Scholastic Confronted Again on Negative Option Clubs A couple has filed suit against Scholastic in a Seattle federal court, seeking class action status, over practices related to the company’s negative-option book club. A release from the plaintiffs attorneys charges, “according to the complaint, Scholastic uses its marketing presence within elementary schools to convince parents to […]
Archives for January 2006
Lunch for Monday, January 30
More IPO Drama Expected at Bertelsmann Though Bertelsmann executives have announced publicly that they are prepared for a public offering of shares in the company by minority owner Group Bruxelles Lambert, the FT reports that the controlling Mohn family is not at all prepared. One former company executive tells the paper, “For Liz Mohn it’s […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 30
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Lunch for Friday, January 27
The Day the Lies Stopped, and What Happens the Next Day I’m confident that you already know everything you want to know about James Frey and Nan Talese’s appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, and have formed whatever opinions you may. First, just a couple extra matters of fact. Yesterday afternoon, Doubleday as a […]
Lunch for Thursday, January 26
Frey Acknowledges Mistakes on Today’s Oprah; Readers Sue “Now like many of you, I have a million little questions,” Oprah Winfrey says of James Frey at the top of today’s show — an evolution of the viewpoint she expressed in a phone call to the Larry King Show. An ABC news report says that on […]
Lunch for Wednesday, January 25
A Small Note Your chef has a stomach ailment today, so Lunch comprises mostly bland foods. We’ll hope for a heartier meal tomorrow. Kloske Is New Publisher of Riverhead The Penguin Group announced that Simon & Schuster executive editor Geoffrey Kloske will take over on February 13 as publisher of Riverhead, reporting to Susan Petersen […]