The building housing Foyles’ iconic flagship store on London’s Charing Cross Road has been sold to real estate fund Brockton Capital for around £45m, according to Property Week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Meredith Corp. agreed to sell Fortune magazine and its related businesses for $150 million, furthering the company's efforts to shed the news-focused brands it acquired in buying Time Inc. The buyer is Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, an owner of the Charoen Pokphand Group conglomerate,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has confirmed that it has completed the acquistion of Foyles, announced in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The School Library Data Group (SLDG), a sub-group of the Great School Libraries Campaign, has received a grant from the Foyle Foundation to undertake a major survey of UK school library provision. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today, people on average spend nearly a third of their day engaging with digital content, according to Adobe's 2018 Consumer Content Survey. Navigating audiences across various platforms is a constant challenge for publishers. At Facebook, we believe in building community for people across... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael O’Mara Books is publishing Michael Portillo’s tie-in book to the Channel 5 programme "Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain", coinciding with the broadcast of the second series in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Questex, the Newton, Mass.-based publisher and trade show producer serving the travel-hospitality and technology spaces, among others, has been acquired by private equity firm MidOcean Partners from Shamrock Capital, which had owned the company since 2014. Financial terms were not disclosed. As... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, agents and other booksellers have expressed widespread shock at the news this morning that Waterstones has bought Foyles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anil Narang and Carl Wistreich—chairman and CEO, respectively, of AC Business Media—have sold their majority stake in the Wisconsin-based trade magazine publisher to Florida-based private equity firm Boyne Capital, the two sides announced Thursday. Concurrent with the sale, former Grand View... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barricade Books, the independent press founded by the late maverick publisher Lyle Stuart in 1990, has been sold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“You can’t be a publisher and not be thinking about platforms, not marry with them. Facebook needs to be a marketing tentacle.” The post ‘The duopoly are middlemen’: How publishers are building sustainable subscription models appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bustle Digital Group acquired Flavorpill Media Inc. to build out the company's experiential programming, Bustle said. Additional terms of the acquisition, which is effective immediately, were not made public. Flavorpill Media Inc. is an online publisher and experiential brand that launched in... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had a lasting impression on author Piers Torday—so much so, that his latest book is loosely based on the classic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Nicola Davies will this autumn sell off artwork donated by illustrators such as Steve Antony and Sophy Henn to her #3000Chairs campaign, which raises money to help child refugees. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "majority of publishing assets" of the late Peter Mayer’s company Duckworth have been acquired by independent Prelude Books for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s not uncommon for lines out the door of stores on Fairfax Avenue on any given day, but kids asking for autographs from the founder of what is, for all intents and purposes, a backpack company? That’s got to say something. As Sprayground founder and creative director David Ben-David strode up... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time in its 45-year history, Dennis Publishing has been sold. The London-based publisher of The Week and Mental Floss, among numerous others, has been acquired by British private equity firm Exponent, both parties announced Tuesday. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Heart of... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beanie Feldstein, Paddy Considine and Alfie Allen have joined the cast of the adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel How To Build A Girl. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Known for its avant-garde take on fashion and beauty, Nylon magazine served as an edgy alternative to a newsstand full of fashion glossies. However, when its print edition closed in October of last year, former digital director turned editor-in-chief Gabrielle Korn knew that Nylon needed to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ullstein describes itself as Germany's most successful hardcover publisher. And while many houses are commercializing, Ullstein wants to be more literary. The post Berlin’s Venerable Ullstein Buchverlage: ‘Building Our Literary Reputation’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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