Day: December 13, 2017

Getting on track with wearables

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Getting on track with wearables

The Deerfield, Ill.-based retailer markets tits own brand activity tracker Striiv, and incentivizes the use of the best-selling activity trackers through its mobile app. Through the app, users are rewarded with 20 Balance Rewards points every time they record a blood pressure measurement, clock 1 mile in
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Facebook Kills off Paying Publishers for Video Content

Facebook wants publishers to post video, but it doesn't want to pay for it anymore. The social network will stop paying publishers to produce on-demand and “Facebook Live” content by the end of the year, according to a new report from Digiday. Some 300 outlets, celebs, and “other video creators” won't
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Christmas Carols: Religious or Generic?

Christmas Carols have been with us as long as Christmas but as movies and other outlets began to emerge carols moved from the more traditional songs to somewhat generic carols. We Three Kings gave way to Jingle Bell Rock. Oh Holy Night and Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town. Over time Christmas
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Costco-GM Auto Sale Interest Up 55% This Year

For the past several years, Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) has teamed up with General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to offer Costco club members special pricing on new GM vehicles during the fourth quarter of the year. Costco announced Tuesday that interest in the program is up 55% year over
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Microsoft's Menu of Indirect CSP Partners Gets Bigger

Azure and Dynamics 365 are the next best sellers, and the CSP product mix also includes Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) and Windows 10 Enterprise, among other things. Sales have really taken off since Microsoft built out a structure for the CSP community in 2015 — and that architecture has held
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March 2018 IDW Publishing Star Trek Comics

March 2018 will bring two new Trek-themed comics from IDW Publishing. The titles include Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018, and Star Trek: Boldly Go #18. Star Trek: Discovery Annual 2018 will arrive in late March. In this issue, “The U.S.S. Discovery is a ship unlike any the galaxy's ever seen,
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Lord & Taylor Just Launched A New Size-Inclusive Line

The 20-piece collection, titled Best of Gravitas, is a mix of the brand's top-sellers and its latest workplace appropriate pieces; it will be priced from $175 to $275 and will serve as a way to introduce new customers to the label. “I launched my company based on my first piece of professional feedback — I
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How Condé Nast went from magazine publisher to entertainment company

Five years ago, Condé Nast, the venerated magazine publisher, launched a whole new division that had nothing to do with print. Condé Nast Entertainment pumps out viral video content like the popular “73 Questions” series for Vogue. It's also tasked with adapting the company's vast catalog of print
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New Year, New Experiences: Sign Up For A City Lit Course This January

City Lit's tutors are pros in their fields, so you know you're going to be learning from the best of the best, whether you want to try your hand at creative writing or master the art of photography, you'll have the experts teaching you all the tricks of the trade. By next Christmas, you could be giving everyone
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Chinchilla News celebrates 110 years of publishing

BEGINNNINGS: The Chinchilla News in 1915. Left to right: W.O. Brie, Sydney Blanchard, D. Hoare, O. Mackay (later Mrs Frank Mann). Chinchilla Shire Library – local. Use this content. by Jessica Schremmer. ONE hundred and ten years ago today, the first edition of Chinchilla News was released, “just in
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Treasure Trove Of Bargain Books Helps Support Library Programs

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Treasure Trove Of Bargain Books Helps Support Library Programs

The shelves contain a wide variety of books, from recent best-sellers to reference books to books on CD and DVDs. Many are donated, while others are library books that are no longer needed for one reason or another. Donations come from a variety of sources, said Friends bookstore chair Paula
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The wait for Wawa is over in Northeast Florida

Wawa said Turkey Classic hoagies are the best-sellers in Florida. Wawa at 6787 Wilson Blvd. The store also has 16 gas pumps and outside seating for customers. In addition to a regular menu, it offers hot food from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily with a rotating variety of soups, along with a stable set of sides and
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Only Killers and Thieves

Only Killers and Thieves.
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Indie bestsellers for the week of Dec. 10

Indie bestsellers for the week of Dec. 10 … The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. HARDCOVER FICTION. 1. Artemis: Andy
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Malcolm Gladwell to Headline InMoment's CX Elevated 2018 Global Best Practices Conference

New York Times best-selling author, Malcolm Gladwell, will headline the event, which attracts hundreds of the world's top CX brands and practitioners each year. Other featured speakers include James L. McQuivey of Forrester, software luminary Robert Youngjohns, and InMoment CEO, Andrew Joiner.
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Why The Big Issue is bucking the publishing trend

