Blackheath Séance Parlour optioned for TV by Eve Myles' new company

Empty Room Productions has optioned The Blackheath Séance Parlour (Cutting Edge Press, 2019)​ by Alan Williams. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 01:31:08 UTC ]

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Former Bobit CEO Launches New Company, Acquires Machine Learning Conference

An ongoing pause on large-scale gatherings in the U.S. during the second quarter of 2020, unsurprisingly, also led to a near-total shutdown of M&A activity in the conference and trade show space. At the onset of Q3, however, the Machine Learning Conference—an eight-year-old events series... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-13 16:41:14 UTC ]
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PRH UK and DK join with other Bertelsmann companies for podcast business Storyglass

Penguin Random House UK and DK have joined with Bertelsmann stablemates Fremantle and BMG to launch a joint podcast business, called Storyglass, as part of the Bertelsmann Content Alliance UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 15:51:02 UTC ]
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Sky commissions Pichon's Tom Gates series for TV

Sky has announced it is commissioning a new children’s series based on The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (Scholastic) by Liz Pichon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 03:18:16 UTC ]
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Education technology firms merge to form Boca Raton-based company with 1,400 employees

New York-based Veritas Equity and Leeds Equity Partners consolidated multiple large education technology firms to form Anthology, based in Boca Raton. The company made it official this week after the private equity companies acquired Boca Ration-based Campus Management; Campus Labs in Buffalo,... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-07-07 18:29:21 UTC ]
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iModules owners merge KC company with two other edtech firms

A Kansas City-based edtech firm with nearly 125 employees is set to lose its brand as part of a three-way merger. iModules Software Inc., founded in 2002, recently completed a move from Leawood to a roomier headquarters in Kansas City. Now, it will create Anthology Inc. by joining with with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-07-07 18:18:56 UTC ]
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Potts' Half Baked Idea cooks up TV deal

Baby Cow Productions has optioned Olivia Potts’ memoir A Half Baked Idea (Fig Tree, 2019), for TV.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 15:05:58 UTC ]
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While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation

A look at how people have engaged with “Huck Finn” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” over time offers a snapshot of who we were and are. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-03 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Prime Video Has the Deepest TV Streaming Library—But Not the Highest Quality One

Buzzy original series may drive attention to streaming services, but the bulk of most major streamers' programming catalogs are their libraries of licensed TV shows. And those licensed titles often account for the highest-quality content available on the service, according to data from streaming... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-07-02 10:30:51 UTC ]
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Endemol Shine options Damyanti Biswas’ You Beneath Your Skin

Endemol Shine India has optioned Damyanti Biswas’ You Beneath Your Skin (S&S India, 2019) to develop as a multipart drama series, with all proceeds going towards social enterprises in the author’s native New Delhi. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-30 08:07:56 UTC ]
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Film4 options Lynda Clark's debut sci-fi

Film4 has acquired TV and film rights to Lynda Clark's sci-fi novel, Beyond Kidding, published by Fairlight Books.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 14:42:54 UTC ]
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Piki Films options The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke

Taika Waititi’s production company Piki Films has optioned New Zealand writer Tina Makereti’s novel The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke (Lightning Books, 2019) for adaptation as a feature film.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 17:50:39 UTC ]
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Michael Winterbottom to bring Boris Johnson's handling of Covid-19 to TV

‘There are rare moments in history when leaders find their private lives uniquely connected to national events’ say producersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMichael Winterbottom is set to bring Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic to television. The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-26 13:30:13 UTC ]
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Boston private equity firm buys stock media company

This story first ran in DC Inno, a sister publication of the Boston Business Journal. Storyblocks, a digital content company in the Washington, D.C. area, has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the company’s launch as a stock video... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 22:32:04 UTC ]
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Inside Minute Media’s Bold Ambitions as a Tech/Publishing Company

President and CRO, Rich Routman, talks to Folio: about his company's ascent as a technology and media company and where publishing should go from here. The post Inside Minute Media’s Bold Ambitions as a Tech/Publishing Company appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-18 16:54:52 UTC ]
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Digital Media Companies are Likely to Wait Even Longer for Payments

Payment terms are stretching longer and late payments are becoming more prevalent in the digital media industry—trends that were already Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-18 16:48:48 UTC ]
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‘The money is just not showing up’: Digital media companies are likely to wait even longer for payments

The average payment terms in the digital media space is 59 days, up from 49 days last year. The post ‘The money is just not showing up’: Digital media companies are likely to wait even longer for payments appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2020-06-18 04:01:34 UTC ]
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Gaumont UK options the story of wartime Vogue editor

Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties by Julie Summers has been optioned for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 18:28:01 UTC ]
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Castlefield to adapt Hunter's DI Fawley franchise for TV

Castlefield has scooped the rights to adapt Cara Hunter's DI Fawley crime novels into a TV drama. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 08:58:00 UTC ]
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Snoop Dogg to make 'hood TV show' adapting Joe Ide's IQ series

Snoop Dogg is producing the TV adaptation for Joe Ide's IQ detective series, after TV rights were initially snapped up in a seven-way bidding war by Alcon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 14:06:32 UTC ]
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Latest Irish literary phenom Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times is coming to TV.

It’s the kind of timing a publisher dreams of. Less than one week out from its U.S. release, latest Irish literary phenom Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times (Ecco, June 2) has been optioned for TV. Yes, following a hugely successful release in the UK and Ireland back in April, when it... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-28 18:10:32 UTC ]
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