Alpha Media has sold Maxim magazine to an affiliate of Darden Media Group that is planning to distribute Maxim's content across TV, radio and music platforms, the company said Thursday evening. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Calls to Darden Media Group were not immediately returned Thursday night, but in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Chairman Calvin Darden said he plans to introduce a Maxim-branded TV channel and music label."Although the publishing industry has seen seismic shifts over the past several years, the opportunities to create powerful, transmedia brands that engage consumers and advertisers on multiple platforms is significantly on the rise," said Mr. Darden in a press release. "Darden Media Group has an extremely optimistic vision of the future of media, and we are looking forward to building a property that sets the gold-standard for integrated media in the 21st century."Maxim had been on the block since March, though a sale effort had been in the works since Cerberus Capital Partners took over the company in 2009. There were at least 10 other bidders for the magazine, a person close to the negotiations said. Bloomberg reported in July that bids were about $30 million.Founder Felix Dennis sold the U.S. edition of Maxim, along with Blender and Stuff magazines, to investors led by Quadrangle Capital Partners for about $250 million in August 2007. Facing economic headwinds affecting the magazine industry, they shuttered Stuff immediately and... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Nick Lake, publishing director at HarperCollins Childrens Books, has bought world rights in all... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has pre-empted a guide to successful parenting written from the point of view of an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has acquired the autobiography of actor Sir David Jason, star of series including... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian publisher Allen & Unwin has announced the acquisition of Murdoch Books. The sum... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dickens or Denisovich? Mailer or Malamud? This professor agonized over the reading list for a class of prison inmates. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont UK is embarking on a drive to secure creative partnerships with children's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has signed up three new titles from author Sarah Lean. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YUDU Media is to make a push into the education market with the launch of YUDU Education, a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maxim magazine is cutting the paid circulation it guarantees advertisers from 2.5 million to 2 million next year, a 20% drop, and reducing its publishing frequency to 10 issues next year from 11 this year. Last year Maxim published 12 issues. Maxim President Ben Madden said the magazine... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrated reference publisher Weldon Owen has bought a title for its launch list by zoologist,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has acquired a new erotica title from Nikki Gemmell, whose book, The Bride Stripped... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple hasn’t promoted the tablet computer in MPA member magazines since summer 2011. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manhattan Media, publisher of local weeklies Our Town and The West Side Spirit whose CEO Tom Allon is running for mayor, is on the block, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Since its founding 11 years ago by Mr. Allon and Richard Burns, managing partner of Isis Venture... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers want a slice of Google ad revenue. France's major online newspaper publishers have called for a new legislation which will ensure internet search engines including Google have to pay them for using their published content. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The San Francisco Chronicle launched its 49ers Insider digital magazine last week in advance of the team’s season-opener against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some well-kept secrets at Penguin Group, most notably the succession plan for its CEO, were put on display late Wednesday with the filing of an age discrimination lawsuit by the book publisher's former longtime head of corporate communications, Marilyn Ducksworth. Her lawyers charge Penguin with... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired two novels from Lulu Taylor, previously published by Arrow.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debt-laden broadcaster Nine Entertainment confirms the sale of its magazine portfolio to the privately owned Bauer Media Group. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Healthy living title WebMD the Magazine is reintroducing itself this September with a redesigned publication. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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