MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15 - May 22, 2008 Edition HarperCollins Sales Steady For Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/5/12/08--News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) last week reported third quarter net income of $2.7 billion ($0.91 per share) as compared with $871...
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Hachette Book USA Posts Strong Quarter Lagardère Lags
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15 - May 22, 2008 Edition Hachette Book USA Posts Strong Quarter; Lagardère Lags PARIS/5/13/08--Hachette Book Group USA, part of Lagardère Publishing unit of Lagardère SCA, last week reported a strong first quarter for 2008, led by sales of...
Bertelsmann Profits Rise Revenues Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15 - May 22, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Profits Rise; Revenues Decline Gütersloh/5/12/08--Bertelsmann, the international media company, last week reported strong first quarter fiscal 2008 results. First-quarter operating profits (Operating...
HarperCollins Unveils First Interactive Sales Catalogue
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15 - May 22, 2008 Edition HarperCollins Unveils First Interactive Sales Catalogue NEW YORK, NY/5/12/08--HarperCollins Publishers today announced the development of an interactive, electronic sales catalog, the most advanced catalog available...
Weisberg Named-President of Penguin-Young Readers Group
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15 - 22, 2008 Edition Weisberg Named President of Penguin Young Readers Group NEW YORK, NY/5/15/2008--Don Weisberg has been named president of Penguin Young Readers Group, succeeding Doug Whiteman who has been promoted to executive vice...
ABA Revamps Indy-Book Sense Program-To Rise to New
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition ABA Revamps Indy Book Sense Program To Rise to New Era NEW YORK, NY/5/6/2008--The American Booksellers Association (ABA) will formally unveil its new, as-yet-unnamed imitative in independent bookselling at its...
NY Times Says-Random House CEO-May Leave Bertelsmann
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition NY Times Says Random House CEO May Leave Bertelsmann NEW YORK, NY/5/5/2008--The New York Times today ran an unconfirmed report that Random House CEO Peter Olson will leave RH and its parent company, Bertelsmann, within...
PEN Petitions-China To Free-Jailed Writers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition PEN Petitions China To Free Jailed Writers New York, May 2, 2008--Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian were among writers attending a press conference last Thursday, at which the PEN...
Ingram Joins-ABA to Educate-Indy Booksellers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition Ingram Joins ABA to Educate Indy Booksellers NEW YORK, NY/4/2/2008--The American Booksellers Association announced yesterday that it has formed a new strategic partnership with Ingram Book Company and Ingram Publisher...
Amazon to Pay-New York Taxes-Despite Lawsuit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition Amazon to Pay New York Taxes, Despite Lawsuit SEATTLE, WA./5/2/2008--Amazon.com has filed suit against New York State, challenging the constitutionality of a new law which allows the state to collect taxes on sales made...
