Departure comes after news director Darren Wick abruptly left in March and chairman Peter Costello resigned in JuneExit signs: a timeline of Nine Entertainment’s annus horribilisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNine Entertainment’s chief executive, Mike Sneesby, will step down within weeks after a tumultuous year for the company, during which allegations of predatory behaviour and bullying in newsrooms were aired.The broadcaster and publishing company told the ASX that Sneesby and the board considered it the right time for a “transition of leadership to take Nine into the next phase of its strategic development”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-11 23:32:56 UTC ]
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Michael Dugher has been revealed as the new shadow secretary of state for culture media and sport, under the Labour party’s new leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Dugher, who managed the campaign for Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham, has been MP for Barnsley East since 2010 and today replaces Chris... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stanfords has launched a Children’s Book of the Month promotion, which will begin with City Atlas by Martin Haake (Wide Eyed Editions). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Aug. 24, when Facebook drew 1 billion users on a single day for the first time, the social network's impact on the world of conversation only became more obvious. But what exactly are people using the platform to talk about? To inform our readers, we've started working with Facebook to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian reports that the New Zealand government has banned Ted Dawe's award-winning YA novel "Into the River" after protests from a Christian group. The post Christians Pressure New Zealand to Ban Award-Winning YA Novel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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May was a bad month for publishers, with sales down in most of the major categories compared to the same month last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales of traditionally published books in the US fell by almost 6% in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period the year before. Overall sales for trade fiction and non-fiction, children, higher education, professional and university presses were down 5.8% from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ananth Padmanabhan, senior v-p of sales at Penguin Random House India, has been named CEO of HarperCollins India. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among his other talents, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been an effective public face of his company. No matter what you may have heard about Amazon, it was hard not to smile when Bezos brought his infectious laugh to such venues as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Daily Show with Jon... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Espiner will begin her role as m.d. of Orion next month, it has been confirmed. Espiner, who is currently at HarperCollins’ imprint The Borough Press, was announced as the new m.d. of Orion earlier this year as part of a shake-up of senior management at the Hachette UK company. She will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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P.M. Sukumar, CEO of HarperCollins India, has decided to leave the company to pursue other Interests. A replacement for Sukumar will be named in the coming weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Waterstones’ boss Tim Coates has called for Ed Vaizey to be replaced as culture minister, and for his replacement to “get a really tight grip on what’s happening” with libraries across the UK and help councils. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales in the adult book segment rose 2.3% in April over April 2014, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont Books’ marketing director Mike Richards has left the company following a reorganisation of the marketing team. Richards has been in marketing at Egmont for 15 years, promoting authors and brands such as Michael Grant, Lemony Snicket, Jim Smith, Winnie-the-Pooh and Star Wars. He would... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Letter to the FT by Daily Mail group director on the difference between business ownership based on ‘long term value’ and the need to make quick profitsA short letter in Wednesday’s Financial Times makes for fascinating reading. Stimulated by Pearson’s sale of the FT to Nikkei, it poses profound... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster imprint Touchstone has created Glommable, a site that will curate content from Internet personalities and authors from across publishing houses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Executive editor Tommy Craggs and editor-in-chief Max Read said the removal of a post published last week was a betrayal of the site’s editorial independenceGawker Media’s top two editors resigned from the news and gossip site on Monday, in response to the company’s decision to remove a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First-quarter ebook sales were down 2.5% and 36.6% in the adult and children’s/young adult categories, respectively, according to figures in AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sen. Ted Cruz's memoir "A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America" has sold 12,000 copies, reports Time magazine, and is ranked at No. 16 on Amazon's list of bestselling books. Readers interested in the Texas Republican's autobiography can find it at most bookstores, but there's one... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At HarperCollins UK's annual summer party for its authors, UK CEO Charlie Redmayne could not have sounded more positive about the firm's direction in 2015. The post HarperCollins UK CEO says “Publishing Entering a Golden Age” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tony Uphoff, CEO of Business.com, has more than 20 years of experience leading and transforming b-to-b publishing companies.Before joining Business.com in 2013, he was CEO of tech publisher UBM TechWeb, where he led the company's transformation from a $125 million print-centric business to a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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