Why is Canada ignoring the latest publishing mega-merger?

Breadcrumb Trail Links News FP Economy The combination of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is receiving significant media attention in the U.S. In the United States, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is suing to block the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster Photo by Allen McInnis/Montreal Gazette files Article … Read more

Blockchain and NFTs are changing the publishing industry

Web3 has become the most sought-after investment sector of 2022, as use cases for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), the Metaverse and other blockchain applications come to fruition. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that different segments of the publishing industry have begun to use Web3 technologies to transform traditional models.  For example, the textbook publishing … Read more

What’s at stake as book publishing merger faces antitrust trial

Penguin Random House announced its bid to acquire Simon & Schuster in November 2020. The deal — combining two of the top five book publishers in the United States — normally would have taken effect by now. But the Justice Department is standing in the way, and an antitrust trial is set to begin on … Read more