Earlier this week when we reported on the June 3, 2013 bench trial date scheduled by Judge Denise Cote for the DOJ’s ebook price fixing suit against Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin, we weren’t sure of the exact schedule she had in mind. It took a while to appear on the docket but we now know […]
Archives for June 2012
With Spinoff Official, Harper UK ceo Barnsley Anticipates “More Clout” While Morrow Restructures Publicity and Marketing Departments
With News Corp making the spinoff of its entire publishing business official, it remains to be seen how the newly formed company will operate over the next few months, pending approval, and afterwards, presuming regulatory bodies give the OK for the split. The new business will start life with cash reserves and without any debt, […]
People, Etc.
Matthew Ballast has been promoted to acting director of publicity for Grand Central Publishing, replacing Jennifer Romanello, who recently departed the company. Rachel Burley has been appointed vp, director of open access at Wiley, where she will facilitate the identification of open access opportunities and lead the development of products, policy, technology, processes, sales, and […]
Corporate: Amazon Publishing In Line To Buy Dorchester Publishing Assets; BN Annual Report Tidbits
Months after long-troubled Dorchester Publishing went into foreclosure with more than $2.9 million in outstanding debts to owner John Backe, it appears Amazon Publishing is in line to acquire the company’s backlist, contracts, and other intellectual property, according to a notice of public disposition issued on June 27 and first reported on by agent Richard […]
News Corp Makes Publishing Unit Spinoff Official
Thursday morning News Corp made official what multiple news outlets had been reporting on for the past few days: the company will split into two publicly traded entities, the much larger (and more profitable) media and entertainment division, as well a smaller publishing business comprising newspapers such as the WSJ, New York Post, and The […]
People, Etc.
At Ten Speed Press, Lisa Westmoreland has been promoted to senior editor. Jeff Olson has been promoted to executive editor, Business at Apress, a division of Springer Science+Business Media. Marc Visnick has joined Callisto Media as director of sales. He was most recently director of sales, North America for Lonely Planet. Claire Kelley has joined […]