The webcomics pioneer went public June 27 at a $21.00 per share price, the high end of its projected range and generate total proceeds of about $315 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com became one of the most valuable companies in the world by disrupting other people's businesses — first book stores, then retailers more generally and then large-scale data storage providers (and next maybe blimp operators). With its announcement this week of Chime, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com became one of the most valuable companies in the world by disrupting other people's businesses — first book stores, then retailers more generally and then large-scale data storage providers (and next maybe blimp operators). With its announcement this week of Chime, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Weekly Stock Index increased 5.9% in September, but that gain was due almost entirely to the jump in the share price of Amazon, which rose $68.15 to close the month 8.9% ahead of its price at the end of August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has been forced to defend its business strategy at its a.g.m today (29th April), with shareholders voicing their anger over the decline in the company's share price. However, c.e.o John Fallon has vowed "we will get Pearson growing again". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
All 10 companies listed on the Publishers Weekly Stock Index saw an increase in share price in March, pushing the index up 8.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite another year of strong gains for the stock market, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 13.6% in 2014 (relative to 2013), as only five of the 13 companies on the PWSI had an increase in their share price. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shares in Time Inc., owner of People, Sports Illustrated and Time magazines, were off nearly 1% to $23.30 Monday, its first day of trading as a public company.The company's share price had tumbled about 4% after trading began but regained much of the lost ground during the afternoon.Time Inc. is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
An era came to an end last week when Time Warner announced it would be spinning off its storied magazine division by the close of the year, leaving the owner of People, InStyle, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and, of course, Time to fend for itself as a publicly traded Time Inc. The announcement... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]