MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition News Corp Kills O.J. Simpsons Book; What of Advance? NEW YORK, NY/11/20/06News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch has killed the publication of O.J. Simpsons confession story, IF I DID IT, HERES HOW IT HAPPENED,...
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Journalism Grant Links Journalists and Fine Arts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition New Grant Links Journalism To the Fine Arts COLUMBIA, MO/11/22/06—Journalists write about not only arrests, court proceedings, scandals and murders, but also about music, art and theater. However, few...
Bookseller Books-a-Million Reports Sales Up, Losses Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Books-A-Million 3rd Quarter Sales Inch Up; Losses Cut BIRMINGHAM, AL/11/17/06—Books-A-Million, Inc. reported a third-quarter sales increase of 3.2% to $110.7 million from sales of $107.3 million in the...
Barnes & Noble Third Quarter Results Show Small Increase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Preliminary 3rd Quarter Results NEW YORK, NY/11/16/06—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller showed a small overall sales increase of 3% for...
Readers Digest Acquired by Investor Group
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Investor Group Agrees to Acquire Reader's Digest PLEASANTVILLE, NY/11/16/06—The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) has agreed to a $2.4 billion merger with an investment group led by...
John Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing In United Kingdom
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition John Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing In United Kingdom HOBOKEN, NJ and OXFORD UK/11/17/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) has agreed to Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., one...
Stacey Barney Lands New Post
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Stacey Barney Lands New Post NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Stacey Barney, former editor at Kensington and at HarperCollins, has reportedly landed a new editorial post at one of the top five New York publishing...
Nelson Books Publisher Departs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Nelson Books Publisher Departs NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Jonathan Merkh, senior vice president and publisher of Nelson Books and Nelson Business, is leaving at the end of November. Nelson is instigating a...
Associate Publisher Leaves Workman
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Associate Publisher Leaves Workman NEW YORK, NY/11/9/06—Katie Workman, associate publisher of Workman Publishing, which is owned by her father, president and publisher Peter Workman, is leaving the...
Indy Booksellers Take to Airways To Boost Book Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Indy Booksellers Take to Airways To Boost Book Sales WESTBURY, NY/11/15/06—The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) and seven other regional U.S. bookseller associations are working...