Declining advertising spend and a reduction in print circulation have had a sizeable impact on publishers' ability to survive in a modern digital landscape, but for not-for-profit title The Big Issue, its strong purpose and simple distribution model has helped it build audiences. The publication, which began
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3 Reasons Fitbit Inc Stock Could Get Even Healthier in the New Year

Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) CEO Kevin Mansell named Fitbit devices as one of the biggest sellers for the firm this year, and Amazon.com Inc. (NYSE:AMZN) featured the devices in many of its promotions. Fitbit's wearables also took up 9 out of the 10 spots on Amazon's Best Selling Activity Trackers
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Brian Kilmeade will be heard live more often on WHIO radio

DAYTON — Fox News' Brian Kilmeade will be heard more often in the morning here in the Miami Valley. Starting Monday, Kilmeade can be heard live from 9 a.m. to noon on AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO. The Herman Cain Show will now air at 8 p.m. instead of 10 a.m.. “I'm excited for this change that
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Which smartphones retain their resale value the best?

Based on price alone, the HTC U11 has actually retained its retail value the best. It's still selling for the same $649 launch price over at Amazon. Perhaps this lower entry point than previous models— the HTC 10 launched at $700— held back the price slump that the brand has seen before. Samsung's
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Have Yourself an Omni-Channel Christmas

… as any company for overpromising delivery capabilities) started hyping the idea of delivering shipments via drone, and nowadays they talk about entire fleets of flying warehouses, sort of the equivalent of a floating aircraft carrier stuffed with smartphones, Star Wars toys and the latest best-sellers.
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Warehouse Market and Bakery to open soon

Pricing seed by weight is similar to the current operation in regard to The Warehouse Market and Bakery's selling platform. Lynette said each … They sent me their best sellers.” Items in the market … Lynette said the warehouse wasn't in too good of shape, but it didn't take long to renovate. “We've been
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Missed connections to be expected at packed luxury show

The event's manager, Gareth Baguley, said that deciding which of the world's top luxury travel sellers get invited next year is a process that begins almost as soon as this year's event ends, with ILTM officials, exhibitors and executives from leading agencies and consortia comparing notes and making
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Deciding Between E-Textbooks & Physical Textbooks: Pros and Cons

Purchasing books for your courses in college can become a huge burden financially. The books for all of your courses will amount to hundreds of dollars, books that you will only use a few times over the semester if you need them at all. With the growing popularity of electronic publishing, authors and
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LinkedIn & Facebook Social Publishing

This has been a recent thing I've noticed but I wanted to put it out there… Is anyone else finding on their Social Media publishing tool when they.
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How a Subscription-Box Founder Is Using Data to Survive — and Thrive

The fabric is now available in a range of products, from tees to pants and dresses, all of which are best-sellers. Those efficiencies make the entire operation a self-sustaining loop. Better boxes lead to more orders; more orders means more data; more data means better targeting; better targeting means
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Village Cafe and Bakery owners aim to bring cozy atmosphere alongside coffee, tea

Kim, who is originally from South Korea, said bulgogi, a Korean-style grilled beef, is one of his best sellers and is sold either as a sandwich or as a panini. In the future Kim said he would like to expand his offerings to provide “health and well-being foods.” Kim said customer satisfaction is critical to him
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Denver Real Estate Agent Explains How to Pick Best Offer in New Podcast Segment

Skyfor, is a Denver based company that helps people connect with top buyer and seller agents. In this 6-minute podcast, listing agent Todd Tilghman explains to his client how to pick the best offer when two or more are presented. He explains that sellers do not have to take the very first offer they are
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RE/MAX Realtor Troy Hansford Helps Sellers Sell During the Cold Winter Market

Spring and summer are widely considered the best house selling seasons, whereas the market tends to dramatically cool down in winter. “It can be hard to sell a home in the winter, and we currently have the lowest inventory that we've had all year, but demand is still very high,” said Realtor Troy
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Why the end of Google's 'First Click Free' is a step in the right direction

In reality, the move highlights Google's acceptance that subscriptions are driving a refreshed approach to publisher monetization. Now, instead of Google dictating that subscription-driven publishers must provide access to three articles a day to feature in search results, publishers can decide how many,
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Filler killers

