MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 21 - September 28, 2006 Edition Six Books Picked For Man Booker Prize Shortlist LONDON/9/18/06The judging panel for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction last week named six books to its shortlist from a longer list of 19 candidates. The...
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Potters Publisher Bloomsbury Posts 6.5% Sales Increase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 21 - September 28, 2006 Edition Potters Publisher Bloomsbury Posts 6.5% Sales Increase London/9/19/06—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, parent company for Bloomsbury USA, reported a 6.5% increase to £37.66m (2005, £35.37m) in revenues for...
Warner’s New Owner Lagard’re Sees Growth in ’06
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 21 - September 28, 2006 Edition Warner's New Owner Lagard're Sees Growth in '06 PARIS, FRANCE/9/21/06Lagard're, a leading French media and technology group, reported a 7.6 percent increase in media group earnings before taxes in the...
ABC-TV Docudrama Brings Liberal Blast From Media, Blogs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition ABC-TV Docudrama Brings Liberal Blast From Media, Blogs 9/14/2006—ABC-TVs Path to 9/11, a television mini-series on the events leading up to the US terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, has been...
Anderson, Grinberg Split Into Separate Agencies
PEOPLE September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition Anderson, Grinberg Split Into Separate Agencies Kathleen Anderson, former partner in Anderson Grinberg Literary Management, has opened her own agency. Joining her in the new firm are Marcus Silverman, scouting for...
Penguins Sentinel To Release Former HP CEOs Memoir
BOOK DEALS September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition Penguins Sentinel To Release Former HP CEOs Memoir NEW YORK, NY/9/13/2006Penguins Sentinel imprint has scheduled an October release of Tough Choices, the memoir of former Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO...
Market Tip John Warners Book First in New F&W Humor Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition Market Tip John Warners Book First in New F&W Humor Imprint CINCINNATI, OH/9/13/2006JF&W Publications, publisher of special interest magazines and books in a broad variety of consumer enthusiast...
John Wiley & Sons Reports Strong Revenue Earnings for First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition John Wiley & Sons Reports Strong Revenue Earnings for First Quarter HOBOKEN, N.J./9/12/2006John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) has announced that revenue for fiscal year 2007 (at the end of the...
Frankfurt Book Fair To Focus On Open Market Rights
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 14 - September 21, 2006 Edition Frankfurt Book Fair To Focus On Open Market Rights Frankfurt, Germany/9/13/06—The Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the largest of its kind in the world, is expected to attract several hundred thousands...
Bertelsmann Continues Growth In First Half of 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Bertelsmann Continues Growth In First Half of 2006 Gütersloh/9/6/2006Bertelsmann, which owns Random House, continued on its expansionist course during the first half of the 2006 fiscal year, increasing both...
