Culture secretary says presence of campaign group at party negotiations was a 'hijacking of government business'The culture secretary Maria Miller has described campaigning group Hacked Off's involvement in political negotiations over press regulation as "quite a destructive force" in the eyes of the newspaper industry, causing "some lasting damage" to relations with publishers.Hacked Off was involved in late-night talks with representatives of the three main political parties in Labour leader Ed Miliband's Commons office in March, which resulted in the government unveiling its royal charter to underpin a new press regulator.Publishers already sceptical about the government's royal charter plan and antagonistic towards Hacked Off, which campaigns for more robust regulation on behalf of victims of press intrusion and has been an outspoken critic of the industry's practices, seized on its involvement in the talks as one further reason to oppose the proposals."[Hacked Off's presence] became quite a destructive force in the perception of the press," said Miller, speaking to MPs on the culture, media and sport select committee on Wednesday. "I think it made some lasting damage. We had managed to get to a stage where we were on the verge of agreement. Some of the interventions over [that] weekend created a great deal of bad will."The presence of Hacked Off at the government talks caused deep concern in the press industry, which Miller said had until that point been involved in... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram has announced the addition of three new publisher clients: The Mother Company, Mandevilla Press, and The Law School Admission Council (LSAC). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 45 years in Northern California, Pomegranate Press is moving its warehouse and offices to a 100,000 sq. ft. building in Portland, Ore.— both as a cost-saving measure and as a means of returning to an urban environment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown has bought a 50% stake in fellow agency Conville & Walsh. Conville & Walsh... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall has climbed the Amazon charts following saturation media coverage... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of independent bookshops are to close in the first quarter of 2013 ahead of the business... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier-owned Templar Publishing has bought fellow children's publisher Piccadilly Press,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press is launching a children’s imprint, Pushkin Children's Books, for publishing works that have had success overseas but have not found a publisher in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has acquired three titles of classic material by Ronnie Barker, the comedian and star... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Clay Foster, chairman and CEO of Journal Inc. and publisher of the Daily Journal: Today’s paper is the culmination of months of planning and hard work to go live on a new printing press. In challenging economic times this was not an e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arcadia Books has been rescued from administration by a media facilitator called MediaFund, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten-year-old Black Lawrence Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books, had its editorial approach to publishing contemporary literature and creative nonfiction affirmed last month when the National Endowment of the Arts chose three of its authors to receive 2013 Literature Fellowships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Asked what makes university presses different from commercial presses, Niko Pfund, president of Oxford University Press, U.S., answered: “University presses are harder to sell and harder to kill.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press, the regional newspaper publisher of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has appointed BBC digital marketer Lucy Sinclair to the new role of group audience development and marketing director. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's UK net sales were £2.91bn in 2011, according to information the retailer has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to leverage recent critical and financial successes, the literary publisher Graywolf Press is embarking on several new initiatives to further boost its visibility and to reflect that it is, in new marketing director Michael Taeckens’s words, “entering a new era.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Miller's Costa Prize-winning novel Pure and Julian Barnes' Man Booker-winner The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has acquired world rights to a “stop-press” publication by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline imprint Tinder Press has acquired two new novels by Patrick Gale, who moves from Fourth... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Chicago Press has signed two new distribution clients: the American Alliance of Museums Press and the Missouri History Museum. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to Reuters, EU regulators look likely to accept an offer from Apple and a handful of publishers, including Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan. The assembled publishers propose that they will allow retailers (including Amazon) to sell ebooks cheaper than... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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