Investors buy stake in Business Insider for $25M

A group of investors led by Axel Springer SE, Europe's biggest newspaper publisher, has paid $25 million for a stake in Business Insider Inc. as the German media company seeks to expand its digital... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Internet Businesses Head to Hill With Mozilla Topping Agenda

Small Internet publishers have been to Washington before to tell their story, but this time they are gathering with a singular purpose: to persuade lawmakers to put more pressure on Mozilla to change its plans for blocking third-party advertisers cookies by default in its Firefox browser. As... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ buys title by teen chef

Penguin division Michael Joseph has signed the first cookbook from Britain’s youngest head... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HoZ buys Atkins duo

Head of Zeus has pre-empted a high-concept love story by author Dani Atkins, with deals following... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foster sells controlling stake in Rights House

The Rights House co-chief executive Michael Foster has sold his controlling stake in the literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NYT Is Open For Programmatic Business - 'Issues' Remain

For the past year, executives at The New York Times Company speaking on its quarterly earnings calls have singled out a particular challenge for the newspaper publisher's display ad business: programmatic media buying methods. With this month ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century buys Washington DC-set crime novel

Century has acquired a crime novel set in 1990s Washington DC by US author Neely Tucker. Jack... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Innovation Taking the Publishing Business Beyond Borders

Smart publishers are thinking of their business as global instead of local. This may come as a surprise to some who see it as a novelty instead of the norm. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customers should have free choice over ebook buying, says EIBF

There is no convincing technological reason preventing ebook interoperability between different... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Free The Press Campaign Trying To Raise $660 Million To Buy Tribune Co.

The folks at The Other 98% really, really don't want to see the Koch brothers to buy the Tribune Company. The non-profit organization has launched a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo to make a bid for the publishing company, which owns the Chic ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Children's buys middle-grade debut

Orion Children's Books has acquired a debut novel described as "a fresh and exciting new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft 'offers' to buy Nook Media

Microsoft has offered to buy Nook Media for $1bn, according to reports. TechCrunch cites... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailer Pages opens for business

Online retailer Pages has launched today (9th May) selling only books by independent publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion

According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble intros buy-one-get-one Nook book offer, only valid in stores

Well, this process seems a bit counterintuitive, eh? This morning, Barnes & Noble introduced a new scheme for getting Nook customers to visit the company's retail stores. The promotion nets you one free ebook when you purchase another, but -- and this is where the offer tripped us up a bit... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline buys Hannigan

Headline has signed rights to two new novels from Irish writer Emma Hannigan. Irish and UK and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SpinMedia buys Vibe magazine and websites

SpinMedia has bought Vibe in a deal that could prove to be the end of the print edition of the famed hip-hop culture magazine.Vibe magazine was founded in 1993 by legendary producer Quincy Jones. The company has changed hands several times and like many publications, has turned its focus to its... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millionaire buys every MP Douglas Carswell title

An entrepreneur is buying every MP a copy of Douglas Carswell’s book The End of Politics... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's Swainson buys 'Turkish Franz Kafka'

Bloomsbury has signed rights to two novels from an author described as the 'Turkish Franz... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium Buys Long-Form Site Matter

Twitter has often been cited as anathema to long-form journalism, but one of the social giant's co-founders thinks the two concepts can work together. Medium, a content production and delivery platform started by Twitter and Blogger co-founder Ev Williams, has acquired the sci-tech long-form... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jobs to go as Bertrams buys Blackwell's library contracts

Wholesaler Bertrams has bought Blackwell's academic library services contracts for £2.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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