Day: January 12, 2017

Trump Bites Back at Buzzfeed and the Media for Publishing Fake News

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Trump Bites Back at Buzzfeed and the Media for Publishing Fake News

Be careful when you fight monsters, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche warned, lest you become one. That's advice the editors of Buzzfeed should have
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) Names Maria A. Pallante as President and CEO

Maria Pallante succeeds Tom Allen as President & CEO of the Association of American Publishers. (Photo: Business Wire)
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Nation Publishing parts ways with Editor-in-chief, Roy Morris

Morris, a journalist of over 30 years, spent the majority of his career at Nation Publishing where he rose to the position of editor, before leaving in
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Get Creative With Content Monetization

Smart publishers and brands will pay attention to this. Our last issue of 2016 featured commentary by Jill Finger Gibson on the future of contextual
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Former copyright office head to run publishing trade group

Maria A. Pallante will become president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, beginning next Wednesday. She will succeed Tom Allen,
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Now go live on Facebook from desktop

To give publishers additional control and flexibility over their broadcasts, Facebook has rolled out a feature enabling users to go live through a web
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BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith defends decision to publish Trump Russia file, rejects 'fake news' label

BuzzFeed News has gotten a lot of pushback for publishing an unverified, at least party wrong dossier put together by a former British MI6 spy
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Niswonger Foundation Launches 'CareerConnect'

Law Loving, CareerConnect coordinator and Niswonger Scholar alumni, addresses a group of West Greene High School students selected to be part
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Report: What Publishers Are Facing in Their Fight Against Bots

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Report: What Publishers Are Facing in Their Fight Against Bots

Some even suspect publishers are reluctant to clean up non-human traffic (NHT) for fear of hurting revenues. Others, including security expert Dr.
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With Over Twenty Essay Labs, Shmoop Now Offers Essay-Writing Help for Every Occasion

Shmoop's Essay Labs will hold students' hands through the writing process, giving them the … And then of course, there's the dreaded literature essay.
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Busy year for bookworms: Watch out for Ramdev, Rishi Kapoor memoirs, book by Sachin …

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Busy year for bookworms: Watch out for Ramdev, Rishi Kapoor memoirs, book by Sachin …

Bookworms can look forward to a busy year ahead with publishers having an interesting list – from autobiographies of Ramdev, U R Ananthamurthy
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Publishing details

Publishing details. The SA Government Gazette is produced by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and issued by authority of the South
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Cleveland's growing role as a hub in the new content marketing world

“I think it's this rich history of publishing we have here. If you look at business to business publishing in the Northeast Ohio area we're probably third to
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Needed: Top-Notch Creative Writers

We're looking to immediately hire 1-2 wordsmiths to ghostwrite online profiles and messages for our clients. You should have a knowledge of how to
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Picture this: Joe Wicks and his Instagram peers are strengthening publishing

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Picture this: Joe Wicks and his Instagram peers are strengthening publishing

The Body Coach is a million seller and other web stars' books are selling very well. Publishers in profit is good news for readers – and some of these
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When Good Timing Meets Low Expectations: Milo Yiannopoulos's Book Deal

Now he can add a book contract to the list, and his publisher can add threats of boycotts from readers — and at least one fellow literary institution, the
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Cumberland County Teen Arts Festival set to return

… all students will have the opportunity to participate in workshops that will range from drama, to voice, acting, instrumental music, creative writing and
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ISRO's Aim of 103 Satellites' Launch… Forget Setting a Record Just Maximize Capability

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ISRO's Aim of 103 Satellites' Launch… Forget Setting a Record Just Maximize Capability

Perhaps a surprising statement from India's ISRO…With less than a month left for the proposed launch of 103 satellites at one go, Indian Space
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Major Publishers Come Under Fire For Far Right Political Books

“Every major publishing house has a conservative imprint — Penguin Random House has two, Sentinel and Crown Forum — and maintains a stable
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Thuraya Pumps Up Preparedness… Emergency Response Equipment to International …

Always be prepared, anticipate your needs in the event of an emergency, and so with that thought Thuraya Telecommunications Company, has
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Watch out for Ramdev, Rishi memoirs, book by Sachin this year

Juggernaut will publish “Age of Anger: A History of the Present” by Pankaj Mishra, “Operation Jinnah” by Shiv Aroor, “Shadow Armies” by Dhirendra K
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Three Debuts on the Indie Bestsellers List

Three children's titles debuted on the Indie Bestsellers list for the week of January 11, 2017. The following books made the list: Children's Illustrated.
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Publisher pulls Monica Crowley's book amid plagiarism revelations

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation
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Multi-Band Comms For Stena Line From Marlink

Marlink has added the first out of four additional Stena Line ships to the firm's multi-band communications network. Marlink now serves the entire fleet
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A Look Inside Two of The Minds Behind All In Fear

The writers joined me earlier this week for a double interview where we discussed All In Fear, writing habits, and the self-publishing industry.
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BRIEF-Ifun4all signs cooperation agreement with Curve Digital Publishing

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BRIEF-Ifun4all signs cooperation agreement with Curve Digital Publishing

FRANKFURT, Jan 12 Italy's Mediaset and France's TF1 will take a stake in ProSieben's multi-channel network Studio71 via a capital increase that
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Barboursville Woman Wins Prize for Poetry, Publication of Book

The Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing announced West Virginia author Rachel Rinehart as the winner of the 2016 Philip
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19 Ways For Writers and Publishers to Look at Book Promotion

