THQ Nordic, the Austria-based company currently in possession of the Darksiders, Red Faction, and de Blob properties, has acquired Koch Media, the parent company of Dead Island, Saints Row, and Metro publisher Deep Silver. The deal, which is set for approval later today, was worth €121 million
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The deal includes the entire of the Koch business, including Deep Silver – which publishes titles such as Saints Row, Dead Island and Metro. It means that Saints Row and Metro now both fall back under the THQ banner, alongside other THQ Nordic brands such as De Blob, Darksiders, MX vs ATV, Red
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Last year was not a banner year for many digital media sites. BuzzFeed had to delay its IPO and restructure its business units because of missed revenue targets, Refinery29 saw layoffs and Mashable was sold to Ziff Davis for a mere $50 million after its failed pivot to video. Just last week, it was reported
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Independent publisher Big Deal Music Group has signed a long-term worldwide administration agreement with Notable Music. Composer Cy Coleman (pictured) founded Notable Music in 1962. The company's publishing catalogue also includes works by songwriters including Bobby Hebb, Rosanne
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Sharjah: Every child has the right to have access to books and “we must work together to inspire future generations to read”, Shaikha Budoor Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, founder and president of the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA), has said during a publishing event in India. Her comments came at a
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THQ Nordic has acquired German media company Koch Media and its gaming division Deep Silver, the Austrian publisher has announced. The purchase was announced through an official press release from THQ Nordic. “THQ Nordic has entered into an agreement to acquire Koch Media GmbH,
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Downtown Music Publishing is set to add to its already global reach, announcing an expansion which will see offices in Sydney an Paris open up under the DMP name. As Billboard notes, Downtown Music's new offices will focus on the talents of local songwriters and artists, adding to its other
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McCue also picked holes in Apple's walled garden approach to online content, comparing Flipboard's ad-friendly platform to Apple News's “closed ecosystem”, which McCue called “a big deal for publishers”. The suggestion here is that Flipboard benefits publishers by regularly redirecting readers to the
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The assets of Black Dog Publishing and sister company Artifice Books, recently gone into liquidiation, have been bought by St James's House Media Group. The companies' joint liquidators, Neil Bennett and Alex Cadwallader at Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group, said they had been able to sell
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Throne was nominated by Gary Mehl, past publisher of the Sentinel, Kathy Hackleman, past editor of the Sentinel, and Gene Hall, who oversaw Throne's role with the American Publishing Company. “One of the things I believed in all my roles at the paper, whether I was a reporter, photographer or all the
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Hi all. When I publish or export my plans, they end up as 4 separate pages. They are on A2. How do I stop this please? Also, how do I change…
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That surprising news was courtesy of an annual Amazon report and definitely not a fluke: the city has quietly listed in the top 20 for romance four of the past five years. Everett's … “The romance book business is … one of our top sellers consistently, we get a ton of material in from the people selling to us.
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Hi, Time stamp details from Rational ClearQuest is not able to fetch by Rational Publishing Engine if seconds is not mentioned in ClearQuest. example: “2018-02-13 12:34:00” in CQ will print out “2018-02-13” in RPE report(it's printing only date and not hour and minutes). Couldn't a…
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the author writes, “Still, for the child of an immigrant, many challenges exist. It has to weave its parents' view of the world and their ethnic customs into the fabric of the new nation's ideology.” Boulevard Books is an educational publishing company for the 21st century. Founded by educator and author Avi
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Troubleshooting tools also help drive progress. Good tools can help uncover roadblocks around filtered inventory and size mismatches. Sharing that information often starts a conversation that allows publishers and buyers to quickly fine-tune the campaign setup and put a PMP back on track, making it a
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They may be Maine best-sellers, but you're not likely to see Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy or Fireball Cinnamon Whisky show up on the menus of many (any?) of Portland's coolest cocktail bars. Such places pride themselves on fresh-squeezed juices; backyard and foraged ingredients; hand-crafted,
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Just so you know a bit about me: I've run workshops on writing crime fiction at the University of Cape Town's Summer School, a number of times at Bloody Book Week in Johannesburg along with Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly and Michael Robotham, at the Franschhoek Literary Festival, the Hermanus
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“Straightforward suggestions for surviving and thriving in creative endeavors.”
