MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition S&S Names England CFO, Replacing Judd NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—David England has been named CFO of Simon & Schuster to replace SAM Judd who is leaving the company. England joins S&S from UPN. Both S&S and UPN are owned by...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Random House Reduces Tech And Sales Staff NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—Random House has confirmed layoffs of 24 technical people and five salespeople during recent months. The staff reductions came in both the main New York...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Vivendi Q3 Sales Decline by One Third PARIS/11/7/03—French media and telecom company Vivendi Universal, which is in the process of selling its Vivendi Entertainment division, reported a sales drop of nearly two-thirds...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Intimate Bookshop to Appeal Price Discrimination Suit 11/5/03—Intimate Bookshop will appeal its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble and Borders Group for price discrimination after Judge William Pauley handed down a summary...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition HarperCollins Reports Flat Sales for First Quarter NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—HarperCollins, owned by News Corp, reported relatively flat sales for the quarter against a robust performance for the previous two years. The...

Authorlink Publishing News Section Three November 1-15, 2003 Edition Home: http://www.authorlink.com In this section: Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Sales Projections for 2004 Higher Than Expected NEW YORK, NY/10/28/03—San Jose-based Adobe Systems Inc. predicts sales...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - 15, 2003 Edition Book/Movie Deals Senior Citizen Gets First Novel Deal After Self Publishing LONDON/10/21/03—Natasha Fairweather of A P Watt, a Cornish woman in her seventies, will have her first novel, The Reckoning, published this...

Authorlink Publishing News Section II: More News November 1-15, 2003 Edition  GENERAL NEWS Hicks' New Drench Kiss Press Focuses on Leftists NEW YORK, NY/10/23/03—A new small press, Drench Kiss Media, has been launched by former Soft Skull publisher Sander...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com EC Could Block Lagardere Vivendi Merger on Grounds of Distribution Monopoly LONDON/10/27/03—The European Commission Monday sent its "statement of objections" to publishers Lagardere and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition Ten Young Writers Receive $35,000 Whiting Writer's Award New York, NY/10/30-/03—The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation has named ten recipients of the 2003 Whiting Writers' Awards. The awards, which are $35,000 each, totaling...