On Thursday, January 25, Facebook updated its branded content policy for Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts. The move curbs content creators and publishers from receiving payment on posts they did not create or work on. On April 2016, Facebook released an updated list to curtail branded
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The decision will “go a long way to fairly compensate our songwriters for the essential contribution they make to streaming's success story,” said Martin Bandier, chief executive of Sony/ATV, the largest music publisher, noting the 44 per cent pay rise is an “unprecedented” increase for songwriters.
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RICK KARR, BYLINE: A couple of music publishing companies claimed that they owned the copyright on a version of “We Shall Overcome” from … He based his claim on years of research for a documentary film about the song's history. … After Gamboa's deposition, the music publishers backed down.
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Today, Ashwin Sanghi, one of India's leading English-fiction authors, launched his latest novel, Keepers of the Kalachakra, published by Westland (an Amazon company), at the ongoing Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2018.The event was graced by Dr Shashi Tharoor, Hon'ble Member of Parliament,
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Unfortunately, it seems that the executives at publishers and studios often agree with them; the resistance to female-fronted super-movies is well documented, and several newer and more diverse comic titles have been canceled recently, as execs claim that the sales just don't support them.
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