Day: January 25, 2018

BuzzFeed Gets Taste of Chinese Market in Deal With Media Giant

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BuzzFeed Gets Taste of Chinese Market in Deal With Media Giant

The photo triggered a raging debate about colors and racked up millions of views for the online publisher. But one question gnawed at BuzzFeed's bosses: how the picture went viral in China. Chinese censors block the country's web users from using Facebook — one of BuzzFeed's preferred outlets.
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How House Sellers in Savannah Get the Best Price

In fact, the best real estate agents specialize in prepping homes in such a way that it blows away anyone who comes to look at it. Besides curb appeal, another trick is what is called 'staging'. Think of staging as setting the scene and while you don't want to overdo thing, a little creativity can go a long way.
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Former publisher Pat Schmidt honored for long newspaper career

A lifetime of service to Wyoming and Wyoming journalism was honored Friday night in Casper. Pat Schmidt, a Lovell native, Greybull High School graduate and former Lovell Chronicle and Thermopolis Independent Record publisher, was honored by his friends, family members and longtime colleagues
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Snapshot: Carmel residents Bop to the Top

Carmel residents Subir Chakrabarti, Rik Bag and Dhruv Biswas pause at Bop to the Top, a fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children. Participants climbed 780 steps to the top of the OneAmerica Tower in downtown Indianapolis Jan. 20. Bag is a student at Carmel High School and is serving as a Riley
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Job Vacancy: Selection and Publishing Manager (m/f) // Blinkist | Other | Berlin Startup Jobs

Selection and Publishing Manager (m/f) // Blinkist. January 25, 2018. This ad goes out to all those who want to find a purpose in what they're doing and take accountability for their work. At Blinkist, we've created a meaningful product that is growing fast. Our blinks – key insights from the world's best
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Publisher's Corner: State GOP chairman is doing a great job in tough times

New York State Republican Committee Chairman Ed Cox, left, is holding down the fort in tough times, says Gazette Publisher Alan Chartock. His most difficult job may be finding viable candidates to take on popular New York Democrats. With apologies to my many like-minded friends from the liberal left
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BG Bestsellers

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Mundelein Arts Commission announces student story contest

Ms. Kacel holds an MA in English Literature form the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In addition, she oversees the CLC Visiting Writers Program, and has been on the editorial staff of several journals. Please note that stories should not show the
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Snapshot: Chaplain reenacts Ernie Pyle

Hoosier Village chaplain Ron May presented a dramatization of World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle's work and life called “Stories from the War Front” Jan. 18 at the Hoosier Village Chapel. May, who served as a naval reserve chaplain, portrayed Indiana native Pyle in a one-person show he created
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Jimmy Garoppolo's jersey was a hot seller in 2017

Jimmy Garoppolo was the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers for just five games last year, but that's all he needed to have one of the top 30 selling jerseys for the 2017 season at the NFL Shop. Garoppolo's jersey sold enough to move him into the No. 25 spot for the season, per NFL.com.
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Caitlin Doyle's Poem Featured in The Guardian

Caitlin Doyle (Poetry '08) has been featured in The Poem of the Week column in The Guardian! Past featured poets include John Ashberry, Paul Muldoon, W.S. Merwin, Alice Oswald, Seamus Heaney, and Patricia Lockwood. The column's editor, Carol Rumens, has this to say about Caitlin's poem:.
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Finalists Named for the 2018 PW Bookstore of the Year

At Winter Institute 13 in Memphis, Tenn., Publishers Weekly announced the shortlist for the 2018 PW Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year Awards. These awards single out outstanding contributors to the bookselling industry. “Publishers Weekly is proud to have sponsored these two leading industry
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Publishing Knowledge Articles

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NGO No-Go?

