One potential pitfall stems from the bill directing the mechanical licensing collective — the entity designated to collect and distribute funds — to distribute unmatched royalties on a market share basis to music publishers. However, most songwriter publishing contracts (other than superstar artist/writer
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DOWNING Street has urged Nicola Sturgeon to resist fully publishing Whitehall's top secret analysis – which suggested Britain's economy would slump after Brexit – warning it would jeopardise the UK's “national interest” in the Brussels talks. Michael Russell, the Scottish Government's Brexit Minister,
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Do you have a creative project or idea that could use the Library's collection in innovative ways? Apply now for a State Library Victoria fellowship. The State Library and its partners are offering 15 fellowships, collectively worth up to $215,000. Among these are specialist fellowships in children's literature,
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC had 30 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Peel Hunt maintained Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY) on Tuesday, July 18 with “Add” rating. On Tuesday, December 22 the stock rating was maintained by Investec with “Buy”. The company was
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Scholastic has announced the fall launch of Scholastic Focus, an imprint dedicated to middle grade and young adult narrative nonfiction that is both timely and timeless, and encourages readers to draw connections between historical events and contemporary issues. The imprint's publishing philosophy
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Just weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, farms and lives lie in ruins. Amidst the piles of animal carcasses burned daily and the thousands of wounded left behind, a farmer named John Dorian comes to town looking for his missing brother. Instead, he finds Maria Angela Alvarez Samuels and a love affair
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