Day: February 21, 2018

Fast Company Names Brightcove One of the 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video

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Fast Company Names Brightcove One of the 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video

Live streaming is a tremendous opportunity for all publishers, but consumer expectations of the experience are high. We created Brightcove Live to simplify live streaming for our customers, while also delivering a television-like experience that today's consumer expects.” Fast Company's Most Innovative
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Name droppers: DHS student off to the Big Apple

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Name droppers: DHS student off to the Big Apple

Davis High School junior Maev Dunning will head to New York City this summer to attend The School of the New York Times' cultural and creative writing program. Says Dunning, “I first learned about the NYC Summer Academy through an ad in the New York Times…it's for 'aspiring writers of all sorts,'
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Simon & Schuster Hurdles Suit Over Milo Yiannopoulos Book

Yiannopoulos said he's made “well over a million dollars” from self-publishing the book and does not want those proceeds spent on a long legal process. “I would rather use it to help other authors reach the conservative audience that Simon & Schuster hates so much (but is happy to profit from,
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Creative Writing – two-three page piece

Details. I require a writer to write a 2-3 page introduction to writing an autobiography. An autobiography would see the reader read and respond in writing to various prompts/questions relating to periods in their life. The piece should be a creative introduction including elements such as sharing, legacy,
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Constellation schools offer choice in Lorain, principal says

In third grade, the students are using cheese-flavored baked snacks to assemble shapes and measure the area and perimeter. Second graders were studying creative writing by drafting their own stories patterned after a book they read. There is no tuition and Constellation Schools do not collect property
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Are the “We Buy Houses” signs safe for home sellers?

“What the person is looking to do is try and get as good of a deal as possible, buy a house cheap, fix it, and sell it. It's absolutely possible a consumer could lose some money, because they're negotiating at a point of weakness, and the person who's looking to buy the house is in a position of strength.”.
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Dale Bohren named publisher of the Star-Tribune

“I am honored to be named publisher of such an excellent news organization,” Bohren said. “The Star-Tribune has garnered many awards, including most recently, the 'Deming Cup for General Excellence' in a daily newspaper in Wyoming. I'm confident we'll continue to produce award-winning
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Illustrating plaster figures' role in art education

Meanwhile, publishing company Art Diver has just released a book reviewing how plaster figures have been used in the nation's art circles from the Meiji period through today. Written by art historian Shinya Araki, “Sekko Dessan no Hyakunen” (100 years of drawing plaster figures) was originally
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Kelly Hedglin Bowen: Are we powerless?

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Kelly Hedglin Bowen: Are we powerless?

Editor's note: This commentary is by Kelly Hedglin Bowen, who is a writer, mom, activist and sailing instructor in St. George, where she teaches creative writing from her floating classroom on Lake Champlain. She is a director on the Champlain Valley School District School Board. Her prose appears in
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Clubs & Meetings for Feb. 20-26

HEBER: Memoirs/creative writing group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10:30 a.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Rim Community Library, 3404 Mustang Ave. New members are welcome. SHOW LOW: Celebrate Recovery (every Friday) from 6-9 p.m. for anyone whose hurting, habits, hangups
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Publishing – Script Editor

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Publishing – Script Editor

Use the Script Editor to publish and unpublish your scripts to your online store.
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Historians battle publishers for the right to resurrect dead MMOs

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents multiple game publishers, filed an opposition comment, saying that publishers do preserve old games under the current exemption via the retro games market. Specifically, it cited the remastered Crash Bandicoot game and the rerelease
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Club Culture, And The Design It Inspired, Finally Gets A Visual History

While the era's design is beloved, it hasn't been fully acknowledged in design history or through publishing yet–which may be changing. Clubbed, which Banks and Bill Brewster are funding on Kickstarter, is a 360-page tome devoted to more than three decades of design around dance music.
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Google AMP is now coming to a Gmail inbox near you. Do we want it?