Jobs in this field may require people who can develop materials asking for donations, contacting donors one-on-one, developing fundraising events, and making sure all donors are thanked. And, of course, there's the ever-lucrative field of grant writing! If you are a good grant writer, you may be just the
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Dowra student wins first prize in Book of Kells Creative Competition

Congratulating the winners on their great achievement, Laureate na nÓg, author and illustrator, PJ Lynch, ambassador of the competition and judge said: “ I was absolutely delighted by the fantastic talent shown by so many of the entrants and by the creativity, imagination and originality. It was a pleasure
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'Sensitive Guys' at InterAct: Satire on PC, rape culture, gender, and millennial zeal

Evren Odcikin's direction enables the laughter, while building on (and exposing) Kaufman's better devices. This compelling new work powers through most of its 90-minutes as a mystery, with Kaufman cleverly dropping clues and filling in the story (such as exposition laced into a creative writing critique).
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STM Week Day 3 2018

Seminar Director: Phill Jones, Director of Publishing Innovation, Digital Science. Events Terms and Conditions. Cancellation Cancellations made in writing up to 30 days before an event are eligible for a 50% refund. No refunds can be made for cancellations received on or after 30 days prior to the event
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Writing on the wall for Las Palmas?

It can be entertaining of course when his teams are in full flow going forward, but that will take time, and maybe too much time. “What happened on the pitch was a disgrace,” Jemez said after the Girona game. “We did things very badly, myself more than the players. We apologise to the fans. This result is
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Steelers' JuJu Smith-Shuster tops rookie jersey sales

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Steelers' JuJu Smith-Shuster tops rookie jersey sales

Smith-Shuster had the top selling rookie jersey this season according to the NFL Shop . The jerseys of teammates T.J. Watt, linebacker, and James Conner, running back, were also among the top sellers. Watt was the third best-selling jersey; Conner the 11th. The NFL's rookie running back class this
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Creative Taos on-stage

This is the one creative thing I can do,” she said. “Since I don't find writing easy, I've developed ways to fool myself that I'm not actually writing at all.” Those tactics have resulted in her first novel, “Say My Name,” which, she said, is the result of “trying to reclaim good writing for women.” (For more about
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Pam Grossman Brings Modern Witchcraft to a Podcast and Emojis

Growing up with an artist mom and musician dad, her interest in artistic creativity as a generative force was “in my blood,” she said. At New York University, she majored in cultural anthropology and triple minored in art history, religious studies and creative writing, with a smattering of Jungian psychology
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'Fun' is the operative word in Hands On! writing game

The red apple, of course, reflects Henderson County's historic crop and economic base, Knight noted. The much simpler logo has on it one child's handprint, rather than several colorful hands as before. Hands On! celebrated its 10th anniversary last September, a month after Knight succeeded founder
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WI13: Junot Diaz Urges Booksellers to Walk the Talk on Diversity

While praising the fact that there is more attention being paid to diversity in the publishing industry, Diaz said that it's not enough. Criticizing the book industry for being a business where predominantly white gatekeepers publish predominantly white authors, Diaz said there needs to be a diversification of
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WI13: Booksellers Tackle Diversity and the Sustainability of the Indie Model

Chris Morrow at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vt., said that he and other board members have gone over the ABACUS numbers (ABA's annual financial survey of member stores) with publishers. “Despite [indie booksellers'] modest growth over the past five years, we all know that wages
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Anthropology majors explore the world

“Former students who visit us consistently rave about all that they have learned in these focused reading and writing courses and the ways that it helped them get a job or find a research question to pursue in graduate school,” Quizon said. Quizon has been teaching foundational and specialized courses
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Tomorrow's Storytellers Today

Three years ago, I began teaching a seminar in advanced non-fiction writing at Penn. I did not know what to expect. My students did not know what to expect. I had no template for what I was doing. Teaching writing is particularly curious since so much of it is instinctive. I never took a writing course in my
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Marion in Sherwood Anderson's southern experience: Further insights

Though he had amply succeeded in the country newspaper business, its toil had distracted him from his creative writing, which made him unhappy. Despite such discontent, his countenance shows a soft smile, a partially satisfied expression, a satisfaction anchored on his rewarding marriage to Eleanor
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Calendar Art Director

Workman Publishing seeks a creative, forward-thinking, collaborative art director to run the calendar/stationery design department. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a dynamic team of publishers, editors, photographers, writers and designers, who are focused on constantly creating new calendars
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Spanish lang newspaper to publish soon

