Snapchat has revealed a redesign that gives publishers their own area of the app, away from messages from users' friends, and empowers an algorithm to decide what media content people see. CEO Evan Spiegel showed off the revamped app in a 60-second video proclaiming that Snapchat was
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Digital media companies are in a tough fight for ad dollars with Google and Facebook. Will hiring a Facebook exec help? Refinery29 is going to find out. The online publisher that targets millennial women has hired Sarah Personette, a top Facebook marketing executive, to be its chief operating officer.
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Two Ottawa newspaper publishers are blaming Postmedia's flawed business model for the impending closure of 24 community papers, saying the company has lost focus of the communities they serve. Postmedia and Torstar announced Monday they were swapping ownership of dozens of community
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I was a journalism student (and a FASHION journalism graduate student, lol—cut me some slack, I wanted to live in London) with minors in creative writing and Italian studies. I spent my under- graduate years writing reviews of tourist-trap Little Italy bakeries and local Queens venues frequented by high
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Not surprisingly, the best-selling product on Cyber Monday was an Amazon-branded product: the Echo Dot smart speaker. Other Amazon and Alexa-enabled devices were also popular, including its Fire TV Stick and Fire 7 tablets. “Customers purchased millions of Amazon's Alexa-enabled devices this
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With the new design, Snapchat will still open up to a camera, but it promises to have a clearer delineation between content from friends and content from publishers. If you swipe right from the main camera screen, you'll see a redesign Discover page of stories from publishers and creators as well as
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And many are doing that by partnering with publishers who focus on indie developers. Many of the leading indie games today are published by the likes of Devolver Digital, Curve, Raw Fury, Double Fine, Finji, Adult Swim, Team 17, Humble, PlayWay. They might seem to portend the sad end of a noble
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Some purchaseswere fueled by trends, like AncestryDNA, which was one of the top selling products on Amazon on Cyber Monday, selling 800% more kits in one day than during the entire holiday period last year, according to Vineet Mehra, the company's Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing
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Stocks finished at record highs on Tuesday as the Senate took a step toward passing a bill aimed at reforming the U.S. tax code. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 255.93 points higher at 23,836.71, with JPMorgan Chase leading advancers. The S&P 500 jumped 1 percent to 2,627.04 as
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She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri. Her current project, a pair of novellas about professional female artists in nineteenth-century New England, has received fellowships from the American Antiquarian Society, the
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On this date in 1913, Gov. George W.P. Hunt filed a protest with Mexico over the wholesale execution of prisoners of war by Pancho Villa. On this date in 1929, fire partially destroyed the plant of the Arizona Silver Belt Publishing Co. at Miami. Valuable newspaper files dating back to 1878 were saved.
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This is in line with Prime Day, when the device was Amazon's biggest seller during the online giant's 30-hour shopping event in July. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, “Customers purchased millions of Amazon's Alexa-enabled devices, and Alexa devices were the top sellers across all of Amazon,” Dave
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Each recipe is accompianed by tasting notes, and includes some history of brewing gruits. “Against All Hops” is available now from Page Street Publishing Co. for $18.99. Norman Miller is a Daily News staff writer. Email him at nmiller@wickedlocal.com or call 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog
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A new report has revealed more about the administration a Somerset-based tabletop games developer, including details of the subsequent sale of its assets to a competitor. Rebel Publishing Ltd, which traded as Spartan Games, entered administration on 4 September 2017 with Timothy Close from
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ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high-quality illustrated books and gift paper products for adults, adolescents and young children, and creates critically acclaimed and bestselling works under the following imprints: Abrams, Abrams ComicArts, Abrams Image, Abrams Books for Young Readers,
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Rahe set up a meeting between Barnes and the creative writing department head. They got to talking and hit it off, but Barnes wanted more. “I emailed her a couple of times afterward, just trying to figure out what movies she liked, what writers I should read about and do research on,” Barnes said.
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In an effort to make it even easier to use, Snapchat has overhauled its app with a fresh new redesign. The new app aims to separate 'social' and 'media', creating a clear distinction between interactions with friends and content from publishers and creators. The update is being introduced first to a small
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Per the company's statement, Echo Dot was the top-selling product on Amazon.com over the holiday weekend. Not only this, it was also the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category on Amazon. Additionally, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, all-new Amazon Echo, and Fire 7
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Audiences today only visit publisher sites for a few seconds before escaping to Facebook to discuss the content, and this is a huge challenge for publishers. We're committed to solving this problem by building communities to keep users engaged on publisher sites. Our native SDK now extends the
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In 1980, Advance Publications, Condé Nast's parent company, purchased Random House, one of the country's most storied book publishers. That was how he met Robert Gottlieb, an editor at Knopf, who ran The New Yorker from 1987 to 1992. In his speech, Mr. Gottlieb recalled a person whose
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While teaching there, Huston returned to UW Oshkosh to earn her master's degree in English and creative writing. “Although I was unable to take creative writing classes as an undergrad, I was able to feast on them while earning my master's.” she said. Huston returned to UW Oshkosh because it was
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Richard Johnson has led the transformation of Bonnier Publishing for the last seven years, growing revenue from £45m to £128m. He joined the company with a background in finance and in 2010 and was asked by its owners, Bonnier AB in Sweden, to “hold the fort” as c.e.o. while they found somebody
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E.L. James returns to the top of the Apple iBooks Store with Darker, her latest in the 50 Shades series. The sales represent pre-orders since Darker wasn't released until yesterday. Bold-name thrillers by David Baldacci, Lee Child, John Grisham, and Dan Brown round out the rest of the top five.
