WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, one of five major book publishers that allegedly conspired with Apple Inc. to raise e-book prices for consumers, the Justice Department announced ...

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Alter Communications Inc., publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, is seeking a second 30-day extension from the court in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, saying that a group of new investors has entered the picture. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge James ...

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NEW YORK — The publisher of Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast website has left. Ray Chelstowski ended his 11-month reign as publisher Monday. He had come from Entertainment Weekly magazine to oversee an effort to boost ad sales at ...

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CINCINNATI — The estranged brother of Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is suing him in Ohio for $20 million, saying he was wrongly fired from his job at Flynt’s pornography company. Jimmy Flynt says his brother stopped paying him his ...

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CHICAGO — Tribune Co. has selected the publisher of its largest newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, to be its CEO as it tries to end nearly 2½ years in bankruptcy protection. Eddy Hartenstein, the Times’ publisher since 2008, was named ...

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These days, it’s a battle to stay in business. From your command post at headquarters, you see the daily skirmish as your employees go hand-to-hand with the competition. Sometimes they capture new clients, and other times, they’re just not strong ...

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Suzanne Fischer-Huettner has been named publisher of The Daily Record. A 37-year-old Maryland native who has been the newspaper’s associate publisher and vice president, Fischer-Huettner is the first woman publisher in the company’s 122-year history. The announcement was made Thursday ...

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Christopher A. Eddings, publisher and president of The Daily Record, has been named director of publishing operations for The Dolan Company, owner of The Daily Record. In his new role, Eddings will oversee the company’s business and legal newspaper and ...

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