Connelly: Virgil Fassio — A newspaper publisher's journey, its bumps in the road

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Connelly: Virgil Fassio — A newspaper publisher's journey, its bumps in the road

A newspaper publisher is by definition one who promotes his/her city as a good location to do business, and place to visit. Fassio relished the role, assuming presidency of the Seattle/King County Convention & Visitors Bureau just as the Times/PI joint operating agreement was going into place.
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Clifford Irving, Author of Howard Hughes Literary Hoax, Dies at 87

He attended Cornell University and stayed on for a year after graduation in 1951 on a creative writing fellowship. He worked odd jobs after leaving academia and traveled to Europe, where he finished his first novel, “On a Darkling Plain.” He moved in 1962 to an artists' colony on the island of Ibiza off the
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£300000 grant towards drama and writing schemes for children at revamped Sunderland fire station

Each child continues the story individually and receives an illustrated storybook to complete at school. The £300,000 grant, which is being awarded over two years, will help Live Theatre to equip the studio space at The Fire Station for creative writing workshops, and to research and launch the project
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No books from private publishers to be sold by schools, only NCERT books at subsidized rates …

New Delhi: Adding clarity to its previous orders, the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has further reminded the affiliated schools against selling books from private publishers inside the school premises. In April 2016, CBSE had asked the schools to desist from selling books of private
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How The New York Times gets people to spend 5 minutes per visit on its site

In Chartbeat's list of articles from its digital publishing clients that users spent the most time on in 2017, the Times had 10 of the top 25 entries, many of which included embedded documentaries, podcasts, maps and interactive charts. For example, in a report on the shooting in Las Vegas in October that
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Oldest Libertarian Organization, FEE, Looking for Publisher/Editorial Director

FEE's Publisher is responsible for the strategic and operational success of FEE's content across all print and digital platforms, including FEE.org, social media, third-party websites, ebooks, and print. This role requires an editorial visionary with a digital savvy, business focus. The Publisher supervises the
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AU Publishers to Set Up Audience Data Co-Op; AdParlor APAC Offers Online-Offline Facebook …

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: AU publishers to set up audience data co-op; News Corp inks data-sharing partnership; AdParlor APAC offers online-offline Facebook tracking; Tencent certifies
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Open Access publishing agreements

Posts about Open Access publishing agreements written by frontierscommunications and frankhellwig.
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Arts center offers photo classes with van der Wal

For students without a camera, van der Wal will explore affordable options. The arts center also is offering winter classes in printmaking, painting, creative writing and tai chi through mid-February. There also will be family ceramics on Thursdays for elementary children and their parents. Call 560- 0979 to
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Don't sell books from private publishers, sell only NCERT books: CBSE tells schools

“The schools can open small outlets on their premises only to sell NCERT books and other stationery items. They are not allowed to sell any book from private publishers,” the board said in a communication to schools. “Selling books other than those from the NCERT will be considered a violation and
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Dotdash has made $7 million this year from commerce links

Commerce has gone from a curiosity to a meaningful source of revenue for Dotdash. The service-focused publisher grew its commerce revenues from $1 million to $7 million this year, about 10 percent of its revenue. It now has three full-time editors managing 20 contributors cranking out content across
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The UK's Strongest Gin Is Here Just In Time For Christmas

The festive season is well and truly upon us so it's definitely about time we started to get a little bit merry. And what better way is there to do that than with the strongest gin legally available in the UK? I'll tell you the answer, just in case you're wondering: there isn't one. Strane London Dry Gin – Uncut
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Loogootee Beta Club receives high praise at school board

The following students won individual awards for Division 1, grades 9 and 10: Shaelyn Arthur, Spanish (first); Hannah Bailey, Speech (third) and Poetry (first); Kaitlyn Bruner, Creative Writing (third); Asia Crim, Onsite Acrylic Painting (second); Adie Nolley, Agriculture (second); Sara Street, Science
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