It will feature a collection of news, personal stories, creative writing and opinions, all written in Spanish and concerning Spanish or Latinx people and culture. Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Diego del Río Arrillaga, new to Kenyon this year, got the idea for the project last semester when he
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TOUCHING THE UNIVERSE

It's the summer of 1969 and every boy in America wants to be an astronaut. Gordo Jenkins, age 10, has the next best thing – an astronomer dad who builds a model of Apollo II in their backyard. Then, after Gordo has a near-drowning accident, his father seemingly deserts the family. Refusing to accept
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Hey Google, Alexa, and Siri: Publishers want a fair shot at voice-activated devices

It's a huge opportunity for marketers and publishers looking to reach audiences on these devices. But buying an Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Apple HomePod isn't just buying a product, but inviting an entire company into your home. So, publishers should tread with caution to make sure they have a
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Sheila Dikshits book traces evolution of Delhi through photos

Replete with pictures on subjects like heritage, culture, law, gender equality, urban environment, education, sports and transport, the book, brought out by Palimpsest Publishers, also has comments by people like Mark Tully, E Sreedharan and Sunita Narain among others. Dikshit says Delhi has today
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Finally finish your screenplay with this writing tool

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Finally finish your screenplay with this writing tool

Have an idea for a film floating around in your head that you've been trying to put down on the page? Final Draft 10 is the perfect tool to help you make those ideas reality. Write your script with the same tool the expert screenwriters trust and get it on sale now for 50% off the retail price. Final Draft 10 is
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Category:Publishing companies established in 1850

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Plan B: Wearing my heart on my sleeve inspires my writing

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Plan B: Wearing my heart on my sleeve inspires my writing

Writing helps me sort through life's turbulence. But creative freedom and deadlines create a conflicting dilemma that frequently throws me off balance. Without a definite prompt, I'll probably be floundering in writer's block because most of my stimuli comes from the rollercoaster of emotions I feel in the
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Classic Home debuting new trends at market

Furniture and accessory manufacturer Classic Home will display four room trends in its C309 showroom at the upcoming Las Vegas Market. These lifestyle vignettes feature new and existing best-sellers from across all product categories. Each of the styles— Coastal View, Downtown Escape, Nouveau
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Tweetum Gonzales holds basic writing course

BARBARA 'Tweetum' Gonzalez, Lifestyle columnist and author of “How Do You Know Your Pearls Are Real? On Single Parenthood and Other Ms. Adventures,” a 1991 National Book Awardee, Manila Critics Circle, will once again teach her basic writing class From the Heart. The basic writing course will
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Virgina Woolf: 5 Things To Know About Famed Author & Today's Google Doodle

Virginia and her husband (see below) founded the publishing company Hogarth Press, which published most of her works . 3. She had a history of nervous breakdowns. Beginning in her teens, after she lost her mother and half-sister in the span of two years, Virginia began experiencing periodic nervous
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Probe: Chinese opioid sellers exploit US postal service flaw

Trump's brand and spokesman declined to comment for this story, but in her 2017 best-seller, “Women Who Work,” Trump spoke about her commitment to improving “the lives of countless women and girls” and acknowledged that her father's presidential campaign gave her “an unprecedented
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Case Reports in Dermatology

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Case Reports in Dermatology

This peer-reviewed online-only journal publishes original case reports covering the entire spectrum of dermatology, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, toxicities of therapy, supportive care,
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OUP is now the proud publisher of the International Communication Association journals

Beginning in January 2018, Oxford University Press is the proud publisher of the prestigious International Communication Association (ICA) journals. ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
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Made in SRQ: Lickity Splits Ice Cream

Four years ago, Matthew Eastman started making small batches of ultra-rich ice cream flavored with top-shelf ingredients in his garage and selling it at block parties and festivals. Last April, an executive at Tampa's Amalie Arena noticed people at an Ybor City festival standing in line for Eastman's Lickity
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Publishers sign NLT literacy pledge

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Publishers sign NLT literacy pledge

