Per a report from Bloomberg last night, Fox Networks president of distribution Mike Hopkins is close to being named CEO of Disney/21st Century Fox/Comcast joint venture Hulu. After founder Jason Kilar resigned in March (along with chief technology officer Tom Rich), svp of content and distribution Andy Forssell stepped into the gap and has run the company for the last six months. Forssell's appointment would seem to underline Hulu's focus on its greatest advantage: its content library and its relationships with premium video publishers. Obviously, Hopkins' hire would make those relationships—at least the relationships on the 21st Century side—that much firmer. Since the inception of the digital video service, many have perceived its biggest problem to be infighting between its competing co-owners. On some level, no matter how well the business functions, fierce rivalry between 21st Century and Disney (and NBCUniversal, which owns a stake but does not make management decisions) will continue to be a factor in the service's perceived success. To be fair, 21st Century and Disney do have a long history as fairly successful frenemies: The companies have managed to divide up the spoils of the Marvel Universe across their film slates without any bloodshed, which is not insignificant given the amount of money films based on the X-Men and the Avengers have brought in. Hulu has more content avenues than repurposed broadcast programming, of course. The company green-lit several... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's issue of PublishNews Brazil features an interview with Penguin CEO John Makinson, an overview of Brazil's ebook market, and Saraiva's latest sales numbers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired a book on the global financial crisis, The Default Line by Faisal Islam... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo's CEO discusses Brazil, the world, and how POD will be added to the Writing Life platform. Also, our tart critique of Apple's new "Brazilian" iBookstore. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Midpoint Trade Books has signed a distribution deal with Bunker Hill Publishing, a New Hampshire-based independent publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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(Reuters) - Germany's largest newspaper publisher will introduce a paywall for its flagship national daily Die Welt by the end of this year and is confident competitors will follow suit, Axel Springer Chief Executive Mathias Doepfner said. In an ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North American independent publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group (RLPG) is to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Financial Times publisher Pearson, is stepping down at the end of 2012 and will be replaced by John Fallon, chief executive of Pearson's international education division. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alistair Burtenshaw, who stepped down from his post as London Book Fair director earlier this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has announced Dixons as another British retail partner to sell Nook devices.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers and publishers are reporting persistent problems with HarperCollins' distribution... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has appointed Richard Milbank as publishing director, non-fiction, with Milbank... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to delay its head office move from Brentford to its flagship London Piccadilly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Australia c.e.o. and Hachette New Zealand chairman Malcolm Edwards will retire at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business. Michael Pietsch, the editor of Keith Richards' Life, David Foster Wallace's The Pale King and the many novels of James Patterson, has been named CEO of Hachette Book Group. Mr. Pietsch has headed... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group chairman and c.e.o. David Young will return to the UK to head up Orion next... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 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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Bookmasters has signed an agreement with British publisher Knox Robinson Publishing to distribute their range of historical novels in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot on the heels of purchasing Blinkbox and Peter Gabriel's WE7, Tesco has purchased Andy McNab's ebook publishers, Mobcast. It seems clear that the British supermarket heavyweight is currently engaged in a phony war with rival Sainsburys, which snapped up Rovi, Global Media Vault and Anobii for... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing is continuing to broaden its distribution channels, as the New York-based imprint has formed a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will make the company's ebooks available to competitors such as Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. As you may be aware, there's some uneasy... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Well, our English friends, today is a good day. Your choice in e-readers is about to get that much better as Barnes & Noble has decided to make your homeland the first stop on its highly-anticipated international tour. The Nook and its associated store will be making their big debut in the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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