It's unfair (and inaccurate) to say that this was something that was done “to” publishers “by” social media platforms, though, because most of us were complicit in the shift that happened as Facebook and Twitter because meaningful places to distribute content. Most publishers still standing today built (or
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Clarkson: Books for reading and gifting

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Clarkson: Books for reading and gifting

He is an award-winning short story writer and essayist, and I bought a thin little book called “Congratulations by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness” which is the commencement speech Saunders gave at Syracuse University, where he teaches creative writing. In it he urged the graduates to live lives
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Renault preps for hands-free cars by buying stake in French publisher

The publisher, the Challenges Group, produces Challenges, a popular weekly economic journal and four other titles on science, history and research. It is wholly owned by Claude Perdriel, 91, who will continue to hold 60 percent of the company. “This project is totally in line with Groupe Renault's
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BlackRock Bitcoin Price 'Bubble-Like'

While both would remain independent initially, they “could consider a merger later with the Murdochs' publishing company, News Corp.,” reported Bloomberg's David Hellier and Anousha Sakoui. Fox CEO James Murdoch could potentially be offered a senior position at Disney once the deal is done.
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XgearHubStarts Publishing Reviews for Sports and Adventure Gear

Beverly Hills, CA – XgearHub is a business that has gone the extra mile to help adventurers and thrill-seekers with their website. They provide people with accurate and timely product reviews for some of thetop sports and adventure gear in the market. Their insightful online reviews will undoubtedly
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'Black Lightning' EP Salim Akil, Star Cress Williams on 'Arrowverse' Crossover Potential

Still, Williams told ComicBook.com that as his daughters and potentially others on the show begin to develop powers of their own, there is something in Black Lightning's decades-long publishing history that he would like to see the writers riff on. “The thing that's gonna be really, really interesting at some
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Emory grads poised for musical breakthrough as The Shadowboxers

Hoffman: My freshman year I accidentally enrolled in a class with Natasha Tretheway [director of creative writing at the time]. I had no idea who she was when I got there, and someone was like “I don't believe we are all here,” and I was like “what's going on?” She had just won the Pulitzer Prize.
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On this day in Alabama history: Poet presented regimental flag to Marion Rifles

On this day in Alabama history: Poet presented regimental flag to Marion Rifles A portrait of poet and educator Zitella Cocke by Nicola Marschall, ca. 1860. Perry County native Julia Zitella Cocke (1840-1929) was known primarily for her poetry, much of which focused on the South. She also wrote music,
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China's Stealthy Holiday Crackdowns

His alleged crime was trying to “overthrow the socialist system” by publishing articles online, speaking to foreign news outlets, and publicizing his clients' cases via social media. At first glance, the timing of the decision may appear coincidental. But the Chinese government has a long history of
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City stops publishing meeting videos

PREMIUM Access to information regarding the process of public policy-making is no longer accessible to the public as the administration under the new Governor Anies Baswedan has stopped uploading the videos of various policy meetings to its YouTube account. The policy contradicts a gubernatorial
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State orders firm to supply books before schools reopen

Every school must ensure a one to one book ratio is achieved for every learner,” Dr Matiang'i said yesterday. “We have changed our business model of doing things. We will directly deal with publishers to supply books to schools. We don't want a situation where cartels exploit our children. The only thing
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Time-Trails and Travelled Roads: GALE RENEE WALDEN with Rod Kessler

Years later she showed up around Boston, giving readings and working part-time teaching gigs, including at Salem State where I was a stalwart on the creative writing faculty and sometime adviser of Soundings East. (The student editorial board selected her as one issue's feature poet.) While we haven't
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Staff

They were married in 2012. In their time together, they have collaborated on several book projects under their own non-profit publishing company Happy Crab Press, as well as other writing and photographic ventures, now including The North Forty News, a publication that they both love and are glad to
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Hyperlocal News Domination – The Process for Posting PR for Value

Expert content – You need to tell your teacher (or Google), that you didn't just make up the story. I often read flowery or dreamy content and just move on – total crap. This is not creative writing. This is writing for authority. Authoritative or expert content needs to be cited. Ph.D.'s can ramble and proselytize
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Today in History: Dec. 13, 2017

