SHOJO BEAT cancellation CONFIRMED
Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue.
Yes, the...
Business Briefs: SHOJO BEAT ending?
A lot of sources today are picking up a distributor's note that Viz's SHOJO BEAT is ending publication in July. Anime News Networkrounds...
Media Apocalypse Monday
We usually start off our day with Media Bistro's news roundup -- as goes advertising and circ, so goes entertainment -- and today's state...
Internet, your days are numbered
Free content on the web, it's time to stock up on food and ammo, and shore up the compound, because big media is coming...
Business briefs
A few quick notes on notables things:
§ BOOM! has announced that its line of kids comics will be carried at Disney's Soda Fountain Studio...
New business model: PictureBox advance orders
Via email and up at the PictureBox website, publisher Dan Nadel is offering a bunch of exclusives and bonuses for those who preorder two...
The coming of Kodansha?
Over the last couple of years, many rumors have circulated about Japanese publishing giant Kodansha entering the US manga market. Anime Vice digs up...
Vado on IO
A few more links of note on the specifics of the WARLORD OF IO situation: SLG's Dan Vado clears up the facts of the...
Marvel news; Earnings, Eminem
Marvel announced their Q1 earnings yesterday, and they were once again ahead of the Wall Street pack -- although revenue was down, earnings...
WARLORD OF IO: a symbol for our times
Everyone is justifiably linking to this post at The Comics Reporter as a passionate response to the ongoing winnowing at Diamond that is removing...
Diamond iVerse Comics Shop Locator app live
That app for iPhones for finding the nearest comics shop that we told you about a few days ago is now available on iTunes....
More Diamond cuts: WARLORD OF IO, Classics Illustrated
Two more stories on the continuing effects of Diamond's tougher benchmarks:
§ Robot 6 quotes a letter from SLG :
SLG Publishing was planning on following...
