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. âI think there's always this voice in my head, and I think of it as the 'writing voice'â, 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 â 1.5°C (2.7°F) and 2.0°C (3.6°F) above pre-industrial levels â 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 â 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 â 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. âThere 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.â 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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