‘Beyond Nine Lives’: Salon’s New Owners Look to Trim Costs as They Seek Easy Profit

Salon’s new owners say they see an easy path to profits for the troubled news publisher. On May 8, Salon Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

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Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year

The Telegraph Media Group made more than £60m last year, The Guardian can reveal. It is the third successive year that the company has managed to increase its operating profit.TMG is expected to report what amounts to a record figure formally in the spring when it files its accounts for the full... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Southern Living Partners Up for New Vertical

Southern Living has produced bridal content before, but Time Inc.'s regional lifestyle brand chose to partner with a small independent publisher for deeper penetration into the vertical. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: Where Do People Live The Longest?

When the grim reaper comes for you has a lot to do with where you're born.Everyone dies, but depending on which country you live in, you could die significantly sooner compared with people born in other countries. That's the takeaway from this simple but striking infographic by Omani designer... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tindle group profit dips to £1.4m

Local newspaper publisher says it faced tough market in 2013, but has made no closures or redundancies during the downturnSir Ray Tindle's newspaper group made a profit of £1.4m in the year to the end of March 2013, as the publisher reported that it has not closed any titles or forced any... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits drop for HarperCollins UK

HarperCollins UK has seen a 66% drop in profits for the year ending 30th June 2013, according to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet sees profits growth

Lonely Planet saw turnover marginally decrease in 2013 but its profit rose by 17.6% to £663... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S On Pace for Record Profits

In her year-end letter to employees, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy said that the publisher is on track to “deliver record profits, a healthy gain in revenues, and our best-ever margins.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Eyes Candidates for Chief Revenue Officer, Mulls Cost-Cutting Options

You might think December would be the calm before the storm at Time Inc., which is, to say the least, expecting an eventful 2014. But CEO Joe Ripp is busy this month too.The company, which publishes magazines including People and Sports Illustrated, is slated to spin off from parent Time Warner... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Captures The Mysterious Lives Of Modern-Day Gypsies

Photographer Iain McKell documents people in England who have voluntarily abandoned mainstream lifestyles in favor of nomadic ones.Photographer Iain McKell first became acquainted with new age travelers 25 years ago on an assignment for the London Observer. Calling themselves the "Peace Convoy,"... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rewind radio: Live coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial service; Book at Bedtime; Alice's Wunderland – review

The World Service's expert reporting of Mandela's memorial service showed why its grant shouldn't be cutLive Coverage of the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela (World Service)| iPlayerBook at Bedtime (R4) iPlayerAlice's Wunderland (R4) | iPlayerThe BBC comes into its own when covering state... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson Foundation pays £4.7m in 'for-profit' settlement

The charitable arm of education publisher Pearson, the Pearson Foundation, will pay $7.7m (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate Letters Live raises £11k

Canongate's star-studded Letters Live event (10th December), featuring Neil Gaiman, Benedict... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Growing up Downton: Anthony Russell on living in Leeds Castle

Anthony Russell's vivid stories provide insight into the life of English nobility in the 1950s and '60s -- along with consequences that come with being handed every material good on a silver plate.Imagine if a woman such as the Dowager Countess from “Downton Abbey” was one of your grandmothers.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Seeks Buyer for Brooklyn-Based Newspaper Group

News Corp. is looking for a buyer for its Brooklyn-based local newspaper operation. Capital has learned that the global publishing conglomerate, which also owns The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, has issued a prospectus to potential b ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Owner for Henry Bear's Park

In the latest proof that a new generation is interested in preserving indie bookstores Kas Sharma has purchased the longtime Boston area stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Elan Gale internet hoax sums up all that is rotten about our online lives | Hadley Freeman

When I was a teenager, I thought it would be great to be an adult and be surrounded by people who weren't mean to each other all day. Enter stage left: the world wide webBack in the early 90s, when I was still at school and words such as "friend" and "message" were nouns as opposed to verbs, a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble swings to profit

Barnes & Noble returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as it invested less in its Nook ebook reader and cost cuts offset lower sales.Its sales missed expectations, however, and its shares dropped more than 3% in premarket trading. The report comes as the crucial holiday season... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp., Wall Street Journal owner, reports 3% lower revenue

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's publishing company News Corp. swung to a profit in its fiscal first quarter -- its first financial reporting period as a stand-alone company -- but revenue slipped nearly 3%. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Getting Kindles into Indie Bookstores Isn’t Going to Be Easy

Amazon is offering independent bookstores Kindles to sell and a commission on ebook sales, but most have rejected the proposal as bad business and "a lie." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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