Fifteen book businesses have signed this year's Vision for Literacy Business Pledge, organised by the National Literacy Forum. Signatories to this year's pledge include publishers Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Egmont, Routledge and The Quarto Group, and booksellers Amazon, W H Smith
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College Publishers Maneuver Amid Volatile Market Trends

Add the ongoing debate about the mission and strategies of higher education institutions, and the volatility increases for publishers of instructional materials. Simba Information examines how these forces are shaping the opportunities and the challenges for college publishers in its most recent market
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Google I/O 2018 to be held from May 8 to May 10

Google has started selling out the Audiobooks on the Play Store. The giant is offering some great discounts on the dozen of best sellers books. If you are looking for a new Audiobooks to purchase, Google Play Store now has a dedicated section of Audiobooks which you can explore from the web and
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"From the Publisher" on AZ Description Pages – Amazon Seller Forums

Hi, Besides being a bookseller we are also a small publishing house. I've seen on some book description pages here that there is a section called “From the Publisher” which allows the publisher to add even more photos from their book (ie besides those at the top of the page) and various paragraphs of
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Don't Fear Ad Blockers if You Have The Right Ads

Chrome's ad blocker launches Feb. 15. The move has been met with some concern, if only because of the threat it could pose to advertisers. “Could,” because Chrome's move, to block ads not in compliance with Coalition for Better Ads standards, should come as no surprise to publishers or advertisers.
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City mayor's 400-year legacy is an inspiration to young wordsmiths

Nine schools took part in the project which saw pupils take part in school trips and creative writing workshops and write stories and poems on the theme of travel and adventure. Pupils from Catton Grove Primary School were among those to take part and they were inspired by a trip to Thorness Bay on
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Alex Jones reported to be working on book about 'the war for your mind'

The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is shopping a book proposal to US publishers that promises to “open your mind in ways you can't expect … like the moment you first discovered sex or the internet or quantum physics”. CNN reported having seen a proposal for the book, which the controversial far-right
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Publishers clearing house payments

page it #. S. Shop with confidence. Payments on doxo are fast, easy, and safe. Also, please notify me by email if I win. Please also check that your system Due to our automated check processing, if you would like a payment to be applied to a specific order, we recommend sending in one check along
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Rest in Freedom, Ursula Le Guin

I see my own publishers, in a silly panic of ignorance and greed, charging public libraries for an e-book six or seven times more than they charge customers. We just saw a profiteer try to punish a publisher for disobedience, and writers threatened by corporate fatwa. And I see a lot of us, the producers,
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RFID News Roundup

Fragrance is among the top sellers with high shrinkage rates. SML offers tagging and packaging solutions for this category, which has traditionally been challenging due to the presence of liquids, as well as metal content in foil or packaging. SML also offers tagging solutions for eyewear, to ensure
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Support grows for Murdoch call for publisher compensation

“The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services. Carriage payments would have a minor impact on Facebook's profits but a major impact on the prospects for publishers and journalists.”.
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The Shepherd's Hut (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton)

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The Shepherd's Hut (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton)

Jaxie Clackton is a teenager on the run in the parched, unforgiving landscape bordering the salt lakes by the Western Australian desert. Convinced he'll be held responsible for the accidental death of his brutish father, Jaxie's a canny survivor who, despite his lot in life, refuses to abandon his dream of
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He went out on his boat and made a discovery. Is it last slave ship to reach the US?

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He went out on his boat and made a discovery. Is it last slave ship to reach the US?

The iconic African American author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston conducted a series of interviews with Cudjo Lewis, the last survivor of the Clotilda and finished a book in 1931 but her work was never published. The book will finally be printed nearly a century later, by publishing company
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Shiftlings is coming to Nintendo Switch

A point of interest is that Rock Pocket Games will be self-publishing the title on Switch, whereas it was originally published through Activision's now abandoned Sierra label. Is this a game you look forward to playing on the Switch? Shiftlings. Related texts. News: What is Shiftlings? 2014-03-07; GRTV:
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Question part of Whistler's history now

In researching stories published in Pique and the book I foolishly talked Bob and Kathy Barnett into publishing, Whistler: History in the Making, I talked to a lot of people who were here at the beginning. I heard a lot of stories. More to the point, I heard a lot of versions of the same stories by people who
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Homecoming for one of nation's favourite comedians

