GalleyCat
 
Receive mediabistro.com's Daily GalleyCat Feed via email


Daily Media Newsfeed Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Media Newsfeed via email.

Friday Feb 17, 2006

Today in Wottakar's: More worry, and what does it mean for Scotland?

With the Competition Commission deadline approaching every closer, further word is trickling in on who's saying what. For example, the Forum for Private Business lobby group conducted a survey of 1,000 independent booksellers, finding that just 10% of respondents said that they expected to be positively affected by the merger, with the remaining 40% indicating that the merger would have no affect on their business.

Meanwhile, the Scottish Writing and Publishing Cross-Party Group will meet with the CC to discuss how the HMV/Ottakar's merger will affect Scottish bookshops after an early refusal. Scottish Green Party MSP Chris Ballance said: "There are particular Scottish issues to this, including the large market share that the merged company would have here." Ottakar's has 16 branches in Scotland, and Waterstone's has 12.

The meeting will take place at the Scottish Parliament on 2nd March, and inquiry director Mike Horsman will attend on behalf of the CC.

And as for HMV, will Permira - which was so cruelly rebuffed in their bid to take over because their asking price per share was too low -- try again? Simon Proctor at Charles Stanley said to Publishing News: "Who knows whether they will return, but an initial bid of 190p was clearly not intended as a knockout blow."




new on mediabistro.com

The Future of Social Media with Chris Anderson

The editor of Wired explains how to create a social network that works.
Watch the video

Email This Post

Fill out the following information and click on the Send button in order to send this post, Today in Wottakar's: More worry, and what does it mean for Scotland?, to a friend.
Friend's name
Friend's email address
Your name
Your email address
Note to your friend (optional, max 200 Characters)

Read more on GalleyCat >

Interested in advertising on GalleyCat?

Our Blog Network

TVNewser

PRNewser

FishbowlNY

FishbowlDC

FishbowlLA

UnBeige

MobileContentToday

MobileMarketingToday

MobileDevicesToday

MobileAppsToday

AgencySpy

GalleyCat.com: the first word on the book publishing industry




rss-feed-icon-64x64.jpg

more feeds from mediabistro.com

Editor:
Jason Boog

Senior Editor:
Ron Hogan

galleycat-sidebar-shadow.jpg

Anonymous Tips


Favorite Posts

galleycat-sidebar-shadow2.jpg

heather-thomas-sidebar.jpg
Our Chat With Heather Thomas

jack-oconnell-sidebar.jpg
The (Long-Awaited) Return of Jack O'Connell

marya-hornbacher-sidebar.jpg
Marya Hornbacher: "No Tortured Artists Here"

stean-sagmeister-sidebar.jpg
Stefan Sagmeister: "Design for Non-Designers"


Why Does Maureen Dowd Hate Popular Women?


Links

theBookseller.com

Buzz, Balls & Hype

Danuta Kean

Eco-Libris

Publishers Marketplace

Publishers Weekly

Publishing Contrarian

Publishing For Profit

Publishing Insider

Publishing News

The Publishing Spot

Publishing Trends

PubRants

Rick Frishman

Shelf Awareness

TeleRead

Weekly Publishing Moves

...more...

Archives

December 2008

November 2008

October 2008

September 2008

more...


Recent

How Facebook Could Help Publishers and Booksellers

Courage!

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: Everybody's Hurt

cats by Clipart.com, a service of Jupiterimages

Subscribe

Click here to receive the Daily Media News Feed by email.

Job Listings

Featured Listings

Vice President of New Product Development
Thompson Publishing Group, Inc.
Washington, DC

Senior Producer, Student Activities
Scholastic
New York - SoHo, NY

Sales Assistant, National Accounts - Client Publishers
Random House U.S.A
New York, NY

Publisher
Scholastic
Palo Alto, CA

ADVERTISEMENT


mediabistro.com l Member Benefits l Jobs l Freelance Marketplace l Courses l Events l Forums l Content
mediabistro Blogs: Media News l TVNewser l GalleyCat l UnBeige l FishbowlNY l FishbowlLA l FishbowlDC l mbToolbox l PRNewser l AgencySpy l UGCX
MobileAppsToday l MobileContentToday l MobileMarketingToday l MobileDevicesToday
Site Map l Advertising/Sponsorships l Partners l About Us l Contact Us/Help

JupiterOnlineMedia

internet.comearthweb.comDevx.commediabistro.comGraphics.com

Search:

Jupitermedia Corporation has two divisions: Jupiterimages and JupiterOnlineMedia

Jupitermedia Corporate Info


Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, & Permissions, Privacy Policy.

Web Hosting | Newsletters | Tech Jobs | Shopping | E-mail Offers