ViacomCBS To Sell Simon & Schuster To Bertelsmann’s Random House For Close To $2.2 Billion In Cash

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJay-Z’s Roc Nation and Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, have announced a new literary publishing partnership to be called Roc Lit 101.

Many Americans were unhappy when National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot issued a statement Sunday (Nov. 13) saying that the White House staff would be among the first people to get the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

The Coronavirus vaccine was originally intended to be distributed to senior White House officials early and there were a lot of thoughts about this from the general public.

Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke has given fans a first glimpse of his wedding to Gareth Locke in a teaser video promoting the E4 reality show. Ollie, 33, and his fiance Gareth made Made in Chelsea history when they became the first couple to tie the knot in front of the show cameras back in November during a romantic and intimate ceremony in London.

Jack White‘s Third Man Records.The Chicago musician was previously one half of the duo Wild Belle alongside her brother, Elliot Bergman.Today (December 10), it’s been announced that Natalie will release her debut, self-produced solo album next year. An exact date is yet to be confirmed, with further details on the project expected to arrive “soon”.Offering the first taste of the forthcoming record, the singer-songwriter has shared the song ‘I Will Praise You’.

Spencer Matthews might be regretting not having a prenup after wife Vogue Williams jokes she would be ‘cashing in’ if they were to split.

“Certainly someone could do something with it.” It is set to be advertised on the open market.A condition of the sale is it must be developed by three years.A council report said: “Given the size and nature of the property, it is not suitable for use by the council.

Paul Phillips, whose long career as a Broadway stage manager included work on such notable productions as Sweet Charity, Mame, Chicago and, in 1967, the now historic Judy Garland at Home at the Palace, died Dec. 5 of natural causes in Naples, Florida. He was 95.

A woman who lived in the house used in the Christmas classic, Home Alone, has spoken about the experience on This Morning.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Police are appealing for witnesses after a front door of a house in Hamilton was deliberately set ablaze in the early hours of Friday morning.The incident happened at 4am on Friday, December 4, at property on Laighstonehall Road.Detective Constable Chelsea Stevens of Cambuslang Police Office said : “The occupants were in their home at the time of the fire, but thankfully no-one was injured.“I am appealing to

Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after coming into contact with a positive case. The 58-year-old politician will continue working but from home after a member of his private office staff caught the bug.

ViacomCBS said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its book unit Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House for $2.175 billion in cash. The merged company, created by the December recombination of Viacom and CBS Corp., previously sold CBS digital unit CNET for $500 million and will now divest the book division that CBS brought to the table in the merger.

Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson have been seen looking glum, days after their reconciliation was reported. The former Love Island star and 28 year old Sam split after it emerged that she was unfaithful to him during her time on The X Factor: Celebrity last year.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorHanWay Films has closed a string of international pre-sales on Phillip Noyce’s true-crime love story Peggy Jo, which is set to star Lily James.Universal Pictures Content Group has picked up the movie for Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey, UK, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, Romania, CIS, Baltics, Israel, West Indies, South Africa, Hong Kong, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia,

A Chicago Ph.D. student studying criminology fatally shot her ex-boyfriend at his Washington, DC, home, authorities said.