Murdoch to ratchet up neocon titles via HarperCollins

[villager]

HarperCollins is one of Murdoch's media tentacles...

This item was from today's Publishers' Weekly e-newsletter:


Harper's Conservative Expansion?

Tucked into an announcement about a number of e-book division
promotions at Harper is word of "a new role" for Perfectbound editor
Sean Abbott, who will now serve as senior editor for HarperCollins
General Books and acquire titles that "focus on works by
conservative writers and thinkers." The company
says he recently signed up Mary Lefkowitz's
History Lesson, described as "a memoir of the cultural wars."

[EdGy]

1. conservative thinker. now that's an oxymoron if there ever was one...

n/t

[villager]

2. I wonder if the idea of a "conservative book" is too...

...I mean, the books seem simply like the excuses to have their toxic pundits make the rounds of more talk shows...

[La_Serpiente]

3. This is disgusting

liberals will ave to keep on publishing every six months just to keep up with Murdoch.

Pretty soon, Conservatives will have to be pulling more crap out of their ass and liberals will just have to use more of their brains.

[Alex146]

4. He must be mad at Franken and Mike Moore

[villager]

5. a "revenge imprint," eh?

Well, that would fit the rightwing pysche...

[CBHagman]

6. It's the gravy train for the movement faithful

Pick a think tank, talk show, book contract, and spew the bile. Pick up cash as you go.

These people wouldn't know a day's work if it made a formal introduction.

[villager]

7. exactly...

...another form of corporate welfare. For its apologists...