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stanley cup Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/ Bloomberg via Getty ImagesOn Wednesday, the bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 reorganization after accumulating more than $1 billion in debt and failing to pay publishers that supply its inventory. In recent years, the company has struggled to meet changing demands in publishing, like the consumer shift from shopping in bricks-and-mortar stores to online, and lagged behind other retailers in offering new products like e-books. Borders will stay in business, but will be closing about 30 percent of their locations across the country.Jim Milliot, co-editorial director of Publishers Weekly, joined me by phone to discuss the story:[Full transcript after the jump] JEFFREY BROWN: Welcome once again to Art Beat. Im Jeffrey Brown. Today we are discussing Borders, which has just filed for bankruptcy protection. On the phone with me is Jim Milliot. Hes the co-editorial director for Publishers Weekly. Welcome to you.JIM MILLIOT: Thank
stanley cup you very much.JEFFREY BROWN: You wrote today in your report that Borders had given into the inevitable. Now e
stanley cup xplain that 鈥?why was it inevitable to file for bankruptcy JIM MILLIOT: Well, theres a couple of things. The most immediate, which is, just before the end of the year, they notified their largest publishers that they would skip a payment 鈥?in other words, not pay for the books that they ha Dbzz Despite U.S. warnings, Russian air defense equipment arrives in Turkey
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