22:51:00 UTC ]
Arlington’s Storyblocks has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the digital content company’s launch as a stock video platform. The parties did not disclose a purchase price in their announcement Thursday, and a Storyblocks spokesperson... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 17:32:16 UTC ]
A panel during a recent Book Industry Guild of New York meeting about merger and acquisitions brought several takeaways, among them a lowering in purchase price for the typical trade publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arduino boards and the Raspberry Pi have taken the DIY computing world by storm, allowing users to create wildly inventive projects while learning programming and electronic building skills. If you’re just looking to get into the world of microcontroller boards, though, it can be a little... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an effort to court millennials and invest further in key content categories, The E.W. Scripps Co. has acquired the iconic humor brand Cracked from Demand Media. The purchase price was $39 million."We always look for brands that have an eye toward high quality," said Scripps Chief Digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a delay caused by lawsuits questioning the adequacy of the purchase price, the shareholders of Hastings Entertainment have approved the sale of the retailer to companies owned by Joel Weinshanker. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Flipboard, an app that displays digital media in magazine-like form on tablets, is acquiring one of its smaller competitors, Zite, for a reported $60 million.As part of the deal, Flipboard will get direct access to all CNN content, including video, as well as CNN personalities like Fareed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iniative would allow Kindle users to rent books with up to 80% offAmazon.com launched Kindle textbook rentals, promising "tens of thousands of textbooks" at discounts of as much as 80% less than purchase price on July 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2011-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]