Mediagazer: This is what the publishing industry will look like if the Big Six become the Big Four (Quartz)

3:40 PM ET, November 21, 2012

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Quartz:

This is what the publishing industry will look like if the Big Six become the Big Four — News Corp.'s HarperCollins and CBS's Simon & Schuster are discussing a possible merger, according to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), in another move toward consolidation in the book publishing industry.

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Nadine Schimroszik / Guardian:

Financial Times Deutschland expected to close in two weeks — Executives tell staff that newspaper will close on 7 December, 12 years after it was founded — The Financial Times Deutschland will survive for another two weeks before closing down, executives have told staff on the 12-year-old paper.

Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:

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Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

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