Earlier this year, the Department of Justice prevented Penguin Random House, a company owned by German media giant Bertelsmann, from acquiring Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster already dominate 80 percent of the book market. The literary community sighed with relief. Less than a year later, private-equity firm …
Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN – In what is being hailed as a historic moment, renowned soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh to join Al Nassr FC. The Saudi kingdom pulled off a major coup by signing Ronaldo to a two-year contract worth an estimated $200 million per year, making him the …
Fleetwood Mac is a band that is known for personal turmoil among the members. However, one relationship that remained strong in the band for decades was the friendship between Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, the two frontwomen. McVie had joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, and for years, she was the only woman in the band. …