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Penguin Collaborates With Digital Manga On YA/Adult Comics

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Penguin Collaborates With Digital Manga On YA/Adult Comics NEW YORK, NY/08/03/04—Penguin has signed a three-year agreement with California-based digital comics publisher, Digital Manga, Inc. to publish a series of young...

Study Shows Minneapolis Among Most Literate Cities

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Study Shows Minneapolis Among Most Literate CitiesWhitewater, WI/08/03/04—A new study on America's most literate cities, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, concludes that Minneapolis ranks highest for...

Lagard?re M?dia Poised to Enter U.S. Market?

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Lagardère Média Poised to Enter U.S. Market?LONDON/08/06/204—Lagardère Média, which has just purchased UK publisher Hodder Headline for £223m from WH Smith, Plc., may be gearing up to enter the U.S. market. The huge sale...

McGraw-Hill Reduces Three Division to Two

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition McGraw-Hill Reduces Three Division to Two NEW YORK, NY/08/10/04—McGraw-Hill Companies has whittled three professional book group divisions own to two to become more customer focused in a slumping market. The old structure...

August 15-31, 2004

Publishing News General News August 15-31, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Former S&S Audio Head Opens Own Publishing Company NEW YORK, NY/08/03/04—Gilles Dana, former president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio, has formed the new publishing company Gildan Media. The...

Penguin Group Reports 2004 First Half Results

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2004 Edition Penguin Group Reports 2004 First Half ResultsNew York, NY/07/26/04—The Penguin Group, part of Pearson (FTSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO), the international media company, today reported its operating results for the first half of...

August 1-15, 2004

Publishing News Book Deals August 15-31, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Martha Stewart May Shop Book About Legal Battle NEW YORK, NY/07/18/04—According to CNN/Money and The New York Post, Martha Stewart plans to publish a book about her legal battle. The homemaking maven...

June Publishing Sales Show Significant Growth

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2004 Edition June Publishing Sales Show Significant Growth NEW YORK, NY/07/28/04—Publishing sales projected to both ends of a continuum in June. Six categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) experienced...