Who’s buying Wowio? Platinum
Hm, curiouser and curiouser. Platinum Studios Announces It Is in Negotiations to Acquire WOWIO, LLC. Notice this is not an announcement that Platinum is...
R Stevens goes back to sticks with the web
In a story that proves that owning your good ideas gives the biggest payout, R Stevens has announced he's ending print syndication of DIESEL...
ADV sells furniture, anime
The news that ADV was selling off a bunch of office furniture drew the expected cries of alarm:
From http://www.windsorauction.com/auction.asp : Thurs., June 26 at...
LInks of note
§ Don McPherson finds writing about comics subscriptions is no easy task:
Yes, it would have made for an interesting feature, tapping not only into...
Breaking news: DJ Coffman paid
DJ Coffman has closed the books on Platinum:
Fed Ex showed up with a check from Platinum paying me up to date anything that was...
Platipop: When will they ever learn?
Steve Bissette weighs in on the Platinum situation, where creators have signed away most of their rights and are now not being paid:
Welcome to...
WOWIO sold
WOWIO, the ebook distribution site, has gone offline and word is going around that the company has been sold. Wowio offered FREE digital distribution...
Chuck Dixon and the DCU — UPDATED
UPDATE: Well well well. The Diamond figures for the month are out, and Secret Invasion #2 came in at #1 with Final Crisis #1...
Licensing, Fight business news
§ ICv2 checks in on some of the reports announced at the Licensing show:
In a separate report published in April, License Global Magazine ranked...
What’s up at Platinum
Rich Johnston is the recipient of a letter sent by Platinum to its creators from President and Chief Operating Officer, Brian Altounian:
...
Howard Cruse and foreign reprint woes
Over on his blog, Howard Cruse reveals that foreign reprints aren't always a cake walk:
Which is more than I can say for Dolmen...
A sale is a sale
Yesterday's Journalista had some harsh words for my analysis of Marvel's bookstore sales, especially my mention of Marvel having several entries in the PW...
