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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Today the NY Times reported a digital reading milestone for one bookseller's upcoming device : "Barnes & Noble says customers ordering a Nook will receive their devices the week of Jan. 4. So that stockings are not left completely empty, the bookseller will furnish buyers with a special holiday certificate." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Motley Fool took a hard look at Borders this week, writing : "Circuit City, once a well-known retail fixture, is no more. If it can't survive this holiday season's impending price war, bookseller Borders (NYSE: BGP) could be next." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that influence the bookselling business. We created this chart with eight publicly-traded...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced that Thomas P. Burke has joined the company as Senior Vice President, E-Commerce. A seasoned e-commerce leader, Burke joins Scholastic from bn.com, the e-commerce division of Barnes & Noble, Inc. where for five years he managed a team of more than 70 professionals...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In a New Yorker blog post this week, James Surowiecki questioned the American Booksellers Association's "dubious" claims about "illegal predatory pricing" by Wal-Mart (WMT) in its Book Price War with Amazon.com (AMZN). Here's more : "[T]here's just no reason to believe that Wal-Mart is cutting prices now in order to raise them later: the company's entire history has been one...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In bookselling news, eWeek analyzed five ways Barnes & Noble (BKS) could beat Amazon.com (AMZN) at the e-reader business. Here's a sample : "the right leveraging of its retail space could give Barnes & Noble a broad venue through which to push its product--particularly if they allow features such as in-store Wi-Fi browsing of text. Unless Amazon.com signs a deal with a big-box store such...
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News On Women (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Scholastic Corporation, publisher and distributor of children's books and children's media and an educational technology company, has a variety of jobs available in my area and elsewhere: Online Marketing Manager E-Commerce, responsible for developing targeted campaigns with sound measurement to...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Barnes & Noble released an earnings report yesterday, noting declines. Business Week reports: "For the period ending Oct. 31, the company expects retail sales to fall 1 percent to 3 percent. The company expects sales in stores open at least one year to fall 2 percent to 4 percent." Nevertheless, experts predict the company will unveil a new digital reader this holiday season. GalleyCat...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
This week a federal judge denied Amazon.com's (AMZN) request to dismiss an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the print-on-demand company, BookLocker. According to MaineBiz , the court filing says that "Amazon's demand that publishing companies use a specific printer in order to sell their books in the Amazon marketplace" violates federal antitrust laws. GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Scholastic Corporation ( SCHL ) F1Q10 Earnings Call September 24, 2009 8:30 am ET Complete Story »
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) today reported a 14% rise in revenue from continuing operations to $315.6 million in the fiscal 2010 first quarter ended August 31, 2009. The loss per share from continuing operations also improved significantly to $0.68, compared to $1.13 in the prior year period. Stronger results reflected higher sales of educational technology to schools...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) announced the following schedule and teleconference information for its first quarter fiscal year 2010 earnings release: Earnings Release: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at approximately 7:00 AM (Eastern) by public distribution and on the Company’s website at investor.scholastic.com. Conference Call: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Google (GOOG) made the biggest bookselling headlines this week, in a Congressional hearing about the proposed Google Books settlement as one government official opposed the deal. According to BayNewser , "the head of the U.S. Copyright Office told the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee that the office opposes the settlement." GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance...
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AAPL - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Time Warner (TWX) , Politics , Obama Picks Given the recent controversy over Obama's address to school children Tuesday, I was interested to see the speech released on the White House web site . While not all schools will be showing the speech, it is still likely to have a huge audience of many students across the nation. I looked...
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