Payment revealed by News Corp in US likely to reignite debate over how much tax is paid by international corporationsRupert Murdoch’s media group received a $882m tax rebate from Australia last year in a revelation that is likely to reignite the debate over how much tax is paid by international corporations.The payment by a “foreign tax authority” was revealed in accounts published by News Corporation in the US earlier this month and related to a $2bn claim by News Corp for historic losses on currency transactions by its Australian subsidiaries. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The Reading Agency is planning an evaluation of the Summer Reading Challenge after receiving an award of £120,000 from Arts Council England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Following EU directive that allows governments to waive duty on digital publications, calls grow for the UK to end ‘illogical and unfair’ levyThe UK government is being urged to axe the “illogical and unfair” 20% tax currently imposed on ebooks, while print books remain exempt, after European... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, 90, has been chosen as the recipient of 2018's Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Search engine is lobbying hard to stop proposed tax, aimed at compensating news publishers Google’s top news executive has refused to rule out shutting down Google News in EU countries, as the search engine faces a battle with Brussels over plans to charge a “link tax” for using news... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has acquired Empire writer Nick de Semlyen's history of '80s comedy movies, Wild and Crazy Guys. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Both Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides, and Adrian Phillips, the company’s current m.d., have been honoured for their travel writing and services to the travel industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed a tax cut to business rates of one third for all retailers in England with a rateable value of £51,000 or less. The measure will last for the next two years, until the next re-evaluation of rateable values in 2021. Hammond told the House of Commons... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The set of Brother, Vertical Networks’ irreverent digital magazine for young men, which publishes daily on Snapchat and Facebook. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judith Kissner, the owner of Scout & Morgan Books in Cambridge, Minn., received the inaugural MIBA Bookseller of the Year Award given by the regional association of indie booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers including J J Bola and Rachel Seiffert have been awarded grants by the Society of Authors in its latest round of funding to support works in progress. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist David Mitchell has received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, given in recognition of a writer's entire body of work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust has received £40,000 funding for Glasgow Reading Buddies, a project that encourages reading for pleasure in primary schools in Glasgow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News that the government may bring in an ‘Amazon tax’ to help “rebalance the playing field” between physical and online retailers has been welcomed by booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turnover at Amazon's UK Services arm soared again in 2017, rising nearly 36% to £1.98bn (from £1.46bn the previous year). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Vertical Networks will have 10 shows on Snapchat and Facebook this year. But it's also looking to bring those shows to other forms of media, including TV and books. The post Elisabeth Murdoch’s Vertical Networks shoots for TV, books appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Supreme Court overturned the law requiring that the collection of taxes for online sales was limited only to states where the seller had a physical presence. Bricks-and-mortar retailers applauded the decision. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Sherwin‐Stark, joint managing director of Hachette Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed as chief executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prestigious award from International Thriller Writers acknowledges the Gussins' lasting impact on the thriller genre as advocates and editors at Oceanview. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebel Wilson has hit back at a Court of Appeal ruling that saw her defamation payout from magazine publisher Bauer Media reduced to $643,414, calling the decision "clearly not fair". Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The husband-wife team of Aleida and Jan Assmann, both authors and researchers, are known for their work in "cultural memory" and its contrast in many instances to individual experience and recollection in society. The post Aleida and Jan Assmann To Receive the 2018 Peace Prize of the German Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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