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DOJ, Apple, and five of the Big Six close to settlement in case that will authorize Amazon as government-approved monopoly Reuters is reporting that the Department of Justice is nearing a settlement with Apple and five of the Big Six publishers being investigated for collusion on fixing the price of… 4 / Read more »
The DOJ's publishers lawsuitMobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit
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Is The Atlantic a CIA front? The re-launched Baffler — back from the dead under editor John Summers — carries a 10-page takedown of The Atlantic by Maureen Tkacik. The piece (“Omniscient Gentleman of The Atlantic,” not available… Read more »
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Barnes & Noble incorporates in Germany There have long been rumors of a push by US retailers, particularly Barnes & Noble, to gain a share of UK and European markets. As B&N loses its physical footprint… Read more »
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Author rights lawsuit against HuffPo dismissed, plaintiff considers next option Still smarting from last week’s dismissal by a US District Court against his case versus The Huffington Post, author and labor activist Jonathan Tasini is moving to Sydney where he… Read more »
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Survey: Drinkers may indeed be better novelists … to a point …. Ernest Hemingway was supposedly asked by an editor how long it would take to finish a paragraph. Hemingway pointed to the whiskey bottle on his desk and said, “about an… 1 / Read more »
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When murder and social media collide Determining the price of eBooks Indie rock memoir finds a home at Riverhead The Snuffleupagus of anatomy Smile Politely mourns the loss of domestic… Read more »
