Up to 85 staff take a voluntary redundancy after Nine newspapers announced it was cutting 200 jobsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastUp to 85 journalists, most of them senior, have taken a voluntary redundancy from mastheads including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review in the biggest exodus of editorial talent since the company formerly known as Fairfax Media shed more than 150 journalists in 2012.The departures bookend a period of upheaval at Nine Entertainment during which 500 journalists at its publishing arm took industrial action over pay negotiations and the announcement of big cuts across the media business.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Guardian Australia and Hachette Australia announce the 21 writers in the running for inaugural $10,000 books prize, chosen from more than 900 entriesGuardian Australia is pleased to announced the 21 writers who have made the longlist of the inaugural Richell prize for emerging writers.In its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK has teamed up with George R R Martin and digital product studio Reason to produce a new Game of Thrones app. Released today (30th July), the free app is designed as a "bridge product" for fans of the TV series who have not yet read the books. The app asks users where they are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Australia has launched a prize for emerging writers in memory of its former c.e.o. Matt Richell, who died suddenly in July 2014. The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, has been launched with the Richell family, is in partnership with the Guardian Australia and The Emerging Writers’... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The start-up with a free app that allows customers to purchase ebook editions of titles they already own, has added Macmillan to its roster of publishing partners. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With "Downton Abbey" reviving interest in the period between the two world wars, the publishing arm of the British Library has been releasing new editions of forgotten classics published in Britain’s golden age of mystery (considered to span most of the 1920s and ’30s) since 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America is launching a children's imprint for the general trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online writing site Wattpad is launching a free app that offers romance writing for adults, called After Dark. After Dark gives readers access to thousands of romance stories written by published authors and popular Wattpad writers. It contains content-specific channels such as LGBTQ, Urban,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While ebooks are everywhere, electronic textbooks never really caught on, despite their potential to bring immersive learning at a lower cost. Amazon is trying to change that with the Kindle Textbook Creator, a free app from its newly formed Kindle ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Savitt at the helm of the media business, Yahoo has reimagined its lifestyles content and launched new digital magazines: Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just two weeks on from reporting a large increase in profits, Gannett has announced the splitting of its broadcast and publishing divisions into separate companies. It means that Gannett's British newspaper outfit, Newsquest, will find itself as part of the publishing arm and, quite possibly,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media giant to create two companies, one of which will focus on broadcasting and digital content and the other on publishingGannett, the publisher of USA Today, is to take full ownership of the auto website Cars.com and spin off its publishing assets into a publicly traded company as it focuses... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new, free app which links books and authors to dates, themes and distinct locations around... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Bond is to take voluntary redundancy at Bloomsbury following a restructure of the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s publishing arm, which owns Wall Street Journal and the Times, blames ‘challenging advertising market’Dominic Rushe Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The magazine was once the most hotly anticipated Sunday read. Now it's been eclipsed by the showy T style publicationTwo magazines, both published by the New York Times, arrived in my house over the weekend, one thin, the other thick.The thin one, The New York Times Magazine, is largely about... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unicorn Press has announced a new sales and distribution contract with the publishing arm of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is releasing HarperCollins Unbound, a new, free app for Apple and Android smartphones that allows consumers to scan HarperCollins print books for additional digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storied magazine publisher Time Inc. surprised its editors on Thursday by assigning them to report to division presidents instead of an editorial executive, leading some to wonder whether business interests would now trump those of edit.Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said the restructuring will make the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's choice of former metals-industry executive Daniel Dienst to lead the company meant going outside the media business for a manager with operational experience -- one who can hopefully reshape the unprofitable company.Mr. Dienst, the former CEO of scrap-metal... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp today announced plans to launch a global programmatic ad exchange that will let advertisers buy across its more than 50 online and mobile products including WSJ.com, Times.co.uk and NYPost.com. News Corp is far from the first to jump on the automated selling trend; other premium... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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