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In a promotional video, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said the changes will foster a more personal experience for users as it “separates the social from the media.” “One of the complaints we've heard about social media is that photos and videos from your friends are mixed in with content from publishers,
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NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spot.IM, the technology company that enables publishers to increase and monetize social engagement on their own sites, announced today a Series C investment of $25 million led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investors
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Ever open up Snapchat and find yourself annoyed that photos and videos from your friends are mixed in with content from publishers? Snapchat on Wednesday announced a major redesign that will ease your irritation. “Today we're separating the 'social' from the 'media' and reorganizing Snapchat
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The 22nd annual Madelia Community Hospital Auxiliary's Tree Of Remembrance Lighting Ceremony was held on Sunday, Nov. 26. Some years it has been cold outside but, this year, lemonade would not have been out of place instead of the coffee and cider that was served with the delicious cookies;
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E Jones Murray State GREENVILLE, Ky. (11/29/17) — Muhlenberg Job Corps student Elizabeth Jones received a letter she has been anxiously anticipating — her acceptance to Murray State University's creative writing program. Jones completed her pharmacy technician certification through the MJCC
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Smith Publicity, a top name in the book promotion and book marketing industry, works with all types of published authors to gain them the right … An “equal opportunity” publicity firm, Smith works with both self-published and traditionally published authors, as well as small and major publishing houses.
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Back in 1988, I was a graduate student in creative writing at San Francisco State University. I took a class called “The Art of the Memoir” — or something along those lines — and for it I had to write three pages to explain why I wanted to become a writer. I struggled. With a biochemistry degree from UC
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During the months leading up to the holidays, book publishers traditionally release a bulk of their hottest and most gift-worthy titles. … With an emphasis on tomes that revolve around architectural escapism and the healing power of design, below you'll find eight highly giftable books for everyone on your
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Scarlata's interest in writing and literature began in childhood. She and a friend created a newsletter for their families, and she focused on creative writing in high school. Her first job out of college was an internship for Copper Canyon Press. She writes professionally today and is a published author
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Booksamillion.com offers deep discounts on bargain books, audio books, overstocks and clearance books.
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Susan Cain, best-selling author and cofounder of Quiet Revolution, and David B. Wilkins, faculty director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School, discuss leadership, collaboration, and belonging in the legal profession. David B. Wilkins: Welcome, Susan. It's so amazing to hear your
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A native of Gainesville, Florida, Natalie Graham earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in American Studies at Michigan State University as a University Distinguished Fellow. Her poems have appeared in Callaloo, New England Review, Valley Voices:
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When it comes to comic books, for decades, one of those cities didn't belong. That's all changing with the publication of Okie Comics' first issue. An Oklahoma-centric free bi-monthly comic book showcasing some of the best writers and artists in the state, publisher and editor Jeff Provine said he was
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… but taking a twist to show the idiocy of these predators preying on our community. Those vultures do not need our compassion. Plus, the reporters have made the information much more interesting to read. Please keep up your creative writing in the Cops and Court section. It is the first section we read!
