MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 18-25, 2006 Edition Publishers, TV Networks To Launch Unprecedented Kids’ Bilingual Programming New York, NY/5/9/06—In an unprecedented combination of distribution and content players in children’s television, Scholastic, NBC Universal, Corus...

MSU Journal Calls for Poetry, Short Fiction MO: Writings from the River, a journal published annually in January by Montana State University and the Great Falls Literary Guild, is currently accepting submissions of high quality poetry, short fiction, essays, and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8-18, 2006 Edition Pat Schroeder Speaks at Launch Of "Big Read" Initiative Washington, DC May 9, 2006—Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, who now heads the Association of American Publishers (AAP), was at New York’s Carnegie Hall May...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8-18, 2006 Edition RANDOM HOUSE ACQUIRES LEADING SPORTS BOOK PUBLISHER NEW YORK, NY/5/8/06—The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., the world’s largest trade book publisher, has acquired the industry leader in sports...

Corwin Departs Rodale, Perl Steps In Temporarily Tami Booth Corwin, president of Rodale Book Group, is leaving the company in June to spend more time with her family. She is expecting her second child. Corwin has served as Rodale’s president and editor-in-chief since...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition Movie Buzz Prompts Harcourt to Up Print Run For Penn Warren’s Classic NEW YORK, NY/4/3/06—Harcourt is going back to press for 75,000 additional copies of both a movie tie-in edition and a classic edition of All the King’s...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition Little Brown Recalls Opal Novel in Face of Plagiarism Charges NEW YORK, NY/4/29/06— The New York Times reported yesterday that Little Brown has decided to recall all editions of Kaavya Viswanathan’s debut book, How Opal Mehta...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition One World/Ballantine Launches Nikki Turner Urban Fiction Imprint NEW YORK, NY/5/3/06—One World/Ballantine, a division of Random House, has launched a new urban fiction line, called Nikki Turner Presents, named after...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 – May 4, 2006 Edition Random House Refuses Author’s Plagiarism Apology NEW YORK, NY/4/25/06—Crown/Random House has indicated that it may not accept author Kaavya Viswanaathan’s apology for having “unintentionally” copied a number of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 – May 4, 2006 Edition CBS Corporation Reports 4% Gain In Revenues NEW YORK, NY/4/26/06—CBS Corporation (NYSE: BS.A and CBS), which now owns Simon & Schuster, has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31,2006, posting solid...