Reed Elsevier News

Talk about optimism: Peter Grauer, Bloomberg's chairman, thinks the news industry may be at the bottom of its slump cycle, he tells FT ; reading between the lines, he still believes it is a cyclical, not a secular change in the news media establishment, though the rest of the world outside the Bloomberg bubble would belie any of those claims.

Elsevier Names New Leader of Science and Technology Division Elsevier announced today the appointment of Youngsuk a oeY.S.a Chi, the companya s Vice Chairman, to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Elseviera s Science & Technology Division.

Reed Elsevier's CEO Ian Smith has resigned just 8 months after taking up the reins of the Anglo-Dutch media giant.

THE leadership vacuum at troubled broadcaster ITV has been resolved with the appointment of "big hitter" Archie Norman, writes Erikka Askeland.

ITV has appointed former Asda chief executive Archie Norman to replace Michael Grade as chairman in January.

Incompatibility with volatile ad cycles has big publishers selling off properties Sean Callahan Story posted: November 16, 2009 - 6:01 am EDT The lingering financial crisis may mark the twilight of big-company ownership of trade publications.

The best that one can say about the Bank of England's latest Inflation Report is that it had something for all the analysts.

U.S. stock futures Wednesday pointed to gains for a second time this week, as traders interpreted a flurry of Federal Reserve officials' speeches as a green light to buy up dollar-denominated assets while selling the greenback.

THE chief executive of magazine publisher Reed Elsevier has left after eight months in the job - amid rumours that investors felt he 'was not the right man for the recession'. Ian Smith will get a 1million- plus pay-off for his short stint at the top of the Anglo-Dutch company that publishes Farmers' Weekly and New Scientist.

U.S. stock futures on Wednesday pointed to gains for a second time this week, as traders interpreted a flurry of Federal Reserve officials' speeches as a green light to buy up dollar-denominated assets while selling the greenback.

Engstrom Named CEO of Reed Elsevier Former Random House executive Erik Engstrom has been appointed CEO of Reed Elsevier, succeeding Ian Smith who had been in the position for about eight months.

So Thomson Reuters' involvement in the BusinessWeek bid was even deeper than I first reported .

ITV's search for fresh leadership has been dealt another blow after Pascal Cagni, Apple's European boss who was short-listed for the chief executive post, appeared to rule out joining the broadcaster.

Speaking before the House of Lords Communications Committee yesterday, Mr Grade was asked by Lord Fowler why there has been so much difficulty in finding a non-executive chairman at ITV, following former Reed Elsevier chief executive Sir Crispin Davis and Bmi founder Sir Michael Bishop both rejecting the job.

It used to be one of ITV's flagship television programmes. But lately I'm a Celebrity ...Get Me Out Of Here has become the company's modus operandi.

Former Channel 4 chairman Sir Michael Bishop has pulled out of the race to become the new ITV boss.

NORCROSS, GA Reed Construction Data , a leading construction information provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier , today filed suit in federal court against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

It is famous for its prime-time dramas, but now struggling broadcaster ITV has found itself at the centre of a convoluted plot as it attempts to find a new leader.

SIR CRISPIN DAVIS will meet Sir James Crosby early this week to discuss whether Davis is willing to accept the chairmanship of ITV, one of Britain's most high-profile boardroom jobs.

ITV shareholders showed signs of lining up behind Sir Michael Bishop as their preferred candidate to chair the commercial broadcaster, in a move that could put them at odds with the company's board.