Bonnier in Talks to Buy Men's Fitness From American Media

Bonnier Corporation, publisher of dozens of special-interest publications including Saveur and Popular Science, is in talks to buy Men's Fitness magazine from American Media Inc., according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.One person said the expected sale price is "just shy of $30 million."In January, AMI sold another fitness title, Shape, to Meredith Corporation, owner of female-centric titles such as Better Homes and Gardens. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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Headline buys Jo Brand book on middle age

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Even if News Corp. Divides, the Murdochs' Control Is Undiluted

Critics of the company's dual-class share structure, which gives the Murdoch family 40 percent voting control, registered their concerns that nothing would change if the company split into entertainment and publishing businesses. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: News Corporation Announces Split

Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive, confirmed Thursday that the company was spinning off its publishing division. He defended his newspaper assets, vowing to "unleash their real potential.'' Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media giant News Corp. considering breakup

News Corp. is considering a breakup that would put its 20th Century Fox film studio, Fox broadcast network and Fox News Channel in one company and its newspapers and book publishing assets in another.News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable — splitting its entertainment and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Unveils Private Ad-Buying Marketplace for Its Magazine Websites

Another big magazine company is looking to ad tech to make its online ad inventory more valuable. Six months after Conde Nast launched a private ad marketplace to increase the sell-through of its online ad space without opening it up to public ad e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian Billionaire Threatens to Dump Fairfax Media Stake

HONG KONG — The Australian mining billionaire Georgina Rinehart has threatened to sell her recently acquired 19 percent stake in Fairfax Media, sending shares in the Australian publisher tumbling on Tuesday. The announcement is the latest ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freight buys Glass collection

Glasgow-based independent Freight Books has bought a collection of short stories by Rodge Glass,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times Gets All The News That's Fit to Print – All of It – Into Flipboard

It's the first time you can read all of the Times on a site or app not owned by the Times. And it's the first time Flipboard has gotten a big publisher to hand over all its content. Continue reading at AllThingsD

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Penguin buys new Dave Eggers

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Media Decoder Blog: From Penguin, a Plan to Make Its E-Books Available in New York City Libraries

The publisher, in conjunction with city libraries and 3M, will make its books available in e-format, though they will not be available immediately after release. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Fairfax to Cut 1,900 Jobs in Restructuring of Media Operations

The struggling conglomerate, which has a 30 percent market share in Australia, publishes The Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and The Age in Melbourne. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Pearl Buck Novels to Be Published as E-Books

Thirteen novels, including "The Good Earth,'' which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, will be published in ebook format by Open Road Integrated Media. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Smiths News buys Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel

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Media Decoder Blog: After Long Resistance, Pynchon Allows Novels to Be Sold as E-Books

Thomas Pynchon, author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “The Crying of Lot 49,” characteristically declined to speak about his decision. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Sainsbury's buys ebook retailer

Sainsbury's enters the digital books marketplace by buying HMV's stake in Anobii, an online retailer of ebooks, for just £1. Continue reading at BBC News

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A Sports Aggregator Finds a Home: Gannett Buys Quickish

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Shares of Lee Enterprises Surge After Buffett Buys Stake

Berkshire Hathaway has made the latest of its string of investments in newspaper publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Media Decoder Blog: Barnes & Noble Argues Book Settlement 'Punishes Consumers'

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