Sur La Table to be acquired; some stores will stay open (chainstoreage.com)

The Board of Managers of American Media, LLC's holding company have made the strategic decision to combine American Media and Accelerate360, LLC (Accelerate). The announcement was made by Accelerate CEO David Parry. As part of the consolidation, American Media will be renamed A360 Media and American Media President and CEO, David J. Pecker has been named Executive Advisor of A360 Media effective immediately. "This is a transformative event that significantly reshapes Accelerate and American Media into a new type of media and marketing company with an unprecedented reach all the way to the sales floor," said Mr. Parry.

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) begins on July 1st. Are you fully prepared? If not, your company risks being subject to non-compliance fines from California’s regulators. You can avoid this, of course, by being fully prepared. Join ACMA’s expert and diverse panel, including an attorney, a service provider, and a merchant, as they will provide all you need to know within the course of the can’t-miss, free webinar, "California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Fully Prepared?" Who Should Not Miss This Presentation: Online/direct/catalog merchants who do business not only in California but the growing number of states aiming to follow California’s privacy blueprint, as well as their suppliers, consultants and other advisors. This event is open to both ACMA members and non-members. What You Will Learn: • How to identify any non-compliance risks • How a catalog/online merchant has prepared for the July 1st compliance date • Steps a service provider is taking to support its clients' compliance • Which other states to be on the lookout for. click read more below to register

Amazon Publishing has launched Amazon Original Stories, a new imprint that will release short fiction and nonfiction works that can be read in a single sitting. The essays and reported pieces, available in the Kindle Singles store, will be free to Prime and Kindle Unlimited members. The pieces will be $1.99 for all other customers. The imprint's first titles are The Sign of the Beast by Joyce Carol Oates and Crown Heights by Colin Warner and Carl King. Forthcoming 2018 titles from the imprint include works by W. Kamau Bell, Jade Chang, Eddie Huang, Janice Y.K. Lee, Walter Kirn, Dean Koontz, Wednesday Martin, Nick McDonell, Harold Schechter, Dan Slater, Dodai Stewart, and Susan Straight. Click Read More below for additional information.