Day: February 2, 2017

New tobacco technology boosts Philip Morris shares

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New tobacco technology boosts Philip Morris shares

The tobacco company, which only sells its products outside the U.S., said it shipped 7.4 billion units of its HeatSticks product in 2016, compared to 396
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BMG inks exclusive music publishing deal with Netflix

BMG has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to manage and administer its music publishing rights outside the US. The agreement will see BMG
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Sales soar for Milo book 'Dangerous'; publisher mum on tour

Protestors against a scheduled speaking appearance by polarizing Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos fill Sproul Plaza on the University of
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Netflix Signs Ex-US Publishing Deal With BMG

NETFLIX has signed an exclusive agreement with BMG to manage and administer its music publishing rights outside the U.S. NETFLIX boasts over 93
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TargetSpot Announces TargetSpot Passport Audio Ad Serving and Analytics Technology

TargetSpot Passport was created in response to this request continually expressed by our existing global community of clients and Publishers.
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Moto-Journalist, Author Chris Jonnum Starts His Own "Brand-Publishing Shop"

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Powersports industry veteran Chris Jonnum announced today the launch of a brand-publishing shop specializing in content
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Acquisitions Editor – 16202

Titles acquired by the Acquisitions Editor should be of consistently high quality, in line with the company's reputation as a high-quality publisher of
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Super Bowl serves at peacemaker between Uber and Houston

Maredia said Uber's background screening of drivers is thorough and covers a person's driving history. He criticized fingerprint background checks as
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WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

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WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

Free e-books and those sold for less than 99 cents are excluded. The fiction and nonfiction lists in all formats include both adult and juvenile titles; the
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Patterson and Fox thriller 'Never Never' tops US bestseller list

Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing
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Canadian Trade Groups Merge

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Canadian Trade Groups Merge

As of February 1, Canadian Publishers' Council (CPC), which represents the interests of Canada's largest trade, education and professional
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ConocoPhillips narrows loss as it cuts costs

The Houston company has pulled back on oil exploration, drilling and other projects around the world with U.S. crude prices hovering around $50 per
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Stranded by Tate Publishing? We're Here to Help

To all authors formerly affiliated with Tate Publishing, please allow me to introduce myself: I'm Kathy Hensgen, COO of Lulu Press, the world's first
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Bowled Over: Bowl-based Cookbooks On the Rise

Are bowls the new plates? With a spate of new cookbooks featuring bowl-inspired recipes coming to market, many publishers are banking on the
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Cambridge U Student Newspaper Slammed by Jewish Groups for Publishing 'Antisemitic' Profile of …

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Cambridge U Student Newspaper Slammed by Jewish Groups for Publishing 'Antisemitic' Profile of …

Jewish groups have slammed Cambridge University's independent student newspaper for publishing an opinion piece about Jared Kushner,
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Pulitzer Prize winning Writer Junot Diaz Writer-In-Residence at CalArts

A new feature of the CalArts MFA Creative Writing Program, the Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence program is designed to bring a prestigious writer
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12-Year-Old Marley Dias Is Publishing An Activism Guide For Children And Teens

The future just got a little brighter! On Thursday morning, Scholastic announced that activist Marley Dias is publishing an activism guide for children
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Is Amazon Kindle Cheating Self-Published Authors?

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Is Amazon Kindle Cheating Self-Published Authors?

So, you are about to self-publish a book in e-book or print-on-demand format. It seems like a no-brainer to sign an exclusive contract with Amazon
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Marley Dias, young diversity advocate, working on book

Her Marley Mag, a publication sponsored by Elle magazine, has featured interviews with filmmaker Ava DuVernay and dancer Misty Copeland.
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Publishing books and the academic job market

Publishing books and the academic job market. A job seeker writes: I'm a recent Philosophy PhD and I'm on the job market. I also published my first
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NYC Is Launching A Citywide Book Club With BuzzFeed

Bookstores throughout the city have been stocked with the titles, and the books' publishers have provided more than 4,000 copies in all to library
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Want to Succeed at Self-Publishing? Don't Be a Cheapskate: Tips from an Indie Author

“There were many times during the process that I wished for a publisher to do all of the hard work for me,” he says. “But now that I've done it, I wouldn't
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Pai to Test Publishing Item Texts Before Votes

FCC commissioner Ajit Pai has long talked about boosting transparency at the FCC, but as the new chair he is now in a position to do more than root
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Ferrari 2016 profits soar as sales top 8000 vehicles

… Ferrari says profits last year soared by 38 percent on higher volumes of the 488 mid-engine family, which is key to the company's growth plans.
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Dow Jones Navigates Native Video

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Dow Jones Navigates Native Video

“Like many publishers, we see huge demand for video and wish we had more inventory we could sell,” said David Minkin, who joined Dow Jones
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Netflix Taps BMG for Music Publishing Rights Outside US

BMG has signed on to manage and administer Netflix's music publishing rights outside the U.S. The exclusive agreement covers elements such as
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HCA to revive old tradition of publishing souvenir for India-Bangladesh Test