100 Years Ago – 1917: Following an illness of about nine years, John Spencer, retired businessman and newspaper publisher, died last night at his home, 527 E. Ninth St. Few men in this city have been identified more intimately with its commercial interests and its welfare than Mr. Spencer. Born in
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Agricultural Economics and Law Grad Campbell Writes Book on Historical Tennessee Trial

The Great Magness Trial: The Killing of Patton Anderson, the Trial of the Magness Family, & the Pursuit of Justice on the Tennessee Frontier has been published by BrayBree Publishing, which focuses on books related to Southern history. Campbell is senior vice president of the Lincoln Policy Group,
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Historical Short Stories from Stone Author

Steve says, “I'm really excited to have had these stories published. I've always been fascinated by history – I spent twenty-four years teaching it – but historical fiction allows you to tell a few tales too. I was once told that writers should write about what they know; I was also told that one should write to
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Kobalt Music signs global deal with Eric Church's publishing company Little Louder

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Kobalt Music signs global deal with Eric Church's publishing company Little Louder

Kobalt Music has signed a worldwide creative and publishing deal with independent publishing company Little Louder, covering future works and all back catalogue. Little Louder is owned by country star Eric Church (pictured). Kobalt's creative team will be pitching their writer's songs for placements on
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Cristina Rivera Garza's The Iliac Crest

In a recent interview, she states that writing should attempt to cross borders of genre and language while also highlighting the politics of borders between cities, genders, and definitions of sanity. For Garza, creative writing is bound to bodies and specifically bones; the symbolic power of the novel resides
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'Big Sick's Michael Showalter & 'Godless' Scott Frank Among Advisors For Sundance Screenwriters …

Catie Ally graduated from the New School with honors in Creative Writing and Film Theory. She is between hometowns and careers right now as she makes the move from copywriter in Brooklyn to screenwriter in Seattle. When she's not packing her entire life into the back of her car, she enjoys small
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The staunch carnivore who married a militant vegan

The Italian film director, a staunch carnivore, married a militant vegan and wrote a book about it, which has just been adapted to Maltese. … Mr Brizzi's title is probably one of the very first mainstream Italian books to be adapted to Maltese, with Merlin Publishers being very conscious of the fact that Italian
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Francis Moriarty: China is flexing its colonialist muscles

Universities, businesses, book publishers and the media, including social media, are already feeling these pressures. While China's Communist Party has always opposed colonialism, the national borders that it asserts today represent some of the farthest reaches of China's imperial past. The Party is
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How To Create Web Traffic "Out Of Thin Air"

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How To Create Web Traffic "Out Of Thin Air"

This approach of generating automatic redirects using hidden browser windows has long been used by unscrupulous ad networks working with porn publishers, according to Jérôme Segura, the lead malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes. “It's easy to commit fraud by having those redirections
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Teacher Profile: Hallie Layton, Montague Elementary School

Layton grew up in Montague and graduated from Yreka High School. She went on to Chico State University, where she majored in English education and minored in creative writing. She then stayed at CSU to obtain her teaching credential. Teaching was not always Layton's intended path.
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With a Little Help From Their Friends (and Agents and Librarians and Fact-Checkers …)

Fiction writers are plenty capable of similar bombast. Those outside the publishing business might be impressed that an author knows George Saunders/Toni Morrison/Marilynne Robinson, but those on the inside know that Saunders/Morrison/Robinson was really that person's creative writing professor.
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Jackie Fortier

… lifetime member of Kappa Tau Alpha, awarded for her thesis on disability and technology in news reporting. She holds a bachelor's degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Colorado State University and a Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Don't underestimate University of Baltimore

As a furloughed University of Baltimore faculty member and director of UB's MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts, I want to offer another perspective to the recent news about UB's financial troubles (“University of Baltimore rolls out furlough plan amid declining enrollment,” Dec. 7). Over the years
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The Data-Driven Future Of Media and Entertainment [Sergey Bludov]

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The Data-Driven Future Of Media and Entertainment [Sergey Bludov]

As the data analytics have improved, publishers have now also started to experiment with evaluating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to help decide which books to publish from among submitted manuscripts and proposal – and even guiding their authors to which books to write based upon
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Nine, Fairfax, News Corp unite against Facebook, Google

After decades of fierce rivalry, the two newspaper publishers have signed a memorandum of understanding with broadcaster Nine to pool their subscriber … offer advertisers a high level of addressability and have been growing their share of digital ad revenue at the expense of traditional publishers.
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Vintage to Publish Book on the Immigrant Experience by Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos

