Day: September 29, 2017

The Competency-Based Training and Assessment Experience

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The Competency-Based Training and Assessment Experience

I booked in with ProRider, who also treated me to a Bronze RideForever course, which I will be writing about soon. My instructor was to be John
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Book publishing and Press 2016

The National Statistical Institute has the pleasure to present of users on statistical information its new electronic publication Book publishing and Press
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 24, 2017

Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 24, 2017 … The Good Daughter: A Novel (Unabridged) by Karin Slaughter (Blackstone Audio, Inc.) 10.
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The Making (and Unmaking) of a 23-Hour New York Times Best Seller

She was a New York Times best-selling novelist, and if everything continued according to plan, she would soon star in a major motion picture based
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Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LSE:BMY) Is Trading At A 23.04% Discount To Its Intrinsic Value

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LSE:BMY) Is Trading At A 23.04% Discount To Its Intrinsic Value

How far off is Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LSE:BMY) to its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, I am going to take a look now by
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Temp Content Production Project Managers (Academic Publishing)

An Academic publisher in Hampshire are looking for 6 Content Project Managers for a period of three months to work on the production of content for
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Bodour discusses Arabic children's book industry in Gothenburg

GOTHENBURG: Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, President of the Emirates Publishers Association, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Group, has
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Virago to publish Greenlandic debut

Virago Press is publishing a novella from the Greenlandic language by Niviaq Korneliussen, translated by Anna Halager. The book's author, who has
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Publishing lessons from the land of the free

We didn't see free print for what it was when we launched our first title. We thought ourselves rather clever, black-roll-neck-owning media
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Richard Flanagan's First Person: An invention that never ends

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Richard Flanagan's First Person: An invention that never ends

It was whispered around the publishing house that Gene Paley was …. Books on chocolate, gardening, furniture, military history, tired celebrities;
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Lamont "U-God" Hawkins, a Founding Member of the Wu-Tang Clan, to Write a Memoir

Publication is planned for March 2018, coinciding with the 25th anniversary … Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with
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Marketing Manager, K-12 Education/Mental Health/Self-Help Books

… and general readers, seeks a Marketing Manager with 3+ years' experience in education and/or mental health and self-help publishing. Expanding
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Capturing the South Shore's rich history through new library project

We have been doing this through a partnership with Lighthouse Publishing and have been digitizing back copies of the Bulletin from 1899.
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Creative Writing Workshop for Teens

Salem Public Library will hold a creative writing workshop for teens beginning October 10, 2017 and continuing each Tuesday from 3:30-4:30 pm
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Acoustic Rapper Sam Wiley on His New Martin — And His Old Fender

I grew up loving creative writing, so when I found I was able to combine that gift with music, I was hooked. There's going to be a lot of fast singing and
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CWE Professor Seamus Scanlon collaborates with Academy Award winner

Scanlon is a graduate of CCNY's MFA in Creative Writing program. … and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship.
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18 Bestsellers Published in the 1970s

Disco may have died, but these books are stayin' alive! See below for the biggest bestsellers of the decade.
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13 times you 'took a knee' because you cared

After your child complains that the teacher ignored her creative writing when giving her a poor grade on a paper, standing up for the importance of
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The CXC Interviews – Emi Gennis on Autobiography, Annie Edson Taylor & Water

Emi Gennis: I've been self-publishing comics since 2009, most of which have somewhat macabre themes. For example, for several years I was
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Aspiring Laker writers learn from published author

Symmons met with English and creative writing teacher Bill McStowe's elective writing class and with his creative writing group. McStowe also leads a
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9 Books On Writing That Will Help You Conquer The Toughest Cases Of Writer's Block

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9 Books On Writing That Will Help You Conquer The Toughest Cases Of Writer's Block

Of course, help from the experts doesn't hurt, either. Books about the art and craft of writing are important resources for every kind of writer, from the
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Why October is so full of great books (and which books you should look forward to)

