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News Corp’s HarperCollins And CBS’ Simon & Schuster In Merger Talks: WSJ

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 3:05pm PSTTags: CBS Corp, HarperCollins, News Corp, Simon & Schuster

The News Corp publishing unit has expressed interest in acquiring CBS Corp‘s Simon & Schuster book unit, according to the Wall Street Journal. If true, the overture comes less than a month after News Corp reportedly jumped in the bidding for Pearson’s Penguin book label with an offer the Sunday Times Of London says was for about $1.6 billion, as consolidation is being seen as a way to best transition the industry to digital platforms. Penguin later merged with Bertelsmann’s Random House. The WSJ, which is also owned by News Corp, reports HarperCollins-Simon & Schuster talks are preliminary. Any News Corp publishing entity would reside in its soon-to-be-split-off publishing company along with Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers and education businesses.

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20th Century Fox Film & HarperCollins Join Fox’s Diverse Writers Program In Year Two

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 14, 2012 @ 11:00am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox Film, HarperCollins
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The Fox Group is bringing back the Fox Writers Intensive, the program for experienced writers with diverse backgrounds, ethnic minorities as well as LGBT, foreign-born and others, which debuted last year. The Fox network was the program’s main backer in its inaugural edition. This time around, the initiative is being expanded to other News Corp. divisions and will provide participants with opportunities in book development and publishing at HarperCollins, as well as the chance to apply on a first-look basis for the Fox Writers Studio, a yearlong think tank of salaried screenwriters working together to produce original feature films for 20th Century Fox Film. This year’s initiative will also feature development support from 20th Century Fox TV and FX, which, along with Fox Broadcasting Co., will purchase and develop the winning finalist’s original script. Read More »

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News Corp Eyes Bid For Penguin: Report

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday October 28, 2012 @ 3:35pm PDTTags: HarperCollins, News Corp, Penguin, Random House

News Corp is jumping into the bidding for Pearson’s Penguin book imprint, according to News Corp’s Sunday Times of London. News chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch “has indicated he will make a substantial cash offer — thought to be about … Read More »

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Apple E-Book Price-Fixing Trial Date Set

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday June 23, 2012 @ 11:38am PDTTags: Apple, E-Books, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster

The federal judge in the e-book price-fixing case against Apple and book publishers who haven’t settled out of court has set a trial date of June 3, 2013, Bloomberg reports. Of the five publishers … Read More »

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Will Feds Challenge Apple And Publishers’ E-Book Pricing Arrangement?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 12:11pm PSTTags: Amazon, Apple, E-Books, HarperCollins, iPad, Kindle, Simon & Schuster

Apple AntitrustIt could be a fascinating anti-trust case according the details reported by The Wall Street Journal. The paper says that the Justice Department is gearing up to sue Apple and five top publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin Group, Macmillan, and HarperCollins — for conspiring to fix e-book prices around 2010 when the tech company introduced its iPad. The group allegedly wanted to end Amazon’s practice of selling e-books for a deeply discounted $9.99, part of the company’s strategy to promote sales of its Kindle e-readers. Hoping to loosen Amazon’s grip on the market, and help its new iPad, Apple encouraged publishers to stop selling books wholesale — which enabled retailers to set the selling price– and to adopt a so-called “agency model.” That empowers publishers to set the sales price, and pay retailers a fee of about 30%. The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson that he told publishers “the customer pays a little more, but that’s what you want any way.” He added that Read More »

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Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Writing Autobio

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday December 12, 2011 @ 11:33am PSTTags: Fox News, HarperCollins, Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes AutobiographyIs Roger Ailes thinking about stepping down from his gig as chief of Fox News? That’s a possibility, New York Magazine says in a report about his plans to write an autobiography as he enters “a legacy-burnishing phase … Read More »

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News Corp’s HarperCollins Agrees To Buy Religious Publisher Thomas Nelson

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday October 31, 2011 @ 12:26pm PDTTags: Book Publishing, HarperCollins, News Corp

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– HarperCollins Publishers today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Thomas Nelson, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of the calendar year, is subject to regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.

Thomas Nelson is one of the leading trade publishers in the United States. The Company provides multiple forms of inspirational content including: books, Bibles, e-books, journals, audio, video, curriculum and digital applications available for download on “smart” electronic devices. It has published some of the bestselling books in the industry, including the current #1 bestseller Heaven Is For Real, and the books of many popular authors, such as Billy Graham, Max Lucado, and Dave Ramsey.

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HarperCollins Buys Movie Book Imprint Newmarket Press

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 24, 2011 @ 2:53pm PDTTags: HarperCollins

Newmarket Press, which has made its name publishing more than 200 film-related books like screenplays and making-of and movie tie-in titles, has been acquired by HarperCollins. The film and entertainment books will continue to be released under Newmarket’s name, now … Read More »

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