02.06.11 | Charlotte Williams
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a "definitive biography" of country music star, the "Man in Black", Johnny Cash.
W&N publisher Alan Samson bought world English rights, excluding US and Canada, to the biography by Robert Hilburn from Tracy Williams at Hachette Book Group USA.
In Search of Johnny Cash will be published simultaneously in hardback by W&N and Little, Brown in the US, in January 2014.
A documentary featuring rare footage of Johnny Cash's gospel music performances is heading to Australia and New Zealand, thanks to a deal struck by US distributor Janson Media.
The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash: A Story of Faith & Redemption (1x48') has been licensed to Queensland-based distributor Heritage HM for pay-TV broadcast in Australia and New Zealand.
The documentary, produced by Gaither Television Productions and directed by Michael Merriman, features footage of vintage Cash performances from numerous Billy Graham Crusades as well as from the singer's popular ABC television show.
Janson Media has also sold three series and a 90-minute one-off educational programme about photography to the Living Channel in New Zealand.