Facebook signs deal with Universal to give users access to licensed music

Under ‘unprecedented’ partnership, users will be able to upload videos containing licensed music on Facebook, Instagram and OculusUniversal Music Group is to become the first major music company to license its recorded music and publishing catalogues for use on Facebook, Instagram and virtual reality platform Oculus in a global, multi-year agreement.The deal, described as “unprecedented” in a statement from Universal, will license the content for video and “other social experiences”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century signs up gangland memoir

Century has won a four-way auction in the memoir of one of Britain's most notorious gangland... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flurry of Olympic titles as new Wiggins deal mooted

The race to acquire a new book from Olympic hero and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton signs Granta-tipped writer

Hamish Hamilton has signed up a novel from South American writer Daniel Galera, a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU-Japan deal may cut red tape, boost IP protection

European publishers are looking into the opportunities a free trade agreement between the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber adds punk Viv Albertine memoirs to music list

Faber and Faber has added to their growing music list by acquiring the rights for the memoirs of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon signs another four from Rose

Avon has signed four more books by Jacqui Rose, whose debut was a bestseller in ebook format.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Licensed Characters Add Spice to Cookbooks

Licensing has long played an important role in the cookbook category. While most of the action has been in brands and cooking shows that have been extended into licensed cookbooks, more recently quite a few characters and entertainment properties have entered the category, and those deals have... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atria Inks Co-Pub Deal with U.K.’s Short Books

Simon & Schuster’s Atria imprint has teamed up with British independent publisher Short Books to start a new imprint called Marble Arch Press. The imprint—the name refers to the famous London landmark near Hyde Park—will premiere in fall 2012, releasing (in the U.S. and Canada) roughly 12... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's to run Queen's University bookshop

Blackwell’s has returned a campus bookshop presence to Queens University Belfast after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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STM criticises EC stance on 'green' Open Access

International scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishers association STM has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC signs three by 'inimitable' MacBride

HarperCollins has secured a new contract with bestselling author Stuart MacBride. Sarah Hodgson... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador signs Kermode

Picador has acquired two books from film and cultural critic, Mark Kermode, with the author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TFP signs up PC 'confessions'

An anonymous behind-the-scenes look at modern policing is the latest title to be snapped up by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Willetts: all science research to be open access by 2014

All publicly funded scientific research will be made freely available by 2014 according to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: Ingram Signs Agreement with Destiny Image

Ingram has announced an agreement with Destiny Image Publishers to grow the reach of its Christian publishing program to more book buyers worldwide. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Learned Societies warn of Open Access risks

Directors of learned societies say clarity over the timing of transition to open access... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell moves into Northumbria university

Blackwell is to operate a bookshop at the University of Northumbria, following the departure of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deal close in EC ebook probe

Five of the six parties under investigation by the European Commission over ebook prices... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard Rival: New York Times Deal is Good News for the Media Industry

Publishing giants The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal firmed up exclusive deals with Flipboard and Pulse earlier in the week for exclusive content to go out to these third-party mobile apps, but as one Flipboard rival explains, this news c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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