From the press release:
Playmates Toys Names Diamond as Exclusive Distributor to U.S. Specialty Retail Channels
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (March 3, 2010) — Playmates Toys has named Diamond Comic Distributors – the leading U.S. distributor of pop-culture merchandise — as its exclusive distributor to service the specialty market nationwide.
“We are gratified by the trust Playmates has placed [...]

From the press release:
PREVIEWS Next: March issue Spotlights Image’s Spawn #203 and DC’s Brightest Day #1
New issue arrives in comic shops Feb. 24 and features products on sale beginning May 2010
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (February 16, 2010) — Spawn creator Todd McFarlane is joined by writer Will Carlton and [...]

Diamond Distribution have just supplied Hypergeek with a full run down of their January 2010 Direct Market sales figures.
If you are not familiar with how Diamond’s sales figures, here’s how they are calculated:
Data for Diamond’s sales charts—which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts—are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe [...]

Diamond Distribution just supplied Hypergeek with data for the top publishers and products for January 2010.
[Update: Diamond have released numbers for their Top 300  comics and graphic novels & trades, to see the charts, go to http://www.hypergeek.ca/2010/02/diamond-distribution%e2%80%99s-top-20-publishers-top-300-comics-and-top-300-tpbs-gns-for-january-2010.html]
The following charts show the top 10 publishers, the top 10 comics, top 10 graphic novels & trades, top [...]

Diamond Distribution have announced the winners of the 19th annual Gem awards. The awards, nicknamed the Gemmies, are not open to voting by the public, but instead are voted on by comic book specialty retailers.
Diamond claims that the awards are recognized within the comic book industry as the pinnacle of sales achievement for comic [...]

Last year, Diamond Distribution made some changes to it’s minimum order policy, which had very negative effects on small press publishers. Diamond decreed that even if a product appeared in Previews magazine, and retailers put in orders for said product, if the number of orders did not reach their new, higher, minimum order, they would [...]

As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for December 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for small press titles, published in December 2009.

To see the charts for independently published comics for December 2009, please click here.

What do I [...]

As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for December 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for independently published titles in December 2009.

There is some debate over what comics count as indy. Some people claim that it’s an [...]

Diamond Distribution have provided Hypergeek with a look at what to expect in the February 2010 edition of Previews Magazine. This month’s issue will feature spotlights on Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man #25 and DC’s Brightest Day #0, as well as sneak peek previews of Dark Horse Comics’ Hellcyon #1 and Image Comics’ Light #1, Magdalena [...]

From the press release
Diamond and Wizard Expand Strategic Partnership in 2010 to Deliver New Initiatives for Comic Book Retailers
Retailer Event for Philadelphia Comic Con Planned, Companies to Collaborate on Additional Initiatives
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (January 8, 2010) — Diamond Comic Distributors and Wizard Entertainment announced today a renewal of its strategic partnership, with several new initiatives [...]