Conservative billionaire Koch brothers give $650m to help Meredith buy Time

Texans will not get a say in editorial decisions, says Meredith, as it hails ‘transformative’ deal to merge magazine stablesMeredith Corporation has announced that it is buying the Time Inc publishing group in a “transformative” $1.8bn deal that joins two huge magazine companies. Meredith, which owns a portfolio including Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, allrecipes and Shape, will fund the deal with the help of the rightwing billionaire Koch brothers, who have contributed $650m of preferred equity. Related: ‘Their own media megaphone’: what do the Koch brothers want from Time? Related: Unlike Donald Trump, I embraced being Time Person of the Year | Warren Murray Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skyhorse Buying Regnery Publishing

After a deal to sell Regnery Publishing appeared to be dead in November, Salem Media Group has signed an agreement sell the conservative publisher to Skyhorse Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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China Literature Buys Tencent Animation and Comics

Pursuing its strategy of seeking to further leverage IP, China Literature, China's dominant online publishing and e-book company, has bought Tencent Animation and Comics for 600 million yuan (US$83.6 million). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick opens up and performs at the L.A. Times Book Club

On Dec. 12, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick talks about life on the road at the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-12 20:24:33 UTC ]
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A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech's future. Who's right?

Where exactly is tech going? Joanne McNeil's debut novel 'Wrong Way' and billionaire Marc Andreessen's 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto' offer some clues. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-12 11:00:26 UTC ]
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B&T’s Aman Kochar Reflects on the Changes He Has Made Since Buying the Company Two Years Ago

Baker & Taylor’s Aman Kochar has embraced the wholesaler’s role as a conduit between libraries and publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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12 of the Most Prolific Children’s Book Authors of All Time

These prolific children's book authors have written hundreds of books over decades working in the publishing industry! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-12-07 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Alderman On Tech Billionaires as Today’s Villains

This week on The Maris Review, Naomi Alderman joins Maris Kreizman live at the Strand Bookstore in New York City to discuss The Future, out now from Simon & Schuster. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts. * from the episode: Maris Kreizman: You really captured... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-07 09:06:54 UTC ]
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Should Historical Fiction Have Modern Sensibilities, Or Stick To Its Time?

Should historical fiction stick to the views and opinions of the time, or provide a modern perspective? Here are the pros and cons. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-12-05 11:31:00 UTC ]
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Amazon says its next-gen chips are four times faster for AI training

Amazon Web Services (AWS) just kicked off its Las Vegas-based re:Invent conference with a stream of announcements, most of which involve the year’s most popular technology, AI. These news items, taken as a whole, give us a sneak peek at the company’s long-term goals for... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-11-28 20:00:28 UTC ]
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All the best Black Friday deals of 2023 from Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others

Black Friday 2023 is finally upon us, and even though the sales seemed to start a little earlier this year, most of the deals are still going strong. Plus, we're seeing a few brand new deals that went live early this morning. We at Engadget care most about consumer... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-11-25 00:10:35 UTC ]
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Children's Creators Travel for Conservation and Inspiration: A Photo Essay

Nine members of the environmental group Children’s Book Creators for Conservation spent October 8–21 in the eastern South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, volunteering with the stewardship organization Wild Tomorrow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Friday 2023: The best early deals from Amazon, Target, Best Buy and more

With each passing year, the phrase "Black Friday" becomes more of a misnomer. What was once a day of post-Thanksgiving special offers has become a month of sales promotions from retailers across the web. It's happening again in 2023: Target and Best Buy are already... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-11-03 16:30:54 UTC ]
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KKR Closes Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster

The process of selling Simon & Schuster has been long and tumultuous, and was waylaid by an earlier antitrust suit. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-10-31 02:10:51 UTC ]
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Why own a newspaper in 2023? Ask the very rich men trying to buy the Telegraph | Jane Martinson

With debts of £1bn, this isn’t some ordinary financial asset. The desire to own the papers says more about power than profitSo much has changed in the generation since the Telegraph newspapers and the Spectator magazine were last put up for sale in 2004, including how much money they make. Yet... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-10-19 11:00:20 UTC ]
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27 of the Bestselling Manga of All Time

These bestselling manga series have sold tens of millions — and sometimes hundreds of millions — of copies worldwide! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-10-17 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft buys Activision, maker of Diablo, Warcraft, and Call of Duty, for $69 billion

United Kingdom regulators were effectively the last hurdle stopping Microsoft from purchasing Activision Blizzard, in the biggest merger the video game industry has ever seen. That hurdle was cleared this morning as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority relented to adjusted terms.... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2023-10-13 14:10:14 UTC ]
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How to watch Martin Baron discuss 'Collision of Power' at the L.A. Times Book Club

Editor Martin Baron will discuss "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post" at L.A. Times Book Club night at USC. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-11 21:08:41 UTC ]
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Capen Publishing Buys Six Imprints from Southwestern Family of Companies

Capen Publishing Company has acquired the Favorite Recipes Press, Quail Ridge Press, Beckon Books, Blue Sneaker Press, Greenwich Publishing, and Historic Hospitality Books imprints from Southwestern Family of Companies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hands-on: Windows 11’s new AI tools aren’t ready for prime time

AI will change the way that we work. Or so says the most fervent purveyors of the tech, which now includes Microsoft. But after seeing ChatGPT, Dall-E, and other AI systems integrated into the latest versions of Windows 11, Office, and the company’s Microsoft 365 platform, I can’t say that... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2023-09-26 17:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s never been a better time to listen to comic books

Superhero movies are a dime a dozen, but the comic book podcast is about to hit its stride. We’ve had a nice, long run of comic book movies and television shows. One after the other, with big actors and even bigger action sequences. Before the end of the year we’ll get Loki Season 2, The... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2023-09-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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