Time Out plans £200m stock market flotation

Oakley Capital, which has controlling stake in magazine, intends floating company on London AIM market in JuneTime Out, the lifestyle and listing magazine turned international digital media business, is planning a stock market flotation later this year.Oakley Capital, which acquired a controlling stake in Tony Elliott’s 48-year-old Time Out in 2010, intends to float the company on London’s AIM market in June. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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French plans for helping bookshops revealed

French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti has unveiled part of the government’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diaz wins Sunday Times Short Story Award

Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has won the £30,000 Sunday Times Short Story Award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Implements ‘Real-Time’ Working at its Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Offices

Fairfax Media is rolling out a number of initiatives this year as part of its ‘Fairfax of the Future’ strategy which aims to streamline operations and support the publisher’s shift to multi-platform delivery. The compa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bowker charts rise in e-retailer market share

The rise in ebook reading in the US and UK over the past three years has driven market share... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is There a Dearth of Literary Agents in Developing Markets?

Evidence is growing that a lack of skilled, knowledgable literary agents may be hindering the translation and publishing of books from developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. spinoff could lead to more deals

The spinoff of Time Inc. to create the world's largest publicly-traded magazine publisher may be just the beginning of deals for the owner of People and Sports Illustrated.With analysts estimating an enterprise value of about $3.9 billion—a measure of what it could cost to buy a company—an... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Carey Says Hearst Is No Time Inc.

That is: The magazine publisher thinks his industry can come back. Here's his plan. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Time Inc., a return to magazine stand-alone status

An era came to an end last week when Time Warner announced it would be spinning off its storied magazine division by the close of the year, leaving the owner of People, InStyle, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and, of course, Time to fend for itself as a publicly traded Time Inc. The announcement... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is the Time Right For True Bookstore Cafes?

Back in the 1980s—before bookstores began weighing the addition of cafes, possibly with wine and beer licenses—stores like Louie’s Bookstore Café in Baltimore and Trident Booksellers & Café in Boston aimed specifically to integrate food for the mind and the body. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. spinoff: streamlined, but leaderless

On Thursday, Time Warner investors were giving the thumbs up to Wednesday's announcement that the media giant would be spinning off its troubled magazine division—pushing shares up 2% in midday trading, on top of the 6% increase that followed reports last month of a sale of Time Inc.But magazine... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder, Penguin and Bloomsbury win at BMS marketing awards

The Book Marketing Society's best marketing campaign awards for autumn 2012 have seen wins... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campbell: 'planned exit' from Mainstream

Mainstream co-founder Bill Campbell has said the decision to cease forward publishing represents... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Integrating Social Marketing Into Brand Campaigns

Social marketing isn’t close to peaking yet, but it’s already a part of almost every conversation between brands and marketers. Close to 90 percent of advertisers are using some form of it, according to a recent Nielsen study. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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John Smith plans Africa expansion

John Smith & Son has seen a like-for-like sales increase of 14.3% in the year 2011-12, led by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Danish Publisher Network to Use Real Time Bidding

Denmark’s leading publishers are combining with Rubicon Project to launch The Danish Publisher Network, in order to offer their online inventory and data to advertisers via real-time trading. Publishers including Politiken, Jyllands-Posten, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning. Two authors -- Margaret Atwood and Kevin Starr -- will also receive special recognition. This post has been updated; see below for details. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cravebox Markets Old-Fashioned Product in New-Fashioned Way

The Colorado-based marketing company Cravebox, which has just begun to work with publishers, is something of an oddity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Plan, APP Works to Win Back Customers

After announcing in early February that it had discontinued sourcing paper from threatened Indonesian rainforests, a representative of Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) was at the International Toy Fair Show in New York last week to explain the policy to toy companies and children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books in Translation: It’s Time for Others to Join the Fight

The publishers of UK's Stork Books argue that major publishers and the media in the UK and USA underestimate the audience for translated books and are making a big mistake. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Considering Spinning Off Part Of Its Publishing Arm: Report

According to Fortune, the media giant is meeting with a reps from Meredith--but nothing's been confirmed. Could Time Warner be following in the steps of News Corp. and considering spinning off its publishing division? According to a report by Fortune (a Time Inc. publication), the media... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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