From Screen to Shelf: What Kedoo’s Digital-First Model Means for Children’s Publishing
Kedoo Entertainment's Booba shows how YouTube-born IP rewrites content funding. Here's what children's publishers should take from the digital-first shift.
Feb 28, 2026 | Children's Books, Film & TV, IP Rights
Kedoo Entertainment's Booba shows how YouTube-born IP rewrites content funding. Here's what children's publishers should take from the digital-first shift.
by Mark Williams | Mar 1, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Major international book fair faces severe criticism for poor organisation, cultural insensitivity toward Muslim visitors during Ramadan, and declining commercial viability.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Mar 1, 2026 | Ibero-America, Italy, Uruguay | 0 |
Italian publishing giant Feltrinelli opens its first bookstore outside Italy in Montevideo — a deliberate cultural bet on Uruguay over Buenos Aires or Mexico City.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2026 | Children's Books, Film & TV, IP Rights | 0 |
Kedoo Entertainment’s Booba shows how YouTube-born IP rewrites content funding. Here’s what children’s publishers should take from the digital-first shift.
Read MoreJapan’s manga market falls 1.7% to ¥693bn in 2025, ending eight-year growth streak as print sales collapse 14.4% and digital growth stalls at 2.9%.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2026 | Anime, Comics, Manga | 0 |
Christie’s first anime and manga sale signals a cultural reappraisal with major implications for how publishers manage the long-term value of their physical IP.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2026 | Digital Audio, podcasting | 0 |
Podcasts now lead US spoken-word audio. Here’s what the Edison Research data means for publishers: rights, author talent, platform strategy, and AI production tools.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | Africa, Arab publishing, Mauritania, Poetry | 0 |
Sharjah Department of Culture organises 11th Nouakchott Arabic Poetry Festival in Mauritania, strengthening West African literary networks and publishing regional poets.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | AI, Education Publishing | 0 |
Pearson reports 4% sales growth to £3.6bn and 6% profit rise to £614m for 2025, appoints Sky’s Simon Robson as CFO, and accelerates AI integration across education services.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | AI, Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Middle East, Sharjah | 0 |
Sharjah’s Onshur fund receives 94 AI and digital technology submissions from 17 countries for Arab publishing industry transformation, with Egypt and UAE leading participation.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | Barnes & Noble, Retailer News, UK, USA, Waterstone's | 0 |
Elliott Management advances plans for multibillion-pound IPO of Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, with London listing favoured and bank appointments expected early 2026.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | Digital Audio, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
SAJJEL 2 podcast competition launches in Saudi Arabia with Anghami and LPTC partnership, offering SAR 90,000 prizes and professional production training for emerging creators.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 26, 2026 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
Registration is now open for the 54th New Delhi World Book Fair, running 16–24 January 2027 at Bharat Mandapam, following a record-breaking 2026 edition.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 26, 2026 | France | 0 |
ActuaLitté and Books.fr announce a strategic partnership to strengthen independent book media through shared infrastructure while preserving editorial autonomy.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 26, 2026 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Spotify | 0 |
Spotify launches weekly Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, offering genre-specific rankings to boost discoverability for publishers and authors.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 25, 2026 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Film & TV, IP Rights | 0 |
RBmedia’s catalogue underlies three 2026 Oscar-nominated films. But did audiobooks inspire the adaptations? And what does its PE ownership story tell us about publishing?
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 25, 2026 | Finland, Retailer News, Scandinavia, Sweden | 0 |
Adlibris appoints Bonnier Books CEO Håkan Rudels as chairman, completing acquisition of Finnish bookstore chain Akademen as part of Nordic omnichannel expansion strategy.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 23, 2026 | Book Fairs, S.E. Asia, Vietnam | 0 |
Ho Chi Minh City launches 16th Tet Book Street Festival across three locations, featuring 20+ publishers, AI-integrated books, rare Đồ paper editions, and cultural industry exhibitions.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 23, 2026 | AI, Publishing Controversies | 0 |
AI is the publishing industry’s latest scapegoat. But UK author incomes collapsed long before ChatGPT existed. The real villains are hiding in plain sight.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 23, 2026 | Bangladesh, South Asia | 0 |
The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2026 is rescheduled again. With fees waived and Ramadan conflicts, we examine the “unmitigated disaster” facing Bangladesh’s publishers.
Read MoreJapan boosts content industry budget to ¥35bn, targeting ¥20tn overseas sales by 2033. New policies address piracy, AI translation and creator working conditions amid global competition.
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