Ziff Davis Acquires Tech Publisher CNET for Over $100M

Digital media company Ziff Davis acquired tech publisher CNET from its parent company, Red Ventures, for more than $100 million, according to reporting from The New York Times. The acquisition confirms an Axios report from January, which found that Red Ventures had been quietly approaching strategic buyers to gauge their interest in acquiring the legacy... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2024-08-06 10:53:30 UTC ]
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‘People, not tech’: Trade’s digital leaders optimistic for future

Voice and artificial intelligence are the most likely candidates to further disrupt the book business, according to the results of a survey of the book trade's most innovative, the FutureBook 40, conducted ahead of FutureBook Live, The Bookseller's publishing conference taking place on 30th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Letterpress Publisher Arion Press for Sale

With the retirements of publisher Andrew Hoyem and senior editor Diana Ketcham, Arion Press announced it is looking for a buyer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prometheus Sells Fiction Imprints to Start Publishing

After entering the fiction market in 2005 with the launch of its Pyr science fiction imprint, Prometheus has sold that imprint and another one to return to its original focus: nonfiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hurst to publish history on Afro-Europeans from Olivette Otele

Hurst Publishers has commissioned a history on Afro-Europeans from Professor Olivette Otele, the first black female professor of history in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey, 2018

The industry made small improvements on such hot-button issues as pay disparity and workforce diversification in 2017—but sexual harassment remains an issue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piatkus to publish book on sex and consent for teen boys

Piatkus has acquired a "trailblazing" book about sex and consent for teenage boys in wake of the #MeToo movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld acquires new novel by Paul Lynch

Juliet Mabey, publisher at Oneworld, has bought a new novel by Irish writer Paul Lynch. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday Research: GDPR has reduced programmatic revenues for a third of European publishers

GDPR hasn't derailed programmatic advertising, but 32 percent of publishing executives said it has negatively impacted their programmatic revenues. The post Digiday Research: GDPR has reduced programmatic revenues for a third of European publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Jon Fine Leaving Open Road; Baker & Taylor’s Devasar Leads Publishers

After a year with Open Road, attorney and former Amazon executive Jon Fine is heading to American Media. And in India, Baker & Taylor's Nitasha Devasar helms the publishers association's executive committee. The post Industry Notes: Jon Fine Leaving Open Road; Baker & Taylor’s Devasar... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rappaport to Succeed Fine as Open Road Publisher

Philip Rappaport has been promoted to senior v-p and publisher of Open Road Integrated Media succeeding Jon Fine who is joining American Media as deputy counsel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers step up the fight against cookies gone rogue

Publishers including News UK and The Guardian have shown keen interest in using the platform. The post Publishers step up the fight against cookies gone rogue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires 'wild' account of remote island living

Transworld has acquired Tamsin Calidas’s I Am An Island, her account of 15 years living on a croft on a remote island in the Hebrides. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September acquires John Howkins' take on the future of work

September Publishing has bought John Howkins’ Invisible - The Future of Work, about the increasing importance of the often invisible creative process in the work place. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Internationalist to publish Middle East journalist Matthew Teller

New Internationalist has bought a title about the Old City of Jerusalem by reporter and Middle East specialist Matthew Teller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker to publish feminist horror collection from Kirsty Logan

Harvill Secker is publishing a collection of feminist, literary horror stories from Scottish writer Kirsty Logan next October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tribune Publishing gets bids from McClatchy, AIM Media and Donerail

Investment firm Donerail Group and newspaper publishers McClatchy Co. and AIM Media have submitted bids for Tribune Publishing Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Tribune’s board is scheduled to meet early next week after bids for the assets came due Thursday, said the people, who... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael O’Mara to publish Rachael Bland memoir

Michael O’Mara will next February publish the memoir of Rachael Bland, who documented her cancer journey on the ‘You, Me and the Big C’ podcast.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alain Gründ: Looking Back on an Iconic Publishing Career

After six decades in publishing and 13 years on Frankfurt’s Advisory Board, French book publisher Alain Gründ talks about his family’s publishing legacy. The post Alain Gründ: Looking Back on an Iconic Publishing Career appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin to publish musical edition of Tom Fletcher’s Creakers

PRH division Puffin Books will next year publish a ‘musical’ edition of Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers with a CD and prompts telling readers when to listen to the songs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Kaylee N. Davis

Longtime children's book marketing executive Kaylee N. Davis died on October 30 of complications from a recent surgery; she was 63. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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