Last week Google announced that AMP will be able to make emails — those boring, tedious, things; often the most direct communication between a publisher and a news consumer — into more “interactive and actionable” experiences, a.k.a. submit an RSVP, schedule an appointment, choose a hotel
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New York Federal Judge Says Embedded News Image Violated Copyright Law

Photographer Justin Goldman sued Breitbart News Network, TIME Inc, The Boston Globe and other online publishers last year for infringement, alleging they embedded in various online news stories a photograph he took of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Goldman said he never publicly
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A Layman's Guide to Spiritual Living

But a year and a half into Amherst, with countless more books and writing assignments ahead, spiritual enlightenment sounded appetizing enough. I don't plan on shaving my head and fasting anytime soon (my hair is a proud asset), but I have enrolled in the Buddhist Life Writing course here at Amherst
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Junior Designer at Publishers Clearing House

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is looking for a temporary Junior Designer for our Jericho, NY office. The Junior Designer will be responsible for the conception, development, execution, and maintenance of design concepts throughout all phases of a project. This person will use their knowledge of
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Introducing the BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide

February 20, 2018. Before we get into the announcement of the Self-Publishing Guide, we need to let you know about a name change within BCcampus. What's in a name? Many of you may have noticed a shift in our language and it's because we have recently changed the name of the B.C. Open
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5 Key Elements Marketers Need For Any OTT Ad

2) Know where to buy OTT. Advertisers can access OTT inventory through two main sources: publishers and platforms. Buying through a publisher enables brands to promote their advertisements beside specific content categories, across any OTT device on which that publisher has its own stand-alone
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What Publishing Houses Should Know About Video Production

Today we are dissecting the findings from GVPi's study on video production among publishing houses in the UK, North America, and the rest of the world.
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A Comprehensive Comparison of Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) In the US

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A Comprehensive Comparison of Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) In the US

Publishing PROs handle royalties related to the performance of the underlying compositions. In U.S., the major PROs are ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. Since the advent of digital radio, SoundExchange has emerged to handle the sound recording royalty for performances of recordings on digital media,
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Library launches new short story contest for local writers

Library officials said the goal is to “nurture and foster local writing talent” and to promote short-form fiction in San Diego. “Most short stories remain unpublished due to the competitiveness of the business and the few rare opportunities offered by prestigious literary publications such as the New Yorker or
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Gannett records big fourth quarter revenue declines in advertising and soft circulation, too

Gannett reported disappointing fourth quarter results today as gains in its digital businesses fell far short of covering deep declines in advertising and wobbly circulation revenues as well. The largest U.S. publisher — with 110 dailies — posted a loss of $13.6 million, though that could be attributed to an
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The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US – Houston Chronicle

3. Unraveled by Helen Hardt – 9781947222120 – (Waterhouse Press). 4. The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn – 9780062678447 – (William Morrow). 5. Look for Me by Lisa Gardner – 9781524742065 – (Penguin Publishing Group). 6. Night Moves by Jonathan Kellerman – 9780345541475 – (Random
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Electronic Devices in Classroom: Help or Hindrance?

“For example, in a writing course, faculty could have students bring in their laptops to do writing and editing during class time,” Gyorke said. “In an architecture course, students could bring their laptops to work on CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawings or show their 3D rendered scenes to other
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PBS Books and 'The Great American Read' Cover the AWP Bookfair

The AWP Bookfair is the nation's largest marketplace for independent literary presses and journals, creative writing programs, writing conferences and centers, and literary arts organizations. Guests include New York Times Bestselling Author Wiley Cash, National Book Award Finalists Min Jin Lee,
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Public memorial for SOJC professor Tom Wheeler will be Feb. 25

In addition to teaching classes in feature writing, magazine editing and grammar, he co-founded the student-run magazine Flux in 1992. “Tom and professor Bill Ryan decided that students needed a hands-on publishing experience, so they imagined a student magazine and then made it a reality. Now
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