Even if the book is published by a larger, well-established publisher, a book–especially a debut book–only has 2 to 3 months to get itself reviewed and
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Phoenix Veterans Creative Arts Festival Feb. 9

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Phoenix Veterans Creative Arts Festival Feb. 9

The Veterans Creative Arts Festival, which features more than 150 categories in art, music, dance, drama and creative writing, is sponsored across the
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Creative writing alumni set out to eradicate stigma against mental health in India

Two recent graduates of Westminster's Creative Writing: Writing the City MA course have launched a new foundation in India, which exists to eradicate
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Writers miss out on e-book payments

When libraries lend books to the public, authors and publishers receive remuneration from the Government under the Lending Rights schemes, but
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Female inmates grow, heal through writing program

In the background are writing instructor Marcie Rendon and inmate … that helps incarcerated women express themselves through creative writing.
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Author meets characters along highway

That all changed in the fall of 2015 when some friends conspired to get him into the 7 Doctors Creative Writing Workshop in Omaha, he said.
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Open Instructor Pool

The Open Instructor Pool for the University of Oregon's Creative Writing Program is renewed annually. Only applications received through this
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mSphereDirect, ASM's New Publishing Pathway is Now Open for Submissions

Washington, DC – January 11, 2017 –This week, ASM launches mSphereDirect, a new pathway of manuscript review and submission for mSphere,
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Seth Meyers Calls Out Buzzfeed for Publishing Trump Golden Showers Report

On Tuesday evening, the news site Buzzfeed made the controversial decision to publish a 35-page dossier filled with what they called “explosive” and
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Virat Kohli among the hottest searches of 2016

The self-publishing and online content creating industry is set for a major leap, emulating growth in the China market. There are more than 600 million
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JMU alumnus authors fantasy novel, 'Avengarde'

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JMU alumnus authors fantasy novel, 'Avengarde'

But it wasn't until his senior year of high school that he unexpectedly found his love for writing while taking a creative writing course. Four years later
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Publishers faces shop-lifting issues at World Book Fair

Amidst the maddening rush of bookworms at the ongoing World Book Fair, … “The actual amount of loss of books due to shop-lifting is found after we
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Facebook Works On Its Publisher Relationship; Twitter Gives Up On Dashboard

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Facebook Works On Its Publisher Relationship; Twitter Gives Up On Dashboard

Facebook introduced its Journalism Project, a program to build news media inroads and collaborate with publishers on product development.
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Facebook Journalism Project introduced with new formats for publishers and measures to curb …

Facebook is in the process of testing and introducing new content formats for publishers, is deploying training and tools for journalists, and taking
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1916 Bestsellers: A Conversation with Linda Aragoni

Last year we checked in with consumate reader Linda Aragoni of the Great Penformances blog for her appraisal of the bestseller list from a century
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PW student's first book to be published

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PW student's first book to be published

It's the dream of so many writers, and it's coming true for a Pueblo West High School … degree at Colorado State University-Pueblo in creative writing.
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Jacquelyn Mitchard schedules 'Two if by Sea' book signing

Mitchard is in town for a daylong Books in Common event for high school creative writing students. Mitchard has written 12 novels for adults, including
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City seeking Lacey-related stories, and offering cash prizes as incentive

South Sound writers can help Lacey mark its 50th anniversary by penning a Lacey-related story, … The city is looking for memories, family stories, historical work or a vision of Lacey's future — any creative work inspired by Lacey.
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Publishers confront email newsletter design challenges

Publishers are bigger on email newsletters than ever, as evidenced by the plethora of launches, dedicated staff and design attention once reserved for
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Exxon's 'sordid history' on climate takes center stage today

CEO Rex Tillerson, who has stated a belief in climate science but whose company has been accused of misleading the public about the threats of
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Pixar and VR Pioneers to Keynote at InfoComm 2017's TIDE Conference

Matthew Luhn is a writer, story consultant, creative writing instructor and speaker with more than 25 years of experience creating stories and
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On writing and heroes

Earlier Wednesday, Sherman spoke to students in a creative writing class, as well as a broadcast and film class at Barnstable High School, according
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John Mayer Outs Himself as Harmonizer, Stans for '7/27′ Napster Bonus Track

I wrote a tweet last night, put 1/25 as a joke, and then it became a creative writing challenge. Thanks for being good sports. ❤ – no. 6 https://t.co/
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GVSU writing professor receives prestigious literary fellowship

Amorak Huey, assistant writing professor at Grand Valley State University, was recently awarded a prestigious $25,000 creative writing fellowship from
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Bossard to hold writers forum

“Creative writing is one of those things that's not so much a skill that can be taught. It's just something you kind of acquire over time in my opinion.
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Arts competition open to area veterans

The competition provides veterans the opportunity to participate in creative self-expression through art, creative writing, dance, drama and music as
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UCA PROFESSOR DEFENDS ENDANGERED ARKANSAS SALAMANDER ON KUAR

Mark Spitzer, associate professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas, will be a guest on KUAR's Arts & Letters at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan
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'United We Stand: Writers Respond to Trump' set for Jan. 20

Poet Indigo Moor, novelist Sands Hall and environmental writer Jordan … PA, teaching English and creative writing at Franklin & Marshall College.
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Music is medicine for songwriter Bryan Anthony Phoenix

Phoenix explained how his early songwriting was just about creative writing. … The artist recently started writing music that is more medicinal.
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Writers Resist: Teach In/Speak Out on January 15

The MFA in Creative Writing Program at Stony Brook Southampton, in an event cosponsored by Canio's Books, and Poetry Street, just might have the
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