Who’s buying Wowio? Platinum
Hm, curiouser and curiouser. Platinum Studios Announces It Is in Negotiations to Acquire WOWIO, LLC. Notice this is not an announcement that Platinum is BUYING Wowio, just an announcement that they are talking about...
R Stevens goes back to sticks with the web
In a story that proves that owning your good ideas gives the biggest payout, R Stevens has announced he's ending print syndication of DIESEL SWEETIES:
As of mid-August, DS is ending its run in newspapers...
ADV sells furniture, anime
The news that ADV was selling off a bunch of office furniture drew the expected cries of alarm:
From http://www.windsorauction.com/auction.asp : Thurs., June 26 at 10:00 am: Consolidation of Large Video / DVD Co. 10501...
LInks of note
§ Don McPherson finds writing about comics subscriptions is no easy task:
Yes, it would have made for an interesting feature, tapping not only into nostalgia but examining how the business of comics publishing has...
Breaking news: DJ Coffman paid
DJ Coffman has closed the books on Platinum:
Fed Ex showed up with a check from Platinum paying me up to date anything that was owed to me, so that whole issue is over with....
Platipop: When will they ever learn?
Steve Bissette weighs in on the Platinum situation, where creators have signed away most of their rights and are now not being paid:
Welcome to the 21st Century, where abuse of creators is rampant and...
WOWIO sold
WOWIO, the ebook distribution site, has gone offline and word is going around that the company has been sold. Wowio offered FREE digital distribution of various comics publishers including Lone Star Press, Steve Rude,...
Chuck Dixon and the DCU — UPDATED
UPDATE: Well well well. The Diamond figures for the month are out, and Secret Invasion #2 came in at #1 with Final Crisis #1 coming in at #2. We can't imagine anyone at DC...
Licensing, Fight business news
§ ICv2 checks in on some of the reports announced at the Licensing show:
In a separate report published in April, License Global Magazine ranked the top licensing companies by global sales of products based...
What’s up at Platinum
Rich Johnston is the recipient of a letter sent by Platinum to its creators from President and Chief Operating Officer, Brian Altounian:
Hey folks. I wanted to personally send out a...
Howard Cruse and foreign reprint woes
Over on his blog, Howard Cruse reveals that foreign reprints aren't always a cake walk:
Which is more than I can say for Dolmen Editorial, La Cupula’s competitor, which licensed Stuck Rubber Baby years...
A sale is a sale
Yesterday's Journalista had some harsh words for my analysis of Marvel's bookstore sales, especially my mention of Marvel having several entries in the PW graphic novel bestseller list:
Most of that paragraph is at least...
