Quad Posts Q2 Net loss on Lower Revenue

Roughly a week after it announced it was cancelling its planned purchase of LSC Communications due to objections from the Department of Justice, Quad reported that second quarter sales fell 1.2% compared to a year ago. It had a net loss of $14.7 million. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Stable revenues for Taylor & Francis in 2018

Taylor & Francis saw a 0.6% revenue rise in the 2018 calendar year, to a total of £533.2m (£530m in 2017), with an underlying revenue rise of 2.2%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday Research: Chasing revenue, news publishers are producing more evergreen content

Sixty-eight percent of 97 publishers that produce news or time-sensitive stories said they plan to create more evergreen content according to a survey by Digiday this February. The post Digiday Research: Chasing revenue, news publishers are producing more evergreen content appeared first on... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Post Hill Press Buys Fidelis Books Imprint

The Nashville-based publisher acquired B&H’s Fidelis Books imprint and appointed Gary Terashita as its associate publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier records 2% lifts in revenue and profits

Elsevier saw 2% underlying revenue growth in 2018, according to the latest annual financial results filed by parent company RELX, to a total of £2,538m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global revenue flat for S&S in 2018

Simon & Schuster's worldwide revenues for 2018 dipped fractionally to $825m from $830m in 2017, parent company CBS has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires Dr Ranj weight loss book

Transworld Publishers has acquired Dr Ranj Sing's Save Money Lose Weight, the tie-in to the ITV television programme of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Sales, Earnings Up in Q2

Strong sales of digital audio were a key contributor to a 13% increase in profits at HarperCollins in the second quarter ended December 31, 2018. In discussing second quarter results, Robert Thomson, CEO of HC parent company News Corp, criticized Audible's domination of the downloadable audio... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A real loss': MUP and the 'terrible' decision that rocked Australian publishing

When five members of the Melbourne University Publishing board resigned, high-profile Australians made their feelings knownIt’s not every day that the internal machinations of a university press should be felt at the top echelons of politics. But as news broke on Wednesday that five members of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice to axe 250 staff in latest round of digital media job losses

Cuts follow recently announced redundancies at HuffPost and BuzzFeedVice has announced plans to sack 250 staff, as a wave of job cuts affecting the digital media industry continues to hit companies around the world amid questions over the sustainability of ad-supported online publishing.Almost... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pine's essay collection scoops An Post Irish Book of the Year

Academic Emilie Pine’s “vivid and powerful” Notes to Self (Hamish Hamilton) has won the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2018 following a public vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why you shouldn’t post photos of friends without permission

If your friends and family are deliberately keeping themselves off social media - extend the courtesy by asking before you put pictures of them onlineEverything sounds dodgier prefixed “shadow”, but the “shadow Facebook account” is unsettling in a whole new way. A study has found that even... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson expects to report revenue dip, but profit growth, for 2018

Pearson has reported making "good financial and strategic progress in 2018", despite a small revenue fall during the year, saying in its January trading update that it expects to have halved net debt in 2018 and will deliver underlying profit growth of 8% at £540-£545m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘You have to sell advertisers what they need, not what you want’: Q&A with Conde Nast chief revenue officer, Pamela Drucker Mann

Pamela Drucker Mann discusses how Condé Nast plans to give advertisers what they want, not what publishers think they should have. The post ‘You have to sell advertisers what they need, not what you want’: Q&A with Conde Nast chief revenue officer, Pamela Drucker Mann appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue drop at Pottermore 'in line with expectations'

Sales and profits fell at Harry Potter site Pottermore in the year to end March 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vogue publisher Condé Nast reports annual loss of £14m

The 2017 figure is huge swing from £6.6m profit of previous year as publisher invests in digital growthCondé Nast, the owner of glossy magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ, has slumped to a £14m annual loss as it battles to reshape its business for the digital future.The high-end... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Trade Sales Rose 16% in Q2

Revenue in Scholastic's trade division increased 16% in the second quarter ended November 30, 2018, over the comparable period a year ago. For the entire company, revenue in the quarter rose 1% over last fiscal year’s second quarter and net income jumped 25.4%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'21st Century Lolita' nets six figures from 4th Estate

4th Estate has pre-empted a "21st-century response to Lolita”, My Dark Vanessa, for six figures, with HarperCollins US prevailing with a seven-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent ordered to pay $500,000 to Australian author Kate Morton after lawsuit loss

Selwa Anthony had sued the bestselling writer, claiming she was entitled to 15% commission on all royalties Internationally bestselling Australian author Kate Morton has fended off a lawsuit by her former literary agent, who instead has to pay the writer more than $500,000.Selwa Anthony sued... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley Q2 Sales and Earning Fall

Revenue at John Wiley & Sons fell 1% in the second quarter ended October 31, compared to the same period a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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