B&N CEO Says Things Are 'Much Better Now'

Addressing the IBPA 's annual conference, Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt said the company was acting on several promises, including making individual stores more autonomous, improving e-commerce, and diversifying management, all of which make it a viable competitor to Amazon. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Publishing Trade Groups Criticize Google’s Ad Policy Change in Letter to CEO

Announcing its policy change less than a month before GDPR goes into effect, Google has left publishers scrambling to make sense of its new rules. The post Four Publishing Trade Groups Criticize Google’s Ad Policy Change in Letter to CEO appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes' compensation soars to $49 million

Compensation for Time Warner Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes — who is hoping to take a victory lap after orchestrating the sale of his company to AT&T — soared to $49 million in 2017, according to a regulatory filing. His 2017 compensation was 50% higher than the previous year, when he... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Sold, Daunt to Stay CEO

Elliott Advisors, a U.S. investment firm, has agreed to buy U.K. bookstore chain Waterstones for an undisclosed sum. James Daunt will remain CEO. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo Announces CEO Panel and Copyright Roundtable

BookExpo announced two panels that will be held at its forthcoming trade show featuring a number of industry CEOs and leaders, including the top executives at Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes calls government antitrust allegations 'ridiculous'

Time Warner Inc.’s chief executive testified Wednesday that the government’s assertions that AT&T Inc. wanted to buy the company to use its programming as leverage over distributors “makes no sense” because it would limit viewership. “I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not how this works,” Jeff... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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6 things you should know about the Comey book and the media frenzy around it

3. The 'pee-tape' stuff is back, biglyThe Washington Post also got an advance copy of the book. Rather than review it, the Post's White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker sums it up in a story titled "James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false." Rucker... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brace Yourself, James Comey Wrote a Memoir. Here’s Some of What It Says, “the Golden Showers Thing” Included.

Former FBI Director James Comey has a book dropping on Tuesday, so prepare for the president of the United States to be tweetin’. The Republican Party is already gearing up for a fight with a Trumpspeak-inspired “Lyin’ Comey” website. While it will surely be interesting and instructive to hear... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rundown: Google AMP has short-term appeal but potential long-term costs

Publishers, still smarting from blows inflicted by Facebook and its ever-changing news feed, have found some comfort in the warm embrace of Google. The post The Rundown: Google AMP has short-term appeal but potential long-term costs appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces tough questions on Capitol Hill

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faced criticism Tuesday from senators over his company’s handling of user data in a Capitol Hill hearing that could amount to a reckoning on the technology industry and its practices. “Let me just cut to the chase. If you and other social media... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Indonesia Named London’s 2019 Market Focus; McIntosh Is CEO of PRH US

Following 2017's Market Focus Poland and this year's Market Focus Baltics, Indonesia will be the highlighted nation at London Book Fair in 2019. And in New York City, Markus Dohle names Madeline McIntosh to lead Penguin Random House US. The post Industry Notes: Indonesia Named London’s 2019... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Names McIntosh CEO, Dobson Head of Penguin Publishing Group

Penguin Random House has named Madeline McIntosh to the newly created position of CEO of Penguin Random House US, and promoted Allison Dobson to president of Penguin Publishing Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's CEO hits back at 'glib' comments by Apple's Cook

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg hit back against Tim Cook, calling the Apple Inc. CEO's criticism of the social-media giant "extremely glib."Cook was asked about Facebook's privacy crisis last month and called for stronger regulation of user data. A day after, Cook said he... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Things I Learned From Reading Terrible Books Written by Dictators

Man-bear love in Saddam Hussein's romance novel, Vladimir Putin's judo manual, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'There’s No Dress Rehearsal for This Kind of Thing'

PW talks to Parkland Public Library director Joe Green about how the community is coping after the tragic shooting there, and how the library is helping. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnson Out as Bonnier Publishing CEO, Interim Named

Richard Johnson is stepping down as group CEO of U.K.-based Bonnier Publishing (a subsidiary of Sweden’s Bonnier Books) after nearly nine years in the role. Jim Zetterlund, currently COO and CFO of Bonnier Books, has been named acting CEO. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EnsembleIQ Names New CEO

Following a six-month search, seasoned market research exec David Shanker will succeed Peter Hoyt at the helm of the B2B publisher. The post EnsembleIQ Names New CEO appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere lists Manhattan penthouse for $22 million

T-Mobile US CEO John Legere wants to sell his New York penthouse for $22 million. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartment in Manhattan's Lincoln Square neighborhood has a view of Central Park and was originally owned by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, according to the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Debuts AMP Stories for Mobile Readers

AMP Stories. Credit: GoogleGoogle has launched AMP Stories, a feature that lets publishers create content similiar to Instagram Stories, but for mobile websites.AMP, short for Accelerated Mobile Page, loads content extremely fast. The open-source project was led by Google roughly two years ago,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marketing Changes at Lululemon as CEO Exits

On the same day that Lululemon Athletica announced the sudden exit of CEO Laurent Potdevin over a failure to meet company standards, it appointed a new leader for its marketing.The Vancouver-based company on Monday named Celeste Burgoyne, executive VP for the Americas, to handle brand marketing.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fake news sharing in US is a rightwing thing, says study

University of Oxford project finds Trump supporters consume largest volume of ‘junk news’ on Facebook and TwitterLow-quality, extremist, sensationalist and conspiratorial news published in the US was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by rightwing social network users, according to a new study... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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