Broccoli Books has updated its website with three of its recent new acquisitions:

• Nui! by Natsumi Mukai
• Koi Cupid by Mia Ikumi
• sola by Naoki Hisaya (story) and Chaco Abeno (art)

The updated pages include information on release dates, creators, characters, as well as sneak previews (currently unavailable).

Via: ANN

Manga news, review and scanlation website Manga Jouhou is celebrating its 5th anniversary. Hooray.

BL publisher Iris Print has posted an extensive blog post on how the company is running out of fundings, and is currently struggling to survive in the manga market:

The short story is, Iris Print ran out of funding. Orders for in-stock books are still shipping, and refunds for BL Twist are being issued, slowly but surely. But there hasn't been enough money coming in to support this venture for a long time, and to be honest, the plug was pulled a lot later than it should have been.

Go to Yaoi for more info.

Del Rey Manga's Dallas Middaugh reveals in his latest blog post that Del Rey has officially licensed Keito Koume's Kujibiki Unbalance. The acquisition of the title was "strongly hinted" at Del Rey's MangaNEXT panel in 2006.

Via: ANN

Active Anime reports that ADV has confirmed the name of the new magazine that will replace Newtype USA. The new magazine will be titled PiQ, and will be launched in March 2008.

Source: Active Anime

AoD has more information regarding Newtype USA's suspension (with the February 2008 issue being the last issue):

The magazine will apparently be reworked into another new magazine through which the company hopes to continue their long advertising relationships with everyone. The changes talked about within the email relate to licensing needs that go back to Japan but are also likely the result of the changing landscape in the US market.

Also, MangaBlog and AoD have some leaked information (later confirmed by ANN) on the name of the new magazine that will replace Newtype USA:

ADV is telling potential advertisers that their new magazine will be called PIQ (as in "sneak peak" or "pique your interest").

In "Seven Seas Moves Into Children's Books," ICv2 talks with Seven Seas' Jason Deangelis about the company's plan to add more manga-inspired illustrated juvenile fiction to its lineup:

"My passion was original manga properties," [Deangelis] said, "but they're difficult to get off the ground. In order to make a viable business, we needed to move more into licensing."

VIZ Media is currently looking for a Senior Editor to oversee its Shojo Beat magazine:

The Senior Editor oversees editorial and design for an assigned magazine in the Magazines Department of VIZ Media, which publishes a variety of materials originally published in Japan. The Senior Editor will ensure that the assigned magazine and magazine-related products maintain the company's position in the marketplace, and ensure that the company's publications reflect the VIZ Media strategy, and maintain an engaged readership through the following duties [...]

Source: Comics212

A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of January 9th 2008:

• ComicList: ComicList for 01/09/2008
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Jan 9, 2008
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 1/9/2008

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 6th:

• #87 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #78)
• #93 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #89)
• #115 - Naruto, Volume 25 - Viz - (Last week: #113)

Also, Comicsnob looks at the online manga sales rankings in "Top 100 Manga, 6 January."