News Corp UK suffers £3.5m loss after £51m profit the year before

Bleak results for Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers and book publisher Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper and publishing division suffered an operating loss of £3.5m in the year up to June 2014 compared to a £51m profit the year before.The loss by News Corp UK & Ireland, which owns the Times, Sunday Times, the Sun and the book publisher HarperCollins, is revealed in accounts filed by the company, without fanfare, at Companies House. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Desmonds magazines OK!, New and Star suffer big circulation falls

Northern and Shells Star reports 19% drop in print sales the biggest faller in the womens weekly market Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Activision's dipping its toe into indie gaming with 'Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions'

Activision creates and publishes a small group of blockbuster video games aimed at mainstream consumers. The world's largest game publishing company handles some of gaming's most culturally impactful titles: the Call of Duty franchise, this year's... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virtual Book Festivals Run By Major Publishers Take Off in UK

HarperCollins UK's June virtual Romance Festival was a success; this week SF publisher Gollancz is hosting a festival combining online Q&As with real life events. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, August 13, 2014

A signing with singing; astronomer/priest honored with Carl Sagan Medal; romance writers recognize winners; a book tour in Amish country; Christian fiction conference coming up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There Are More Scented Ads in Magazines this Year

Magazines have been more fragrant than usual this year. During the first six months of 2014, magazines ran 17 more perfume and cologne ads with scent strips than they did a year earlier, good for a 10% increase, according to a report from analytics firm MediaRadar.The report, which looked at 177... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami's newest novel 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage'

Celebrations include karaoke and a film contest that will enable the winner to go on his or her own Tsukuru Tazaki-like pilgrimage. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto in revenue and profits drop

Illustrated book publisher Quarto has seen a fall in revenue and profits after what it described... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing becomes larger focus at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair will organize a two-day self-publishing and author program at the 2014 fair this year, aimed at an international audience. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, August 3, 2014

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended August 3, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of August 11, 2014

Court grants preliminary approval to Apple settlement and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eoin Purcell to head Amazon Publishing UK

Eoin Purcell, formerly editorial director of New Island Books in Dublin, has been appointed to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble launches its Nook GlowLight e-reader in the UK for £89

Barnes & Noble isn't exactly a household name in the UK, but in the States it's a book-selling behemoth, with hundreds of stores complimenting a vast library of ebooks, as well as a line of readers to consume them on. In autumn 2012, B&N expanded... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion marks 10 years of Paver's Chronicles

Orion Children’s is celebrating 10 years of Michelle Paver’s Chronicles of Ancient... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google News Gives Publishers More Control Over How It Indexes Their Sites

While European publishers have a rather contentious relationship with Google News, U.S. publishers have no such qualms and are more than happy to be indexed by the search giant’s crawlers. And starting today with the launch of the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of August 4, 2014

Harlequin sale to HarperCollins closes and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3 Trends That Prove Social Media is Growing Up

By Jim Anderson To those steeped in the traditions of the publishing business, it may sound a bit odd to talk about the maturation of social media, which in many ways is still in its infancy. Yet social media is... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local World posts adjusted profits of £38.9m

David Montgomerys local newspaper publisher earns DMGT and Trinity Mirror shared payout of more than £22mDavid Montgomerys Local World made adjusted profits of £38.9m last year, providing shareholders Daily Mail & General Trust and Trinity Mirror with a healthy payout of more than £22m to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profit falls at restructuring Wolters Kluwer

Dutch publishing and information services company Wolters Kluwer has announced revenues down 1%... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Archant journalists surprised as chief executive resigns after six years

Adrian Jeakings, the chief executive of the regional newspaper publisher, Archant, has resigned.In what many of the company's journalistic staff view as an unexpected turn of events, he is to depart at the end of the month. He is also to step down from the board. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dynamite Entertainment's Surprising 10 Years

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a panel starring director Quentin Tarantino in front of a packed house at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was hard to remember that when Dynamite Publishing launched 10 years ago, no one was sure what to expect. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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