Wall Street Journal Announces Key Editorial Appointments

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NEW YORK, April 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal announced today several key editorial appointments.

Alix Freedman, currently the Journal's Deputy Managing Editor overseeing standards and ethics, has been named Page One Editor. She will be responsible for spearheading the agenda-setting coverage that appears on the Journal's front page. A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, Ms. Freedman will also be responsible for supervising and guiding the Journal's investigative and enterprise reporting efforts. She will continue to report to Robert Thomson, Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones & Company and Managing Editor of the Journal. She replaces Michael Williams.

Elyse Tanouye has been named Deputy Managing Editor, replacing Ms.
Freedman. Also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Ms. Tanouye will be charged with the Journal's efforts to maintain and extend the paper's unparalleled reputation for accuracy and fairness. Ms. Tanouye has been the Journal's Corporate Editor since April 2008. In her new role, she will report to Mr. Thomson.

"Alix and Elyse are both great journalists and leaders. There was no tougher reporter than Alix Freedman, and her commitment to investigative reporting and enterprise journalism are renowned," Mr.
Thomson said.

"Elyse transformed the Marketplace section of the Journal and is a beacon of integrity for all at Dow Jones. Her promotion to Deputy Managing Editor is recognition of both her achievement and her important role in overseeing standards and ethics," added Mr. Thomson.

In addition, Dennis Berman, currently Deputy Bureau Chief of Money & Investing, will become Corporate Editor, succeeding Ms. Tanouye. He will oversee news about companies, management and strategy, technology, media and marketing and the art of business. Mr. Berman joined the Journal in 2001 and is one of the editors who shared the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism for a series on corporate scandals.

Rick Brooks, currently Deputy Editor of Money & Investing, will become Senior Deputy Editor of the section.

"Dennis is a legendary reporter who will bring energy and deep knowledge to his new role, which is at the very heart of the paper.
Rick, a talented and wise editor, will work closely with Francesco Guerrera, our new Editor of Money & Investing," Mr. Thomson said.

ABOUT MS. FREEDMAN

Prior to her most recent role, Ms. Freedman was an Assistant Managing Editor and previously a Senior Editor and the Journal's Investigative Projects Editor. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for her coverage of the tobacco industry and has been honored with numerous other accolades, including the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism in international reporting and two Gerald Loeb Awards, for her reporting on domestic and international topics.

Ms. Freedman joined the Philadelphia bureau of the Journal as a reporter in June 1984. She moved to the New York bureau in 1987, covering the food and tobacco industry and was promoted to senior special writer, doing investigative reporting in July 1991. Prior to joining the Journal, Ms. Freedman worked as a news assistant for the New York Times and as a staff reporter for BusinessWeek magazine.

Ms. Freedman is a graduate of Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in history and literature.

ABOUT ELYSE TANOUYE

Prior to her new role, Ms. Tanouye served as Corporate Editor since April 2008. She and several Journal colleagues won a Pulitzer Prize in
1997 in the national reporting category for the Journal's AIDS coverage. Ms. Tanouye joined Dow Jones in 1988 as a reporter for the Professional Investor Report newswire in New York, later becoming Assistant News Editor. She joined the Journal's New York bureau in 1991.

A native of Honolulu, Ms. Tanouye received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Reed College in Portland, Ore. As a Walter Bagehot Fellow, she earned a certificate of economic and business reporting from the Columbia School of Journalism. She received an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School.

Ghost Story Contest Calls for Entries

 
The Scare The Dickens Out of Us ghost story writing contest for 2011 is entering its third year. First place prize of $1000.00, second place prize of $500.00 and third place prize of $250.00 will be awarded this year for the best original, previously unpublished ghost stories 5000 words or less that are submitted.

For younger writers, The Junior Scare The Dickens Out of Us ghost story contest, which follows the same rules, offers $250.00 for first place for writers aged 12-18.

The contest is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas. The main contest requires a $20.00 entry fee and the Junior contest a $5.00 entry fee. The contest is privately funded. All entry fee money goes directly to the Friends where it is donated to the library for library projects.

Entries are accepted beginning July 1. The contest postmark deadline is October 1, 2011. Full rules are at www.clarklibraryfriends.com.

No publication is involved. Writers retain full rights to their stories. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers, and to local, national and international writers as well.

