Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in mobile app company Brainbow

Hachette Livre has acquired a majority stake in a London-based mobile app company, Brainbow Ltd, the firm behind the brain-training app Peak. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurene Powell Jobs Buys Majority Stake in the Atlantic

Laurene Powell Jobs's Emerson Collective has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Atlantic, the iconic political and cultural magazine that has also become a force in digital publishing.Powell Jobs, the 53-year-old widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is buying the stake from Atlantic... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People acquires gift company Qwerkity

The Book People has acquired gift company Qwerkity, heralding its “natural” expansion into the gift market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Acquires Literary-Themed Apparel Company

The publisher has acquired Out of Print, which produces and retails literary-themed apparel, accessories, and home goods. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major Companies Expand Effort to Support Federal Library Funding

The Corporate Committee for Library Investment expands an effort that began last week with a letter to Congress from eight publishers and library vendors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Unveils Chlldren's App Pairing Text and Music

Hachette, in partnership with startup Novel Effect, has created an app that relies on voice recognition technology to sync music and sound effects to text, as it's read aloud from select picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette U.K. Acquires Bookouture

Bookouture, the U.K.-based digital publishing company that had a number of titles hit high on Amazon's Kindle ebooks bestselller list in 2016, has been acquired by Hachette U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK acquires Bookouture

Hachette UK has acquired independent ebook publisher Bookouture, just four years since it was founded in 2012 by former Harlequin/Mills & Boon marketing executive Oliver Rhodes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to video, more publishers are betting on mobile web versus apps

Mobile apps’ share of video consumption went down from eight to five percent by the end of 2016, continuing a downward trend, according to video tech firm JW Player. Not surprisingly, then, most digital publishers can’t justify spending $500,000 or more on mobile app development and maintenance,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Acquires Ad-Tech Company Adelphic to Beef Up Programmatic Advertising

As Time Inc. continues to pivot from being seen as a print magazine publisher to a digital media player, the company has acquired programmatic ad-tech company Adelphic. Adelphic will join Viant, a marketing company that Time Inc. acquired a year ago that uses first-party data and programmatic... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette streamlines apps strategy

Hachette UK has "canned" many of its apps to focus on "fewer and better" following its acquisition of mobile app and games developer Neon Play in June, its chief executive Tim Hely Hutchinson has revealed at The FutureBook Conference 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major Ad-Technology Company Bars Breitbart News for Hate Speech

AppNexus, a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using its ad-serving tools because the conservative online publisher violated its hate speech rules.AppNexus scrutinized Breitbart's website after president-elect Donald Trump tapped Steve Bannon, former executive... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2016: Hachette Livre

Hachette Livre is the world’s third-largest trade book publisher for the general public and educational markets, and it is the largest publisher in France. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How CNN juggles different mobile chat apps to cover the Olympics

With mobile messaging app use exploding, publishers are all trying to figure out how to share their content with those apps' users. CNN, after launching an automated chatbot app on Kik and Facebook Messenger, is giving users an interactive, on-the-ground look at big events like the Republican... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette US adds titles to mobile platform Tapas Media

Hachette Book Group has signed a new deal in the US with online mobile platform Tapas Media. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thalia majority stake sold to Herder family

A major stake in German book chain Thalia has been sold to the German Herder family, which runs a longstanding publishing house of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FT takes controlling stake in content marketing company Alpha Grid

Publisher to ramp up its presence in branded content, especially digital and videoThe Financial Times is to significantly boost its advertiser-funded video and digital content by acquiring specialist firm Alpha Grid.Alpha Grid produces branded content across broadcast, video, digital and social... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette releases New Star Soccer app ahead of Euros

Hachette has launched a football-themed app based on the BAFTA-winning and multi-million selling game New Star Soccer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CCC acquires publishing solutions company Ixxus

The Copyright Clearance Center has acquired London-based publishing solutions company Ixxus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FBF takes majority stake in IPR License

The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has taken a majority shareholding in global rights and licensing trading platform, IPR License Ltd. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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