Harry Potter author’s lawyer says allegations left her ‘distressed’, but she is ending her libel case after receiving an apology and substantial damagesAuthor JK Rowling has been “fully vindicated and her reputation restored” following the Daily Mail’s apology for alleging she wrote a “sob story” containing false claims about her time as a single mother, the high court has heard.A judge was told that the publisher of the Daily Mail has accepted the allegations were “completely false and indefensible”, published an apology and undertaken not to repeat them. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House and the Daily Mail have launched a “major” competition which will offer new writing talent a publishing deal and a £20,000 advance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The high court could soon decide whether to review long-running case over Google’s library scanning program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google on Wednesday introduced a publishing platform designed to make news articles on smartphones load faster, which will compete with similar services from Facebook and Apple.Google's new project, called the "Accelerated Mobile Pages Project," is aimed at loading mobile web pages instantly... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor of British Vogue and novelist on Bill Clegg’s Did You Ever Have a Family, Sally Clarke’s recipes and David Hockney’s early drawingsAlexandra Shulman OBE has been editor-in-chief of British Vogue since 1992, making her the longest-serving editor in the magazine’s history. She was born... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paper says use of Mail Online article was ‘at odds’ with its ‘journalistic standards’Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel prize-winning author, has slammed the New York Times for publishing what he called “slanderous and perfidious” gossip that, it transpired, was culled from the Daily Mail’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twentieth Century Fox wants to talk to teens the way that they do with their friends, so it's using GIFs to chat with them on mobile messaging app Kik. The film studio and agency Trailer Park are launching a campaign today for the sci-fi flick Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lincolnshire library campaigners have called the council’s aim of transforming its library service “perverse” at the High Court. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail and Trinity Mirror, shareholders in local newspaper publisher, to share £25m after adjusted profits for 2014 go up 12%Local World reported a 12% rise in adjusted profits last year to £43.6m, netting shareholders the Daily Mail and Trinity Mirror more than £25m to share.David... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media executives said it's not unusual to book a dozen or so meetings during the day and then hit five or six parties at night. As for sleep? You can do that when you get stateside."It's a beautiful place, but it's no vacation," said Jon Steinberg, North American CEO of The Daily Mail. "It's... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small but ‘unsexy’ adjustment to the jacket art for a new edition of horsey bonkbuster has provoked a startlingly big fussThere is a scandal going on in the world of books this week. And it’s not Philip Larkin’s distaste for literary parties, nor the depressing research showing that books about... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major victory for book publishers, the UK's High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block several sites offering pirated ebooks. The decision means that BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and EE now have 10 days to comply and e... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The High Court has granted an application by the Publishers Association (PA) to block access to seven websites which have been infringing copyright. The application, made under 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, means that the UK's main internet service providers (ISPs) - BT,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter author’s lawyer says allegations left her ‘distressed’, but she is ending her libel case after receiving an apology and substantial damagesAuthor JK Rowling has been “fully vindicated and her reputation restored” following the Daily Mail’s apology for alleging she wrote a “sob... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The High Court has ordered Hesperus to stop selling or distributing its English translation of The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. The order was issued following an action brought by Hachette Book Group against Hesperus in London, which saw a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The future of platforms like Facebook and Twitter is like cable providers, and publishers will be like networks, publishing content directly on platforms -- and relying on the platforms, to a large extent, for monetization. Jon Steinberg, CEO of North America of Daily Mail, sees Snpachat... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Julian Barnes, and others expressed delight when a high court in the United Kingdom struck down a ban on sending books to prisoners. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The High Court has deemed the government’s ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Mr Justice Collins today (5th December) declared the ban unlawful saying he could see “no good reason” for the rule, “in the light of the importance of books for prisoners.” New measures were brought in in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners and prominent trade figures, including many high-profile authors, have expressed their delight with the High Court’s decision to rule the government's ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tesco’s book buying manager Paul Duffy is set to leave the supermarket in a few weeks’ time. The Bookseller can report that Duffy, Tesco’s head of buying for newspapers, magazines and books, will soon join the Daily Mail as the company’s head of retail sales and trade marketing. A spokesperson... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We find out so little about a person by watching them on Big Brother or reading their secrets exposed in the Daily MailWe just met half an hour ago. But I'm sitting in a Soho tapas bar, drinking sherry, and telling Josh Cohen my life story. The joke – lost on neither of us – is that he has just... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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