Media and publishing giant Meredith Corp. says it is selling its Fortune brand for $150 million in cash Continue reading at 'ABC News'
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Pearson has confirmed it is in “advanced discussions” to sell the FT Group. Press speculation has been rife this week that a sale has been made ahead of Pearson’s half-year results, which are due to be reported tomorrow morning (24th July). While Pearson confirmed it is in talks to sell the FT... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House contributed 24 million pounds in operating profit to Pearson in the first half of 2015, up from 18 million pounds in the same period in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese publisher Nikkei Inc. agreed to acquire Pearson Plc's FT Group for $1.3 billion to gain control of the Financial Times newspaper. The sale doesn't include Pearson's 50% stake in... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic reported revenue of $1.63 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015. The company reported earnings from continuing operations of $15.5 million, compared to $13.3 million in fiscal 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children's Books US has bought the rights to Matt Haig’s upcoming Christmas book, A Boy Called Christmas, for a six-figure sum from Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First the Serial podcast became wildly popular. Then President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with Marc Maron for the comedian's WTF program, and the audio-only format that is podcasting was validated like never before. The developments largely flew in the face of the increasingly... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booktrack allows publishers to create customizable soundtracks for ebooks, adding music and sound effects that can be synchronized to the users' individual pace of reading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dunkin' Donuts wants to create cool musical buzz with millennials this summer to push its iced coffee products. So it's playing with enough social-media platforms to outfit a marketing septet: Spotify, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Vine, Facebook and Periscope. The initiative, called... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Going viral used to be a digital equivalent of winning the lottery, but today's hottest content creators have cracked the code for bringing fans back again and again. For some, this consistent success has opened up brand opportunities, book deals and other new avenues for growth. For others,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite many readers’ disparaging criticism, Harper Lee’s ‘lost’ novel has become HarperCollins’ fastest selling book with 1.1m in first-week sales and preordersCritics dismissed it as a rough draft for To Kill a Mockingbird and readers despaired over an ageing, racist Atticus Finch. But Harper... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media brands were quick to adopt video apps Periscope and Meerkat to broadcast live streams, and now Facebook marketers want in on that action. Social platform BumeBox started hosting live Facebook chats for brands like VH1 and Discovery Channel back in October, as an alternative to the Twitter... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you want people to remember a mobile ad, you're going to have to pay for it, according to new research from digital ad firm Undertone. Last year, Undertone worked with Ipsos ASI to look at how takeover "high-impact" desktop ads affected brand recall. This year, the company looked at how... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose by just less than 1% in May compared to May 2014, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Better Homes and Gardens publisher Meredith Corp. has acquired Grocery Server, a digital shopper marketing platform, in the company's latest attempt to build its digital capabilities.Meredith's AllRecipes.com has used Grocery Server's platform, which shows shoppers where they can buy recipe... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The board of directors of the retail chain has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by the Anderson family for $3.25 per share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's magazine publisher Meredith Corp. has acquired Grocery Server, a digital firm that powers location-based ads for food and retail brands. Grocery Server was founded in 2008 as an ad platform that pulls location data from grocery stores and CPG brands into ads on publishers' websites.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers activate consumers on mobile recipe platforms. The post Meredith and Reader’s Digest Tap Into Mobile Shopping appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher merges brands to more closely align with its trade show. The post Why Informa Is Putting Events at the Center of Its Media Brands appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this year, executives at social news site ViralNova had to make a decision. The two-year-old company that has never raised outside funding could stay independent and try to keep up with larger digital media companies like Vice and BuzzFeed on its own as was the plan since Sean Beckner... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do you brand the digital book of the future? 50% old school, 50% new school.From a design standpoint, Kindle books aren't radically different than their print counterparts. Letters are rendered in pixels rather than ink, and are somewhat adjustable. But otherwise, a digital a book is the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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