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Commentator and best-selling author Ann Coulter is scheduled to speak at the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley 7 p.m. March 13 at IFES Portuguese Hall, 432 Stierlin Road, Mountain View. The presentation will mark Coulter's first appearance in the Bay Area since she was forced to withdraw from an
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AMP Stories as they are called will allow publishers to create visually-rich, vertical-format stories to drive content discovery on mobile. There is no dearth of 'inspiration' in the world of tech. Stories, a format pioneered by Snapchat, has literally been cloned by the who's who of social media — Instagram,
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Lee University Theatre will present the premiere of “When Mountains Move,” an original play by Stacey Isom Campbell, associate professor of creative writing at Lee. “When Mountains Move” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 16-17 and 22-24 in the Buzz Oates Black Box Theater on the Cleveland,
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The Frankfurter Rundschau and the Frankfurter Neue Presse newspaper, both part of Mediengruppe Frankfurt, are to move under the umbrella of German publishing group Ippen. The two daily newspaper titles are to be sold to Zeitungsholding Hessen (ZHH), according to a statement released Friday by
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A Malaysian newspaper has copped some serious backlash after publishing a checklist of traits for identifying gays and lesbians. Sinar Harian offered readers a number of tips in bullet-point form on how to recognise homosexuals, writing that gay men like to wear tight, branded clothes to show off their
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Outbrain, the network known for distributing garbage clickbait articles and ads on sites across the internet, is now going to offer a premium product that ensures that the articles recommended to folks at the bottom of their screens will be less garbage. Onstage at the Code Media conference, Outbrain chief
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The Senior Beta Clubs from Beauregard Parish attended the 2018 State Beta Convention at the Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge. Over 6000 students representing 289 clubs were in attendance as students competed in academic, creative, and technical competitions. Students elected state
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A small number of committee members, among them shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus, have, according to sources, sought to stymie plans by committee chair (Liberal Andrew Hastie) and deputy chair (Labor's Anthony Byrne) to publish as a submission the manuscript of a book detailing China's
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As our national team languishes on the couch during the World Cup, so Opel sales staff seem to be missing out on the top-tier new car sales battle. The all-important January sales statistics show the brand has slipped out of the top-10 best-sellers in Ireland. Offloaded by General Motors, it's now part of
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The ruling leaves the Australian-born Mr. Assange in a continued state of legal limbo and raises questions about the future of WikiLeaks, which has a long and controversial history of publishing leaked documents. He has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for nearly six years,
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Self-Publishing Resources. SELF-E. By submitting to SELF-e, your ebook can be shared with patrons of participating libraries across your state or province. If your book is selected by Library Journal, it will also be available alongside other great indie reads in participating libraries across the U.S. and
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has had to backtrack after “mistakenly” publishing a report containing criticism of the region's university and its ability to support growth of the digital technology sector. The development agency has removed the document from its website to “correct”, and the
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The way publishers reacted to Demonetisation and GSTis what is creating a cascading effect on the road ahead for print, writes Shailesh Amonkar.
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Self-publishing unit Createspace is conducting its second round of cuts in two years, cuts that eliminated 200 jobs from the South Carolina-based Amazon subsidiary. In Las Vegas, Amazon-owned footwear seller Zappos has laid off about 30 people. And a year ago, Quidsi, the subsidiary behind
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High Point's entry, which was submitted in June 2017, was titled Calliope 2017: Safe Harbors, and featured a nautical theme and 191 pages of creative writing and artwork from more than 80 members of High Point's student body. The submission represents the product of work compiled under the
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“When Mountains Move,” original work by Stacey Isom Campbell, associate professor of creative writing, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17 and 22-24. Recommended for ages 12 and up (no babes in arms). $10 adults, $7 children, seniors and students. OCOEE THEATRE — The Venue Creekside, 547 W. Inman St.,
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One of the earliest pieces I ever wrote for the Gazette-Mail was an interview I had conducted with West Virginia writer Pinckney Benedict. I recall driving from Charleston to Lewisburg many years ago to take part in a writing course that Benedict offered. On the drive to Lewisburg, my mind wrote and
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Learn key strategies about how to publish in JCR Impact factor journals.
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FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will host Christopher Bakken as the next reader in its Visiting Writers Series. Sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, the reading will take place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen
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“Allegiance & Devotion: The Life and Times of Clifton Hurtt Deringer Jr: Son, Brother; Cousin, Husband, Father; Grandfather; Great-Grandfather” by LTC Clifton H. Deringer Jr., Dorrance Publishing Co, 2018, $119, ISBN 978-1-4809-2508-3. Lt. Col. Clifton H. Deringer Jr. USA (Retired), or “Tip,” has lived
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