Mogul receives fewer stock awards after company plunges to $149m loss, as it is revealed he met Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon in New York in JuneRupert Murdoch took a 40% pay cut for the year ending 30 June as his total package for being executive chairman of News Corp fell from $8.7m (£5.7m) to $5.1m. News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson also saw his pay fall, down almost 18% to $10.3m from $12.5m in the previous year. Related: News Corp sees strong growth in digital real estate services and book publishing Related: Nicola Sturgeon calls on BBC to put forward bold proposal for Scotland Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As news organisations sign up to publish straight to Facebook with Instant Articles, Trinity Mirror’s decision to cull new formats teams shows how social media is changing publishers’ priorities Asked what are my favourite pieces of digital journalism to emerge from newsrooms over the past few... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries, publishers and bookshops will suffer under a Conservative government, a leading independent publisher has warned. When collecting the Independent Publisher of the Year trophy at the Bookseller Industry Awards on Monday (11th May), Profile Books m.d. Andrew Franklin gave a strong... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Facebook on Wednesday unveiled its new Instant Articles feature that allows news organizations to publish directly to the social media platform—and, in the process, set off an avalanche of commentary and speculation about the future of ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six years after Book Soup founder Glenn Goldman’s death, his iconic bookstore on Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip is getting ready to celebrate its 40th birthday over the June 12–14 weekend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phaidon Press has reported a 4.4% increase in annual turnover for the year to June 2014 due to a strong performance in the North American market. However, the company still reported a loss, which it attributed to increased investment in its business. Turnover at the arts, lifestyle and culture... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has reached a deal with New York Times and eight other media outlets to post stories directly to the social network's mobile news feeds, as publishers strive for new ways to expand their reach. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New initiative, which also involves BuzzFeed and the New York Times, speeds the process of loading news articles on the social networkBBC News and the Guardian are the first UK media companies to sign up to a new Facebook initiative that will transform the way users read news articles.Facebook... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former press secretary Perino's memoir is currently near the top of multiple bestseller lists. It was released this past April. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s long-rumored plan to directly host articles from news organizations will start on Wednesday, concluding months of delicate negotiations between the Internet giant and publishers that covet its huge audience but fear its growing p ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Biblical Archaeology Review' has spent four decades covering a contentious field, standing for authenticity amid controversial claims. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The memoir by a Dutch plane crash survivor, initially self-published, draws multiple houses; a Swedish spy series repped by the Salomonsson Agency lures pubs from Greece and beyond; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Facebook entered the news business in 2006, it set out to cover its own users. Facebook had launched as a static collection of profiles, but now, every time a user uploaded a new photo or changed her favorite quote, the development surfaced in a rolling stream of updates that Facebook... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Odedina, former m.d. of Hot Key Books, is to join Oneworld in the role of children’s publisher, overseeing its Young Adult and children’s publishing. Oneworld announced last year that it would launch a YA imprint, Rock the Boat. Oneworld publisher Juliet Mabey said hiring Odedina was like... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan to offer audiobooks to libraries via Hoopla and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last Wednesday, the Times published a front-page story about the movie and real-estate mogul Wang Jianlin, who is the richest man in Asia, worth an estimated thirty-five billion dollars. The former People’s Liberation Army foot soldier has ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid from across the trade to crime writer Ruth Rendell, described as an “insightful and elegant observer of society”. Rendell died on Saturday (2nd May) at the age of 85. She had been admitted to hospital in January after suffering a critical stroke. The writer, who was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murphy succeeding Katz as head of HC Children’s and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our not-to-be-missed annual round-up of the show's big adult galley giveaways, listed by publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Smith at Zaffre, the new adult fiction imprint at Bonnier Publishing, has sold US rights for L S Hilton's Maestra in a seven-figure pre-empt to Putnam. Maestra is the first of three psychological thrillers set in the art world, and has already been optioned by Columbia Pictures for a film... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Borrell Associates projections for the growth of programmatic ad revenue in local digital publishing are, in a word, big. It’s human nature to be hopeful about what’s new, especially if the emerging numbers on recent perfo ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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