Williams appointed chair of the Copyright Agency
Former News Corp CEO Kim Williams has been appointed chair of the Copyright Agency. Williams replaces Hardie Grant Publishing chief executive Sandy Grant, who has been chair of the board...
News Corporation split approved
The board of News Corporation, the parent company of HarperCollins, has approved the decision to split the organisation into two separately traded companies, reports the Bookseller. The split, effective from...
News Corp reportedly interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster
HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has indicated to CBS that it is interested in acquiring the Simon & Schuster business, reports the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reports that people...
News Corp interested in Penguin
HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has indicated it is interested in acquiring Penguin, reports the Sunday Times. News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch is reported to have indicated...
NewsCorp results: Ebook sales ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins
Sales of its ebooks have ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand for the 2011/12 financial year, according to CEO James Kellow. Kellow’s comments come after HarperCollins worldwide...
No change for HarperCollins Australia, New Zealand in News Corp split
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will be business as usual at the publisher following the division of News Corporation's publishing and entertainment assets. A...
Publication of ‘ALR’ to end in October
The Australian Literary Review (ALR) will be published for the last time in October, reports Crikey. ALR editor Luke Slattery told Crikey that the monthly supplement, published by the Australian,...
HarperCollins finds ‘rewards’ in ‘a challenging and difficult’ year
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the company experienced tough conditions throughout the last financial year, but was rewarded with the success of a...