The practice of publishing a souvenir began when the first Commonwealth Cricket Team visited India and HCA organised a match. “Ever since the
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Long Winter Or Early Spring? Only The Groundhog Knows

Everyday groundhogs such as this one prefer clover, alfalfa, dandelion and coltsfoot but will eat ordinary grass before going hungry. Bill Murray
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Want a Successful Native Ad Campaign? That'll Be $450000, Please

According to MediaRadar, a sales intelligence company, publishers see an average renewal rate of 33% for native ad products when campaigns run
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Morris Publishing Group buys Georgia Trend, parent company

Trend Publications will join the newly formed Morris Business Media, LLC, that is a subsidiary of Morris Publishing Group, LLC. Morris Publishing
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Strong condemnation from abroad of Romania's new graft law

Iordache, who has come under heavy fire for publishing the decree, will temporarily hand his duties over to a subordinate, a spokeswoman said.
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UK's Reckitt Benckiser in advanced talks with Mead Johnson

… Benckiser, which makes products ranging from condoms to Lysol, says it's in advanced talks to buy the U.S. baby formula company Mead Johnson.
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A new report says ad blocking is worsening

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A new report says ad blocking is worsening

Publishers whose audience skews toward young males, such as video game sites, tend to see much higher ad-block usage compared with general
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John Darnielle Is on a Roll

… second novel, Universal Harvester, to considerable buzz—including a number of anticipated books lists and a starred review in Publishers Weekly.
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Malibu teen writes his path for success: Carey to further creative passions at Naropa University

Shane Carey, of Malibu, penned his first book last year and will study creative writing at Naropa University in the fall. Images Submitted
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EC should have sent notice personally before publishing on website: Manohar Parrikar

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday while criticising the Election Commission (EC) claimed that posting a notice on official
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European Publishers Discover New Audiences Through Instant Articles

We launched Instant Articles in April, 2016, and publishers across Europe started delivering faster-loading, more immersive mobile articles to their
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European Commission launches probe into Valve, other game publishers for alleged geo-blocking

The commission is investigating an agreement by game publishers using Valve's Steam game distribution platform that allegedly blocks consumers
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Workers contributing more to, borrowing less from 401(k)s

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare doubleshot of encouraging news on retirement savings: Workers are contributing more to their 401(k) accounts, and they're
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Oxford University Press to publish official journal of Society for the Study of Reproduction

Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce its partnership with the Society for the Study of Reproduction to publish Biology of Reproduction
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Product Announcement

SocialFlow is pleased to announce a new set of features to help you further automate routine social publishing tasks. We know that our clients are
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Turmoil Ahead: The Future of Net Neutrality, Publishing, and Digital Marketing

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Turmoil Ahead: The Future of Net Neutrality, Publishing, and Digital Marketing

Thus, an end to Net Neutrality may push marketers toward open publishing platforms, which combine traits of paid, owned, and earned media.
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Authors react to The New York Times canceling its graphic novel best-seller lists

Late last week, news broke that The New York Times would be shutting down its graphic novel and manga best-seller lists, as part of a larger effort to
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Pai to Test Publishing Text of FCC Agenda Items Before Votes

As an FCC commissioner Ajit Pai has long talked about boosting transparency at the FCC, but as the new chair he is now in a position to do more than
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Varsity apologises to JSoc after publishing "anti-Semitic" article

Varsity has been condemned by the President of JSOC for publishing a comment piece about Jared Kushner, adviser and son-in-law to Donald Trump
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Parsons' Pioneering Podcast

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Parsons' Pioneering Podcast

This reading is part of the presentation requirement for the creative writing minor. “It's kind of a hybrid of story time and a lecture,” Parsons said.
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SocialFlow Announces New Automated Publishing Features

SocialFlow Announces New Automated Publishing Features. Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content
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Highlight: Taipei International Book Exhibition

The Taipei International Book Exhibition 2017 opens at the Taipei World … This year's book fair also includes for the first time second-hand and rare book … independent publishers and NGOs, foreign book importers and much more.
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STM Online services to grow, says new Simba Information report – 02 Feb 2017

Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report, STM Online Services 2016-2020, according to which, online services
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Printed books thrive, e-versions may not be too far away

However, lately a handful of e-book publishers have entered the scene. They look for writers interested in the digital version of their traditional books.
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Theatrical treat for Creative Writers

Marcus Truschinski, a 13 year veteran of American Players Theatre in Spring Green, had the students in Jennifer Doucette's Creative Writing classes
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Meet the Newry mum in her 50s whose debut novel has been snapped up by romantic fiction …

Move over 50 Shades… mother-of-three Caroline Tinley has signed a two-book deal with the famous publishing house. She explains to Lee Henry
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Ex-Forbes publisher went after driver of bus filled with kids: cops

A former Forbes Magazine publisher has been charged in a road rage incident after confronting the driver of a school bus packed with elementary
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