STRANGER: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era, a new book by award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos, will be published by Vintage Books as a trade paperback original and ebook in English and Spanish on February 27, 2018. The publication will coincide with the deadline to
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Renault backs magazine publisher ahead of driverless future

Driverless cars means freeing up your hands and your attention, which in turns means more time to read glossy magazines. That is the logic behind Renault's decision to buy a 40 per cent stake in Perdriel Group, the publishing house behind weekly business magazine Challenges. “Today, French and
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News UK, Johnston Press and FT among publishers given millions by Google news innovation fund

The Times and Sunday Times are among the latest publications to get funding from Google's Digital News Initiative innovation fund. The News UK-owned publisher has received a “large” grant, defined us up to €1m (£900,000) to develop James “an AI 'digital butler' that individualises the way content is
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Detroit Publishing Company, Thirty-eighth Street West from Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

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Detroit Publishing Company, Thirty-eighth Street West from Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Title: [Detroit Publishing Company, Thirty-eighth Street West from Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]; Contributor Names: Detroit Publishing Co., publisher; Created / Published: [between 1900 and 1910]; Subject Headings: – Detroit Publishing Co: – Photographic studios: – Streets: – Commercial facilities
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Religion Book Deals: December 13, 2017

The deal includes two trade books, a devotional, a gift book, and a children's book. Brave Love, the first trade book, will be about her identity struggles as a wife, mother, and professional. It's slated for publication in February 2019. The author was represented in the deal by Lisa Jackson of Alive Agency.
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Layer-by-layer assembled membranes with immobilized porins

New and advanced opportunities are arising for the synthesis and functionalization of membranes with selective separation, reactivity, and stimuli-responsive behavior. One such advancement is the integration of bio-based channels in membrane technologies. By a layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of
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Award-winning poet joins faculty of Spalding University low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing …

Since 2014, Petrosino has served as associate professor of English and director of creative writing at the University of Louisville, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate creative writing courses as well as literature courses. From 2010-14, she was an assistant professor at U of L. Petrosino
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Australia mulls publishing Asian LNG netback prices for Queensland

Australia's competition watchdog is considering developing and regularly publishing an LNG netback price series at Wallumbilla in Queensland based on delivered LNG spot prices in Asia to enhance transparency in the country's east coast market. *ACCC estimating LNG netbacks on Platts JKM
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Germany's Axel Springer joins trade association News Media Alliance

Axel Springer is joining the News Media Alliance, a trade group which represents and lobbies on behalf of the print and digital news industry. It is the first time a non-American publisher is joining the alliance, which will benefit from having vocal and powerful partner as media companies wrangle with
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Graphic Design Intern

Looking for a great internship at Water Music Publishing in Bloomfield, NJ? Learn more about the Graphic Design Intern position right now!
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Account Manager, UK Sales

Account Manager, UK Sales – STM Publishing in Experienced (non manager), Sales, Higher education with TELFER PARTNERS. Apply Today.
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The Myth of the 'Terrible Twos'

The book's publishers asked her if she wanted to celebrate the book's 25th anniversary with a second edition. They asked if she had anything to add, and after following new developments in both parenthood and toddlerhood over the past few decades, she did. Lieberman recently spoke with me about
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Regional and hyperlocal publishers win Google cash for news projects

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Regional and hyperlocal publishers win Google cash for news projects

Steven Thomas Regional and hyperlocal publishers have won grants from a multi-million pound fund aimed at creating news-related innovations. Google has announced the fourth round of funding from its Digital News Initiative, which helps projects from across 26 European countries to get off the
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Publishers lose $1.27B yearly to ad fraud, new study finds

A new study by 16 programmatic publishers including Business Insider, The New York Times and The Washington Post done in conjunction with the platforms Google, Amobee and Quantcast found alarming figures around video and display advertising fraud, according to a press release. The groups
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Top 7 Android writing apps for students

A built-in dictionary will help you find the right words, a thesaurus will show you synonyms, and a rhyming dictionary will assist in creative writing assignments like poems or songs. You can convert your files to different formats and sync them with Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive. Jotter Pad is suits
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Facebook publisher referral traffic dropped significantly in 2017

