Personanondata: Weekly Update

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Weekly Update

Deal News:
KKR and Carlisle group join the race for Thomson Learning. Reuters The Times
Wickes Group has retained Credit Suisse to look at strategic options for The Daily Racing Form. PRNewswire
Is Pearson Plc underweight? NewRatings

Publishing:
Harper SanFrancisco and the search for a follow-up to The Left Behind series. SF Chron
Iran proposes to publish UK Sailors memoirs. Iran news
12 Arrested in Turkish Bible Publisher murders. Guardian
BusinessWeek article about Korean Comic Publishing. Businessweek
Interview with Robert Harris. Telegraph

Other News:
Reed targeted by Protestors. The Independent
Predicted demise of Libraries not supported by visitor numbers. PRNewswire
WH Smith operating update. Hemscott

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Michael Cairns

Michael Cairns is currently Head of Partner and Channel Development for the publishing unit of the American Psychological Association which is a $100million scholarly, academic and educational publisher. In this role, he is responsible for all sales and marketing activities supporting the revenue base and working with current and new partners to expand APA's publishing program and mission. Michael Cairns has served as President, CEO and CRO of several brand name publishing, technology and content-centric businesses. His career includes a wide range of publishing and information products, services and B2B categories and his operating and consulting experience has largely been with brand-name companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Macmillan, Inc., Berlitz International, AARP, R.R. Bowker and Wolters Kluwer. Mr. Cairns has also served on boards including the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and also served as Chairman of the International ISBN Executive Committee.