MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Borders Shareholders To Vote on Pershing Square "Backstop Offer" ANN ARBOR, MI/04/27/08Borders Group, Inc.(NYSE: BGP), in its upcoming annual shareholders meeting May 22, is expected to receive formal board...
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Random House Green Initiatives Show Progress
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Random House Green Initiatives Show Progress NEW YORK, NY/4/21/08--Random House, Inc. this week said it has made substantial progress in reducing the company's environmental impact, according to its first-year...
Bertelsmann Initiative Seeks to Recruit Top Young Talent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Initiative Seeks to Recruit Top Young Talent Gütersloh/4/17/08--Bertelsmann AG, which owns Random House in the US, has announced a new initiative to recruit top talent under the heading “Create...
Publishers Sue Georgia University for Copyright Violation
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Publishers Sue Georgia University For Copyright Violation ATLANTA, GA/4/27/08--A group of publishers filed suit in federal court early last week to stop widespread copyright infringement at Georgia State University...
Pocket to Publish Sports Super Agent David Falk’s Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Pocket to Publish Sports Super Agent David Falk's Book NEW YORK, NY/4/21/08--Louise Burke, Pocket Books’ Executive Vice President and Publisher, has announced that Pocket will publish THE BALD TRUTH by top...
Reed Elsevier-Year-end Report-Shows Strong Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 21 - May 1, 2008 Edition Reed Elsevier Year-end Report Shows Strong Results LONDON/4/23/2008--Jan Hommen, Chairman of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV, told shareholders at the Reed Elsevier PLC annual meeting in London...
Bookstore Sales Rise for 8th Straight Month
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 21 - May 1, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Rise for 8th Straight Month NEW YORK, NY/4/22/08--Preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census reflect an increase in bookstore sales in February 2008 of 11.4 percent, compared to...
Borders’ Annual Sales Flat; Pershing Lends $42.5 Million
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Borders' Annual Sales Flat; Pershing Lends $42.5 Million WASHINGTON, DC/4/14/07--Borders Group, Inc. filed its 10-K annual report with the SEC April 14, reflecting activity for the fiscal year ended February 2,...
ABFFE, Media Coalition To File Case Against Indiana Registration Law
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition ABFFE, Media Coalition To File Case Against Indiana Registration Law NEW YORK, NY/4/15/08--The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has joined the Media Coalition, to prepare a court case...
Balzer and Bray Move to Harper to Start Kids Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Balzer and Bray Move to Harper to Start Kids Imprint NEW YORK, NY/4/15/08--HarperCollins has enticed three key executives away from Disney's Hyperion within less than two weeks. Following longtime Hyperion...
