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Future of Books
Our successful Book publishing Event "Books 2.0" took place at Olswang on March 19th. An audience of 100 Publishing Execs, Writers and Literary agents saw speakers Gerd Leonhard (of Media Futurist), Dominic Pride (of Sound Horizon) and me speak on the Future of Books in a Connected World.
Here are links for a couple of reviews of the Event:
Thebookseller.com news page
Publishing Perspectives website
Also, click here if you would like to find out more about the speakers.
You can download slides from the Event either at the Olswang "Future of Books" site or at Rich Futures on Slideshare.
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Category Archives: Commerce
The true and parlous picture of Manchester United’s debts has become a little clearer over the past few weeks. The highly leveraged takeover of the club by the Glazer family has turned the club from one of the wealthiest in the world into a beast burdened by over US$720 million of debt. The club has [...]
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I have blogged before about the pushy attitude to negotiations of Kraft and its CEO Irene Rosenfield in their takeover of Cadbury (see February 2nd piece below). This attitude seems to have continued since the sale.
The Cadbury plant at Somerdale, which Kraft had said it would preserve, is closing, with a loss of 400 jobs – [...]
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EMI is apparently in a scramble for cash and working on a bonus scheme to persuade investors to inject an extra £120 million. This is to stave off a takeover by its bank, Citigroup. From a negotiating standpoint, however, the odds of raising the money are strongly in its favour.
The headlines surrounding EMI’s financial woes do [...]
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The current debate between Greece and the other Euro nations over the need to “bail-out” the Greek economy raises an intriguing question over who is propping up whom. It is an example of a negotiation in which neither party can afford to walk away. It is no secret that the Greek economy is in serious [...]
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So, Mama Group PLC has been up for sale. MAMA Group Plc is the parent company of number of UK-based music and media businesses. It has three divisions – Live Music, Artist Services, and Consumer – and owns, among other things, the Barfly venue chain, the Hammersmith Apollo, and The Fly magazine.
Technically there have been [...]
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Google hits the Wall
The current stand-off between Google and China over censorship shows what happens when one party feels it can no longer trust the other in a negotiation. To us observers on the outside, this stand-off is beginning to resemble the Great Wall itself – a divisive barrier that is almost large enough to [...]
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Kraft turns Cadbury’s head but fails to melt its heart.
Being pushy in negotiations isn’t always the answer as Kraft boss, Irene Rosenfield, may now be considering. The US food conglomerate has struck a deal to acquire the iconic British chocolate manufacturer, Cadbury, for an estimated US$11.7 billion. This was comprised of a bid price per [...]
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Can The Odd Couple save the Euro? ...