Roughly 30 members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild held a strike outside the publisher's U.S. headquarters in Manhattan on June 18 over stalled contract negotiations and allegations of labor law violations. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebelmouse has tapped Michael Hess as its first chief revenue officer, the latest step in the company's effort to broaden its pitch to marketers.Mr. Hess comes to Rebelmouse after less than a year at Greek mobile marketing firm Velti, which had sought to build a mobile ad network. Prior to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chalice Press has acquired a book by United Methodist pastor Frank Shaefer, who was defrocked in December for officiating at his gay son’s marriage six years ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Online Publisher’s Association (OPA) announced its incoming executive officers for the 2014-2016 term, including FT.com managing director Rob Grimshaw as chairman. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The panel centered on broadening audiences for independent literature while working under budgeting constraints in an oversaturated market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How women are portrayed in photography has been a hot-button issue in publishing during the last several months. One could argue the spirited dialogue goes back a year to Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" effort, which went viral. At any rate, whether you find BuzzFeed Video's "Photoshopping Real... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a deal that adds 27 titles to its backlist, Graphic Arts Books has acquired the trade books and publishing rights of Companion Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of the world's leading press freedom bodies is calling on prime minister David Cameron to distance himself from the investigation into The Guardian over the leaks by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.The seven organisations also want Cameron to urge parliament to repeal the statute... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I see that Newsquest has warned members of the National Union of Journalists that they may be in breach of their employment contracts if they take part in tomorrow's planned one-day strike.NUJ members voted for industrial action after the publisher announced that it was transferring sub-editing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Press Complaints Commission has published the statistical breakdown that was requested when its chairman, Lord Hunt, appeared before the commons media and culture select committee two weeks ago.The PCC has put up two tables on its website. One shows all recorded breaches of the editors' code... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strict currency controls that experts say have crippled economy are preventing publishers from importing newsprintFor the editors of Venezuela's oldest newspaper, going web-only is not a commercial strategy to reflect dwindling circulation figures. El Impulso halved its print edition from four... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press employees in Ireland have received notices informing them that the terms of their employment contracts will be switched to a new company, Formpress Publishing Ltd, later this week.They believe it to be a precursor to the publisher's newspapers being sold to the company, which was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wanted: someone unconnected with the newspaper and magazine publishing industry willing to take on the burden of chairing a new press regulator for £150,000 a year.Applicants are being invited for the inaugural chair of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) in an advert placed in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance author's fans succeed with social media drive to persuade Atria books into a paper version of free e-novella released late last yearAfter fans of the romance author Colleen Hoover bombarded her publisher with thousands of tweets and Facebook pleas, Atria has finally bowed to the pressure... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press is disposing of staff photographers in a swathe of newspapers across England, reports HoldTheFrontPage. Photographers are soon to leave the company's titles in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Most will go after accepting voluntary redundancy... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After casting a wide net in its search for a chief revenue officer, Time Inc. has narrowed the field to candidates including two current executives: Jed Hartman, group publisher of news and business, and Mark Ford, exec VP-president of the sports group, according to people familiar with the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new site, read.dukeupress.edu, is powered by the Folio eBooks solution, developed by Stanford University’s HighWire Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Innovative and energetic publishers such as And Other Stories and Dalkey Archive are finding new routes to a committed audience"We were dreaming of freedom; we woke up in capitalism," is Slovenian writer Drago Jančar's wry comment at the launch of Dalkey Archive's anthology of short stories,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Ravens Press is to publish Jonathan Pinnock's latest book, Take it Cool, later this year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hope Waddell Training Institution, a school in Nigeria founded in 1895 by Presbyterian missionaries, is laying claim to have set up Africa's oldest press. But could it be so?Hope Waddell, in Calabar, Cross River State, had a functioning printing press from 1903, initially to serve the school... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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