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Rupert Murdoch: Amazon now ‘willing to renegotiate’ e-book prices
You didn’t think the price hike would stop at Macmillan , did you? In today’s News Corp. earnings call, chairman Rupert Murdoch gave indication that his HarperCollins would also soon be changing its e-book prices with Amazon.
Sony Reader Daily Edition starts shipping, gets more newspapers
Sony hedged its bets a bit in committing to ship date for its Reader Daily Edition when it first announced it, but it looks like it’s managed to get the first ones out the door on the early end of its December 18th to January 8th estimate, with the initial batch of pre-orders shipping today. Unfortunately, anyone that didn’t pre-order the e-reader is out of luck for the time being, as it’s now back-ordered with a new estimated ship date of January 15th
Magazine publishers announce joint digital distribution scheme
The joint venture between four leading publishers has issued a press release highlighting a few of the finer points of its plan to create a platform for digital magazine distribution — we guess that The New York Observer wasn’t kidding when it said that a deal between Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation, and Time Inc. was imminent
Major media giants to form joint venture for digital future, says WSJ
News Corp , Time Inc., Cond? Nast Publications Inc., Hearst Corp., and Meredith Corp. If this Wall Street Journal report is to be believed here, these five major media firms are preparing to announce a new joint venture tomorrow to “prepare print publications for a new generation of electronic readers and other digital devices.” Details are a bit sketchy here, and what makes it more interesting / confounding is that many of these companies already have or have showcased separate initiatives, such as Hearst’s Skiff and tablet demos from both Time and Cond? Nast
