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THE founder and major shareholder of Ottakar’s yesterday
surrendered to a cut-price £62.8 million takeover bid from HMV, admitting that it was the
best offer that the book chain could attract.
Analysis
of data on scholarly journals publishing
Research Information Network, June 7
The RIN, Research Councils UK
(RCUK) and the Department of Trade and Industry have
commissioned an analysis of available data on scholarly journals publishing. This
study got off the ground in mid-April 2006 and should conclude by the middle of
summer. It is being undertaken on behalf of the three joint funders by Electronic Publishing Services Ltd (EPS), in
association with Loughborough University Department of
Information Science.
IBM
prepares for $6bn investment in Indian unit
Times Online, June 7
IBM, the world’s largest computer services provider, said
that it would triple its investment in India to $6 billion (£3.2 billion) over the next
three years to capitalise on the country’s growing global outsourcing market.
Microsoft
to Collaborate With University of California and University of Toronto Libraries for
Windows Live Book Search
Microsoft Press Release, June 8
Microsoft Corp.announced two key advances in Windows Live™ Book Search, a service
that will enable Web searchers to find answers from authoritative, trusted book content.
The addition of two new participants, the University of California and the University of
Toronto libraries, will result in an addition of digitised material, primarily
out-of-copyright books, from these two institutions to the Windows Live Book Search
service. Also, the recently debuted Windows Live Books Publisher Program enables
publishers to submit in-copyright material to become part of Windows Live Book Search.
Bidders closing in
on AOL — but not at any price
Times Online, June 11
BSKYB and BT are emerging as favourites to buy the UK operations of AOL,
but are balking at the £1 billion asking price for the internet business.
Internet recruitment is big business and Totaljobs.com — which is
owned by Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publisher — is fighting for the No1 spot with
the likes of American-owned Monster and Jobsite, which is backed by the Daily Mail and
General Trust.
Microsoft's
blogger champion leaves for start-up
Times Online, June 12
Robert Scoble, the maverick standard-bearer of corporate bloggers, has
left Microsoft to join a Silicon Valley start-up. Mr Scoble is to start working for
PodTech.net, a company that plans to broadcast interviews with technology industry leaders
over the web.
Report on the quinquennial
review of the e-commerce survey
Office of National Statistics, June 13
Standing instructions on the control of statistical surveys require that regular annual
surveys to businesses and local authorities are reviewed at least once every five years
monthly and quarterly surveys every three years). The aim of these procedures is to avoid
unnecessary surveys, to ensure that control is exercised in the most cost-effective way
and that authorised surveys are conducted in such a way as to obtain the information
needed while imposing the minimum burden on respondents.
Thomson Financial To Acquire AFX News
Press Release, June 14
Thomson has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AFX News Ltd
("AFX") from Agence France-Presse. The transaction is expected to close in July
2006 subject to regulatory review (in Germany). AFX, based in London, UK, is a leading
European independent real-time financial news agency providing equity-focused business,
financial and economic news to the investment community.
In a trial that will be closely watched by researchers and journal
publishers around the world, the Royal Society will allow authors to pay for costs of
publication themselves. Authors, or their research sponsors, who choose to pay to make
their papers immediately available online will be charged £300 ($553, €439) per A4
page.
Global
media market 'set to boom'
Times Online, June 21
The global entertainment and media industry will be worth $1.8
trillion (£977bn) by 2010, says a report. The spread of broadband internet and wireless
technology will be the driving forces behind the growth, according to accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers. Spending on entertainment is expected to reach $1.2bn (£652m) in
2010, compared to $866m (£470m) last year. (That figure includes everything from books
and trips to the cinema, to TV and internet subscriptions in the home).
BBC Books sold to
Random House
Guardian, June 22
BBC Books, which publishes spin-off titles from TV shows including Delia
Smith's How to Cook, has been acquired by German media giant Bertelsmann's Random House.
BBC Books will continue to license relevant book publishing rights in BBC programmes and
will work within the corporation's editorial and commercial policy guidelines ensuring
that appropriate controls are maintained over the BBC brand
Break-up
should boost WH Smith
Times Online, June 25
KATE SWANN, chief executive of WH Smith, announced in April that she
planned to split the company in two, separating the retail division from news wholesaling
(which delivers newspapers and magazines to other newsagents and supermarkets).
Google rivals PayPal with
Checkout service
Net Imperative, June 30
Google has launched a much anticipated online payments service in the
US, placing the search giant in competition with the eBay-owned PayPal.Google Checkout
lets online retailers add a checkout to their sites that can be used in addition to other
options such as PayPal or a merchant's own pay system.
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