Ex-employee accuses corporation of allowing 'inaccurate statements' to be made to MPs over failure of digital initiativeThe BBC chief technology officer dismissed over the failure of the Digital Media Initiative, the IT project scrapped last year at a cost of nearly £100m to licence fee payers, is taking legal action against the corporation.John Linwood revealed in written evidence published by the Commons public accounts committee on Tuesday that he was taking legal action, as well as accusing the BBC of allowing "inaccurate statements" to be made to MPs.It was revealed last week that Linwood's contract was terminated in July 2013 without a payoff, two months after he was suspended when the DMI project was scrapped.The ambitious DMI scheme was supposed to do away with the need for videotapes across the BBC and use digital technology to call up archive footage – but it was axed in May 2013 with £98.4m of licence fee funding written off.On Tuesday the PAC published 90 pages of written evidence ahead of a further committee hearing about the DMI debacle on Monday. Mark Thompson, the former BBC director general who is now chief executive of the New York Times, has been recalled and will give evidence along with former BBC finance chief Zarin Patel, trustee Anthony Fry, ex-chief operating officer Caroline Thomson and BBC operations director Dominic Coles.Linwood wrote in his PAC evidence: "I have issued legal proceedings against the BBC and intimated contractual claims, and am... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Mobiles24 has removed all ebooks from its website after Hachette UK obtained a court order... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Gary Pruitt, chairman and chief executive of the newspaper publisher McClatchy Company, becomes the 13th leader of The Associated Press. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Devin C. Johnson, 38, joined Studio One Networks as chief operating officer. In this role, he will be responsible for strategic and operational leadership for the network's partnerships with online publishers and brand marketers. He will oversee the management of the company's finances,... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books has acquired a title by chefs Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang, both Chinese food specialists... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BARCELONA, Spain--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that more than 16 million digital publications were powered by Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite across tablets o ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Ross Raisin, Michele Roberts and Anjali Joseph will take their place alongside BBC London... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The approximately 30 publishers exhibiting at the 2012 New York International Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center, February 11–15, saw full aisles and strong orders for the first time in several years. The Toy Industry Association’s preliminary figures estimated attendance was up 4%, to 34,000.... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Springville, Utah (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, has signed an enterprise-wide agreement with Digital Technology International (DTI™) to implement DTI Circulati ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books has signed a two-year publishing deal with the BBC's upcoming talent show "The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has called for “dynamic and innovative” authorities to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matteo Berlucchi, chief executive of the social e-retailer Anobii, has urged publishers to drop... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Atlantic Media Company names Kevin Delaney as editor-in-chief of its still untitled digital global business brand. Delaney brings over a decade of experience at The Wall Street Journal to this developing role. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wenner Media has named a new chief digital officer, David Kang, who becomes the third person to hold the position in less than a year. Wenner hired its first chief digital officer, Steven Schwartz, in 2009. He left in May for his old employer, Reuters. The next person in the job, Michael... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of ebooks will "double in size in a flat market" over the course of 2012,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC's award for short fiction is to turn international for one year to celebrate the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Time Inc, the parent of IPC Media and the US publishing giant behind titles including People and Time, has appointed Digitas global chief executive Laura Lang as its new chief executive. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Inc. has picked Laura Lang, chief executive of the digital-ad firm Digitas, to run its Time Inc. magazine-publishing division, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 12/10/2011 - 10:17 Publishing Technology is to build the United Nations e-collection. The publishing software services provider has signed the UN e-collection to its pub2web platform, which allows cross-searching, discovery and sales via... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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