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July 1-15, 2004

Publishing News General News July 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Dow Jones Newswires To Acquire Oster Dow Jones NEW YORK/06/28/04—Dow Jones Newswires, a division of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ), today announced that it will become the owner of 100% of Oster Dow...

Harvard to Publish Business Titles With Chinese Press

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Harvard to Publish Business Titles With Chinese Press BOSTON, MA/06/21/04—Harvard Business School Press has signed a three-year exclusive contract with The Commercial Press in Beijing, China to publish Harvard Business...

John Wiley Reports Strong Fourth Quarter, Record Fiscal Results

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition John Wiley Reports Strong Fourth Quarter, Record Fiscal ResultsHOBOKEN, NJ/06/15/04—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), has announced record results for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2004. Earnings per diluted...

Publishers Warming to E-Mail Queries WSJ Article Says

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishers Warming to E-Mail Queries WSJ Article Says NEW YORK, NY/6/21/04—A wire story in the Wall Street Journal points out that the Internet has provided a new gate of entry for the reams of queries and pitches that...

Franfurt Book Fair to Emphasize Film/TV Producers

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Frankfurt Book Fair to Emphasize Film/TV ProducersFRANKFURT/06/22/04—The 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair will cater for the first time to a group of international film producers. The world's largest book fair, to be held October...

Paris Court Rejects Lance Armstrong’s Defamation Case

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Court Rejects Lance Armstrong's Defamation Case PARIS/06/21/04—A Paris court has Monday rejected Lance Armstrong's request that a book suggesting he had taken performance-enhancing drugs include a denial by the...

Paris Police Detain Ex-Vivendi CEO for Questioning

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Police Detain Ex-Vivendi CEO for Questioning PARIS/06/21/04—Police on Monday detained Jean-Marie Messier, former CEO of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi Universal, for questioning about possible stock...

CanWest Cuts Cost By Refinancing Bank Debts

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition CanWest Cuts Costs By Refinancing Bank Debts TORONTO/06/17/04—Canwest Global Communications Corp's media unit has refinanced approximately C$911 million ($665 million) in senior bank debt in order to cut interest payments....

BISG Task Force Formed to Transition From UPC to EAN Barcodes

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition BISG Task Force Formed to Transition From UPC to EAN Barcodes NEW YORK, NY/6/24/04—The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has formed a task force to further explore and facilitate the transition to EAN barcodes on all books in...

July 1-15, 2004 People

Publishing News People July 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Former Warner Editor Horgan Joins Crown Rick Horgan, formerly vice president and executive editor at Warner Books, has joined Crown/Random House, where he will acquire major nonfiction books in the areas of...