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Breaking news — It’s official: Random House and Penguin announce agreement to merge
Now the largest consumer book publisher in the world… Read more »
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Murdoch tries to “scupper” Random House deal for Penguin, starts bidding war
One of the UK’s most despised media moguls is making a move for one of the UK’s most beloved media properties: Rupert Murdoch has made an offer to buy Penguin.… Read more »
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Desperately seeking Grandpa Wen
The Chinese edition of the New York Times, inaugurated earlier this year (see this MobyLives post), faced its first public challenge last Friday, when both the English and Chinese editions… Read more »
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Beirut, Boom, Vignelli and Wild at the Designers & Books Fair
The first Designers & Books Fair was held this weekend at FIT. Organized by Stephen Kroeter, the weekend-long event hosted speaking events, book signings, and a publisher exhibit hall with 35… Read more »
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Canada’s Rosalind Prize seeks to correct gender disparity
Canadian publishing industry magazine Quill and Quire reports that, shocked by the imbalance between men and women who win literary prizes, Janice Zawerbny has come up with the idea for… Read more »
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The past is not dead: Faulkner estate sues Woody Allen
“The past is not dead! Actually, it’s not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at… Read more »
