The long-overdue Music Modernization Act was introduced to the Senate today. Sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the bill is supported by a variety of music trade groups including BMI, ASCAP, the National Music Publishers'
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She also is the author of “Trespasses: A Memoir.” Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, Creative Nonfiction and many other publications. She teaches creative nonfiction at Rice University and Sierra Nevada College. Johnson's presentation was rescheduled from the fall after it
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We always handled matters in a professional way, and I am very thankful for this,” she said. At her interim position in Brigantine, Cappelluti will be paid $569.43 per diem. She is also an adjunct at Stockton, where she has been teaching a writing course called Schools of the Future for undergrads.
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Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch weighed in on how Facebook can improve the accuracy of its news feed. Specifically, he is suggesting that they follow the model of the pay-TV industry. “If Facebook wants to recognize 'trusted' publishers then it should pay those publishers a carriage fee similar to the
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… contact Melissa Pearson, UCA Theatre business manager, at 501-450-5092 or melissap@uca.edu. The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art; Film, Theatre and Creative Writing and Music, as well as the School of Communication. The college's primary mission
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Grades One and Two primary school pupils are set to enter the third week of the term without course books for the new curriculum after a printing … the publishers that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KIDC) had accredited to produce Grade One and Two books are yet to complete the task.
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Henry Holt said in a press release that “there are now 1.5 million hardcover books in print after 22 printings.” The book, by controversial media columnist Michael Wolff, is based on unique access to the White House and explosive interviews with top aides like Steve Bannon. The publisher expected the
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