Forbes Media is reaching outside the family ranks for the first time to name a new CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Veteran venture capitalist and media executive Mike Perlis will assume his new post Dec. 1, replacing longti…
When a book publisher wants to reward an editor’s ability to bring in the bestseller bacon — or sweeten a job offer — the solution is often a new imprint, ideally one with their name on it. Which explains nothing about why Ha…
Previously for DailyFinance, Catherine Ryan Hyde described how novelists (theoretically) profit from their books. Here, the author of Pay It Forward, which was adapted to film, explains what happens to authors when their books …
Panasonic Corp. (PC) will begin selling its own smartphone in Japan in 2011 and overseas in 2012.
The new phone will use the Google (GOOG) Android operating system, Reuters reported.
Panasonic stopped selling phones overseas in 2006 and is forecast…
In the first 10 days after its launch, Microsoft (MSFT) said that it has sold more than 1 million of its hands-free Kinect gaming systems.
The software giant is hoping that the Kinect, which plugs into an Xbox and lets you play games just by moving y…