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Members of the WGA East employed by Hearst Magazines Media have overwhelmingly ratified what the guild is calling a "groundbreaking" first contract that covers some 560 writers, producers and editors at 28 of the publishing giant's brands, including Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, G…

Martha Stewart has graced the covers of many magazines, including her own Martha Stewart Living, through the years, but now she’s broken new ground by becoming the oldest woman ever to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Previously, that distinction belonged to Maye Musk…

The WGA East and Hearst Magazines Media have reached a tentative agreement for a first-time contract covering some 500 of the publishing giant's writers, producers, and editors at 28 brands, including Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, Car & Driver…

Doubleday will publish the sequel to John Grisham's bestseller The Firm this fall. The new legal thriller, titled The Exchange: After The Firm, will mark the return of protagonist Mitch McDeere; publication date is October 17. The announcement was made today by Grisham's publisher, Suzanne Herz, EVP…

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown will have her first novel published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, this fall, the publishing house announced today. Titled Nineteen Steps, the novel is described by the publisher as an “epic story of love, loss, and secrets” that tells the…

James Bond has been censored, not stirred. A report indicates that Ian Fleming's ribald James Bond books have been rewritten to accommodate 21st century sensitivities, removing a number of racial references ahead of the 70th anniversary this spring, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The books are…

After two years of collective bargaining, the WGA East has filed another unfair labor practices charge against Hearst Magazines Media – this time for giving employees a raise while in contract negotiations with the guild. The guild, which says that this violates federal labor law, represents some 500 of…

EXCLUSIVE: The Night Manager's Indian remake launches this week and its stars are now set to feature on the cover of the original John le Carre novel — a first for an Indian series. Stars Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur will appear on a re-issue of the novel, which was first published in 1993…

RTL is centralizing its German publishing arm, as the European networks and media group continues to reshape its assets. More than 500 roles will be cut as the company aims to focus on "core brands" and bringing its publishing, TV and streaming businesses closer together. RTL bosses say the reorg…

The National Enquirer (U.S. and UK editions) and sister publications Globe and National Examiner are being unloaded by A360 Media to a JV of Vinco Ventures and Ted Farnsworth's Icon Publishing. The exec was CEO of Helios & Matheson, a public company that acquired MoviePass in 2017 only see the ticketing…

UTA has acquired Fletcher & Company, a 20-year-old literary agency with a roster of notable fiction and non-fiction authors. As part of the deal, the full team at Fletcher & Company will join UTA in its New York office as the independent company is absorbed by its new parent. Founder and CEO Christy…

Robert Joseph "Bob" Dowling, the former publisher and editor in chief of The Hollywood Reporter for 17 years, died December 30 after a short illness. He was 83. Born on on September 16, 1939, on Long Island in New York, Dowling was given up by his birth mother and spent his first three years in a…