Greg Hywood says company will keep printing Sydney Morning Herald and the Age ‘for some years yet’ and may spin off Domain real estate business Fairfax Media will continue to print its daily newspapers for several years, its chief executive, Greg Hywood, confirmed at the company’s results meeting. The publisher tripled its profits to $84m in the half-year to December 2016 compared to the same period last financial year.“While we have considered many options, the model we have developed involves continuing to print our publications daily for some years yet,” Hywood said. “This is the best commercial outcome for shareholders based on current advertising and subscription trends.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Jeff Kinney’s global tour to promote the release of book 11 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Puffin) will kick off on 1st November and will include more than 20 stops on three continents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A driverless air taxi to carry you over traffic in congested urban centers, ordered at the push of a button from your smartphone, may sound like science fiction, but Airbus believes it’s much closer to reality than you think. So close, in fact, that it hopes to test such a vehicle by the end of... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Between massive shakeups at The Huffington Post and Gawker Media, this week marked the end of an era for digital publishing. For starters, late last week The Huffington Post announced that its namesake co-founder Arianna Huffington would be leaving the company to focus on a new company she’s... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners plan to gather this Saturday to protest the £1m cuts to Lewisham Council’s library budget, which will see staff removed from four libraries across the borough. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retired NFL star Darren Sharper, convicted of drugging and raping nine women in Los Angeles, Nevada, Arizona and Louisiana, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday by a federal judge in New Orleans. Sharper, 41, had previously pleaded guilty or no contest to drugging and sexually... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As far as art books go, “Matisse in the Barnes Foundation,” published last year by Thames & Hudson, is pretty exquisite: Three hardback volumes, totaling 894 pages, that tell the story of the works that are a bedrock of the Barnes Foundation collection in Philadelphia. The books come in a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has sacked its c.e.o Ronald Boire after just under a year in the post. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sun’s fantasy football site, Dream Team, has been a publisher in its own right for nearly a year. Like other publishers, it’s working out the route to monetizing social video, which means branded content. It has changed several things in its editorial strategy to help build a smoother path... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since the Broad opened last September, Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” — with its reflective walls, pools of water and glimmering, outer-space-like crystal LEDs — has been the museum’s social media star, a popular art-selfie backdrop for visitors, particularly millennials posting on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 5.0% rise in June bookstore sales over June 2015 ended a solid first half of 2016, in which bookstore sales increased 6.1% over the first half of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath-based Parragon plans to “grow significantly” in the next five years, including boosting its business in the US, with a new American publishing team starting up next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's boy vs. middle school. The live-action adaptation of James Patterson's bestselling novel 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' opens on October 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom MacIsaac took the helm of the audiobook publisher and distributor in late June, succeeding Rich Fresse. MacIsaac was CEO of Verve Mobile from 2010 to 2015, where he expanded the company's mobile and advertising capabilities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital magazine audiences are growing, but most U.S. adults prefer to consume across multiple platforms. The post Study: Over Two-Thirds of Americans Still Read Print Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A shake-up at Law360, a new CRO at Hearst Magazines UK, and more... The post Bloomberg Media Names Global CRO | People on the Move – 8.10.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing vet Keith Grossman has had a busy few years. Just over two years ago, the Condé Nast alum left a more than decade-long career at Wired to join Bloomberg as publisher of Bloomberg Digital and Digital Products. Last fall, he was promoted to Bloomberg Media's U.S. head of sales. And as... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helped by solid contribution from its U.S. division, revenue at Quarto Group rose 8% in the first half of 2016 over the comparable period in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing, the English-language book publishing division of Sweden’s Bonnier Group, has formed Bonnier Publishing USA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Antonio Garcia Martinez's Silicon Valley exposé Chaos Monkeys (Ebury) has been longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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