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Laura Owen Jul 26, 2013 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Ebooks now make up 33 percent of Penguin’s US revenue

http://www.pearson.com/news/2013/july/pearson-2013-half-year-results.html?article=true Ebooks accounted for 33 percent of Penguin’s U.S. revenue in the first half of 2013, parent company Pearson reported Friday, up…

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Media, Video
Laura Owen Jul 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

iPad publisher Inkling nabs $16M and partners with Pearson and Elsevier

iOS publisher Inkling closed a $16 million funding round and has new deals with Pearson and Elsevier.…

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Apple, Media, Technology, Video
Laura Owen Jul 1, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Welcome to the world’s largest book publisher: Penguin-Random House merger complete

Penguin and Random House have completed their merger, resulting in the world's largest book publisher: Penguin Random House.…

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Europe, Media, Technology, Video
Laura Owen Feb 27, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Text-to-speech startup iSpeech launches publisher platform; Evernote, Pearson first clients

Text-to-speech startup iSpeech is rolling out tools for publishers that let them convert books and articles to audio. The first two clients are Pearson and Evernote.…

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Media, Mobile, Technology
Laura Owen Feb 25, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pearson: FT digital subs overtake print; ebooks hit 17% of global sales

Among the highlights from Pearson's 2012 report: Financial Times digital subscriptions surpassed print for the first time, and ebooks accounted for 17 percent of Penguin's global revenues.…

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Europe, Media
Laura Owen Feb 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Department of Justice clears Random House-Penguin merger

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved the proposed merger between Random House and Penguin, though it remains under consideration by international antitrust authorities.…

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Media
Laura Owen Feb 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Barnes & Noble warns investors to expect more bad Nook news

It's only been a couple of months since Barnes & Noble downgraded guidance for its Nook business. Now the company is doing so again. Unfortunately, Nook Media is supposed to be the profitable part of the company.…

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Media
Laura Owen Feb 12, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Inkling makes its Google-friendly digital publishing tools free to everyone

Starting Tuesday, Inkling is making its free digital publishing platform, Habitat, available to everyone. The company is also introducing an enterprise product, with publishers including Pearson and Wolters-Kluwer as launch clients.…

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Media, Mobile
Laura Owen Jul 31, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

iPad publisher Inkling expands to iPhone

In a move aimed primarily at users of its textbooks, iPad publisher Inkling is making all of its titles available for the iPhone. The company's interactive ebook publishing platform, Habitat, now works for iPhone as well.…

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Apple, Media, Technology
Laura Owen Jul 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Penguin buys self-publishing service Author Solutions for $116m

Book publisher Penguin is embracing self-publishing with its acquisition of Author Solutions for $116 million. The acquisition lets Penguin "gain skills in customer acquisition and data analytics that will be vital to our future," said Penguin CEO John Makinson in a statement.…

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Media
David Meyer Jul 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

PaperC auctions itself to fund HTML5 textbooks

German startup PaperC adds a twist to the idea of academic textbooks by letting people purchase a single chapter — or even just a page. Now, in order to raise funding it's not going a traditional route: it's holding a public auction.…

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Europe, Media, Technology
Laura Owen May 15, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Inkling will sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores

iPad textbook publisher Inkling is partnering with college bookstore provider Follett. Starting this fall, Follett will sell hundreds of Inkling titles in its over 900 college bookstores -- including Stanford and UC Berkeley -- and on its website.…

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Apple, Media
Laura Owen Mar 30, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Thanks To E-Books, Publishers Find Flat Is The New Up

Large book publishers' most recent earnings reports reflect a new normal: Revenues are roughly flat, but profits are up -- in large part due……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Mar 5, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pearson Cooks Up More Content Giveaways Through API Payments

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) plans to let developers re-use more of its varied content, after its latest effort repackaged 2,500 recipes from its coo……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Mar 5, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The Economist Hands All Digital Strategy To Its Tablet Chief

The Economist is handing control of its website to its tablet magazines controller, in a bid to unite the previously competitive units.…

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Europe, Media, Mobile
Laura Owen Feb 29, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Penguin UK, Economist Partner On E-Singles

Penguin UK and the Economist are partnering on a series of e-singles, "Penguin Economist Specials." The partnership makes sense since Pengui……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Feb 28, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Interview: FT CEO Denies Sale And Braves Strike Ahead Of Social Launch

Financial Times CEO John Ridding rejects dinner-party chatter that the publisher may be sold to Bloomberg or Thomson Reuters. Instead, he i……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Feb 27, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

FT Digital Subscriptions Surpass Print In U.S. As Sign-Ups Slow

The Financial Times is still signing up new digital subscribers, but at the slowest rate since iPad lit up its business model in mid-2010.…

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Feb 27, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pearson Sees Digital Income Beating Print Publishing In 2012

Pearson's digital revenue grew 18 percent to £2 ($3.17) billion (a third of the total) through 2011, as its book publisher Penguin's e-book……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Feb 23, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Industry Moves: Twitter, Shazam, Pearson, Condé Nast, BBC

Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business...…

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Europe, Media
Roy Greenslade, MediaGuardian Feb 10, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

FT Stakes Claim To 2.2 Million Daily Audience

The Financial Times now reaches 2.2m people across the world on a daily basis, according to the latest Average Daily Global Audience (ADGA)……

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Europe, Media
Robert Andrews Jan 26, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Industry Moves: Financial Times, Future, O2, Emap, Moo

Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business...…

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Europe, Media
Laura Owen Jan 21, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What Apple Is Wading Into: A Snapshot Of The K-12 Textbook Business

The battle for the college digital textbook market -- including startups like Inkling and Kno -- gets a fair amount of attention. But the K-……

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Media
Robert Andrews Jan 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pearson Made $3 Billion From Digital Content Last Year

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) says it is putting cash made from selling its older businesses toward buying new ones in digital and emerging markets.…

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Europe, Media

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