Producers Acquire Rights to Fletchers Upcoming Nove NEW YORK, NY/3/21/06British screenwriter Charlie Fletcher has sold movie rights to his contemporary novel Stoneheart, which will be released in the U.S. by Hyperion and in the U.K. by Hachette in September 2006....
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Penguin Kids? Group Inks Film/TV Venture
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 30 - April 6, 2006 Edition Penguin Kids Group Inks Film/TV Venture NEW YORK, NY/3/27/06In an arrangement that will bring a number of children's book properties into development, Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Group (USA)...
Scholastic Closes Troll, Trumpet Clubs Lays Off Personnel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 30 - April 6, 2006 Edition Scholastic Closes Troll, Trumpet Clubs Lays Off Personnel NEW YORK, NY/3/24/2006--Scholastic, Inc. yesterday stepped up staff layoffs as a result of disappointing sales for the third quarter ended February 28....
WSJ Considers Book Summary Service Via E-mail
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 30 - April 6, 2006 Edition WSJ Considers Book Summary Service Via E-mail NEW YORK, NY/3/27/06According to an item in Publishers Marketplace March 27, the Wall Street Journal is considering a service to provide a paid subscription service to...
March 23-30, 2006 Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster To Release Book By Terrell Owens IRVING/TX/3/21/06New Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens has sold a book about his controversial two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles to Simon & Schuster for publication in July 2006. The book, tentatively...
Bertelsmann, RH Grow Revenues, Profits In Fiscal Year 2005
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 23-30, 2006 Edition Bertelsmann, RH Grow Revenues, Profits In Fiscal Year 2005 BERLIN/3/22/06Bertelsmann, the international media company which owns Random House, increased its revenues and further improved its profitability in 2005. Several...
Borders Reports Modest Sales Gains In 4th Quarter and 2005
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 23-30, 2006 Edition Borders Reports Modest Sales Gains In 4th Quarter and 2005 ANN ARBOR, MI/3/16/06Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) has reported final fourth quarter and full-year 2005 results for the period ended Jan. 28, 2006. Fourth...
Barnes & Noble Reports 5 Percent Hike in 2005 Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 23-30, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports 5 Percent Hike in 2005 Sales NEW YORK, NY/3/17/06Barnes & Noble increased sales by every single important financial metric in 2005, according to CEO Steve Riggio, in reporting fourth quarter and...
Da Vinci Code Arguments End, Ruling Due in April
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 23-30, 2006 Edition Da Vinci Code Arguments End, Ruling Due in April LONDON/3/21/06Arguments have ended in the case to decide whether Dan Brown plagiarized another work in writing his bestselling The DA Vinci Code, according to an item on...
VeriSign Acquires m-Qube to Help Deliver Mobile Content
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 23-30, 2006 Edition VeriSign Acquires m-Qube to Help Deliver Mobile Content MOUNTAIN VIEW/CA/3/20/06VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN - News), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications...
