Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 14:30 The parent company of Living Oasis bookshops has entered insolvency. Suppliers were issued with an insolvency notice for The Nationwide Christian Trust (NCT), signed by its owner Ray George, on 1st August. The first meeting for creditors will take place in Essex on 17th August. Along with running the 19 former Wesley Owen bookshops under the name Living Oasis, the NCT also ran courses and events at Mulberry House in High Ongar, Essex. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 14:30 The parent company of Living Oasis bookshops has entered insolvency. Suppliers were issued with an insolvency notice for The Nationwide Christian Trust (NCT), signed by its owner Ray George, on 1st August. The first meeting... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 09:19 The owner of Living Oasis is in talks with a third party to buy the chain after he closed two of his four remaining shops. Ray George, chairman of the Nationwide Christian Trust (NCT), which bought 19 former Wesley Owen... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Salon’s new owners say they see an easy path to profits for the troubled news publisher. On May 8, Salon Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Johnston Press, which also owns the Yorkshire Post, has debts of £220m and failed to find a buyerJohnston Press, the owner of the i, the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post, has gone into administration after being brought to its knees by debts of more than £200m.The publicly-listed newspaper publisher,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 15/07/2011 - 14:34 Christian bookselling chain Living Oasis has admitted only one of its branches is making any profit as it culled another shop last week, reducing its total number of stores from 19 to four in just four months. Living Oasis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 11/07/2011 - 16:15 Christian retailer Living Oasis has closed another store, with it slashing its number of branches from 19 to four in just over four months. The Cheltenham, Gloucestershire branch was closed on Friday with two days notice... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 08:50 A fourth Living Oasis bookstore in two weeks has announced its closure, with the once 19-strong Christian bookselling chain now in rapid decline. Living Oasis in Chester will shut its doors for the last time on 30th July. It... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 09:29 Two Living Oasis branches will be closing this Saturday, making seven staff redundant. The Christian retailer will shut up shop in Nottingham and Worthing this weekend, affecting the four staff at Nottingham and three in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 23/05/2011 - 09:23 An Edinburgh branch of Christian bookseller Living Oasis will close in June because of ongoing losses and no sign that trade will substantially increase in the shop. A formal consultation process had begun with staff after... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/03/2011 - 15:33 Three Living Oasis stores have closed and two more are preparing to shut their doors, making around 20 staff redundant. The Christian retailer has closed outlets in Aberdeen, Inverness and Sutton with Bedford and Belfast soon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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In every skirmish in the ‘culture war’, be it fought in universities, Twitter or Parliament, there’s an inevitable reference to Harry Potter. The Potter references can seem like a joke; the perpetual furore around the politics of a ‘mere’ children’s author more so. But it is no laughing matter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The NHL's move to simulcast on Facebook and Twitter indicates a parity between the platforms but also shows how their livestreaming services differ. The post The NHL is bringing its Facebook Live show ‘Stanley Cup Live’ to Twitter appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Bleacher Report is wading into live sports by broadcasting three top high-school football games on Facebook Live this fall. It’s a big production for the Turner-owned publisher, which will have 20 to 25 crew members involved in the production. While not the first publisher to stream a full game... Continue reading at Digiday
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The latest act for comics publishing legend Bill Jemas sees him running the publishing operation of Take Two interactive, where the most recent project is a graphic novel adaptation of the horror classic 'Night of the Living Dead.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Penguin Random House is soft launching a new consumer and business-to-business lifestyle brand called Penguin Living. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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What Super Bowl Sunday is to ESPN, today is to the tech publishing world. For today, Apple will unveil (for the second time) its Internet-enabled “smartwatch,” appropriately dubbed the Apple Watch. Which means that every tech publication of note is live-blogging what is, despite the oversized... Continue reading at Digiday
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Pentagram's Emily Oberman tells us about how she channeled her inner super-nerd to help Taschen create the ultimate SNL Bible.Pentagram's Emily Oberman is pretty much Saturday Night Live's go-to designer at this point. She's done three separate SNL identities, including this year's... Continue reading at Fast Company
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With the 2014 Winter Olympics here, many newsrooms are covering the games with their specific readers in mind. Maybe you’re a newspaper in a small town that has a local Olympian, or maybe you’re a niche sports site devoted to cove ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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It’s 2015. My partner and I are in Moab, Utah, for the summer, far from our home of Philadelphia. He is doing research for his dissertation. I am struggling to rewrite a novel that my editor says—and I agree—isn’t working. The desert landscape in southwest Utah is magnificent and to us wholly... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The milestone comes after a particularly turbulent period, when the publisher was put up for sale and bought by a private equity firm. Since then, investments have boosted morale and helped it grow. Continue reading at The New York Times
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