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Bookspan began as a joint endeavor by Bertelsmann and Time Warner. [2] Bertelsmann took over control in 2007, and a year later, sold its interest to Najafi Companies, an Arizona investment firm. [2] Najafi held its ownership in a subsidiary named Direct Brands, which also held Najafi's ownership in the Columbia House record club. [3]
In 2008, the company (as well as book club operator Bookspan) was acquired by private investment group Najafi Companies, and its name was changed to Direct Brands, Inc. Although Direct Brands shut down music mail-order operations in mid-2009, it continued to use the Columbia House brand to market videos in the U.S. and Canada, selling DVDs and ...
Bookspan (United States) (50%) Architects & Designers Book Service; Behavioral Science Book Club; Black Expressions; Book-of-the-Month Club; Children's Book-of-the-Month Club; Computer Books Direct; Country Homes & Gardens; Crafter's Choice; Discovery Channel Book Club; Doubleday Book Club; Doubleday Large Print; Early Childhood Teachers Club ...
In 2000, the Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. merged with Doubleday Direct, Inc. The resulting company, Bookspan, was a joint venture between Time Warner and Bertelsmann until 2007 when Bertelsmann took over complete ownership.
It was named for the village of the same name on Long Island in which Doubleday was long headquartered (until 1986), and which still houses Bookspan, the direct marketer of general interest and specialty book clubs run by Doubleday Direct and Book of the Month Club holdings. Image Books, Catholic Books, moved to Crown Publishing Group
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had picked Peter Navarro to be senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. Navarro served as head of a newly created ...
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