DoH
to publish electronic care records specification
Computing, May 30thThe Department of Health is publishing the technical
specification for the Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS) at the heart of the £2.3bn
NHS National Programme for IT.
Microsoft and AOL Time Warner to settle Netscape
lawsuit
Financial Times, May 30th
Microsoft and AOL Time Warner have agreed to settle
their outstanding litigation over Netscape.
Elsevier to create Life Sciences Division that includes
MDL
Company press release, May 28th
Elsevier has announced the creation of a new division to focus on the needs of customers
in the life sciences. The new division will combine all of Elsevier's science and
technology businesses which create products and services for the life sciences, including
MDL as well as Elsevier's 400 chemistry and life science journals and related products.
Progress towards Sars vaccine
BBC News, May 27th
Scientists in Hong Kong say they have completed the
first step in the development of a vaccine against the Sars virus
Harry Potter 5
largest distribution of any single item in e-commerce history
Euromedia, May 26th
US-based online retailer Amazon.com's largest new product release ever, with more
than 500,000 copies ordered in just four months on the company s website. Amazon.co.uk,
has received more than a quarter of a million pre-orders for the book.
U.S. Book Production Tops 150,000 in 2002
Bowker Press Release, May 25th
U.S. book title output increased 5.86 % to 150,000 new
titles and editions in 2002, while new titles from the largest trade publishers declined
5.02%. University presses increased their title output by 10.21% in 2002, reversing
a decline of 4.04% in 2001
Germany's competition regulator may halt
book publisher deal
Yahoo News, May 23rd
Germany's competition regulator has declined to
approve media giant Bertelsmann AG's buy of Axel Springer Verlag AG's book publishers
because it would dominate the paperback market.
The Thomson Corporation Intends to
Sell Its Healthcare Publications
Company Press Release, May 21st
Thomson has announced that it intends to sell its portfolio of healthcare magazines.
Many of the Corporation’s healthcare publications, such as Medical Economics, RN
Magazine, Drug Topics, Contemporary Pediatrics, Dental Products Report and Veterinary
Medicine, enjoy leading positions within the clinical research, continuing medical
education and clinical care fields.
EMI set to join action against Bertelsmann
Financial Times, May 21st (print source)
EMI, the music group is poised to join a
multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Bertelsmann about its support for Napster, the
defunct Internet music downloading service.
World Health
Organisation announce new Director-General
WHO Press Release, May 21st
Dr Jong-Wook Lee of the Republic of Korea has been
elected as the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Stephen Timms gives speech at the Westminster Media
Forum
DTI press release, May 20th
In a recent speech, Stephen Timms announced that we
now have close to two million broadband connections in the UK.
Cinven and
Candover plan merger for BertelsmannSpringer
Kluwer Academic Publishers' News, May 15th
Cinven and Candover, the UK private equity groups,
plan to create a specialist publishing powerhouse after agreeing to pay Euro 1.05bn
($1.2bn) for BertelsmannSpringer, the science and trade publishing arm of Germany's
Bertelsmann group. It will be combind with Kluwer Academic Publishers to form the
second largest STM publisher in the world. The combined business will be renamed as
Springer.
Wolters Q1 benchmark net profit almost halved
Yahoo Financial News, May 14th
Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer said its
first-quarter ordinary net profit before amortisation almost halved to 39 million euros,
and it would have to cut its full-year outlook.
Apple Computer Inc. launch new online
music store
Reuters, May 14th
Apple announced that more than 2 million songs had been
bought and downloaded from its iTunes Music Store in the first 16 days after it was
launched.
Wolters Kluwer and IBM in e-learning project
Yahoo/ Reuters, May 12th
Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer and IBM will jointly
provide e-learning solutions to schools in Britain and the Netherlands.
The Thomson Corporation
Completes Offer For Elite Information Group
Company Press Release, May 9th
The Thomson Corporation announced that Gulf Acquisition
Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Thomson formed solely for the purpose of
acquiring shares of Elite Information Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELTE), has completed its cash
tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Elite.
Online content
sales suffer from lack of alternatives to credit cards
Euromedia, May 9th
A new study contrasts attitudes of consumers with those
of online providers from online payment service providers.
Reed Elsevier sells unit
to CSC
Reuters, May 8th
Reed Elsevier has announced that its global legal
division LexisNexis had agreed to sell its Document Solutions unit to unlisted Corporation
Service Company.
Sourcebooks Announces
Exclusive Distribution Deal With Reed
Reuters, May 8th
Sourcebooks, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership
with Reed Press, the new book publishing arm of Reed Business Information (RBI).
The Wall Street Journal Online Launches Media &
Marketing Edition
BusinessWire, May 7th
The Wall Street Journal Online, published by Dow Jones
& Company, has launched its Media & Marketing Edition designed for professionals
in the advertising, marketing, entertainment and media industries.
The Wall Street Journal Online's Health Industry
Edition wins Codie Award
BusinessWire, May 7th
The Wall Street Journal Online, published by Dow Jones
& Company, reports that its Health Industry Edition received the Software &
Information Industry Association's 2003 Codie Award for Best Online
Science/Technology/Medical Information Service. The SIIA's Codie Awards recognize
excellence in the software, information and education technology industries.
New website provides details of pharmaceutical
industry clinical trials involving UK patients
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, May 6th
A new website that publishes details of clinical trials
undertaken by pharmaceutical companies that involve UK patients has been launched by the
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). The website can be found
at https://www.cmrinteract.com/clintrial/.
RBI announces
appointment of new Chief Information Officer
Reuters, May 5th
Reed Business Information
has announced the appointment of Jane Aboyoun as Chief Information Officer
New copyright legislation
The UK has declared war on copyright and trademark
thieves by introducing new legislation to help enforcement agencies take effective action
against infringers. The cost to UK industry of fake goods was estimated to be £8.5bn in
1991, with a further loss of £1.5bn in Value Added Tax. For more information on copyright
infringement, visit the Federation Against Copyright Theft website www.fact-uk.org.uk
Joining Euro could mean
end of free NHS
The Times, May 5
The European Central Bank wants UK state health care
restricted to emergencies only.
Amazon
patent bid targets used goods
News.com, May 2
Amazon.com has applied for a
patent on a system to offer used material, with the bid coming not long after the e-tailer
rebutted publishers who thought that its sale of used books would hurt them financially.
Pearson
and Edexcel to create new exam marking board
Ample, May 1
Pearson PLC, owners of the Financial Times and Les Echos
newspapers, said it had agreed with UK examining body Edexcel to set up a new examination
board called London Qualifications.
PPA to launch first diploma for magazine
publishers
PPA announcement, May 1
The new PPA Diploma in Publishing is the first UK
qualification for magazine publishers.
WHSmith sees five per cent magazine sales boost
PPA news, May 1
A strong UK magazine market has boosted sales at WHSmith
News, the wholesaling arm of WHSmith, despite the parent company suffering a two per cent
loss in overall sales.
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