Publishing

Reach CEO Jim Mullen has quit the media group to join The Jockey Club.

The National World takeover saga rumbles on, with the emergence of a second possible bidder confirmed by the PLC.

A rare book dated 1815-1822 and said to be the first complete Bible in Chinese has sold for over £56,000 at auction after it was donated to an Oxfam shop.

Sales and profits are up at National World, despite headwinds including “non-trading distractions” including the group’s impending change of ownership.

Crowd-funded publisher Unbound has been sold in a pre-pack deal, leaving authors uncertain over whether they will receive money they are owed.

TJ Books ran out of cash following its disastrous pre-pack acquisition of the H Charlesworth & Co business, leaving an estimated shortfall of more than £5m before being rescued by Clays.

The boss of a creative illustration business producing personalised books has been disqualified for abuse of the Bounce Back Loan scheme.

The organisers of World Book Day have encouraged members of the public to rediscover reading on their own terms, under 2025’s theme ‘Read Your Way’.

Reach CEO Jim Mullen has again hailed the “expert management” of the group’s print business, as it continues to underpin growth at its digital operations.

North Somerset Council’s free printed magazine to all residents will no longer be published after a council decision taken last week.