AT&T Inc. is weighing a sale of its regional sports networks as part of a plan to cut as much as $8 billion in debt by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The four regional networks, which includes rights to teams such as the hockey’s Pittsburgh Penguins, basketball’s Houston Rockets and baseball’s Seattle Mariners, could fetch close to $1 billion, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the deliberations are private. Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which agreed in May to buy 21 Fox regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co. for $9.6 billion, could be among the potential buyers, the people said. John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. and Ice Cube’s Big3 U.S. basketball league were among the other bidders for the Fox assets. AT&T hasn’t started a formal process to sell the networks, and there are no guarantees a deal will be announced, the people said. The four networks are AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah, Nevada and Colorado), AT&T SportsNet Southwest (parts of Texas and Louisiana) and Root Sports Northwest (Alaska, Washington and Oregon). The four networks have rights to more than two dozen pro teams, college programs and NCAA conferences. A representative for AT&T declined to comment, while Sinclair didn’t respond to requests for comment. A sale of the regional sports networks—known as must-see content for avid fans—highlights AT&T’s ongoing struggle to fix a... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-02 19:54:11 UTC ]
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For advice on selling rights into the Chinese market, we speak with Andrew Nurnberg Associates' Jackie Huang of Beijing, who will address the Taipei International Book Exhibition's Frankfurter Buchmesse professional program next week. The post Selling Rights Into China: Interview with Literary... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Later this year, you'll be able to buy ebooks and audiobooks straight from Walmart's website. The big box retailer has teamed up with Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten to launch a business that can take on Amazon's Kindle offerings. Walmart will give... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Along with platforms like Snapchat and Apple News, Twitter has an opportunity to cozy up to publishers where Facebook has disappointed them. The post Bloomberg’s Twitter network TicToc is getting 750,000 daily views appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While hardly a shock that Google Play has started selling audiobooks, it's a moment to look at aspects of the format's sales-building prominence: the other way of 'reading.' The post Google Play Store Now Selling Audiobooks and Boosting Content on Voice-Activated Devices appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the extraordinary interest for Michael Wolff's tell-all about the Trump White House catching Holt by surprise, the publisher was able to ship enough copies to accounts to meet at least some of the demand for the book last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional pubs need to be visible in the marketplace, but declining margins make it difficult to justify retailers' fees. The post City and Regional Magazines’ “Darkest Hour” at Retail appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld is publishing Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, which will explore how to make better use of your work time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The most talked about book of the new year sold 28,567 print copies in first two days on sale, according to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pre-holiday sales are bread-and-butter for retailers and publishers, and December 2017 was no exception for the religion categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones sold out of Michael Wolff's controversial exposé of Donald Trump's presidency Fire and Fury (Little, Brown) over the weekend following the media storm that prompted its early release. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK booksellers are scrambling for stock of Michael Wolff’s sensational Fire and Fury exposé of Donald Trump’s presidency, with the title already out of stock at major retailers in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's investment in AMP, its fast-loading article pages, has helped the search giant overtake Facebook in publisher referral traffic. The post How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an article published today in TechCrunch, US Representative Rick Crawford called for a change in how elected officials engage with their constituents on social networks. He compared current options like Facebook and Twitter to a constituent trying... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Advertising Standards Authority has said it is assessing whether an investigation into Amazon parcel deliveries is warranted, following "a handful" of complaints. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The debut book from Kristen Roupenian, whose New Yorker short story “Cat Person” went viral far beyond the scope of most short fiction when it was published earlier this month, has been sold to British publisher Jonathan Cape, the Guardian reports. Roupenian's short story collection, “You Know... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What do The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, Rupi Kaur’s stories of survival, and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck have in common? They are all some of 2017’s best-selling books, according to Barnes & Noble. The bookseller has just released its top-selling fiction and nonfiction titles, and the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another magazine faces a freelancer crisis, how driverless cars could affect media consumption, and more... The post Time Inc. Sells Golf Magazine: Report | Industry Notes appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berlin's InterKontinental agency is ending its first year ready to accelerate rights sales with its African literature festival: Writing in Migration. The post Agent Stefanie Hirsbrunner of InterKontinental: Selling African Literature Rights Into Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Minnesota booksellers say that, despite U.S. Senator Al Franken's imminent resignation from office, they intend to continue to sell his memoir as long as there is demand from customers for it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you like variety, these 2017 releases offer an abundance of that, from a football book by an NFL commissioner’s son to the story of a small-college, women’s basketball team that achieved championship stature during the Depression. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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