Day: September 7, 2017

Media reform deal 'within days' as Nick Xenophon seeks help for bush publishers

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Media reform deal 'within days' as Nick Xenophon seeks help for bush publishers

A breakthrough on media reform could be achieved within days with Senate powerbroker Nick Xenophon and the Turnbull government locked in talks
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Publisher of High Times acquires LGBT publications

Oreva has backed a management-led buyout of Here Publishing, which owns such titles as “The Advocate” and “Out,” with plans to grow its online and
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Social Media Associate

We are seeking a creative and analytical Social Media Associate to join the Penguin Random House social media team! The Social Media Associate
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Amazon targets abuse of Kindle e-book platform to increase reviews, royalties

Amazon.com is cracking down on people who manipulate its e-book self-publishing platform, a move that follows the e-commerce giant's effort to
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How Can I Share it?

For the past two years, The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has been working across the scholarly
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Westchester Publishing Services Announces Agreement With The MIT

7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Westchester Publishing Services announced today that it has reached an agreement with The MIT Press, the university press
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Roche launches debut poetry collection at Hatchards

Industry stalwart David Roche celebrated the publication of his debut poetry collection, a crowd-funded book of family-themed limericks, at Hatchards
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LSC Communications Acquires Publishers Press

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LSC Communications (NYSE: LKSD) announced today that it has acquired Publishers Press, a leading family-owned
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All 4 Games Spins Out from Channel 4 as Independent Publisher

Channel 4's Glasgow-based games publisher, All 4 Games, will be … control and freedom that self-publishing brings, but don't have the budget to pay
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Amazon tries to snuff out a bunch of Kindle publishing scams

The man named in the filing, Nilmer Rubio, of Olongapo in the Philippines, allegedly reached out to authors who used the Kindle self-publishing
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Bernard-Henri Lévy

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

His most recent book is The Genius of Judaism, and his New York Times best-sellers include American Vertigo, Barbarism With a Human Face, and
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SVOD

For SVOD publishers, video quality of experience and engagement are key to subscriber satisfaction and retention.
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Creative writing: Three quick fixes to help students write better opening sentences

You have always written before and you will write now. … Of course, we can and should use devices such as “sentence escalators” to get kids thinking
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Horton man recalls his epic journey across the Middle East

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Horton man recalls his epic journey across the Middle East

The travelog has been written and self-published by one of the group, Pete Strickland. Richard Williams, another of the quartet who is now based in
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History Publishing Company Tells Immigrant's Harrowing Story: A Lion Has No Horns

In “A Lion Has No Horns,” the newly released book from History Publishing Company, Sesay and co-author Erika Celeste recount the harrowing tale of
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A funny old game? Football coach pens book of one-liners

Wisey, as he's known to his friends and family, revealed that he decided to write Life Is A Joke, which he self-published through UK Book Publishing,
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How underground magazines helped liberate gay men in the Cold War

In communist Poland, authorities imposed strict censorship but Selerowicz learnt that all self-published documents up to 100 copies were exempt from
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Fresh frontiers as Braben's vision is made flesh

… successfully proving our ability to launch franchises our ambition is to continue our evolution to create a self-publishing multi-franchise success story
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Apple Analytics Will Bring Better Measurement To Podcasts, But Not Programmatic

The podcast industry is about to take a bite out of a formerly forbidden fruit when Apple shares its podcast listener data with publishers this fall, and its
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Westchester Publishing Services Announces Agreement With The MIT Press

DANBURY, Conn., Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Westchester Publishing Services announced today that it has reached an agreement with The MIT
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9 Best Nintendo Spin-Off Video Games – Ranked

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9 Best Nintendo Spin-Off Video Games – Ranked

The video game industry is built off franchises, even more than cinema. Of the top 20 best selling games of all time, 12 are sequels, and they show no
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Open Access: Five Principles for Negotiations with Publishers

With these principles, research libraries are encouraged to make the move from paying for information access to organizing the publishing costs for
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An academic publisher is trying to kill Sci-Hub, the “Pirate Bay of science”

The academic publishing business is starting to look a bit like the music industry did in the late 1990s. Publishers have steadily raised the cost to
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7th Sharjah Book Authority 'Professional Programme' in the works

SHARJAH: The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is continuing to receive applications from publishers keen to participate in the seventh edition of its
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¡Shazam! Here's a Look at Some of Comics History's Hispanic Heroes and Villains

Mainstream comic book publishers like Marvel and DC have added more ethnic and gender diversity in recent years to some of their most iconic comic
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Five Questions with Writer Sam Jordison

Sam Jordison keeps a low profile in the UK, but he's something of a renaissance man. A highly regarded journalist and literary book publisher, he also
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LSC Communications, Inc. (LKSD) Buys Publishers Press

LSC Communications (NYSE: LKSD) announced today that it has acquired Publishers Press, a leading family-owned printing and digital solutions
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News ad network chief says Google's algorithms mean local publishers are 'feeling the squeeze'

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News ad network chief says Google's algorithms mean local publishers are 'feeling the squeeze'

An advertising network of local news publishers has stepped up its efforts to compete with Google and Facebook for advertising by creating an
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How Lena Waithe's Own Story Led To Her Historic Emmy Nod For “Master Of None”

Both jobs gave her crash-course experience in how writers actually write and how television gets made. All the while, she kept working on her own
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Therapy 101 – session notes: librarians and publishers

The relationship between scholarly librarians and publishers started out as the most memorable ones often do – an intense initial connection leading
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Conservative Publisher Quits 'NYT' Best-Seller List

Conservative book publisher Regnery has announced that it will no longer use the New York Times best-seller list in its promotional materials.
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Canadian Auto Sales Would Have to Plummet in Final Third of 2017 for This to Not Be the …

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Canadian Auto Sales Would Have to Plummet in Final Third of 2017 for This to Not Be the …

Despite passenger car malaise, the Civic is on track for its 20th consecutive year as Canada's best-selling car thanks to a record pace through the first
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AVOD

Conviva's work with ad-based video on demand publishers has proven the importance of viewer engagement and experience on video advertising
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Breaking Data to Present at the 19th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference

GIVEMESPORT, Breaking Data's recent acquisition, is a leading next generation sports media company with the largest single publisher Facebook
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