MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Reed Elsevier Maintains Performance Targets Despite Sagging Stocks LONDON/10/12/2004—Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publisher reaffirmed its 2004 financial targets on Tuesday, despite sagging stock prices. The company...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann CEO Says His Media Group Still Seeks U.S. Acquisition FRANKFURT/10/08/2004—In a Reuters report by Boris Groendahl, the CEO of the world’s fourth-largest media group said it would acquire another book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Thomson Corp. To Sell Media Unit to Investors OTTAWA/10/08/2004—Toronto-based Thomson Corp. has announced it will sell its media division to Investcorp, an investment group, for $350 million in cash. The deal is expected...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Penguin Young Readers Group Wins Hot Young Adult Fairy Tale in Heated Auction NEW YORK, NY/10/13/04—Penguin Young Readers Group’s Lauri Hornik, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director, for Dial Books for Young Readers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition BREAKING NEWS Laurie Rippon Named Publisher of Harper Design NEW YORK, NY/09/28/04—HarperCollins Publishers today announced that Laurie Rippon has been named Publisher of Harper Design, the company’s imprint that...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Christina Boys to Edit Warner's New Center Street Imprint NEW YORK, NY/09/21/04—Christina Boys, formerly with Simon & Schuster, has been named editor of Time Warner Book Group's new Center Street imprint, which will focus...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition HarperCollins to Expand Latino Imprint, Rayo NEW YORK, NY/09/24/04—HarperCollins will increase output for its Latino imprint, Rayo, to 75 titles annually, and has promoted Rene Alegria to editorial director and publisher....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Without Harry Potter, Scholastic Reports Seasonal Losses NEW YORK, NY/09/21/04—Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) has announced results for the first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2004. Scholastic's first quarter is...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Ripley Entertainment to Independently Publish Own Books NEW YORK,NY/09/27/04—According to Publishers Weekly, Ripley Entertainment, famous publisher of Robert Ripley's Believe-It-or-Not series plans to publish several...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Independent Mystery Booksellers Launch Killer Books Program 09/27/04—The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, comprised of people who run mystery bookstores, has launched its own books-of-the-month list. According...