Stories tagged with "random house inc"

Michael Jackson autobiography 'Moonwalk' to be republished by USA Today

To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW LOS ANGELES — A judge on Thursday cleared the way for Michael Jackson's autobiography,... – Jul 23, 2009 at 9:52 PM in Entertainment

`Da Vinci Code' publisher has job at Random House by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The man who published "The Da Vinci Code" has a new job at Random House, two months after his division was dismantled in a companywide... – Feb 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM in Entertainment

HarperCollins lays off employees, closes division by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The wave of book publishing cuts has now reached HarperCollins.The publisher of such authors as David Wroblewski and Joyce Carol Oates has closed the... – Feb 10, 2009 at 11:33 AM in Entertainment

Morning Jot: Scarborough has book out in May by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cable television isn't enough for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. He has a book coming out in May.Publisher Crown Forum, an imprint of Random House Inc., says... – Feb 03, 2009 at 12:47 PM in Entertainment

Salman Rushdie reflects on 20-year-old fatwa by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly 20 years after being driven underground by a religious decree, he is now Sir Salman Rushdie, properly famous and free, yet still burdened by his... – Jan 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM in Entertainment

More layoffs announced by Random House by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- A day after two major divisions at Random House Inc. announced reorganizations and confirmed job cuts, a third division has also reconfigured and... – Jan 14, 2009 at 1:32 PM in Entertainment

Paolini, Pullman with books coming to iPhones by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Christopher Paolini's "Brisingr," Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy and Peter Matthiessen's award-winning "Shadow Country" are among the... – Dec 22, 2008 at 8:33 PM in Entertainment

More layoffs in publishing: This time at Macmillan by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Another book publisher is cutting jobs: Macmillan, where authors include Thomas Friedman, Rick Atkinson and Janet Evanovich, is eliminating 64 positions,... – Dec 15, 2008 at 5:46 PM in Entertainment

Jon Stewart sez: Buy a book, kill some time. by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jon Stewart, Barbara Walters and some other famous people would like you to buy books during the holiday season."Books make great gifts because they're an... – Dec 11, 2008 at 2:46 PM in Entertainment

HMH cuts jobs; Penguin, HarperCollins freeze wages by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both... – Dec 04, 2008 at 3:02 PM in Entertainment