HarperCollins owner News Corp has completed its $349m (£252m) acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's consumer division. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 12:46:20 UTC ]
Legend of children’s literature Beverly Cleary died on March 25th in Carmel, California, HarperCollins announced on Friday. She was 104. Since publishing Henry Huggins in 1950, when she was a librarian, Cleary has sold 85 million copies of her books, which have been translated into 29 different... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-03-27 13:47:12 UTC ]
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Last week, when the White House announced that Joe Biden would hold his first formal press conference as president on March 25, the pre-game hype began. Reporters excavated the history of White House press conferences, then shared their questions for Biden with the public, and each other. There... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-03-26 11:54:27 UTC ]
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Justin Stevens tweets Tracy Grimshaw gave a ‘great interview’. Plus: Morrison condemned in News Corp papersScott Morrison avoided talking to ABC 7.30 host Leigh Sales this week, choosing A Current Affair’s Tracy Grimshaw instead to deliver his television message to the women of Australia on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-26 02:59:47 UTC ]
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The Authors Guild Foundation has reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to publish a collaborative novel edited by the acclaimed novelist Margaret Atwood that will feature the writing of more than a dozen notable authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The deal with News Corp followed a standoff over legislation passed by the Australian government to compensate publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-03-16 18:21:40 UTC ]
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On June 28, 2018, a gunman stormed the newsroom of the Capital Gazette, in Annapolis, Maryland, and murdered five staffers: Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, Gerald Fischman, and John McNamara. Later the same day, Selene San Felice, a twenty-two-year-old reporter who survived the... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-03-16 12:10:09 UTC ]
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The "landmark" deal comes after Australia passed a world-first law targeting Facebook and Google. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2021-03-16 09:56:32 UTC ]
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Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister saysThe high-profile Sydney criminal lawyer Chris Murphy was portrayed by a newspaper columnist as being “past it, decrepit and over the hill”, his defamation hearing has been told.The meaning... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-16 05:46:43 UTC ]
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News Corp is the largest media company to sign agreement with Facebook since laws passed by Scott Morrison’s governmentRupert Murdoch’s News Corp says a landmark three-year agreement with Facebook to pay for its Australian content will transform the terms of trade for journalism.Facebook has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-15 23:55:55 UTC ]
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Interviews Born and brought up in Assam, Kaushik Barua is an emerging Indian English author. He completed his degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, and then studied political economy at the London School of Economics. In his day... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-03-15 20:37:05 UTC ]
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Back in January 2018, freelance journalist Mason began work on a new novel in the little shed in her back garden in Sydney. She already had two books under her belt with HarperCollins Australia, a memoir of early motherhood—the brilliantly titled Say it Again in a Nice Voice—and her début novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-12 23:02:14 UTC ]
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Photographers told to provide images of attractive women and avoid ‘pigs in lipstick’The Weekly Beast: News Corp gives Kevin Rudd the silent treatmentA veteran News Corp Australia photographer has given devastating evidence to a parliamentary inquiry about the way the Murdoch newspapers treated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-12 07:44:32 UTC ]
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Former HarperCollins global c.e.o. Jane Friedman has joined Inkitt as an advisor and shareholder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-05 09:36:47 UTC ]
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Sky News Australia goes viral overseas. Plus: Nine greenlights Melissa Caddick drama two days after her remains foundSky News Australia’s YouTube channel now has more subscribers than ABC News: 1.31m to Aunty’s 1.129m. When your best prime-time show, Andrew Bolt’s, regularly has about 80,000... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-05 02:42:25 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will be moving to a new purpose-built warehouse and office facility in Robroyston, Glasgow, when the lease at its current nearby site expires in 2025, the firm has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 12:45:18 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed a deal with Rob Biddulph for three more titles in his Draw With Rob series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-26 11:23:02 UTC ]
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Press watchdog says News Corp columnist breached two rules. Plus: Daily Mail pushback on media bargaining codeAndrew Bolt has received a rap over the knuckles from the Australian Press Council for attributing the spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne to multiculturalism. Two columns were found... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-02-26 02:43:00 UTC ]
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Restructuring charges and the global pandemic took a toll on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2020, as the company reported a 25.8% decline in revenue in the year and a net loss of $480 million, compared to a loss of $213.8 million in 2019. HMH's trade division, which is for sale, had a 6% sales gain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Interviews Michael Berry is a professor of Asian languages and cultures and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA. He has published extensive works on addressing the richness and diversity of Chinese art and culture in sinophone... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-02-24 15:28:04 UTC ]
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Google's News Corp deal may pacify Australian lawmakers, but publishing industry members worry about repercussions for smaller publishers. The post ‘I’m afraid of repercussions’: Publishing industry members question Google’s motives in paying off News Corp appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2021-02-18 05:01:00 UTC ]
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