A Georgia newspaper publisher has revealed how he and his daughter thought they were starring in a new movie about cotillion only to be duped into being part of Borat 2. Will Davis, the publisher of the Monroe County Reporter, said he was contacted in February to be part of a movie scene about a … Read more
JK Rowling’s publisher asked transgender activists to edit court report covering free speech ruling Ian Yule has resigned after his court report was edited by charity Mermaids The 72-year-old’s article was edited at the invitation of Hodder Education He resigned from the editorial board of A-level Law Review magazine By Inderdeep Bains for the Daily … Read more
Education publisher Pearson reveals big drop in sales due to schools and exam centres closing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 24 July 2020 Education publisher Pearson revealed a big drop in sales after schools and exam centres were closed. Demand for printed textbooks … Read more
Activist and food writer Jack Monroe has launched a withering attack on David Walliams, labelling the comedian’s popular collection of children’s stories racist and ‘fatshaming nonsense.’ But HarperCollins Children’s Books responded to the thread and said that Jack Monroe’s tweets are factually inaccurate because the character she claimed had racial undertones is actually white. In … Read more
Activist and food writer Jack Monroe has launched a withering attack on David Walliams, labelling the comedian’s popular collection of children’s stories racist and ‘fatshaming nonsense.’ But HarperCollins Children’s Books responded to the thread and said that Jack Monroe’s tweets are factually inaccurate because the character she claimed had racial undertones is actually white. In … Read more
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury warns book sales could plunge by as much as 65% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has warned that book sales could plunge by as much as 65 per cent. Lockdown measures in many … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo has meeting with her romance publisher Mills & Boon… to discuss what they should call male genitalia By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:46 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 22:46 BST, 2 May 2020 After Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo signed … Read more
The publisher of the French study that found hydroxychloroquine could help treat coronavirus patients is now saying the paper ‘did not meet its standards.’ President Donald Trump has hailed the research in tweets and during his daily press conferences as a ‘game changer.’ But in a statement published online, the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) addressed … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic could be magic for Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 19 March 2020 Reading and listening to audiobooks at home during the coronavirus pandemic could boost sales at Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury. The group believes books – both … Read more
Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out Pearson has struck a £530million deal to sell its stake in Penguin Random House The deal values book publisher Penguin Random House at around £2.8billion. John Fallon will step down as boss in 2020 once a successor has been named By This Is … Read more