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After spending a year and a half rewriting a children's chapter book, I had made two inquiries of publishing companies that might be interested. Floris Books required that the setting take place in Scotland. (My story takes place in Asheville, North Carolina.) Steiner College was not taking on any new
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This looks to distinguish personal content from the professionally crafted video usually especially created for the platform by publishers. In the Publisher section, the Snap Map, Search and Our Stories features will be housed, creating a clearer barrier between content types (something that Facebook is
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“It is important for us to stay up to date with what our fellow booksellers in other countries are doing and with the European and international legislative initiatives for the book market. It would be important to have in Romania an association of booksellers that is a full member of the EIBF, as publishers are
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It'll be interesting to see if the move helps or hurts publishers. The good news is that publishers' content is now one swipe closer to Snapchat's home screen, which means it should be easier to find. The (potentially) bad news is that it's unclear how much of that publisher content users watched because it
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There's also a very quick connection between effort and reward with creative nonfiction. If I write something on Monday and it runs on Tuesday, my brain gets a pleasant hit of dopamine to say, “Hey, good job!” Working on a book, however, can take months or years (or if you really nail NaNoWriMo,
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French-speaking researchers are increasingly publishing their scientific articles in English, but opinions differ in Quebec on whether this is the right choice, and how it impacts local research and society. “For research to play its full role in improving the society in which it is conducted, researchers must be
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In this segment of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser, and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman consider why Meredith (NYSE:MDP), most notably the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and Parent, has been itching to ink a deal for Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME), the
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Meanwhile, almost every digital publisher seems to be struggling, selling, or soliciting, whether it's the media company IAC exploring offers to offload The Daily Beast, Fusion Media Group offering a minority stake in The Onion and former Gawker Media sites, or Mashable selling for a fifth of its former
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Besides the line dancers, students who crochet, the equestrians and the yoga enthusiasts, options include fishing, game design, puzzlemania, nutrition, table tennis, ultimate Frisbee, creative writing, car club, music theory, debate and vintage creations. After the meetings, Miller Royal said, “I pulled aside
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Loree L. Westron grew up in Idaho and now lives in England. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and is the founding editor of the online short story forum Thresholds, to which she has recently returned as deputy editor (http://thresholds.chi.ac.uk/). Her short stories have been shortlisted for several big
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A compilation of 42 stories penned by young authors has been launched in the form of a full-fledged book by Pearson India. Titled “MyPedia Reader Storybook,” it is the result of MyPedia Reader Creative-writing Contest 2017, a contest organised by Pearson India, the stories of whose winners are
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But there was one data point that jumped out at me: The e-commerce behemoth said that, over the holiday shopping weekend, its Echo Dot home voice assistant was the best-selling item across its entire product catalog. This served as a powerful reminder of how quickly this technology is making its way
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TRAVERSE CITY — Two statewide organizations don't want the state Court of Appeals to publish its decision on a lawsuit challenging Traverse City commissioners' decision on a tall building permit. The Michigan Townships Association and Government Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, believe
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However, a recent interview with Ferrante's publishers in Il Libraio, an Italian literary newsletter, included one line that could give fans relief: “I know she is writing, but at the moment I cannot say anything more,” said Sandro Ferri, who heads the publishing house Ediozioni E/O with his wife, Sandra
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In what is the largest single celebration of Jamaican teachers, Carlong Publishers will host its bi-annual Teachers' Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday November 30, 2017 to celebrate the unwavering dedication of teachers across the island. Carlong Publishers, in association with the Jamaica
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Writers and poets across Yamhill County have the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience as the Paper Gardens Creative Writing Contest is accepting submissions for its annual competition and chapbook publication through March 1. The contest is open to writers ages 6 and older and
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Islamic Renaissance Front chairman and director Datuk Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa (first left) and his lawyers, Khoo Guan Huat (second left) and Tunku Farik Ismail (first right). ― Picture by Ida LimKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 ― The Islamic Renaissance Front Berhad (IRF) can go on with its legal challenge of
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It is amazing to see young people write so skillfully and with such creativity. As the work of young people continuously improves in its quality,
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Music Week cover stars Kobalt have signed a multi-faceted worldwide publishing and recordings deal with The Wombats. The band's previous three
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The definition of who an African writer is has been a debate that has lasted as long as Africans have been writing and getting published. … Of course, there is a lot of restructuring that needs to be done so that more books can be published by the younger generation of writers, but that requires a collective
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“The Clark Group brings a range of supply chain services to LSC that position us for growth, including the ability to better provide a full-service offering for magazine clients with newsstand distribution as well as reverse logistics solutions for our book publisher clients.” Gores acquired The Clark Group out
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As for the beer, the brewmaster says the Seventh Star IPA is one of the best-sellers. He said they are also experimenting with the softer New England style of IPA. Essentially, if it says IPA it will sell, according to Bailey. The beers are marked with signature artwork by Montana-based artist Nikki Rossignol.
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Recent release “The Awakening of the Wolf” from Page Publishing author Daniel Dolan follows the struggles of a boy, who from the moment of his birth, is plagued … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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Proposed legislation to place new responsibilities on drones weighing more than 250g – such as mandatory registration of the individual and required
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When it comes to harassment in politics, powerful people are writing rules for themselves: Neil … And, of course, there's a non-disclosure agreement.
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Recent release “Little Lost Girl” from Page Publishing author Rick Kurtis is a spine-chilling narrative about a man caught up in a murder mystery involving a … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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He studied creative writing at University of Maryland and went on to receive his MFA in the field from California College of the Arts. In his free time,
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Knudson Packing Company was entered Friday night or Saturday morning and some small change along with some strips of jerky was taken. The firm was entered again Sunday morning and some hams were stolen. …The Citizen Publishing Company was entered Saturday morning and about $140
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