Tycoon makes offers to allay media monopoly fears and ease through 21st Century Fox dealRupert Murdoch has doubled the length of time he is willing to keep running Sky News to “at least” 10 years, as 21st Century Fox sweetens its offer to protect the news channel to gain clearance for the £11.7bn takeover of Sky.The Competition and Markets Authority said last month that Murdoch’s bid raised media plurality concerns because the deal would give his family too much control over UK news media. The Murdoch family trust controls Fox and News Corp, publisher of the Sun and the Times.As the Competition & Markets Authority provisionally blocked Rupert Murdoch’s bid for full control of Sky, it launched a consultation looking at three options for the future of Sky News. Related: Sky bid faces another hurdle as activists win right to legal challenge Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Wrights Media announced an agreement with Penton Media; this agreement gives Wrights Media the opportunity to provide exclusive reprint and content licensing services to Penton Media. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:45 Amazon has acquired a memoir by bestselling author Dr Deepak Chopra and his brother Dr Sanjiv Chopra. Amazon's Larry Kirshbaum and David Oldawer at Amazon's New York publishing imprint bought world English rights for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major departure for Hay House, the self-help and spirituality publisher is jumping into the fiction market. Its debut mystery novel, The First Rule of Ten by psychologist Gay Hendricks and screen writer Tinker Lindsay, will be published in January. Hay House has signed up 10 additional... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York - We asked them for five, and they gave us ten. At the 2011 FOLIO: Show today, Golf Digest associate editor Ashley Mayo and Summit Business Media group editorial director James Green shared some of the best content tools to manage workflow. Heres what made the cut for social media,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 13:15 Quercus has acquired two novels by Dorothy Koomson, who has moved from Sphere. Executive director David North bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Antony Harwood. Koomsons first novel for Quercus will be published in autumn... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 13:55 The Independent Publishers Guild has accepted the OFTs decision to clear the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, but called on Amazon to work hard with its members to allay their concerns. Following a survey, IPG... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Rachael Stilwell, publishing director of Haymarket's Brand Republic and Meetings & Travel Group, is stepping down from the company after 17 years. Continue reading at Media Week
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:25 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has joined the UK's Office of Fair Trading in giving the go-ahead to Amazon's acquisition of the Book Depository. In its ruling, it said "the proposed acquisition was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 08:05 Foyles' seventh branch, in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, is due to open on 10th November. The shopping centre site, situated near the London Olympic Stadium, opened in September but Foyles delayed its own opening... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 10:53 Actress and Loose Women co-presenter Lynda Bellingham has signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster to write commercial women's fiction. Publishing director Suzanne Baboneau signed the deal with Gordon Wise at Curtis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 10:36 Pan Macmillan has acquired a collection of short stories from bestselling crime and thriller writer Peter James, with publishing director Wayne Brookes buying UK and Commonwealth rights through agent Carole Blake at Blake... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 10:39 Gollancz has signed two six-figure pre-empt deals, with editorial director Gillian Redfearn acquiring trilogies by début authors. The first acquisition was made just before the Frankfurt Book Fair, with Redfearn buying UK... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 14:34 Bloomsbury is anticipating W H Smith's link-up with Kobo to sell e-readers will help create "another big Christmas" for ebooks, as the Group's ebook sales grew by 564% over the first six months of 2011. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 08:30 HarperCollins has delayed publication of its autobiography of comedian Johnny Vegas, Becoming Johnny Vegas, due for release this autumn, until this time next year. The publisher said the decision was taken in order to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 15:07 Social networking site Anobii has signed retail partnerships with 10 UK publishing companies, including the UK's four biggest publishers, meaning the site will sell their ebooks from the end of October. Penguin, Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A year and a half since the Apple iPad was introduced, a new study shows that reading news has become a big part of what people use tablets for. But publishers still have a way to go to get people to pay for content on tablets. The newest look at peoples willingness to pay for content is a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than half of owners read news on their devices, a survey shows, though there's not much willingness to pay for content. But there may be a way.With roughly 25 million adults in America now owning an iPad or other tablet computer, a new survey shows that the early adopters are using the... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While consuming news has become one of the more popular activities for tablet users, access to it is still largely conducted through a browser, not specialized apps, says a new study released by the Pew Research Center and The Economist Group Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American Media, Inc. [AMI] is executing an aggressive digital strategy with the help of RR DonnelleyAMI awarded the company a contract to assist with its digital convergence that extends until the year 2020 that is worth an estimated $550 million. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 20/10/2011 - 15:13 Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a debut novel in a "major" six-figure pre-empt deal, with the agent likening it to The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. W&N fiction publishing director Kirsty... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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