Thus, publishers want their books to be fresh in readers' minds when it comes time to buy holiday gifts. “You want to be able to drive awareness of
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As Chicago faces a budget gap approaching $260 million, one alderman suggests more ticketing …

Alderman Raymond Lopez, 15th Ward, has suggested closing the gap by hiring more ticket writers to bring in more revenue. Of course, this would
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Why Publishers Should Start Thinking About Blockchain

And publishers might want to consider joining the conversation. But don't take the platforms' word for it. Elisabeth Murray, SVP of Digital Ad Ops at
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Clayton Picks All the Games Correctly: Week 5- The Cherokee Parks Edition

Gordon, Mel. The Stanislavsky Technique: Russia, a workbook for actors. New York: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1988. Vineberg, Steve.
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Salve Regina, best-selling author Ann Hood launch MFA in creative writing

Salve Regina and Rhode Island native Ann Hood – the best-selling author of 14 novels, three memoirs and books for young adults – have teamed up
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A matter of…

The children's books business gets a lot right – but despite the market rise, not enough children are … Publishers are the custodians of this, he added.
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Renaud-Bray acquires Prologue, the largest independent book distributor in Québec

A partner to more than 200 publishers in Canada and Québec, as well as in France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, Prologue has some 170
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Girl writers taught to follow in the footsteps of the Brontes in Haworth

… in Main Street, Haworth, with Getting Yourself Out There!, a workshop showing would-be authors how to self-publish and self-promote themselves.
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Gold or green? Elsevier proposes regional open access model

Elsevier has proposed a shift towards regional models of open access publishing, warning that there is no international consensus over which
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Would Any Publisher Really Pay Graydon Carter Big Bucks for His Book?

News broke earlier this month that, after 25 years as Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter will step down from the magazine at the end of the
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Budoor calls for developing Arabic children's book industry

Gothenburg, Sweden: Shaikha Bodoor Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, president of the Emirates Publishers Association, founder and CEO of Kalimat Group,
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Statement – Music publishers support Joly's Creative Canada export vision

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Statement – Music publishers support Joly's Creative Canada export vision

OTTAWA, Sept. 28, 2017 /CNW/ – Margaret McGuffin, executive director of the Canadian Music Publishers Association, made the statement below
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Oleg Filimonov: "Russian publishers surprised at popularity of Russian books in Baku"

The Vice-president of the Russian Publishers Association Oleg Filimonov told Vestnik Kavkaza about Russia's publishing interests in the Republic of
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“Stories are in our DNA” – local publisher, Charles Siboto, on South Africa's reading culture

The South African publishing scene is a strange one, consisting of many peculiarities and oddities. The first thing that you notice is that it's not
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Why You Should Stop Micromanaging Your Team

When you are an entrepreneur you likely work late nights, early mornings and weekends. The long hours can take a toll even if you love your company
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It's Harry Potter versus Terry Pratchett in publishing's Super Thursday showdown

“It's a bit of a circus but it's a good focal point for publishers and retailers to launch the more commercial list they hope will rake in the dosh at
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HEALTH: Another Lowndes County sewage spill

On Saturday, Sept. 23, approximately 25,000 gallons of untreated sewage entered into a ditch that flows into the Withlacoochee River. The incident
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Dennis Miller coming to Rialto for Jan. 12 show

Comedian Dennis Miller is coming to the Rialto for a Jan. 12 show, the theater announced on Friday. The show will take place at 9 p.m. on Jan.
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Interview: Condé Nast's Vanessa Kingori, the newly appointed publisher of Vogue

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Interview: Condé Nast's Vanessa Kingori, the newly appointed publisher of Vogue

She was the first woman to be named publisher of British GQ in the magazine's 30-year history, having served at Condé Nast for eight years. She was
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Tennessee poet wins Chaffin award

Over 100 authors from Appalachia submitted their work to the Chaffin … Taylor and Dr. Tom Williams, MSU faculty members who teach creative writing.
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How a school garden has transformed the way we teach

