Archives for May 2007

Winton Team Adds Another Winton, Shoemaker & Co.is acquiring Soft Skull Press, expecting to close by the end of June (at the same time as their acquisition of, and name change to, Counterpoint.) Current Soft Skull publisher Richard Nash will become editorial director of Soft Skull and executive editor for the parent company. Perenially cash-strapped, […]

Bertelsmann Income Drops on Napster Charges, Strong Euro In a brief first quarter overview, Bertelsmann reported sales of 4.38 billion euros, down from 4.46 billion euros a year ago, reflecting the absence this year of BMG Music Publishing revenue and the continued pounding of the dollar. The company says that “if-only” growth (our general term […]

This Week’s Releases: Pope and Bugliosi Newsweek covers (and excerpts) the Pope’s new book, releasing this week: “It is an orthodox biography — one that acknowledges the role of analytical scholarship while in fact leaving little room for a critical interpretation of Scripture. This approach is not surprising, given Benedict’s job description, but in a […]

Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]

Thomson Sale Blows Past Estimates Thomson Learning, comprising higher-education, careers and library reference assets, is being sold to Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners (which oversees the Ontario municipal employees’ pension plan) for $7.75 billion — well above the roughly $5 billion bids that analysts were expecting. The CBC says that “as part of the […]

Whose Your DAD? At today’s Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Making Information Pay Conference, consultant Mike Shatzkin of the Idea Logical Company officially previewed his lexicon of new acronyms to describe the growing herd of intermediaries who want to manage digital content for publishers (including large publishers themselves). In Shatzkin’s vision, just as nearly every […]