Sexual harassment is rife in the Australian book world, according to a survey carried out by the industry newsletter, Books & Publishing. More than half the people who responded said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment. A total of 213 people contributed their experiences to the survey
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Fairfax Media is partnering with Google to leverage the Silicon Valley giant's digital advertising and technology expertise in combination with the 186-year publisher's premium content and highly engaged digital audience. The partnership will see Google support Fairfax to sell and market programmatic
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But both Reva's and Nicole's pieces were written with a bit of a creative writing sense. They really described why volunteering is important and the impact they were making on the community,” said Julianne Alberty, executive director of Volunteer Square, which works with 308 nonprofits to place more
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A fundraiser was held Monday night for a publisher that lost books in a warehouse fire. Reedy Press had thousands of books inside the Park Warehouse Service Building in Botanical Heights when the building caught on fire in mid-November. When the warehouse went up in flames, Reedy Press vowed
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Like many other publishers, the BBC made its Amazon Echo debut with a news briefing Alexa skill and has experimented with creating “The Inspection Chamber,” a Kafkaesque audio drama developed exclusively for the Echo and Home with production company Rosina Sound. But with mounting
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An essay by Doran Larson, the Walcott-Bartlett Chair of Ethics and Christian Evidences and professor of literature and creative writing, appears in the November/December issue of Corrections Today. “The Echoing Silence: Who Will Speak for Prison Workers?” focuses on the history of the American
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The Washington Post has taken more of a slow and steady approach to international expansion compared to some pure-play digital publishers, whose global growth ambitions seem to be tempered. For the next year, the publisher will focus on growing its branded-content capabilities internationally after
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