Following an extended delay awaiting government review, CAA has completed their acquisition of ICM, first announced in September 2021. The deal is reported as valuing ICM at $750 million. (When ICM sold a minority one-third share in the agency to Crestview Partners in 2019, the price was reportedly approximately $150 million.) In the original announcement, CAA had emphasized the strength of ICM’s books department: “ICM’s industry-leading books division superbly complements CAA’s content-driven motion pictures, television, and podcasting businesses, in addition to its speakers arm, and other divisions.” Today’s announcement adds, “ICM brings to CAA a leading literary agency in the […]
Archives for June 2022
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July Book Club Picks
The Today Show Read With Jenna pick for July is The Measure by Nikki Erlick. The GMA pick is The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston.
New Books Publishing June 28
Tomi Obaro and Lidia Yuknavitch lead this week’s fiction releases, along with Read With Jenna book club pick The Measure by Nikki Erlick and GMA pick The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston. Nonfiction includes new work from Tim Miller. Also out today is First Victim by Debbie Babitt, excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-june-28 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_June_/223241 5 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-june-28 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_June_/223242 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to […]
S&S Gives Away Two Books For “A Country Divided”
Simon & Schuster is giving away digital editions of two books intended to aid conversation in “a country divided,” according to a memo to staff from ceo Jonathan Karp. As of today, ebook and digital audio editions of Amanda Ripley’s High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out and Anna Sale’s Let’s Talk About Hard Things: The Life-Changing Conversations That Connect Us are available for free on retailers including Amazon, B&N, Apple, Google Play, and Libro.fm until July 31. (A disclaimer on the S&S website says that “end date may vary by retailer.”) In a posted video, […]
Macmillan Closed Tuesday As Well As They Address Security Incident
Macmillan updated its previous statement about a security incident over the weekend, writing that it involved “encryption of certain files on our network.” The publisher will remain closed all day on Tuesday, June 28. Their statement continues, “As a precautionary measure, we immediately took systems offline to prevent further impact to our network and closed the offices on Monday, June 27. We are working diligently with specialists to investigate the source of this issue, understand its impact on our systems, and to restore full functionality to our networks as soon as possible. Customers, employees, and other third-party partners may notice […]