Student-Athlete Strong: Courtney Akerley

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Student-Athlete Strong: Courtney Akerley

My favorite class so far has been Creative Writing with Professor Bruce Cohen, because he was an awesome teacher and because another passion of mine is writing. You were once quoted in the media, as saying, 'Pain is temporary; pride is forever.' Has that taken on a different meaning for you since
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Three Ways To Survive The Facebook Algo Change, From A Group Nine Media Exec

He used to be publisher of NowThis, which published solely on social media and was acquired by Group Nine last year. Before that, he was head of social media at Vice. Patel predicts Facebook's most recent news feed advertorial content shared by a user's friends and family will insulate the publisher
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Court rules Spotify and Apple Music must pay artists more for songs

Streaming companies like Spotify already make their own agreements with music publishers, assistant professor at Drexel University's music industry program Robert Weitzner told Mashable. “It doesn't mean that the rate Spotify pays would increase,” he said, noting that Spotify or Apple Music may
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92 passionate years: Aida Rivera Ford celebrated

Mrs. Ford chaired two Creative Writing Workshops in Mindanao for the NCCA (National Commission of Culture and the Arts). She received the Datu Bago Award in 1982, the highest honor that the city of Davao bestows on the citizen who has contributed to its development and prestige. In 1984, she was
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In unusual move, judge grants CrossFit's request to unmask anonymous peer reviewers

The novel order, issued last month by a state judge in California, has alarmed some publishers, who fear it could deter scientists from agreeing to review draft manuscripts. Legal experts say the case, involving two warring fitness enterprises, isn't likely to unleash widespread unmasking. But some
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Sharing Young Voices

At our tutoring center, volunteers help students one-on-one as they work on homework and creative writing projects. We provide support in all subjects – so whether you are a history buff, English expert, science champ or math wizard, we'd love to have your help. Most importantly, we are looking for
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VertaMedia, the Global Video Technology Provider, Rebrands to Adtelligent

The renaming of the company to Adtelligent signifies a shift in vision to building bespoke ad technology for publishers. In the current era of programmatic automation and in-sourcing, publishers no longer need a long list of intermediaries to deliver optimal yield. What comes back to the forefront of the
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Why there need to be more characters with autism in children's books

But the limited and skewed portrayal of autism means it is often misrepresented rather than represented in fiction. For an autistic child or young person this can be extremely isolating and they are often unable to find a version of “themselves” in a book. The sad reality is many authors and publishers
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Net neutrality repealed and the fight for a “new” internet

The combatants: ISPs, who are now on the verge of gaining unprecedented power; and publishers, advertisers, and, ultimately, users, who don't want to lose the power they've got. The prize is the future of net neutrality, a two-year-old regulation and internet philosophy that ISPs would love to bury.
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As Facebook Prioritizes Local News, Industry Experts Respond

Time will tell [what the biggest benefits are for local outlets], but I think it's significant in light of the recent announcement to deprioritize publisher content in general. My hunch is that Facebook sees in its data that users value and engage with local content at a high level because it's so relevant to their
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Opinary is building new tools to help news orgs use polls to inform their coverage

The company, which develops polling tools that publishers can embed in their articles, recently raised €3 million ($2.7 million) both to build its product and to fund its expansion into the U.S., where it already has a small foothold. In addition to landing most of the top news organizations in Germany,
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