The amount of external traffic Facebook sends to publishers has dropped significantly in 2017, while the amount of publisher traffic Google generates has increased substantially in the same timeframe, according to data from digital analytics company Parse.ly, per Recode. Parse.ly's data comes from
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Q&A: Danielle Geller

On her journey she found the importance of writing and those writings have allowed her to thrive in the University of Arizona's Creative Writing Program. “I think there's always this voice in my head, and I think of it as the 'writing voice'”, Geller said. “It's basically just the part of my mind that's always
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Daily Mail publisher sets aside £20m in advertising rebates

Programmatic ad sales had “a strong performance in both the US and UK”. It remains unusual for media owners to disclose that they pay rebates. DMGT first made a disclosure in its 2015 accounts. The Guardian and The Sun are the only other UK newspaper publishers to mention rebates in their annual
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SNHU Grad's Goal: Harness the Power of Storytelling

Having already earned a master's in business, Pierre decided if she was going to put extensive time and effort into furthering her education, she should master a craft she was passionate about – writing. Prior to starting her master's in English and creative writing, Pierre had already written a book, a play
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Homer takes kids on a magical, Christmas ride

The programme will include role playing, interactive teaching of Homeric texts, creative writing and animation techniques drawing inspiration from the heroes of the Homeric epic, who will provide the … A Christmas academy for children from 11-14 with creative writing, interactive teaching and drawing.
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ambitious climate targets could save coastal ecosystems

The difference between the Paris climate agreement's two alternative temperature targets – 1.5°C (2.7°F) and 2.0°C (3.6°F) above pre-industrial levels – may be the difference between life and death for some coastal ecosystems threatened by sea-level rise. That is a key finding of new research from
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Ph.Ds Are Still Writing Poorly, Part 2

Strive not just to please your advisers, but to surpass them. Rachel Toor is a professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington University's writing program, in Spokane. Her book Write Your Way In: Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay was recently published by the University of Chicago
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Fun with subscription products

Subscriptions are on the mind for every publisher as Facebook and Google continue to cannibalize ad dollars. But while a lot of media companies aren't new to the concept (hi print), the industry is very early in exploring the different subscription frameworks in a digital world. That will change. So let's start
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Financial-Times/annotations-publish-healthchecker

annotations-publish-healthchecker – Service that reports whether the annotations publishing flow works as expected.
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NYT's New Ad Chief: Digital Publishers Need More Than Ads To Survive

Many digital publishers have had nothing but bad news to share this Q4 – from golden child BuzzFeed laying off staff to Mashable being sold for a bargain-basement price. But The New York Times is telling an upbeat story about its business with a new storyteller at the helm: Sebastian Tomich. Tomich
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Account Manager, UK Sales – STM Publishing

Our client, an internationally renowned STM publisher, is looking for an Account Manager, UK Sales, to promote sustainable digital subscription revenue streams whilst maximising print sales. Reporting to the UK Sales Team Leader, this new role provides an exciting opportunity to manage engagement
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Belichick is the Best in NFL History

OK, I still feel your wrath, and it involves Spygate, Deflategate and all of those times Belichick's Patriots did a little creative writing on injury reports, but here's the thing: Those were just offside calls around his football universe dominated by touchdowns and Lombardi trophies. If last year's fifth Super Bowl
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ACTC News: Dec. 13 edition

Communications and English classes are Intro to Communications, Intro to Intercultural Communications, Basic Public Speaking, Intro to Interpersonal Communications, Writing I, Writing II, Creative Writing, Intro to Literature and Survey of American Literature. Geography classes are Earth's Physical
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Kobalt signs worldwide deal with Little Louder

Kobalt, whose radical publishing model was recently explored in-depth in Music Week, has an acquisition fund and recently swooped for the Songs catalogue. Kobalt's creative team will be pitching Little Louder writers' songs for placements on records and providing assistance on key sync projects,
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Ads.txt — What Part Of Not Losing $1.27bn Don't Publishers Like?

