Has anyone in the White House read the Senate Torture Report?
On Monday, we wrote about Amnesty International’s day of action in honor of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. Amnesty’s campaign—American Torture Story—encouraged the group’s members to remind Congress,… Read more »
Amazon has hired Jay Carney; Melville House to hire ex-Bush Administration officials
Yesterday, “legendary hoarder” and newsletterman Mike Allen reported that former White House press secretary Jay Carney will join Amazon next week. Carney’s new title is “senior vice president for Worldwide… Read more »
New York Times reporter wins legal battle with Obama administration
On Monday, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter James Risen’s fight with the Obama administration finally came to an end, when Justice Department prosecutors announced that they would not call… Read more »
In its case against publishers for violating antitrust law, DOJ charged with “flagrant” violation of … antitrust law
Everyone seems to agree: The Justice Department’s lawsuit against the publishing industry and Apple for antitrust infractions has violated the laws of logic. Now, it seems, it has also violated… Read more »
Penguin v. Random House
Here’s something not to be missed from Penguin’s reply to the Justice Department’s antitrust action: an email sent by Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks to Steve Riggio, the president… 3 / Read more »
Justice Dept. finally does something about predatory pricing in the book biz by announcing it’s suing … Apple and the publishers?
As faithful readers and attendees of my various talks know I have for years now been saying that the publishing industry had a very simple way to stop Amazon.com’s predatory… 3 / Read more »