Book Will Describe Raid That Killed Bin Laden
The book, written under a pseudonym by a member of the Navy SEALs, will be published on Sept. 11 and offer a "blow-by-blow narrative" of the raid that ended in the death of the Qaeda leader.
View ArticleRelease of Book on Bin Laden Raid Is Moved Up a Week
"No Easy Day," written by a member of the Navy SEALs team that killed Osama Bin Laden, will now go on sale Sept. 4. The publisher, Dutton, says its planned print run was increased to 575,000.
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: More Papers Cut and the Navy Seal Story Leaks Out
Also, ESPN doubles down on baseball and the CIA backs a Hollywood winner.
View ArticleJudge Approves E-Book Pricing Settlement Between Government and Publishers
In a widely expected decision, Judge Denise L. Cote approved conditions that curb publishers' ability to restrict a retailer's "discretion over e-book pricing.
View ArticleRandom House and Penguin Are Negotiating a Merger
Random House, owned by Bertlesmann, and Penguin, owned by Pearson, are negotiating a merger that would create a publisher that would control 25 percent of the American book market.
View ArticleNews Corp. May Bid for Penguin for Publishing Spinoff
News Corporation is exploring a cash bid for Pearson PLC's Penguin book division, a step that could ignite a bidding war for Penguin as the publishing industry begins to move toward consolidation.
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: Random House-Penguin Merger, and Romney's Straight Face
Also, the expanding sexual abuse scandal involving the BBC, Univision begins its first digital network, validation for Lance Armstrong's doubters, and Hollywood faces existential questions
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: Publishing Consolidates, and Creeping 'Christmas Creep'
Also, Denzel Washington braved the storm on Monday to join David Letterman in Midtown Manhattan for the broadcast of "Late Show With David Lettrman."
View ArticlePenguin to Expand E-Book Lending
Working with Baker & Taylor, a distributor of print and digital books, Penguin will start the new pilot programs this year.
View ArticleAwaiting Merger With Random House, Penguin Settles E-Book Case
The company maintained that it did nothing wrong in the publishers' fight with Amazon and that the agency model was just.
View ArticleBookish, New Web Site, Provides Information on Books and Authors
The site will provide content about books in a literary magazine-like format, with a diverse range of articles. It also has a new book recommendation engine.
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: Super Bowl Ads Hewed to the Sentimental or Comical,...
Most Super Bowl ads tried for either humor or sentimentality; the Muzak name is going away, but not necessarily the music; and an NBCUniversal executive moves up.
View ArticleCiting Potential Damages, Macmillan Settles With U.S. on E-Book Pricing
The publisher said the potential cost of fighting and losing a government lawsuit was too great to risk, so it agreed to terms similar to those imposed on other major publishers who had settled.
View ArticleJustice Department Approves Random House-Penguin Merger
The two publishing companies cleared an important hurdle in their effort to merge when the Justice Department said it was ending its review of the deal "without conditions.''
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: CBS Sets Earnings Record, and Publishing Merger Gets O.K.
CBS set records in the last quarter of 2012; the Justice Department has approved a merger of Random House and Penguin, possibly creating the largest book publisher in the world; and Time Warner's...
View ArticleIndependent Booksellers Sue Amazon and Publishers Over E-Books
The suit alleges that contracts between the big six publishers and Amazon restrict independent bookstores from getting into the e-book market.
View ArticleThe First Strike in the Roger Ailes Book Wars
In an excerpt from "Roger Ailes: Off Camera,'' Mr. Ailes, the head of the Fox News Channel, takes aim at Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Newt Gingrich, among others.
View ArticleRelease of Book on Bin Laden Raid Is Moved Up a Week
"No Easy Day," written by a member of the Navy SEALs team that killed Osama Bin Laden, will now go on sale Sept. 4. The publisher, Dutton, says its planned print run was increased to 575,000.
View ArticleThe Breakfast Meeting: More Papers Cut and the Navy Seal Story Leaks Out
Also, ESPN doubles down on baseball and the CIA backs a Hollywood winner.
View ArticleJudge Approves E-Book Pricing Settlement Between Government and Publishers
In a widely expected decision, Judge Denise L. Cote approved conditions that curb publishers' ability to restrict a retailer's "discretion over e-book pricing.
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