Eisenberg and other former students at U.Va. and the Sewanee Writer's Conference, where Casey also taught, said he would inappropriately touch female students, comment on their clothing, use profanity to refer to women in readings and rank female students based on their attractiveness.
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A University of Virginia professor who is the subject of at least three Title IX complaints will not teach in the Spring 2018 semester, according to a letter dated Thursday from the university's Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights. The professor, John Casey, an award-winning creative-writing
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Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants. The move marks a major turn for Knewton, which has raised more than $157 million in venture capital based largely on a promise to provide the
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For some, the holidays is a time to feel gratitude and reflect on the blessings of the season. For sellers of media, it's a mad scramble to do their utmost by Dec. 31 to maximize their bonus if they're lucky — or make up for lost revenue ground if they're not. “It's not for the faint of heart,” said Tom Morrissy,
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Radio broadcaster Global is tapping traditional news publishers' first-party data to provide better targeted audio ad campaigns for its advertisers. Over the last year, Global has paid publishers, including ESI Media, Dennis Publishing, MailOnline and Haymarket, to overlay their first-party data into
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Branded content renewals are generally a tough sell, with renewal rates historically hovering below 40 percent. But branded podcasts appear to be bucking that trend, as advertisers continue to hunt for ways to spend uninterrupted time with audiences. On Thursday, the second season of “DTR,” a
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A 20-day foundation course on fiction writing for television, conducted in Delhi by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and the Delhi-based Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), came to an end on November 30. FTII alumnus and cinematographer B P Singh, known for his work in TV
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I guess it comes from that.” But it's been a long journey from housewife to published author for Marks, who credits her success to “never giving up. … In 2011, no closer to publishing her work than when she started, Marks self-published a digital novella, “Winter Rose,” on Kindle. By then, she already had
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Sources at four companies that have sold shows to Facebook, including one major media conglomerate and three digital publishers, said they have pushed Facebook to make it easier for them to sell mid-roll ads. They've also pushed Facebook on being able to sell sponsorships for Facebook Watch
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