NEW YORK (April 22, 2013) - Michael Rapoport, The Wall Street Journal’s accounting reporter since 2010, will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards Tuesday April 30 in New York. The awards, sponsored by the New York...
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Independent Publishers Tap Angela Bole as New Director
The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) has named Angela Bole as its new executive director, replacing Florrie Binford Kichler, who is retiring in June. Ms. Bole, who currently serves as deputy executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, will...
News Corp Settles Phone Hacking Case
New York, NY/April 22, 2013--News Corp. has settled a shareholder lawsuit brought in 2011 stemming from claims against its board related to the out-of-control phone hacking scandal and other matters. The $139 million that News Corp. will receive (from insurance...
Draft of Global Book Subject Codes Released
London, England (April 16, 2013) – The acting Board of Directors for Thema (a Board created to support the Thema Global Subject Scheme standard) announced at the London Book Fair today that a pilot draft of the Thema standard has been published. The Thema...
SIMON & SCHUSTER, LIBRARIES Launch eBook Program
NEW YORK, April 15—Simon & Schuster, together with The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Library, announced today a one-year pilot program under which the publishing company’s complete catalog of ebooks will be made...
Elsevier, O’Reilly Sign Ebook Deal
New York, New York – April 15, 2013 – NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that Pinterest is now available on NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK...
Barnes & Noble Pinterest App Now Available for Nook
New York, New York – April 15, 2013 – NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that Pinterest is now available on NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK...
Yale Publishing Course to focus on digital disruptions
New Haven, Conn./April 18, 2013--The curriculum for this year’s Yale Publishing Course (YPC) sessions, Leadership Strategies in Magazine & Digital Publishing / July 14 – 19 and Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing / July 21 – 26, concentrates...
Julia Jäkel Joins Bertelsmann Management
Gütersloh, April 10, 2013 – Julia Jäkel, CEO of Gruner + Jahr, is joining Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee (GMC) with immediate effect. Bertelsmann owns Random House in the USA. Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann's CEO, says: “I am...
McGraw-Hill to Report First Quarter Earnings
NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced today that its first quarter 2013 results will be issued on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 via news release at approximately 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time. The news release will be...
