Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Following the news from Daily Finance on Monday (covered here) that the restructure was a done deal, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released a statement confirming the changes to the company’s financial structure claiming: As a result of the $650-million equity investment combined with the current senior lenders’ conversion of...
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Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Barry O’Callaghan‘s Education Media Publishing Group is close to closing its refinancing deal. The deal will see Irish investors wiped out as previously reported in early January . Sarah Weinman has the exclusive and writes in Daily Finance today: it looks...
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Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes photo credit: waferboard The articles and features of the second week of Irish Publishing News. Features A Bright Future For Independents? When Will Digital Impact In Ireland? General New Features and Book Of The Week Do You Have A Story? News Arena Tackles E-Publishing Education Media Publishing Group...
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Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Following some very positive coverage in the Irish Times last week, Barry O’Callaghan was given a less pleasing covering by the Sunday Independent: BARRY O’Callaghan bet the ranch and lost big time. The Clongowes-educated financier was briefly worth “well north of a billion” before he was 40. Ever...
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