Ironically, my voice became my trademark which hopefully sends a message out there to other people being bullied that difference is not a weakness but something you can turn into a strength.” Joe, a keen horror fan and film buff began a creative writing and advanced writing course following the start of
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Vox Media eyes sandboxing to tamp down on malicious ads

Vox Media is investigating how a new weapon might eliminate malicious ads from its sites by 2019. Earlier this month, the publisher of sites including SB Nation, Vox and The Verge began testing sandboxing, a technique that loads its sites' advertisements in separate windows, called iframes, to ensure
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Phumlani Pikoli's The Fatuous State of Severity a fresh collection of short stories that explores the …

Intense and provocative, this new edition of the book, which was first self-published in 2016, features six additional stories as well as an introductory essay on Phumlani Pikoli's publishing journey. Phumlani Pikoli is a multi-media journalist and multi-skilled artist. He was born in Zimbabwe in 1988. This is
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4 kickass moms who totally reinvented their careers on maternity leave

When the Toronto mother and president of Dark Helix Press started a Kickstarter to crowdsource the cash to test recipes before self-publishing and distributing her toddler cookbook, raising about $400 Canadian ($340 U.S.), she also received countless tips and tricks from other moms looking for
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'Quality trumps quantity' – the Cambodian Facebook News Feed experience

Facebook's News Feed changes will benefit the brands and publishers that focus on fewer, high quality and relevant posts while penalising pages that produce spam, clickbait and tabloid trash. The changes aren't likely to have a material impact on the spread of fake news but there are indications it will
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For AI to Get Creative, It Must Learn the Rules—Then How to Break 'Em

American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every artist was first an amateur.” He likely never thought those words would apply to machines. Yet artificial intelligence has demonstrated a growing aptitude for creativity, whether writing a heavy-metal rock album or producing an original portrait that is
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Digital publishers ramp up TV push to nab viewers, ad dollars

Jan 25 (Reuters) – Online media companies ATTN:, BuzzFeed and Group Nine Media are making a bigger push into television, executives said, aiming to grab more of the TV advertising market and depend less on social media for viewers. While the companies have long lured audiences through social
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Virginia Woolf: Advice on life and writing from the great British novelist and feminist icon

She would later be revived as a feminist icon, however, celebrated for her independent example and famous for her dictum that, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” Although this last remark remains her most famous, Woolf of course made many other insightful
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Viz Media to publish new romantic comedy manga “Takane & Hana”

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Viz Media to publish new romantic comedy manga “Takane & Hana”

Viz Media has announced that they will soon begin publishing Yuki Shiwasu's romantic comedy manga Takane & Hana. … San Francisco, CA, January 24, 2018 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing,
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Denis Johnson's Death-Infused Last Stories

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Denis Johnson's Death-Infused Last Stories

“Triumph” begins as a journal entry in a slightly stiff present tense, but then tumbles backward into a story within the story about a fellow writer the narrator (who is not quite Johnson himself, but certainly a near relation) knew in Austin, Tex., during a time of teaching creative writing. Thus the story
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Flying cars and aerial robotics — Udacity's new course isn't your usual degree

“You'll master technologies in planning, controls, coordination, and more. Most importantly, you will learn by doing, writing aircraft-ready code that you can run on your own drones.” Indicating that the course requires some serious brain power, Udacity says it can't accept applicants who don't yet have the
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Robert Coover: By the Book

… are disguised as novellas, but both are really books about writing, my favorites. His more traditional essay collections — “Fiction and the Figures of Life,” for example, or “Habitations of the Word,” “A Temple of Texts,” “Life Sentences,” etc. — are also must-reads for young creative writers and scholars.
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From the bottom to the top: 3 key lessons WWE's CBO Stephanie McMahon learned on her way to …

“I basically interned and worked in every different department within our company and ultimately went on to become the first woman ever to head up our live events division, our talent relations division, our creative writing division, (and) our digital division,” she said. And with every role McMahon has
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