Facebook says scroll speed counts, and it turns out millennials are quicker with their thumbs than Gen X. They'll register an ad 2.5 times faster. Twitter, meanwhile, is adding a buy button. It’ll show up in sponsored tweets and anywhere there’s a link to the product. So far, five companies representing millions of smaller brands have signed up. Business Insider, the clicky digital publisher, got acquired by German giant Axel Springer for $343 million. Vinyl surpassed ad-supported streaming music services in the first half of 2015, bringing in almost $60 million more, according to the RIAA. The post Digiday Digest: Scroll speed, buy buttons and vinyl’s staying power appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
[ Digiday | 2015-10-02 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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Tesco has bought digital book platform Mobcast for £4.5m in a bid to strengthen its digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Razorbill, the teenage imprint of Penguin Children's, has done the first English language... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its first frontlist deal with agency Conville & Walsh, US digital publisher Open Road has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books Group has acquired global rights in YA title The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Early this week news broke that Google is acquiring the venerable guidebook publisher Frommers. That comes on the heels of the search giant's eye-opening deal to purchase Zagat last year. It can't be that Sergey and Larry just like to travel. Rather it seems clear that Google has a plan to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Wiley & Sons work to sell off unwanted assets as Google makes its foray into the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has bought the travel brand Frommer's from John Wiley & Son, in a move that sees... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired eight novels in the Donovan Creed series by Kindle millionaire John... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has acquired a memoir by Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management, which has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two-book YA series The Hundred, written by debut author Kass... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired a debut fantasy novel by British author, A J Smith. Commissioning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEW YORK -- This fall, the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald -- a print publication for more than 90 years -- will ditch the daily for digital, publish a twice-weekly magazine, and launch a mini-tech start-up called The Garage. It' ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The parent company of Penguin Books, Pearson, has bought one of the biggest self-publishing companies, Author Solutions Inc (ASI). Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has acquired self-publishing company Author Solutions Inc for $116m (£74m) in cash... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin c.e.o. John Makinson has said there is a "natural convergence" between... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Osprey has close to doubled in size with the acquisition of Duncan Baird Publishers, including... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired a debut novel which has already sold over 250,000 copies in the US,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired a new book by comedian and actress Jo Brand, described as "the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloodaxe Books is publishing pocketbook and ebook editions of poetry taken from its bestselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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