The only rules are that one write an original, unpublished ghost story and that it be 5000 words or less in length.

PW, Indy Publishers Team Up on Subscription Deal

 

New York, NY – April 5, 2011 – Publishers Weekly has forged an agreement with the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) to offer IBPA members new benefits. The “PW Select Program” for IBPA members costs $99 and applies to new and existing IBPA memberships. The program includes a complimentary six-month subscription to Publishers Weekly digital edition, a free listing in PW Select and inclusion in Publishers Weekly’s influential Spring Announcements issue. Plus, Publishers Weekly’s editorial staff selects 25 titles to be independently reviewed for PW Select; all reviews, positive or negative, are published in the quarterly supplement.

According to Publishers Weekly publisher Cevin Bryerman, “Working in conjunction with the IBPA is a natural. Independent publishers profit from the news and information Publishers Weekly puts out each week and on a daily basis through its e-newsletters. PW Select is the new quarterly supplement that focuses on self-publishing and showcases selected self-published books and authors. Publishers Weekly gains an important audience in IBPA members.”

Florrie Binford Kichler, president of the IBPA, says, “IBPA is very pleased to offer its members these new benefits from Publishers Weekly and PW Select. Small and independent publishers can move fast. Having informative, timely resources such as the ‘PW Select Program’ at hand can help independent publishers spot trends, act and react fast.” She adds, “With the explosion in self-publishing, self-published authors are finding that marketing is all the more important to their success. The IBPA helps anyone who wants to get their work out there.”

The IBPA was founded in 1983 as the Publishers Marketing Association. In 2008 the nonprofit trade organization changed its name to the Independent Book Publishing Association, continuing to serve its 3,000 members through education and advocacy within the publishing industry and through its popular cooperative marketing programs.

Publishers Weekly is the international newsmagazine of the book publishing industry. Founded in 1872 and published continuously since then, the weekly trade magazine publishes five newsletters, including PW Daily, four blogs and a robust Web site, mobile edition and app. Publishers Weekly reviews more than 8,000 books each year, in addition to featuring author interviews and news about bookselling, marketing, merchandising and the publishing trade, along with regular columns on rights, people in publishing and bestsellers.

PW Select focuses on self-publishing and includes reviews of self-published books, author interviews, feature articles about self-publishing and a paid announcements listing of recently self-published titles. Titles selected for review are chosen independently by Publishers Weekly’s editorial staff, as are self-published authors selected to be interviewed. The next deadline for inclusion in PW Select is April 30, 2011.

IBPA: www.ibpa-online.org

NY Times Subscribers Get Free Access on Nook

 
New York, New York - April 5, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that all subscribers to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) will also enjoy access to the NYTimes.com website. Barnes & Noble customers can already enjoy their digital subscription to The New York Times, reading the daily e-edition content on NOOK Color(TM) Reader's Tablet, NOOK(TM) and NOOK Wi-Fi® eReaders. Coming soon, NOOK subscribers to The New York Times will also be able to access NYTimes.com, The Times's award-winning website, including timely news updates, opinion, blogs, video, interactive graphics and more, at no additional cost.

"We are excited to expand our long-standing relationship with The New York Times to provide NOOK customers with online access to even more great content any time," said Jonathan Shar, Vice President and General Manager of digital newsstand at Barnes & Noble. "Our customers already enjoy access to one of the leading NOOK Newspapers(TM) on their favorite NOOK device, and we believe they'll appreciate the easy access to all of the wonderful online content available at NYTimes.com at no extra cost."

The New York Times continues to be one of the bestselling NOOK Newspapers and, as with other digital periodicals, is available for a risk-free, 14 day free trial for all customers.

"The Times's digital subscription plan was designed to offer access to our high-quality journalism across a variety of platforms," said Yasmin Namini, senior vice president, marketing and circulation, and general manager, reader applications, The New York Times Media Group. "We are pleased be able to offer online access to NYTimes.com as part of the subscription experience for our loyal readers on NOOK devices."

Barnes & Noble customers with current subscriptions to The New York Times through NOOK Newsstand(TM) will be notified via email in the coming weeks with more information on how to enjoy free access to NYTimes.com.

For more information and to order The New York Times for NOOK, visit www.bn.com/nytimes or visit any of NOOK Boutique or display in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com) to learn more.

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