La Martinière Groupe, the French parent company of Abrams, is in discussions to merge with fellow French publisher Média‐Participations. The two companies said that they expect to come to an agreement "in the coming months." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oscar season is over, which means one thing: it’s on to the summer blockbusters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann and Pearson are to win unconditional EU regulatory approval for the Random House/... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram has announced the addition of three new publisher clients: The Mother Company, Mandevilla Press, and The Law School Admission Council (LSAC). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penguin/Random House merger has been cleared by the Commerce Commission in New Zealand, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corporation’s new publishing company will get an infusion of $2.6 billion in cash and will have no debt when it separates from the company’s higher-growth cable channels and Hollywood studio this summer. In a filing with the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it will approve the merger of Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Southern California author's first story collection draws from his experiences in high school basketball, plumbing sales and more.There's a subtle arc to Jim Gavin's first book, "Middle Men" (Simon & Schuster: 224 pp., $23). Gathering seven stories largely set in Southern California, it... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penguin Random House merger has been given antitrust clearance by the US Department of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner is in talks to sell a large portion of its Time Inc. magazine division, including People, InStyle and Real Simple, according to a report Wednesday afternoon by Fortune.Headed for Meredith, Berkshire Hathaway or nowhere new after all?Fortune is itself a Time Inc. magazine but reported... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus chief executive Mark Smith (pictured), chairman David Potter and c.f.o. Colin Adams have... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As it emerges from a hellish bankruptcy, the next phase for the storied news publisher is bound to be better than the last. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norwegian bookshop chain Notabene, which filed for bankruptcy last week, is to be taken over by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The leadership of the "new" News Corp., which is being referred to internally as "PubCo," continues to fall into place. Heading up communications for the standalone publishing company now led by longtime News Corp. lieutenant Robert ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Croydon Council has chosen the private company it wants to run its 13 libraries, with John... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Guadalajara Book Fair, Bill McCoy of the IDPF and Pablo Defendini of Safari Books encouraged publishers to abandon DRM, and set their own prices. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The biggest publishing companies have an easy plan to save their industry: Get bigger Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The trick to making the Random House/Penguin Group merger work will be to create a publisher that can take advantage of the resources and economies of scale a company with revenue of $4 billion brings and combine that with an editorial approach that emphasizes close cooperation with authors,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Lindsey Davis Society of Authors chair “As a Random House author, I can say... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Overlooked in the much of the discussion of the Penguin Random House merger is just how important Latin America, China and India are to the deal. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson and Bertelsmann have confirmed that Penguin and Random House are to combine into a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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