Patrick Birmingham named publisher of Knoxville News Sentinel, will oversee Ind., SC papersOctober 7th, 2009 Corpus Christi publisher takes over at KnoxvilleKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Patrick Birmingham, president and publisher of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Texas, has been named president and publisher of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Star Tribune preparing to emerge from bankruptcy protection, actively seeking new publisherSeptember 30th, 2009 Star Tribune emerging from bankruptcy protectionMINNEAPOLIS — The Star Tribune is preparing to emerge from bankruptcy protection and is actively seeking a new publisher. Minnesota's largest newspaper says it will emerge from Chapter 11 protection Monday, complying with the timeline agreed to under a reorganization plan approved earlier this month.
Correction: Newsday Publisher Resigns storySeptember 24th, 2009 Correction: Newsday Publisher Resigns storyNEW YORK — In a Sept. 23 story about the resignation of Timothy Knight as publisher of Newsday, The Associated Press erroneously attributed quotes to Newsday spokeswoman Deidra Parrish Williams that appeared in a note to staffers.
Publisher resigns from Newsday, daily paper on New York's Long Island, after 5 years in jobSeptember 23rd, 2009 Publisher resigns from New York daily NewsdayBETHPAGE, N.Y. — Timothy Knight has resigned as publisher of the suburban New York newspaper Newsday, he told staff in a note Wednesday.
Georgia newspaper publisher Triple Crown Media files for bankruptcySeptember 14th, 2009 Georgia newspaper company files for bankruptcyDOVER, Del. — Newspaper publisher Triple Crown Media Inc., which owns daily and weekly newspapers in Georgia, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Oregonian publisher Fred Stickel, 87, announces retirementSeptember 9th, 2009 Oregonian publisher Stickel to retirePORTLAND, Ore. — Fred Stickel, publisher of The Oregonian since 1975, is retiring.
Health care overhaul would include not-for-profit option, give insurance companies competitionSeptember 9th, 2009 Not-for-profit public option part of health planWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a not-for-profit public option needs to be available as part of any health care overhaul. He says it would keep insurance companies honest.
Ex-publisher of Philly newspapers working for creditors in bankruptcy fight for controlAugust 28th, 2009 Philly newspaper creditors hire ex-publisherPHILADELPHIA — Creditors seeking to take control of Philadelphia Newspapers in a hard-fought Chapter 11 bankruptcy case have hired a former publisher of the two daily newspapers. The creditors say retired publisher Bob Hall would be part of the management team if they take over the company.
Verification must before foreigners rent houses in PakistanAugust 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In a bid to prevent terrorist attacks on foreigners, the Pakistani government has decreed that foreign nationals need police clearance before they can rent houses in this federal capital and in the four provincial capitals. The measure is already in force in Islamabad and would be extended in phases to the provincial capitals of Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi, Online news agency reported Tuesday, quoting sources.
Textbooks for rent: Publishers to offer college students the option of rentingAugust 14th, 2009 College publishers get into book-rental businessCollege students fed up with spending hundreds of dollars to buy textbooks they only use once are getting some new rental options. And textbook publishers, undercut by sales and rentals of used versions that push them to the sidelines, are hoping they have figured out some new strategies to make money.
Textbooks for rent: Publisher becomes first to offer college students the option of rentingAugust 13th, 2009 College publisher will rent textbooks to studentsSTAMFORD, Conn. — A college textbook publisher said Thursday it would become the first to rent titles directly to students, another option for students fed up with spending $100 or more to buy books they have little use for after a semester.
'Stranger to History' still atop bestseller listMay 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's "Stranger to History", that has been ruling the non-fiction section for over a month now, continued to maintain its position on the bestseller list this week, while "Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero" by Rick Riordan topped the fiction group for the second week running. The top 10 in each section are as follows:
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Boston Globe publisher tells employees all sides 'negotiating sincerely' for paper's futureApril 30th, 2009 Boston Globe publisher hopeful on paper's futureBOSTON — The publisher of The Boston Globe has warned employees to be ready to make sacrifices but said he's hopeful that the paper will survive a threatened closure by its owner, The New York Times Co. Publisher Steve Ainsley sent an e-mail to all employees Thursday, a day before the Times Co.-imposed deadline for the newspaper's unions to agree to $20 million in concessions or face a possible shutdown.
Despite millions in donations, Afghan students still waiting for their textbooksApril 22nd, 2009 Millions for textbooks bogged down in AfghanistanKABUL — Day laborer Sayed Sekander spent more than half a day's pay on textbooks for his third-grade son, stuffing them into a dirty rice sack to take home. He will wait before buying any for his two daughters.
Clutch of new books in fiction bestseller listJanuary 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a clutch of new entries such as 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun J. Tejpal, 'Scarpetta' by Patricia Cornwell and 'Silks' by D Francis & F Francis in the fiction bestseller list this week.
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August 31st, 2009 at 12:36 am
I like the idea of renting, but sometimes I like to keep certain books from classes I really enjoyed. I understand that the main draw to renting is the price, but they actually aren’t always cheaper, and that coupled with the fact that I like to keep some of them often leads me to purchase mine. However, whether renting or purchasing, I use http:://www.bigwords.com to combat the high prices. They are a textbook search engine that searches all the online retailers and rental sites to find you the best prices. And for books you purchased you can even use them at the end of the semester to search for resellers to sell you books back to. It’s pretty cool.