Len Riggio

Barnes and Noble can't seem to get a break. In the wake of losses in its Nook division, Barnes and Noble has been searching for a buyer, but apparently nobody is really interested in the device business and I don't blame them. The days of the stand-alone eReader have come and gone.

Barnes & Noble had it annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday in New York City. It went as well as you would expect – in other words, not well at all. B&N chair and founder Len Riggio publically addressed shareholders for the first time since deciding not to purchase half of the company, according to Publishers [...]

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Lots of rumors were flying last night about a split of Barnes & Noble. It’s now been confirmed through an SEC filing that Len Riggio, current CEO of B&N, wants to buy the retail stores and BN.com. Nook Media and the college bookstores will remain a separate entity under current corporate leadership; Riggio doesn’t want [...]

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