The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) and a group of authors have sounded alarm bells over the imminent merger between France’s two largest book publishers, Hachette Livre and Editis, into a single media group. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-05 15:58:02 UTC ]
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The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has written to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy expressing its “alarm” at rumours that the Trump administration is considering a “precipitous” move to require all federally funded research to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-18 20:30:17 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has hailed the publisher's "expanded opportunities" following the recent CBS Viacom merger in her end-of-year letter to staff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-18 20:23:10 UTC ]
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Picador commissioning editor Kishani Widyaratna (pictured) and Influx Press co-founder Kit Caless have launched a fundraiser for people in the publishing industry to donate money to the Trussell Trust with nearly £4,000 raised within five hours. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 19:29:32 UTC ]
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Sure, times are tough for the news media companies in the large Western media markets, but just think how rough Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-16 18:30:39 UTC ]
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A few years ago, investors were eager to throw money at digital media startups. Not anymore. But there are some Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-16 15:51:10 UTC ]
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The Scottish Parliament is considering plans to give local authorities more control over business rates, sparking "extreme concern" from the Booksellers Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 03:18:34 UTC ]
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The merger of Simon & Schuster parent company CBS with US mass media conglomerate Viacom has been completed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 12:57:56 UTC ]
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On November 12, at the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in Lower Manhattan, I hear author Jimin Han say something I’ve never heard a writer admit before. “I didn’t really commit to being a writer until I had children,” Han says to a room of 20 or so writers, all of whom are parents. There is […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 09:47:14 UTC ]
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The merger of Simon & Schuster parent company CBS with Viacom was completed yesterday afternoon. The new ViacomCBS will have combined sales of about $28 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing folk gathered en masse at the roof terrace at the Century Club in Soho last night for the retirement party of Hachette UK communications director Clare Harington. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 18:17:45 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has reported on its gender pay gap for 2019, revealing it has made some progress in closing the gender data gap in its core publishing divisions after increasing the number of higher paid women in its upper echelons. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 05:24:24 UTC ]
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Trade bodies, including the Publishers Association (PA), have sent a letter to the political parties ahead of the release of their election manifestos calling for them to commit to removing "unfair and illogical" VAT on digital publications. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 05:24:16 UTC ]
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Shortly after the stunning US presidential election in 2016, a French journalist with a lifelong love for American literature seized the political moment to give American authors a platform to express themselves in what would become a 200-page magazine called America—in French. Fifteen days... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-15 09:48:32 UTC ]
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Shareholders approved a deal to combine GateHouse Media, which has received SoftBank funding, with the publisher of USA Today. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-11-14 20:26:07 UTC ]
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Presses outside of the London bubble have welcomed Hachette UK's move to open a new office in Manchester as a step in the right direction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 01:56:32 UTC ]
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A social enterprise promoting literacy, Reread in Doncaster, has raised £12,000 in five days after hundreds of thousands of its books were damaged or destroyed by major floods. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 06:52:31 UTC ]
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Hachette UK will open a new office in Manchester early next year, with Hachette Children’s Group leading the way. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 20:15:39 UTC ]
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Two of the younger digital media startups, The Athletic and Axios, are raising money to fuel diversification of their businesses, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-11-12 18:00:39 UTC ]
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In the driver’s seat is Brad Parscale, Trump’s digital media director, who led the efforts to raise a record-breaking $125 million in just the last quarter, according to the New York Times. His ability to turn impeachment into this many millions... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-11-10 20:11:52 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has reported a "solid" third quarter, slightly down on last year due to slow sales in Education, as parent company Lagardère revealed a 4.1% revenue increase like-for-like. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:53:48 UTC ]
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