Jeffrey Trachtenberg

@JeffreyT1

Book publishing reporter at the Wall Street Journal. [email protected] #IStandWithEvan

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Joined November 2008

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Anna Wintour is stepping down as editor in chief of the American edition of Vogue after more than three decades in the role wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ

JeffreyT1's tweet card. She will continue to oversee global Vogue operations and other Condé Nast content.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Jul 23

Former President Joe Biden has sold his presidential memoir to the Hachette Book Group for an advance in the range of $10 million, according to people familiar with the matter wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Biden’s health will likely determine the timeline for completing a manuscript and any book publicity plans.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Jul 19

President Trump filed a lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper defamed him in an article about a birthday letter sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. The defamation lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Jul 14

Scholastic, known for its hit children’s titles and ubiquitous book fairs, is now looking to write a comeback story wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Scholastic Became a Children’s Publishing Giant. Now It Needs a Turnaround.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · May 10

Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Publishers are racing to churn out more historical novels about bombings, spies and young resistance fighters.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · May 8

News Corp said growth at Dow Jones, HarperCollins and the digital real-estate group helped fuel revenue and profit gains in the latest quarter wsj.com/business/media…

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · May 7

The New York Times added about 250,000 digital-only subscribers during the first quarter and reported increases in both subscription and advertising revenue wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. The publisher added 250,000 digital-only subscribers in the first quarter, bringing the total to more than 11 million.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Apr 11

For mystery writers, getting the details of the perfect crime correct can be bloody hard. These cops are here to help. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. As knives come out for authors who don’t know their guns, a Facebook group of cops works to avoid corrections and solve conundrums

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Apr 3

Book Publishers, With Ties to Europe and Asia, Assess Tariff Impact wsj.com/livecoverage/t… via @wsj

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Book publishers are trying to read into what the tariffs mean for them, but say it is too early to fully gauge the potential impact. Publishing has long been global. Many of the book printing presses...

Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Mar 28

The Self-Help Guru Rivaling Joe Rogan’s Podcast Reign wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Mel Robbins has built a lucrative empire offering bite-size life advice across books, podcasts, speaking engagements and social media.

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Amol Sharma@asharma · Mar 14

Generation Xanax: The Dark Side of America’s Wonder Drug wsj.com/health/wellnes…

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Mar 14

Meta’s former public policy chief signed a nondisparagement agreement when she left the social-media company in 2017. Now, Meta is using that pact to prevent her from promoting her tell-all book. wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. An arbitrator ruled that a former Meta employee has to halt publicity push for her new book; publisher plans to keep promoting it.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Mar 3

Readers who don’t want to spend $30 for a new hardcover nonfiction book can no longer count on the release of a lower-cost paperback edition wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Publishers increasingly give nonfiction authors one shot at print stardom, ditching paperback editions as market priorities shift.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Feb 4

Major U.S. publishers sued Idaho over a law regarding minors’ access to books with certain sexual content wsj.com/business/media… via @WSJ

JeffreyT1's tweet card. A group of major U.S. publishers, along with authors, parents, teachers and a public library, are suing Idaho to overturn a law regarding minors’ access to books with certain sexual content.

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Jessica Toonkel@jtoonkel · Jan 26

Meta's loosening of speech restrictions is unsettling advertisers, who say a decade of efforts to protect their reputations is now at risk ⁦@VranicaWSJ⁩ ⁦@patiencehaggin⁩ wsj.com/business/media…

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Jan 4

The Crime Series Drawing Young Men Into Bookstores wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. C.J. Box makes the rounds on fishing, hunting and rodeo podcasts and media to reach readers for the Joe Pickett books.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Dec 27

The big question swirling in literary circles: Do audiobook fans deserve to call themselves readers? wsj.com/lifestyle/best…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. Audiobook fans bristle at suggestion they are multitaskers prone to missing big plot points

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Dec 23

News Corp and Australian telecom company Telstra on Monday said they have agreed to sell their jointly owned pay television company, Foxtel, to sports streaming service DAZN Group wsj.com/business/deals… via @WSJ

JeffreyT1's tweet card. The deal will allow News Corp to narrow its focus on key growth areas.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Dec 8

Great scoop: Advertising Firms Omnicom and Interpublic Nearing Merger That Would Reshape Industry wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. A deal would create the world’s largest advertising company, with net revenue of more than $20 billion, topping WPP’s $15.1 billion.

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Jeffrey Trachtenberg@JeffreyT1 · Dec 5

Taylor Swift’s Concert Book Proves a Chart-Topper wsj.com/business/media…

JeffreyT1's tweet card. The entertainer’s self-published work sold more than 800,000 copies in its first two days.

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