Pearson shareholders overwhelmingly reject Fallon's £1.5m pay

Pearson shareholders have rejected chief executive John Fallon's £1.5m pay package at the company's a.g.m. today.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Art history A Level to continue, with Pearson

Pearson has confirmed that its exam board is to run a new A Level in history of art and an A and AS Level in statistics. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sydney sausage sizzle sparks Fairfax fair pay fizzle | Amanda Meade

Staff at the Herald enjoying roasting newspaper managers over the gender pay gap. Plus why did the ABC bury an award-winning Richard Flanagan documentary?Sydney Morning Herald journalists had a bit of fun for a good cause on Wednesday, holding a sausage sizzle outside their office at Pyrmont to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to Pay Half Cost of PEN Membership for Employees

Penguin Random House has announced that it will pay half of the dues for a membership to PEN America for any member of its staff wishing to join the free speech organization by December 31, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers brace for what happens if Facebook stops paying for live videos

Facebook has been paying media partners to produce a certain amount of live video content per month. Most of these deals run for 12 months. Partners are aware that Facebook, having already collected a lot of data around live video consumption, might stop funding content. This could spell trouble... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Grisham's 'Whistler' Takes #1

John Grisham's 'The Whistler' has pushed Paula Hawkins's 'The Girl on the Train' from its longstanding perch at the top of the iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: November 1, 2016

A bookstore/restaurant preps for its Maryland opening; stores expand in New Jersey and Washington; a California bookstore adds a publishing arm; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spotify and Pearson to speak at FutureBook Conference

Will Page, director of economics at Spotify, Steve Ackerman, managing director of Somethin’ Else, Ian Small, c.e.o. of AudioBooks.com, and Tom Hall, vice president Learning Platforms, Schools and English at Pearson, are the latest speakers added to the line-up of FutureBook, The Bookseller’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N Pays Boire $4.8 Million in Separation Agreement

Barnes & Noble has reached an agreement with its former CEO Ron Boire, who was abruptly fired in August, in which it will pay him nearly $5 million in exchange for his dropping all claims against the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube stars the Sidemen are frontrunners in race for Christmas books No 1

Figures show that game-playing vloggers’ print debut sold more than 26,000 copies in its first three days on sale last weekA week after the starting gun was fired on the race to the top of the Christmas book charts, YouTube superstars the Sidemen have emerged in front of the likes of Jamie... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Super Thursday: battle for UK book charts Christmas No 1 begins

Jamie Oliver and Phil Collins go up against Ladybird parodies and Danish coziness on bumper publishing day Jamie Oliver and Phil Collins will do battle against Ladybird and the Danish concept of hygge in the race to be Christmas No 1 in the UK book charts, which begins in earnest with the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September Religion Bestsellers: TerKeurst’s 'Uninvited' Holds at #1; Cahn’s ‘Mysteries’ Tops

Lysa TerKeurst maintained the #1 spot on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list for the second consecutive month with ‘Uninvited,’ while the companion study guide took #9. Plus, Jonathan Cahn debuted on our Fiction list with his newly released ‘The Book of Mysteries.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 1's Cairney to speak at Reading Agency event

BBC Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney is going to be speaking in conversation with The Reading Agency at The British Library next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author donates £1,720 from sales of books to charity

Harrogate author Jackie Buxton has presented cheques of £860.32 each to Breast Cancer Haven and Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre from the sales of her book: Tea & Chemo; Fighting Cancer, Living Life. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson partners with Jisc to speed textbook transition to digital

Pearson has signed a one-year partnership agreement with Jisc to speed the transition of its school textbooks to digital. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson answers Obama's call to aid refugees

Pearson has committed to investing in aiding refugees around the world, alongside 50 other global companies, in response to US president Barack Obama's "Call to Action". Together the companies have pledged a combined $650m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google may have to pay for news snippets under EU copyright reform

A proposed reform of European Union copyright law grants online news publishers additional rights that could lead to the closure of services such as Google News if strictly enforced.Copyright law already provides reporters with protection for the news stories they publish, but in a draft... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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August Religion Bestsellers: ‘Uninvited’ Takes #1; Amish Millionaire Series Finishes Strong

Lysa TerKeurst’s ‘Uninvited’ sold nearly 100,000 copies in August and took #1 on our Religion Nonfiction list. Plus, Wanda Brunstetter topped Fiction with the final installment of her Amish Millionaire series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Wattpad adverts earn writers ‘up to $1,000 a month’

Wattpad has claimed writers could earn up to $1,000 (£758) a month through its new advertising programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pay-back time for publishers: authors forced to return their advances

This week, it emerged that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith was being sued by his publisher to return his advance. From Julian Assange to Amy Schumer, he isn’t alone...Though he’s fallen out spectacularly with his publisher, Seth Grahame-Smith at least has the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2016: Pearson Plc

Pearson was founded in 1844 by Samuel Pearson as S. Pearson and Son, a small building firm in Yorkshire in the North of England. Today Pearson is the world’s leading learning company with 41,041 employees in more than 70 countries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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