A consortium of private equity firms is buying video and TV ratings firm Nielsen in an all-cash $16 billion deal. The group is led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corp. and Brookfield Business Partners. Nielsen's board of directors voted unanimously to support the acquisition proposal after rejecting an acquisition offer of roughly $15 billion from a... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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In a filing last week, attorneys for the states and consumer class put Apple’s estimated damages for its role in an ebook price-fixing conspiracy with publishers at nearly $308 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Due to a technical issue, we were unable to send out the October 16 issue of PW Daily yesterday. Some the stories are included today. Our piece on the NBA finalists is available here and all stories, as always, are available on PW's Web site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Responding to growing Washington attacks on data brokers, the Direct Marketing Association is mounting its biggest defense by unveiling a new study Monday during its annual conference in Chicago. The study quantifies how much of the economy is driven by companies that use consumer-level data to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd formally launched ebook subscriptions today and the company CEO said he believes the service could eventually produce $1 billion in annual revenue. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Yahoo and other tech companies today sent a letter to the heads of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees in support of proposed legislation that would allow them to publish statistics about secret national security... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tumblr was nearly as busy as Twitter during MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday when it came to the sheer number of content contributors, per Union Metrics, a company that offers analytics for both platforms. The San Francisco tech firm says 1.1 million Tumblr users posted content with... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Technology companies may be hiding behind legal jargon to avoid being more forthcoming in their responses to new documents on government surveillance that were disclosed Friday, some experts say. Internet and software companies including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook “are legally... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US Justice Department was insistent that its proposed injunction against Apple for alleged ebook price fixing was the proper remedy earlier this month, but it's now willing to budge on that somewhat. As Reuters reports, the DOJ has offered to cut the length of the injunction from ten to five... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a move that enhances its global print and ebook tracking and sales analysis capabilities, Nielsen is acquiring book data vendor R. R. Bowker’s Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions product units. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The internet and new technology is making a dream of being an author a reality for many writers. Online self-publishing - bypassing agents and publishing houses is now a fast-growing sector. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp today announced plans to launch a global programmatic ad exchange that will let advertisers buy across its more than 50 online and mobile products including WSJ.com, Times.co.uk and NYPost.com. News Corp is far from the first to jump on the automated selling trend; other premium... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen has signed an agreement to purchase two of Bowker's key businesses. The move gives it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For years, newspaper publishers have been saying Craiglist cut the legs out from under their industry by offering a cheap, easy online alternative to their classified advertising pages. For years, Craigslist’s creator, Craig Newmark, has be ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a result of laws prohibiting 'homosexual propaganda' in Russia, a young adult novel featuring a gay character, is sold with adult-age warning labels. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek, the iconic newsmagazine brand, has been acquired by IBT Media, which publishes the news website International Business Times. Newsweek has long been financially troubled and the venerable magazine published its last print edition i ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book retail sales measurement service Nielsen BookScan has launched its service in Brazil.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FRANKFURT, July 25 (Reuters) - Publisher Axel Springer struck a 920 million euro ($1.22 billion) deal to sell some of Germany's best-known newspapers and magazines, severing its oldest roots in order to intensify its focus on digital media. Th ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen is predicting that fiction ebooks will overtake sales of fiction paperbacks, but not... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London law firm Russells Solicitors has apologised "unreservedly" for leaking J K... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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