Harry Potter author seeks 'unspecified damages' for 'causing distress'The Daily Mail has taken down a story from its website about the author JK Rowling after she sued the paper for libel.Rowling says the online article, headlined "How JK Rowling's sob story about her past as a single mother has left the churchgoers who cared for her upset and bewildered", misrepresented her comments.In so doing it injured her reputation and caused her great distress and embarrassment, according to documents filed at the high court by Rowling's lawyers, Schillings.They argue that the article - also published across two pages of the paper in September last year - suggested Rowling had given "a knowingly false account of her time as a single mother in Edinburgh."They say the article meant that that she had "falsely and inexcusably accused her fellow churchgoers of behaving in a bigoted, unchristian manner towards her, of stigmatising her and cruelly taunting her for being a single mother."Rowling believes the Mail story was "premised on a false picture" of her own article published 10 days before on the website for the single parents' charity, Gingerbread, "I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life". Rowling is president of Gingerbread.Her court filing states that she had not "accused her fellow churchgoers of 'stigmatising' or 'cruelly taunting' her." Instead, "she had referred to a single occasion involving a woman who had visited the church one day... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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This may not be a first - but HoldTheFrontPage is reporting that the Manchester Evening News has ditched its picture desk.It says that both the picture editor and his deputy have not been replaced after leaving the Trinity Mirror title. Photographers are now assigned to jobs by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just in time for the holidays, Oprah Winfrey has selected a new book for her Book Club 2.0: "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd.Just in time for the holidays, Oprah Winfrey has selected a new book for her Book Club 2.0: "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator resorts to lawyers over long-running dispute about his sale of the comic-book franchise to Hachette LivreHe co-created the Asterix comic series about the adventures of the indomitable Gaul, but now Albert Uderzo is fighting his own real-life battle, and has filed a legal complaint... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Mail is to launch an online operation in Australia in January 2014. The newspaper has gone into partnership with Mi9, the digital media company owned by Nine Entertainment. Mail Online will provide original Australian content alongside ninemsn, a joint venture between Nine and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher aims to continue 2013's 50% growth to hit point at which website's income would exceed newspapers' declineMail Online has set a target of making more than £60m in revenues in 2014, with executives saying it is close to more than offsetting revenue declines at the Daily Mail and Mail on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This summer a judge ruled that Apple arranged a conspiracy with major publishers to raise ebook prices. Now Apple faces a class action lawsuit from plaintiff states and a consumer class. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is PJ Pereira, Pereira & O'Dell's chief creative officer, the next J.K. Rowling?Not content with winning three Grand Prix awards at the Cannes Lions festival and an Emmy for his agency's hit social-film campaigns for Intel and Toshiba, Mr. Pereira's first book "Gods of Both Worlds" is out... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From India to China, Brazil to Finland, find out what the publishing industry is talking about in our Friday Show Daily from the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the second day of the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair, we bring you news of book deals, interviews with CEOs and more. Download the issue to read more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times will consolidate the multiple print editions it publishes each night into a single, global newspaper in the first half of 2014, using its website for breaking news as the publisher focuses on growth in digital products and perhaps sets the stage for eventual further... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get complete coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair with the PW Frankfurt Show Daily. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives show daily for this Wednesday at the Frankfurt Book Fair includes conference reports and info on Brazil's Guest of Honor exhibition. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Download our special Frankfurt Book Fair show daily focused on digital publishing. Read interviews with CEOs, digital experts and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fascism, class war, ethnic cleansing: for a series of kids’ books about an orphan with magical powers, Harry Potter takes in some surprisingly dark themes. One of which is the power of the media. The later books feature Rita Skeeter, a wi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling will write a screenplay for Warner Bros. inspired by her book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."Warner Bros. is hoping "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has another magic trick up her sleeve. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling will write the screenplay for a film adaptation of the Potter book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and the movie will center on the adventures of textbook author Newt Scamander. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling will write the screenplay for a film adaptation of the Potter book 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and the movie will center on the adventures of textbook author Newt Scamander. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's the last week to pitch your stories and book advertising in our printed Frankfurt Book Fair Show Daily issues running October 8-11. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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