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Last updated 04.12.08
Pearson puts freeze on Penguin pay
Media group Pearson has frozen all 2009 pay rises for all of its employees, including the Penguin Group, and Pearson Education, who earn...
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Christian out at The Friday Project
Clare Christian, one of the co-founders of the web-to-print publisher The Friday Project has...
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Anova staff set up bookshop
Staff at Anova are switching from publishing to retail this Christmas as they open their own...
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People - In Depth
Last updated 17.02.06
Gerry Johnson interview: Man at the top
When Gerry Johnson left food wholesaler Booker last year, where he was m.d., he drew up a shortlist for his next job. It was a very short list, with only two jobs on it, and one was managing director of Waterstone's. He won't reveal the other, but...
2005 Review: Movers and shakers
Anthony Forbes Watson , c.e.o. of Penguin, quits dramatically in January over "differences of view on the way forward". He is then appointed as a part-time consultant to Hachette UK. Andrew Welham later becomes Penguin deputy m.d. under...
Desperately seeking staff
Like most professions in the books business, the job of a public librarian is changing. Gone is the stereotype--the quiet, bespectacled, middle-aged lady with white hair tied up in a bun--and in her place, instead, a reference expert, or an IT...
People - Blogs
Last updated 07.11.08
Neill Denny
When the music stops
The slowdown is starting to affect recruitment as publishers look to squeeze their costs.
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Katherine Rushton
Making publishing pay
Publishing pays peanuts, why doesn't it get monkeys?
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