From the company's press release:Group revenues rise to €7.2 billionOperating EBIT high again at €737 millionReturn on sales continues in double digits at 10.3 percentGroup profit improves to €269 millionIn the first half of 2011, the international media company Bertelsmann built on the strong results of the previous year and further increased key indicators. For instance, the company increased its...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Online enterprises gain a foothold in traditional education (NYT): While many students at the nascent institutions offer glowing reviews and success stories, a recent study by Teachers College at Columbia University that tracked 51,000 community college students in Washington State for five years found that those with the most online course credits were the least likely to graduate or transfer...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
John Newcombe Kooyong 1976Another weekly image from the archive. Click on it to make it larger. Close readers of the blog will recall the PND family lived in Melbourne Australia between 1973-77. The Australian Open was held over Christmas and New Years in those days and I was lucky enough to be able to attend...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
A comprehensive study of U.S. e-book consumer behavior and preferences:Since November 2009, BISG’s ongoing Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey has been tracking the habits and preferences of print book buyers who say they have acquired an e-book or dedicated e-reading device within the past 18 months. Companies can use the information gathered in Volume Two, Report 3 of 4 to...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
BISG has announced two webinars to discuss the recent release of BookStats: During each Webcast, representatives from the BookStats data team will provide a comprehensive look into how BookStats was developed and what trends were discovered. The presentation will include analysis of several top line data points as well as a tour through the interactive BookStats Online Data Dashboard. v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}...
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thinking of a content management system (or why yours doesn't work) then read this (AdAge): BusinessWeek, however, is just one egregious example of an ugly truth: There’s no such thing as a CMS success story. At least, successes are elusive, which is a problem for anyone in media, as content management systems—the software used by writers, editors, and producers to create digital content for websites—have...
Friday, August 19, 2011
Queen's SpiralAnother weekly image from the archive. Click on it to make it larger.Not too far back this week. I visited Greenwich for the first time in twenty years when I was in London in July and this image is from the Queen's house. Visit if you get the chance. While the 'complex' was busy with many tourists...
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