The collapsed wholesaler Bertrams has just £600,000 to pay debts to publishers, a “statement of affairs” published on Companies House this week shows. The statement reveals 2,500 trade creditors are owed a total of £25m. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Pearson shareholders have rejected chief executive John Fallon's £1.5m pay package at the company's a.g.m. today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investors’ revolt against deal for John Fallon comes after educational publisher reports largest annual loss in its historyMore than six out of 10 Pearson shareholders have voted against the £1.5m pay package awarded to the embattled chief executive, John Fallon, after the educational publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two-thirds of investors in the loss-making education publisher vote against John Fallon's pay rise. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a Wednesday evening in April, I find myself in a well-appointed home in Brookline, a wealthy Boston suburb, sipping wine and eating macarons with a dozen oncologists from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Sitting around a coffee table displaying Asian art and colorful books about design, the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst is now hopping onto the hot, youth-focused Musical.ly, with the first official ad partnership on the mobile singing app.Hearst announced the partnership at its NewFronts, where it unveiled its digital roadmap for the year ahead to a crowd of ad buyers and business press.Seventeen magazine... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Media wants marketers to capitalize on consumer mood swings.The publishing tycoon plans to use its NewFronts presentation on Monday to promote a new offering, dubbed Trigr, that allows marketers to serve a custom tailored creative or branded content after specific market conditions are... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Folio Prize-winning writer takes a single moment from american history and conjures his spellbinding first full-length fiction Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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United Airlines will offer up to $10,000 when a traveler voluntarily gives up a seat on an oversold flight, part of a policy overhaul following the passenger-yanking video seen around the world. The Chicago-based carrier is adopting 10 policy changes in response to the outcry over the April 9... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the Scandi noir boom, dark tales from British authors are making waves abroad. Publishers, agents and authors take up the caseWhen ex-paramedic Daniel Cole signed with agent Sue Armstrong, he was “delighted”. When Armstrong bagged him a six-figure, three-book deal from a British publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today Facebook publishes its Global Government Requests Report, revealing just how many data requests the social network has received from governments around the world. This time around, the report covers the second half of 2016, and it shows a mixed-bag of figures. While the number of items... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Book Industry Study Group's Making Information Pay conference NPD BookScan revealed that in 2016 hardcovers outsold ebooks for the first time in five years, while audiobooks now account for $1.77 billion in sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Other publishers have welcomed Penguin Random House's new stance on paying work experience participants, after it pledged to pay the National Living Wage to 450 candidates every year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK (PRH UK) will now pay its work experience participants the National Living Wage in a bid to make the publishing industry more accessible and diverse. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have live tech video fever. On Wednesday, Bloomberg Technology reporter Mark Gurman will debut “Gadgets with Gurman,” a product-focused show that will feature Gurman showing viewers tips and hacks that get help them get the most out of a product. The first episode, which focuses on... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed, Bleacher Report, Mashable and Refinery29 want to get into show business. Here's how they are set up to do it. The post How top digital publishers are set up to get into show business appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookshop Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights is to launch a pop-up bookshop at Glastonbury Music Festival this summer in partnership with wholesaler Bertrams Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Bologna Children’s Book Fair today, BolognaFiere, the organizer of the event as well as 75 other trade shows around the world, announced plans to start a new trade show focused on rights and licensing in New York City in spring 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson c.e.o. John Fallon has been awarded a 20% total pay rise despite the fact the company made a £2.6bn loss in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher's boss sees his pay package rise 20% in 2016 despite a difficult year for the firm. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors have been reacting to the Westminster terror attack which took place in London yesterday afternoon (22nd March). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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