Charter Communications' proposed takeover of two other cable companies — Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks — is nearing the finish line as federal officials appear poised to approve the mammoth $67-billion deal in the coming weeks.Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Chain bookstores, indie locations, schools and school libraries are participating all over the world. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a premium content publisher with unprecedented reach and coverage across the upper Midwest, Star Tribune has attracted the largest online readership of any Minnesota media brand—and the advertisers seeking to connect with that audience. ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SAN FRANCISCO -- There is Netflix for online videos and Pandora and Spotify for streaming music by subscription. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone has signed a six-figure deal for a début novel about a Mormon family in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A preview of the upcoming sequel is available via the recently released ebook edition of 'The Time Traveler's Wife.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Time Inc. spinning off from Time Warner early next year, what will happen to the corporate entanglements between the two? The fact is, there hasn’t been that much synergy to speak of, but some relationships will be affected. Those in the crosshairs include: CNNMoney.com The spinoff’s... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite some trouble spots, Canadian publishers are seeing opportunites for growth. Check out our special report on the state of Canadian publishing to get the scoop on what's really going on in this market of 34-million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head and the Financial Times have launched their annual essay prize. The award will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year shortlist has been announced,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nancy Gibbs has been a long-time member of Time, but with Richard Stengel's departure to the U.S. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Milstein, who had been heading up YouTube's efforts to link up with news organizations, has left to become chief strategy officer at OverDrive, a company that distributes digital books to libraries. Cleveland-based OverDrive, which handles the Kindle Lending Library program for Amazon, plans... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last November, then-Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang announced that the company was gearing up to launch a digital video unit complete with new studios and programming, plus a new leader in former Meredith video exec J.R. McCabe, Time Inc.’s first svp, video. It wasn’t exactly a revolutionary move—other... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a new CEO and a new set of titles, it's been a busy week (in the midst of a busy year) for Time Inc. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CN Times Books is the U.S. publishing subsidiary of Beijing Media Time Book Co. Ltd., one of the largest trade book publishers in China. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Warehouse clubs, mass merchandisers, and other big-box retailers remain important to publishers because they not only sell books, they are places where books can be discovered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry is coming back to the big screen—but without Harry Potter.Studio Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Ms. Rowling will write the screenplay for a movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, her textbook about the magical universe she created in the... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta and Portobello have signed up two new books for publication in spring 2015. Portobello... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a two-decade-long relationship between the magazine giant Time Inc. and American Express, Time Inc. plans to close quickly on its purchase of American Express’s publishing division. “This 20-year courtship is finally bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Human Kinetics and the International Monetary Fund have signed a deal to make their content available in China. The agreement is a result of Publishing Technology’s local alliance with CNPIEC, the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation, and its new CNP eReading platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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