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PMP records $11.3 million net loss for fiscal 2011; 'overall drop' in print volumes for Griffin Press
PMP, parent company of closing book distribution business The Scribo Group and printer Griffin Press, has recorded a net loss of $11.3 million for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2011. In its latest fi...
Scribo to close, 50 staff affected; Brumby Books and Music 'will continue'
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 1 July, PMP, parent company of book distributor Scribo, has announced it will close the business. PMP CEO Richard Allely to...
Scribo to close, 50 staff affected; Brumby Books and Music 'will continue'
PMP, parent company of book distributor Scribo, has announced it will close the business. PMP CEO Richard Allely told the Weekly Book Newsletter the company had made the decision following a...
PMP announces $19.2 million write-down of Scribo business; 23.1% decline in print volume for books
PMP, the owner of book distribution business The Scribo Group, has recorded a net loss of $14.8 million for the first half of the 2010-2011 financial year. The company has also announced that a '...
Scribo acquisition 'yet to deliver on its promise' says PMP; G&G revenue falls 4.6% in 2009-10
PMP, the owner of book distributor The Scribo Group, has admitted its acquisition of the distribution business in September 2008 'has yet to deliver on its promise'. In the company's 2009-10 annu...
Easton to leave Scribo
Andrew Easton has announced he will leave the Scribo Group at the end of 2009. Easton has spent 10 years at Bookwise which became part of the Scribo Group in early 2008 and was ultimately purcha...
PMP launches book retail website
The PMP printing group, which acquired the Scribo distribution business under its Gordon & Gotch subsidiary earlier this year, will launch a new retail website to sell books, CDs, DVDs, electronic...
Tower Books warehouse to close
WBN understands the Tower Books warehouse, based in Sydney, is due to close this month, with stock to move to the Bookwise warehouse in South Australia. Both Tower Books and Bookwise are div...
Founders to leave Scribo
Gordon and Gotch has announced that the three principals of book distributor The Scribo Group--Gary Cobbledick, Michael Rakusin and Dale Druckman--will be leaving the business. Gary Cobbledick (B...
Scribo to acquire new warehouse site following sale to PMP
The Scribo Group will acquire a new warehouse site ‘large enough to accommodate our four businesses under one roof' as part of the company's business plan following its sale to PMP, according to...
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