Category: Publishing Brief
Batten down the hatches: The implications of a Trump Presidency for the publishing industry
As Donald Trump prepares to take office once again, the publishing industry faces a unique set of challenges. With a compliant Department of Justice (DoJ) under his administration, the potential for increased scrutiny and influence over book publishing decisions is a significant concern.
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“See you in Sharjah!”
Sharjah goes from strength to strength, as the centre of global publishing gravity inexorably shifts east following the collapse of Book Expo NY.
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OR/M launches lively industry podcast programme
A bit like an industry version of BookTok without the video.
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Building a publishing start-up? Read this, says Sydney Liu
“I’ve launched, failed and relaunched; here are the crucial lessons I’ve learned.”
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No sign of Gordon Gekko as KKR-owned Simon & Schuster announces new Board
“I don’t throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle...
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Memo to Malaviya: Ditch the Dohle Doctrine and bring PRH into the 21st century
This will be Malaviya’s chance to nail his own colours to the mast and show us he has an...
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Hedge-fund KKR buys Simon & Schuster. A Gordon Gekko moment or a digital beacon of hope?
KKR CEO Pete Stavros will be listening carefully to Richard Sarnoff, and looking closely at what...
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KKR now likely to buy S&S for 27% less than PRH tried to pay. But are hedge-funds good for the industry?
As a one-off acquisition, the Simon & Schuster deal is not deeply worrying, but the broader...
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Thad McIlroy on “Why Publishers Must adopt AI”
“This is not a good time to be technology-averse. Artificial intelligence stands to...
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Memo to the Buchmesse – Global publishing’s interests are best served without the fawning sycophancy towards whoever happens to be PRH CEO
Will this so-called “exclusive Executive Talk” be just another PRH-Porter Anderson...
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69% of Oxford University Press (OUP) revenues come from digital
Memo to Markus Dohle: that’s ever so slightly more than 20%. The OUP annual report and among...
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KKR sale of RB Media paves the way for its Simon & Schuster bid. The industry should be concerned
Hedge-fund managers have no long-term interest in the industry, any more than book fair hosting...
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