But I also wanted to use it to cover other topics: life cycles, flowering plants, pollination, adaptation, creative writing and report writing. I believed that
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My reply to Paddy's essay: “Learn from history and prepare on multiple fronts”

The Liberals were better TV-age pioneer politicians; Thorpe and our 1958 Torrington hero Mark Bonham Carter (at Collins publishing) were leading
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Between the Lines: Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides has no complaints about the life of a writer, even as he … He is a professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts at
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NetworkNewsWire Announces Publication Highlighting Companies Engaged in Advanced …

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 09/29/17 — NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, today announces
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Should You Go to Art School to Be a Good Artist?

I originally was set on continuing the art school track, thinking that was the only option if I wanted to work in film and creative writing. Then, I did more
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Cashmere Best Sellers

Staple cardigans, crewnecks, and more fashion-pack favorites.
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Time Inc.'s Judith Hammerman On Transparent Metrics And Walled Gardens

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Time Inc.'s Judith Hammerman On Transparent Metrics And Walled Gardens

To Time Inc., “transparency” is just another word for “validation.” And it's nothing new to the publisher giant, which maintains a vast garden but
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JICWEBS Anti-Ad-Fraud Certification; Acquisitions for OpenX

OpenX wants to provide publishers with more quality control as well as audience and inventory protections. To that end, the marketplace provider has
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Tramp Press to reject all submissions by 'sexists'

Irish independent publisher Tramp Press has said it will reject submissions from “overtly sexist” writers who refer to the publishers as “dear sirs” or
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Women Writing the West offers opportunity for aspiring student writers

“Because we're inclusive, we want to bring up young writers, help them learn things that they might not get in creative writing classes and begin
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Papers left out: publishers

OTTAWA — Newspaper publishers are decrying the lack of government funding for newsgathering as Ottawa unveiled its plans for a stronger CBC
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Culture Days in Humboldt Returns

3:00 – 5:00 pm: Interactive Creative Writing taking place at the Museum. 7:00 pm: Poetry Reading with poet Dave Margoshes at the Reid-Thompson
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A Word from the Editor (s) . . .

Looking back to what I learned during my first May term class at Hanover College (in 2016), Dr. Battles' Seminar in Self-Publishing, I could have
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Social justice demands time, but so does self-care

She holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and certificate in public history from Rutgers University-Camden and is also a proud VONA alumna.
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Ottawa lays out cultural 'road map' for digital future

“Our music publishers have 75 per cent of their revenues coming from export,” McGuffin said. “Anything that supports export means that Canadian
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California Board Approves 10 Textbook Families, Rejects 2

The Instructional Quality Commission rejected two textbook families, saying the publisher submitted more than 1,000 pages of changes during a
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'Write no more': 10 books that were banned

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'Write no more': 10 books that were banned

The owner of Entertaining Comics, Gaines was one of the most notorious comic book publishers of the 1950s. This story about a girl who kills her
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Editor – Avery

In this role, the Editor will communicate between authors, agents, and the in-house publishing staff to shape and successfully publish books within the
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Publisher defends 'x-rated' scene in Biff, Chip and Kipper school book

Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has defended “dubious scenes” in one of its children's books after an eagle-eyed reader noticed something
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PBM only publishing company named to Triad's Fast 50

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Progressive Business Media is the only publishing company to be named one of the Triad's 50 fastest-growing private
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Making the whole world sing (from New York City)

His company, Downtown Music Publishing, has the rights to more than 100,000 compositions by Cy Coleman, John Lennon, One Direction and other
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ExWorks Provides $13MM to Fund PE Buyout of Multi-Platform Publishing Co.