It's the same with publishers and ad fraud. Nobody is suggesting they enjoy having their sites “spoofed,” and we have to remember there wasn't always an awful lot about it in the the past. The thing is, they can now — and if today's news from Google doesn't make them stand up and take notice, nothing
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Self-help as a publishing strategy

Self-help as a publishing strategy. “There is no blueprint for these sorts of projects, because they are built on personality and trust. One size does not fit all. They require building a content feedback loop that requires dedication and resources.” Manoush Zomorodi. Engagement projects, interactive
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Sarah Harris

Her writing has been published in The American Prospect and Slate. She reported on cement production in Chanute, Kansas through the Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Journalism and contributed to the award-winning NPR/Center for Public Integrity collaborative series “Poisoned Places.
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Amelia Edwards obituary

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Amelia Edwards obituary

Amelia Edwards, who has died aged 77, was the art director of Walker Books and one of the most important influences on children's book publishing in the 20th century. Working with some of the best illustrators and writers of the age, she built a list of classic titles that shaped the reading experience of
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Sync Story: Inside Clean Bandit's BBC One placement

Calling anyone who's not feeling the Christmas spirit quite yet: BBC One have brought dad dancing to the nation's TV screens. That's right, the channel's festive film – which tells the story of a young girl's Christmas talent show – climaxes with the pair prancing in time to Clean Bandit's Symphony (feat.
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Grant Gould—Living His Childhood Dream

So I made another life change and found a full-time graphic design job at a wonderful kids' book publisher in North Mankato called Black Rabbit Books, and I'm very happy that I did. It allowed us to get a house in St. Peter, and that's where I'm at these days, and life is good. I'm still doing freelance work
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The Publishing House Debuts in Chicago

First constructed in 1909, the Free Methodist Publishing House in Chicago has been transformed into an intimate property near the West Loop. The 11-room Publishing House Bed and Breakfast has received its facelift from locally based Nushu Architecture and Vero Design + Build with Siren Betty
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Facebook plans to stop paying publishers to make news feed videos

Multiple publisher sources said Facebook no longer plans to pay publishers and other video makers to produce videos for the news feed. Three publishing sources whose companies were paid by Facebook said the platform plans to end the program that paid publishers and other video makers money
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New Literary Festival Coming to the Twin Cities

… the Texas Book Festival and to the Los Angeles Times Book Festival. He pointed out that while the Twin Cities Book Festival highlights its vendor area, which features the offerings of literary presses and small publishers from throughout Minnesota, Wordplay will emphasize author events and activities.
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Primary school apologises after accidentally publishing picture of reindeers having SEX in newsletter

A primary school has apologised after accidentally publishing an image of reindeers having sex in newsletter. Hyde Park Junior School in Plymouth, Devon, sent the letter to pupils and parents urging them to take part in a Christmas jumper day for charity. But staff at the 360-pupil school illustrated the
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Germany's Axel Springer joins American publishers association

The News Media Alliance has landed a very big fish as a new member — powerhouse German publishing giant Axel Springer. Axel Springer becomes the first international member of the Alliance, formerly the Newspaper Association of America. It will also be the largest member as measured by
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Why Colombia needs a new bird book

For my new Colombian bird book I have found the perfect partner in Rey Naranjo Editores, an independent Colombian company that boasts some of the most talented and original young publishers in Colombia, or indeed anywhere. They have taken the book beyond being a useful field and home
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Rutgers Demotes Professor Accused of Publishing Anti-Semitic Posts on Social Media

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Rutgers Demotes Professor Accused of Publishing Anti-Semitic Posts on Social Media

Rutgers University has punished a professor accused of publishing anti-Semitic, racist, sexist, homophobic posts on social media, allowing both students and faculty to avoid working with him if they wish. Michael Chikindas, of the Department of Food Science at the New Jersey school, has been removed
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STM Publishing

EBSCO Health, the provider of evidence-based clinical resource tools including DynaMed Plus® and Dynamic HealthTM, has announced the appointment of Eileen Yoshida as Deputy Editor, Medication and Clinical Informatics. Yoshida brings more than 25 years of extensive experience in clinical
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Renault buys stake in publishing house behind Challenges magazine

Driverless cars free up your hands and attention, which in turn means more time to read glossy magazines. That's the view being taken by French car maker Renault, which on Wednesday announced that it is buying a 40 per cent stake in the Pedriel Group, the publishing house that produces the weekly
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Green Man Gaming Publishing becomes Ballistic Overkill publisher

Multiplayer FPS game, Ballistic Overkill, is now published by Green Man Gaming Publishing following an agreement with Brazilian developer Aquiris Game Studio. Ballistic Overkill is already available for Linux, Mac and Windows platforms on Steam and Green Man Gaming and the partnership with
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