MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 16-31, 2004 Edition Taylor & Francis, Informa Announce Powerful Merger LONDON/03/03/04—Taylor & Francis and Informa publishing groups have announced a £1.1 billion merger, creating a powerful new information conglomerate...
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NY Times Picks Sam Tanenhaus to Head Book Review
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 16-31, 2004 Edition NY Times Picks Sam Tanenhaus to Head Book Review NEW YORK, NY/03/10/04—Biographer Sam Tanenhaus has been named editor of The New York Times Book Review, according to reports from the staff cited in Publishers Weekly....
John Wiley & Sons Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
Publishing News Financial News March 16-31, 2004 Edition FINANCIAL NEWS John Wiley & Sons Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend HOBOKEN, N.J./03/10/04—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), announced that the Board of Directors at their meeting March...
Borders Group Reports 13.6 Percent Increase Over 2002 4th Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 16-31, 2004 Edition Borders Group Reports 13.6 Percent Increase Over 2002 4th Quarter ANN ARBOR, Mich/03/11/04—Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP - News) today reported final fourth quarter and full-year 2003 results for the period ended...
Random House UK Merges Two Literary Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Random House UK Merges Two Literary Imprints LONDON/2/23/04—Random House UK will merge two of its literary imprints, The Harvill Press and Secker Warburg, into a new line called Harvill Secker. Geoff Mulligan,...
Bertelsmann to Expand Publishing and TV Interests in India
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann to Expand Publishing and TV Interests in India LONDON/2/25/04 —Media conglomerate Bertelsmann plans an aggressive joint venture and expansion into India with the launch of a subsidiary and/or investment in...
Barnes & Noble Posts Healthy 8 Percent Sales Increase For 2003
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Posts Healthy 8 Percent Sales Increase For 2003 NEW YORK, NY/2/19/04—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today reported sales for the fourth quarter and for...
Michalson, Ramey to Launch New Publishing House
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Michalson, Ramey to Launch New Publishing House DENVER, CO./2/17/04—Greg Michalson and Fred Ramey, who founded Denver-based MacMurray & Beck (which evolved into the now defunct BlueHen, an imprint of Penguin...
Quarto Poised to Buy Larger Publishers Following Increase in Pre-Tax Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Quarto Poised to Buy Larger Publishers Following Increase in Pre-Tax Profits LONDON/2/23/04 —Quarto, a co-edition publisher and packager, plans to double its size within the next few years by acquiring larger...
PEARSON AND WHARTON SCHOOL LAUNCH WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition PEARSON AND WHARTON SCHOOL LAUNCH WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ/Philadelphia, PA/2/18/04 —Pearson Education, the world’s leading education company, and the Wharton School of the...
