Posted May 18, 2023

g. TV, film, theme parks, theatrical, gaming, and merchandise) to Smith’s IP. ACF Investment Bank, which handled the sale of rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, will broker the deal, and “they have already started contacting the logical international buyers and expect a strong response to this huge library of IP.”

Posted May 3, 2023

ruling which “indicated that news organizations most likely hold the sole copyright in interviews with government officials since they ‘make [the] audio, filming and editing choices in the presentation of [the] material.'” The arguments also include an elegant bit of turnabout regarding whether Trump was performing private or public duties while participating in the interviews.

Posted March 7, 2023

Jenny Fry is promoted to publisher and commercial director at Canongate, allowing CEO Jamie Byng to focus on commissioning books and selling North American, film and tv rights. Anna Rafferty and historian David Olusoga joined the company’s board on March 1 as non-executive directors. Basic Books and Seal Press Liz Wetzel has been promoted to executive director of publicity. Ivan Lett has been promoted to publicity manager.

Posted January 10, 2023

Context Literary Agency Kristina Sutton Lennon joins as director of media rights, translation rights agent, and junior agent. She previously founded Focused Artists. Dexterity Dale Wilstermann has joined as executive sales director. He was previously executive director, Nashville Sales at Hachette. Chicago Distribution Center and Client Services Joseph D’Onofrio has been named executive director and general manager, effective immediately.

Posted January 4, 2023

” UTA says it will still “actively collaborate with other publishing agencies and authors” on rights for TV, film, speakers, ventures and more. Separately, Fletcher is co-founder and remains as co-ceo of the start-up Authoritive, which was not part of the acquisition.

Posted December 7, 2022

” The publisher adds, “Film news will be announced soon.” Additionally, over a year ago, Elon Musk had tweeted that Walter Isaacson was shadowing him, in preparation for a biography. It was said at the time to be a “three-year” project. Simon & Schuster had not confirmed the project when first reported, but Isaacson’s agent Amanda Urban does so now.

Posted November 17, 2022

Pande’s next priorities in a contract are “rights, including translation rights and the other rights included in the package that the publisher is seeking to acquire, and the royalty rates.” Earning Out In some cases, earning out isn’t the goal. In his deposition, Wylie said that it’s his “role as an agent to try to get an advance that doesn’t earn out.

Posted October 20, 2022

Jackson, Gretchen McNeil, and Natalie C. Parker–who act as “writer-mentors”. Book rights are represented by New Leaf Literary & Media and film/TV rights are represented by by Mary Pender-Copland at UTA.

Posted October 7, 2022

BISG has also launched a four-part FAQ on rights on the Language of Rights, Acquiring Rights, Selling Rights, and Rights Best Practices, available on the BISG website. Literary agent at Sebes and Bisseling in Amsterdam Willem Bisseling described the agency’s new policy of selling English-language rights to Dutch publishers. He said that the majority of Dutch people read in English, and that English-language books have taken over most of the market in Holland.

Posted August 9, 2022

” Thomson also noted that News Corp. was a partner in the just-released film version of Where the Crawdads Sing. With industry statistics in high relief from the antitrust trial, CFO Susan Panuccio disclosed, “Our backlist contributed 56 percent of revenues, down slightly from last year, impacted by lower sales of the Bridgerton series compared to last year.” (PRH got 58 percent of revenues from backlist in 2020.)

Posted June 13, 2022

James Patterson spoke to The Times in promoting his recently-released memoir: “Today, though, he worries that it is hard for white men to get writing gigs in film, theatre, TV or publishing. “The problem is ‘just another form of racism. What’s that all about?’ he muses. ‘Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes. It’s even harder for older writers. You don’t meet many 52-year-old white males.

Posted May 5, 2022

in the announcement, another significant change is that the organization has finally addressed head-on the practice of agents who also act as producers on film and TV adaptations of clients’ work. Now, “Members are prohibited from accepting producer fees without the client’s prior written informed consent.” Additionally, following the Writers Guild’s progress in eliminating packaging fees, the AALA will no longer allow the practice in any form.

Posted April 12, 2022

Audible Rhea Lyons has joined as content acquisitions director. She was most recently an agent and director of the film & television rights department at HG Literary. Penguin Random House Canada Vikki VanSickle will step down from her role as director, marketing & publicity, young readers on April 13 to focus full-time on her career as a children’s author. She has been with the company for nine years.

Posted December 2, 2021

Isabel Kaplan joins as development executive, film & TV, reporting to Adam Eaglin, who has been promoted to vice president and now oversees the film & TV rights department. HarperCollins Adenike Olanrewaju will join as executive editor on December 13, focusing on contemporary politics and culture and reporting to Jonathan Burnham. She was previously at the New York Times.

Posted October 14, 2021

Becky Brown at Curtis Brown Heritage will handle book rights and Alexander Cochran at C&W represents translation rights. Luke Speed represents film and TV rights, and announced a deal to adapt The Business for television with Stigma Films.

Posted September 27, 2021

of the biggest book-to-film representation groups, which presumably will lead independent agencies to turn more to the smaller shops for co-agenting of their film/tv rights. Particularly since, as THR notes, “The companies’ sale pitch notes that ICM’s books division can be paired with CAA’s film and TV focus in the representation space, giving a competitive edge.”

Posted September 21, 2021

Now we get to do the same for books and we couldn’t be more excited.” Stern said that Hillman Grad does not have an automatic film or TV option for the books it publishes, and the same goes for Zando’s investor, film and TV studio Sister. “We’re not a scout,” Stern said. “We’re a publisher and we’re interested in partners that understand the value of a book on its own.

Posted August 23, 2021

teachers and historians for dumbing lessons down; and defendants in 50 class-action lawsuits who, according to his expert testimony, victimized people in civil rights, voting rights and job discrimination cases.”

Posted July 22, 2021

The publication is in partnership with Higher Ground, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company that has a deal with Netflix for TV and film and Spotify for podcasts.

Posted June 3, 2021

book’s context: As they have now stated, “The book was developed by National Geographic Books in connection with an upcoming National Geographic Documentary Film about Dr. Fauci. He will not earn any royalties from its publication.” Grants Amazon Literary Partnership has given $1 million in 2021 grant funding to 80 nonprofit literary organizations in the U.S. that are “working to empower diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented voices.