PEOPLE June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Jeffrey Dvorkin Heads New Concerned Journalists Committee COLUMBIA, MO/6/16/06—Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first network news ombudsman in the U.S., has been named the new executive director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition UK Booksellers Side With US in Opposing British Rights Grab   DALLAS//NEW YORK, NY/6/19/06—Five European booksellers and distributors have signed and sent an open letter to British and American publishers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition John Wiley & Sons Hits Billion-Dollar Mark Reports Record Year Hoboken, NJ/06/15/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa) (NYSE: JWb) has announced record revenue, operating income, and EPS for fiscal year 2006....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Children's Cloth Books Recalled by Simon & Schuster WASHINGTON, DC/6/15/06—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ( www.cpsc.gov.) in cooperation with Simon & Schuster, has announced a voluntary recall of the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Authors’ Visits With School Kids To Promote Reading NEW YORK, NY/6/20/06—The Association of American Publishers and the Children’s Book Council have established a new program to give New York City public school...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Authorlink to LaunchStreamlined Marketing Site for Writers, Publishers, Agents DALLAS/NEW YORK/June 1, 2006—Authorlink.com, among the longest running and highest ranked marketing sites for editors, agents, writers,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Thomas Nelson Shareholders Approve MergerNASHVILLE, TN—/6/8/2006—Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NYSE:TNM - News) announced that, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders held June 8, its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Microsoft to CollaborateWith University Librariesfor Live Book SearchREDMOND, WASH/6/9/2006—Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) has announced two key advances in Windows Live(TM) Book Search, a service that will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Borders Lays Off 90 Staff Members In All DepartmentsNEW YORK, NY/6/9/06—Borders Group, in an effort to better balance costs with revenues, has cut its staff by about 6%. In all, about 90 people have been laid off in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Steinbeck’s HeirsWin Control of Rights,Penguin Due to Appeal NEW YORK, NY/6/12/06—The late author John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter won a U.S. District Court battle this month to get control of the publishing...