MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1 - February 8, 2007 Edition McGraw-Hill Net Income Rises Education Unit Down NEW YORK, NY/1/25/07—The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) reported 2006 diluted earnings per share of $2.40, an increase of 8.6% versus $2.21 in 2005. The...
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Meredith Publishing Unit Grows Despite Impact of AMS Bankruptcy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1 - February 8, 2007 Edition Meredith Publishing Unit Grows Despite Impact of AMS Bankruptcy DES MOINES, IA/1/24/07Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies, yesterday announced strong...
S&S Loses Bid as Lead AMS Creditor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition S&S Loses Bid as Lead AMS Creditor WILMINGTON, DELEWARE/1/22/2007Delawares U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruled yesterday that financial institutions which loaned money to bankrupt Advanced Marketing Services (AMS)...
Wiesner, Patron Win Caldecott, Newbery Awards
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Wiesner, Patron Win Caldecott, Newbery Awards SEATTLE, WA/1/22/07—The Association for Library Service at its midwinter meeting in Seattle, announced winners of two prestigious children’s book...
Wife of Former Governor McGreevey to Write Memoir
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Wife of Former Governor McGreevey To Write Memoir NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07—Hyperion has announced plans to publish a book by Dina Matos McGreevey, the ex-wife of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who...
Ostrowski Named Bertelsmann CEO, Gives RH Heads Up
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Ostrowski Named Bertelsmann CEO, Gives RH Heads Up GERMANY/1/19/07—The Bertelsmann AG Supervisory Board has appointed Hartmut Ostrowski (48) Bertelsmann AG’s next Chairman & CEO, effective...
Scholastic Names Maureen OConnell Executive Vice President
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Scholastic Names Maureen OConnell Executive Vice President NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07—Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has announced...
HarperCollins Shuts Down ReganMedia
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition HarperCollins Shuts Down ReganMedia LOS ANGELES, CA/1/19/07—HarperCollins will close ReganMedia in Los Angeles on March 1, following the December firing of its publisher Judith Regan over anti-Semitic...
Atria to Publish Noah Charneys Debut Novel The Art Thief
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition Atria to Publish Noah Charneys Debut Novel The Art Thief NEW YORK, NY/1/17/2007–Atria Books has secured world rights, excluding Spain, to a novel by author Noah Charney, Judith Curr, executive...
R& L Acquires Cowley Publications From St. John Monks
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition R& L Acquires Cowley Publications From St. John Monks LANHAM, MD/1/15/07—Rowman & Littlefield has acquired Cowley Publications, owned for 28 years by the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, a...
