The NBA is kicking the tires on a new scheduling initiative designed to give East Coast hoops fans a reprieve from having to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to keep tabs on the league’s Western Conference superstars. Beginning this season, the NBA is slashing the number of nationally televised games that will tip off at 10:30 p.m., scheduling 33 such meetings versus the 56 late starts featured during the 2018-19 campaign. Pushing up the starting time of so many West Coast showdowns could go a long way toward keeping fans of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers locked into the action for the lion’s share of the telecasts, which in turn should help boost the ratings on TNT and ESPN. Per the NBA schedule released this afternoon, the Lakers will appear in 10 late-doubleheader games that tip off at 10:30 p.m. ET, down from 19 such starts last season. Shifting LeBron and the new-look Lakers to the occasional 10 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. ET starts is expected to help the NBA and its TV partners keep the spotlight on a player (and a franchise) that have long had an outsized impact on the Nielsen ratings. Also seeing a reduction in 10:30 p.m. start times are the Golden State Warriors, which will play in 11 such games, down from 19 in 2018-19. The NBA’s decision to help fans in basketball-mad towns such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia grab a little more shuteye comes on the heels of a ratings-erosion trend that may have been precipitated by James’ move to the... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-13 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Following three years of nearly frenzied activity aimed at turning the No. 1 magazine publisher into a digital innovator, Joe Ripp has been replaced as chief executive of Time Inc. Relative newcomer... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shop-floor booksellers are being invited to join a new group called The Booksellers Network, which has been backed by significant players from across the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seemingly at a loss as to how to cost-effectively translate and market its popular manga literature overseas, one Tokyo startup is betting on crowd-sourced funding as the answer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longlist has been announced for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A plethora of new entries swept out the summer cobwebs on the Weekly E-Ranking, but Paula Hawkins and Jojo Moyes are still the most popular kids in the chart playground. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book preorder-and-fun run package four months before "Run Fast. Eat Slow." came out, along with a strong Olympic performance by author Shalane Flanagan, helped propel the cookbook onto the bestsellers list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former justice secretary Michael Gove is set to return to the Times newspaper as a book reviewer and columnist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While comics sales have yet to fully recover from a shaky start this year--overall sales are down 2.2%--reps at the industry event said they expect sales to stabilize by the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former justice secretary and Leave campaigner left newspaper to become Surrey Heath MP in 2005Michael Gove, the former justice secretary and Leave campaigner, is set to return to the Times as a columnist and book reviewer.Gove, who was sacked by prime minister Theresa May after making an... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has defended the importance of bookshops on university campuses in the wake of the University of Leicester Bookshop being threatened with closure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has acquired a comic tale of "East meets West", The Arrangement, by 27-year-old debut author Sonya Lalli - pitched as "Bend it Like Beckham meets Bridget Jones's Diary". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'New York Times Book Review' editor, now overseeing all of the paper's books and publishing coverage, lays out what readers can expect to change—and to stay the same. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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West Auckland's most well-attended literary festival back this year with a fresh line up of local and international writers. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction for his novel Children of Time (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NationalBuilder, a software company whose products are popular with political organizations, is starting a publishing business with a focus on stories about "people doing really remarkable things." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has acquired two books by journalist Francesca Hornak for a "significant" five-figure sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged his “100% support” to a national libraries demonstration which aims to highlight the “clear and present danger” to Britain's public library service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From interviewing Charlie Sheen to jeopardizing five-figure deals, seven magazine pro's share their "best mistakes." The post Lessons Learned in Times of Crisis appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor of the 'New York Times' Sunday Book Review will take over all book coverage for the paper, including the daily Books section, book news, and publishing industry news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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