ExWorks Capital provided $13 million in financing to support the private equity acquisition of a U.S. based multi-platform media company that was
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For Publishers, Premium Will Always Be Preferred Over Programmatic Advertising

But for publishers, who are able to better predict the size of their audiences and manage a suite of verticals or properties, more value is created by
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Marie Claire and NME publisher makes Time for £200m Epiris bid

The publisher of some of Britain's best-known magazine titles, including Country Life, Marie Claire and NME, is in talks to sell the business to a former
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Vice Names Ariel Wengroff Publisher of Broadly Women's Channel

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Vice Names Ariel Wengroff Publisher of Broadly Women's Channel

The publishers of Vice's verticals report up to Punch. For the time being, Wengroff will retain her position as chief of staff to Smith and will continue as
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Advertising Week Briefing: Media's got a trust problem

The IAB Tech Lab protocol ads.txt was supposed to be a simple solution to fight fraud, but few publishers have adopted it so far; one view was that
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Publishing in Scientific Society Journals: Good for Science, Good for Scientists

Pat Schloss is a professor at the University of Michigan who helps evaluate faculty progress at his and other universities. Over the past year, he say…
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Ruth Barton Writing Center Looks to Redefine Students' Definition of Writing

Ruth Barton Writing Center Looks to Redefine Students' Definition of Writing … The Half-Block course and adjunct, taught by Santa, aim to adequately
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Jody Gerson of Universal Music Publishing Group on Trusting Teams

This interview with Jody Gerson, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Publishing Group, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
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Why Allure and Teen Vogue Focus on Innovation Rather Than Data

As publishers are relying more and more on social media platforms to distribute their content, they inherently compete with ever-shifting algorithms
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In Another Shakeup, Condé Nast Taps New Chief Revenue Officer

Many publishers continue to wrestle with declining print advertising and newsstand revenue, a sustained downturn that has led to industry-wide belt
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SAGE Publishing and American String Teachers Association partner to publish two journals – 29 …

Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has partnered with the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) to publish the music journals American
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Facebook's about to launch its news subscriptions initiative. The New York Times is reportedly …

Facebook wouldn't budge on one key deal point, and that proved a deal-breaker for some publishers. Those publishers participating in subscriptions
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How biologists pioneered preprints—with paper and postage

… test of exchanging unreviewed manuscripts, and how publishers killed it. … created a preprint exchange but shut it down when publishers objected.
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How Brendan Eich plans to flip the online ad model and fix the web

The trick: Brave blocks data-hogging ads and flips the web's publishing model. Instead of advertisers paying publishers or ad networks to serve their
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Assistant to Senior Agent

Writers House is seeking a highly motivated individual to join its New York office as an assistant to a senior agent. Responsibilities include tracking
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Playboy founder, sex revolutionist Hugh Hefner dies at 91

Fond of drawing and writing, he published his own neighborhood …. The incident spurred him to start HMH Publishing Co. with $600 borrowed from
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Maroon 5 Tickets For Mandalay Bay Concert In Las Vegas, NV: Cheaper With TicketsTeam.com …

Maroon 5 tickets are always among best sellers of concert season, and upcoming New Year's Eve concerts in Las Vegas are already among the
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Welcome To The Age Of Cheap Overseas Information

Based on Facebook engagement and other metrics, some of these overseas publishers are now beating their American counterparts. In the process
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Publishers need a new definition of UX: From 'user experience' to 'user expectation'

If advertisers want to combat ad blocking, they need to start thinking of user expectation as the new UX and considering how that translates to native
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Tips to Writing College Essays

For example, is it a research essay or just a creative writing piece? If it is a research paper, then your thesis might be something like- “Throughout
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Media news roundup: Wall Street Journal Europe is closing today

The Wall Street Journal ends its 24-year history of publishing a European edition today. The final Europe print edition is out today, while the Asian
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No more chocolates? Save the cacao trees!

Although it comes in many colors and shapes, chocolate is still the best … is hopeful that it will become one of their best-sellers because of the good
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New Study from SuperData Research and Digital River Reveals Six Strategies for Digital Game …

Titled, “Defend Your Kingdom: What Game Publishers Need to Know about Monetization and Fraud,” Digital River commissioned the study from
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