The government will announce cuts to business rates in the Queen’s Speech today (19th December) in a bid to revive the high street. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sheffield City Council has approved plans to slash its library funding and leave only 12 of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In early April Vice will debut a yet-unnamed food vertical with "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia. The brash digital-media company also has a food-related ad network on its menu.Vice and FremantleMedia will jointly develop and produce "hundreds of hours of content" for the property, said... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New data suggests that the borrowing of erotic fiction from UK public libraries has leapt by 500%, in what is being called the 'Fifty Shades' effect. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Listings magazine, which is the most popular paid-for title in UK, reported an average weekly sale of 1,374,813TV Choice has increased sales to a five-year high of almost 1.4 million, the biggest beneficiary among listings magazines from the demise of Richard Desmond's short-lived TV Pick.H... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The VSCO Cam app has developed a pretty dedicated following of serious mobile photographers. Over the summer Visual Supply Co. even unveiled a minimalist publishing platform called VSCO Grid. But ties between the two were... let's say, weak. An... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This celebration of bookish snark, won by AA Gill for his Morrissey assault, is less daring and less worthy than it thinksIt's the middle of a wet, wet winter, unaccountably you haven't shed the pounds or learnt the cello as per the optimism of 1 Jan, and to make matters even worse, Valentine's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sanity has been restored to Nokia’s Lumia smartphone lineup with the release of the Nokia Icon. This Verizon exclusive pulls the best features from Nokia’s massive 6-inch phablets—the Lumia 1520 in particular—and tucks them behind a manageable, 5-inch OLED display.I purposefully seek out large... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble acknowledged Monday that it has cut jobs throughout the company, but insisted that a report that said it had laid off its entire Nook hardware staff was “incorrect.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Media is drawing interest from acquirers including China's Fosun International Ltd. and Singapore's Spice Global Investments Pvt, with final offers for the magazine publisher due Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LinkedIn is looking more and more like a publisher these days. The professional networking site eschews the term, but its recent moves suggest otherwise, from its Influencers blog network to its acquisition of news reader Pulse and the introduction of native advertising. (LinkedIn calls them... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK will not be changing its distribution sites in the UK, in the wake of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editorial director of the Online Publishers Association weighs in on whether brands should be in the business of creating copy -- or whether that should be left to a partnership with the pros. The post Should Brands Even Be in the Content Business? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emily Hall, 25, whose family purchased Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo., earlier this week, says that she will continue in retiring owner Vicki Erwin's footsteps. Hall will officially become a full-time bookseller on Feb. 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo. will officially change ownership on Feb. 14. Current owner, Vicki Erwin has signed a contract with an area resident, a 25-year-old woman who works in the financial industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dumfries and Galloway Council is facing criticism after revealing plans to reduce the library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Venture capitalists poured more money into Internet companies last year than they have since the dot-com bust, according to a survey published Friday.Internet companies in the U.S. took in US$7.1 billion from VCs in 1,059 deals in 2013, the highest level of Internet investment in terms of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a morning session entirely devoted to Amazon.com, author Brad Stone and consultant Joe Esposito looked back over the history of Amazon's growth (and remorseless tactics) before looking ahead to its next round of competitive targets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company responded to reports about the demolition of the Manhattan building housing its flagship store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After three years in a row of declining sales, German book retailers ended 2013 on a more... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After months of trying to negotiate a deal behind the scenes, Charter Communications is publishing details of its offer to buy Time Warner Cable (which split from Time Warner years ago). Despite a bid that including debt is enough to nab 20 or so ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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