The corporate home of Wonder Woman, Harry Potter and “Friends” weighs how its streaming service can compete on price with Disney, Netflix and Amazon. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-03 00:03:36 UTC ]
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Last year was a bad one for stocks...and it was particularly tough for the 11 companies that make up the Publishers Weekly Stock Index. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Closing Bath-based publisher Parragon cost owner DC Thomson £41m, according to the Scottish-based company’s annual financial results. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers were the victims of an apparent cyberattack. A source with knowledge of the situation said a “foreign entity” launched the attack using malware, which prevented The Times and others from publishing the Saturday print edition on time. Here is what we... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Trump kept cable news on a ratings roll in 2018. But online streaming services continued to cut into audience levels for general entertainment cable networks such as USA, FX and Lifetime, according to year-end data from Nielsen. While consumers have grown accustomed to time-shifting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops were just one sector of the French economy to suffer from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests across France on five consecutive Saturdays between 17th November and 15th December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama’s Becoming (Viking) has leapfrogged The Ice Monster (HarperCollins) by David Walliams and Tony Ross to swipe the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Country Doctor’s Commonplace Book by Philip Rhys Evans is on its way to be this year’s novelty bestsellerAfter a long career as a Suffolk GP, Dr Philip Rhys Evans may well be astonished to find himself lined up as a surprise literary hit this winter. But a short book compiled by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus is publishing the hit legal memoir of barrister William Clegg QC, who has acted as counsel in high profile murder trials including the acquittal of Colin Stagg during the Wimbledon Common Murder case and the shooting of Jill Dando. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired two new novels from Megan Abbott, the author behind Dare Me and You Will Know Me (Picador), including a thriller about female ambition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian director Saverio Costanzo spoke with Fast Company about the challenge of adapting the first novel in the Neapolitan series (as a man, no less). In 2007, Italian director Saverio Costanzo wrote to the publisher of Elena Ferrante’s novella The Lost Daughter and asked if he could option the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing industry might have to think back to Harry Potter’s heyday for a book that has garnered as much attention as the former first lady’s has. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CJ Sansom’s seventh Matthew Shardlake title Tombland has buried the competition in the Weekly E-Book Ranking, sweeping straight into the number one spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling's endorsement of a petition fighting to protect libraries by ringfencing government funding has prompted an additional 10,000 signatures to be added in just four days. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show opened in a brand new venue featuring such futuristic flourishes as self-driving luggage carts and automated concierges. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Moreno Valley man wanted by police in connection with a double homicide in Nevada and a shooting in Southern California was arrested Wednesday after a chase and shootout with deputies that he livestreamed on Facebook. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene of a shooting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zoe Sugg’s non-fiction debut Cordially Invited (Hodder & Stoughton) has made itself at home in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 19,804 copies for £201,749. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Travel plans in the Southeast United States were under siege Wednesday , as Hurricane Michael — the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season — began bearing down on the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday. The Category 4 hurricane packed winds of 155 mph, which may make it the most powerful storm to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgia Fancett from Bath has picked up a £20,000 publishing contract with Century for her "hard-hitting" police procedural The Fifth Girl. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Association of American Publishers c.e.o. Maria Pallante has overseen a more robust and outspoken trade body, one which made a pointed award at its recent a.g.m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company posted its strong rebuttal of a disturbing Bloomberg exposé. Bloomberg Businessweek this morning published a bombshell story that had all the juicy elements: spying, tech giants, foreign intrigue. According to the report, tiny microchips were found hidden on servers sold to top tech... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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