The Weekly Beast: drama at Australian Women's Weekly, Cleo and Dolly

Cleo is dumped and Helen McCabe’s tenure editing AWW ends as News Corp beds down new year appointments and Daily Mail Australia splits with NineThere has been enough drama at the magazine empire of the Australian Women’s Weekly, Dolly and Cleo in the past month to fuel another couple of miniseries in the vein of Paper Giants. The once-proud Australian company owned by the late Kerry Packer is being slowly downsized by its German owners, Bauer Media, who bought the company for $500m in 2012. One by one, titles have been closed or merged until this week a big-name title steeped in Australian cultural history, Cleo, was unceremoniously dumped. As well as losing several senior executives and outsourcing the printing and distribution of its 60 titles, Bauer parted company with the editor-in-chief of the Australian Women’s Weekly, which is still Australia’s bestselling magazine. After six years at the Weekly, former News Corp senior journalist Helen McCabe was suddenly out the door, reportedly with the remaining six months of her contract to be served on “gardening leave” and no job lined up. Weekly Beast understands Bauer’s top brass is keen to get back to the magazine’s roots in middle-class suburban life and away from the focus on news, politics and executive women that marked McCabe’s tenure. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Book Deals: Week of August 28, 2023

Michael Wolff sells a book on Fox News to Holt, HarperVia buys a debut novel from translator Anton Hur, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Nothing Was Pretty About Print Book Sales Last Week

The release of the second season of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' on Amazon Prime gave a small boost to the Jenny Han novels that the series is based on last week, but it wasn't enough to stop a 7.1% drop in sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: August 21, 2023

Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel, A Little Life, is having a very good 2023, thanks in part to a little BookTok love. Plus James McBride stocks up at 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,' and Dav Pilkey's 11th Dog Man title gets a boost after #12 is announced. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Aug. 21, 2023

Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd, Drew Gilpin Faust, Laura Moher, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 21, 2023

Adam Rapp sells a novel to Little, Brown; Viking buys a book on immigration detention from Ana Raquel Minian; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 18, 2023

Among the week's headlines: libraries and schools face multiple challenges in Texas; a library administrator in Missouri is warned to stay 'politically neutral' or face discipline; a library in Seattle faces closure for making diverse books available; and Jay-Z juices library card signups at the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Six books to read this Women In Translation month – recommended by our experts

Mysteries from China, short stories from the Balkans, a French-Morrocan autobiography and more. Continue reading at The Conversation

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Expands National Reach

With events in Kansas and Washington, and statewide expansion elsewhere, country music icon Dolly Parton welcomes supporters of her Imagination Library, a philanthropic program that mails one book a month to each enrolled child under the age of five. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Fell in All Categories Last Week

Unit sales of print books struggled again last week, falling 7.6% compared to the week ended August 13, 2022. The decline in adult fiction continued, with sales off 9.6%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Aug. 14, 2023

Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from T. Kingfisher, Una Mannion, Jennifer Cramer-Miller, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 11, 2023

Among the week's headlines: librarians, educators, and publishers grapple with new state book banning laws; bestselling author John Green responds to having his books pulled from library shelves; a proposed judgment has been filed in the Internet Archive copyright case; and PEN America publishes... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 14, 2023

Grove Atlantic takes a Booker-longlisted novel from Paul Lynch, singer-songwriter Pia Mia sells a sells a semi-autobiographical romance to Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: August 14, 2023

Pulitzer finalist and Parnassus Books owner Ann Patchett has the #2 book in the country with 'Tom Lake.' Plus 'Unreasonable Hospitality' by Will Guidara gets a boost from its cameo on 'The Bear,' and Rachel Griffin’s 'Bring Me Your Midnight' brings romantasy to our children’s fiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Dropped 8.3% Last Week

In another week in which sales in all categories fell, unit sales or print books declined 8.3% at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Aug. 7, 2023

Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Alexandra Chang, R. Eric Thomas, Wole Talabi, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 7, 2023

Rachel Maddow sells a book about the fight against authoritarianism to Crown, Nelson buys a history of the In-N-Out Burger franchise, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 4, 2023

Among the week's headlines: a major victory for freedom to read advocates in Arkansas; a motion to block Texas's new 'book rating' law gets a speedy hearing date; the Michigan Library Association recruits advocates for its freedom to read initiative; and a look at the Brooklyn Public Library's... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: August 7, 2023

'Baking Yesteryear' by TikTok personality B. Dylan Hollis is the #1 book in the country. Plus the buzz around the movie 'Oppenheimer' reignites interest in the Pulitzer-winning source material, and Karen M. McManus sends off her One of Us Is Lying trilogy in high style. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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With Adult Fiction Cooling, Print Book Sales Fell 5.4% Last Week

The string of weeks in which unit sales of print books were down in all major categories reached three last week, leading to a 5.4% sales decline from the comparable week in 2022. Sales of adult fiction fell 7.2%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The AirPods Pro drop back to an all-time low, plus the rest of this week's best tech deals

This week, the biggest event in tech took place in Seoul with Samsung's Unpacked showcase. Among other announcements, the company officially unveiled its latest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 5. It's not even available yet, but Amazon is offering a $200 gift card if you pre-order from... Continue reading at Engadget

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