Day: February 27, 2018

Alberta Book Publishers ask provincial education ministry to withdraw from legal action against …

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Alberta Book Publishers ask provincial education ministry to withdraw from legal action against …

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has submitted a letter to the provincial Minister of Education, David Eggen, asking that the government withdraw from a recent lawsuit filed against … A paid membership is required to access Q&Q Omni material, including some of the content on this page.
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Etsy Reports $1 Billion in GMS for Fourth Quarter of 2017

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Etsy Reports $1 Billion in GMS for Fourth Quarter of 2017

“Etsy had a good fourth quarter and helped our sellers achieve a meaningful acceleration in sales growth during an important holiday season,” said Josh Silverman, Etsy, Inc. CEO. “We created a more engaging experience for our buyers, and delivered our first-ever billion dollar quarter of GMS,
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TechnoMile Teams With Carroll Publishing for GovCon Suite Data Efforts; Ashish Khot Comments

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TechnoMile Teams With Carroll Publishing for GovCon Suite Data Efforts; Ashish Khot Comments

Ashish Khot, CEO of TechnoMile, noted that Carroll Publishing will work to contribute govcon data built on experience and quality. About Executive Mosaic: Founded in 2002, Executive Mosaic is a leadership organization and media company. Executive Mosaic offers highly coveted executive events,
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City of Carmel may pursue eminent domain for PNC lot

For years, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has said he wants to see a mixed-use development built at the northeast corner of Range Line Road and Main Street in the Carmel Arts & Design District, which is currently a parking lot for PNC Bank. Brainard moved plans forward in 2016 with architectural
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Certified publishing partner

The program used to be for Certifed AdSense partners but was then opened for Google Ad Exchange, DFP & more. We are one of only a couple of ad optimization companies in the entire world chosen for Google's prestigious Certified Partner Program. Staff. Google Certified Publishing Partners are
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Anannya Prokashoni – Publishing years of literary excellence

Publishing over 100 new books each year, Anannya Prokashoni remains one of the biggest publication houses in Bangladesh. Spearheaded by Monirul Haque, the proprietor, the publication house has released over 2000 books spanning a myriad of themes since its inception. “Our favourite books to
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Parragon Faces Closure

U.K-based book publisher Parragon announced this morning that, due to a number of years of “difficult market conditions and severe pressure on margins,” it will likely close sometime this year. In its announcement, Parragon said it has told its employees around the world—including those in its U.S.
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K4Connect Introduces Next Generation Content Creation, Management, and Publishing Solution …

The K4Community CMM content creation, management and publishing platform will rchange the way senior living communities create, manage, and share content, while improving resident access to real-time events and information. K4Community says the new CMM solution provides a modern
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Ring Of Honor: Don't Drop The Ball, Give Marty Scurll The Title He Deserves

His shirts are always among the top sellers at Pro Wrestling Tees and Hot Topic. ROH needs to capitalize on that success. Cody was a money-making champ for them, there's no question Scurll can be as well. In the end, Dalton Castle and Jay Lethal is a dream match on paper. The only way it makes
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The 10 bestselling McDonald's menu items of all time

Naturally, the Big Mac is one of the top-selling items. Cate Gillon/Getty Images. McDonald's has been a fast food chain for over 60 years and has experienced dozens of its items becoming bestsellers. … McDonald's introduced its Chicken McNuggets in 1980 and they've been a bestseller ever since.
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ASD Marketweek Preview

With nine merchandise shows in one, retailers of all shapes and sizes flock to Las Vegas during Marketweek to find the finest new, trending, and best-selling value merchandise wholesale has to offer. The nine shows cover gift + home accents, fashion + accessories, beauty + fragrance, souvenir +
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Facebook program aims to boost local news subscriptions

Just because Facebook is downplaying publishers in your News Feed doesn't mean it's uninterested in giving media outlets a helping hand. The social network's Journalism Project is launching a Local News Subscriptions Accelerator that will help “metro newspapers” grow their reader bases. The $3
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Madonna posts angry remark to manager about 'song writing camps'

Madonna posts angry remark to manager about 'song writing camps' … Madonna has publicly shared her frustration about being sent to 'song writing camps' in a comment on her manager's Instagram. … Her best-selling is of course compilation album The Immaculate Collection, released in 1990.
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Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY) has analysts on the Bullish side this week.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.03 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.08, from 0.95 in 2017Q2. It increased, as 62 investors sold Bloomsbury Publishing plc shares while 519 reduced holdings. 137 funds opened positions while 460 raised stakes. 1.11 billion shares or 0.68% more from 1.10 billion shares in 2017Q2
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Publicity Director, Basic Books

Reporting to the Publisher, the Director of Publicity will hold a senior management role within this dynamic and successful publishing program. Through targeted, creative promotions, the Publicity Director will meet support Basic Books authors and titles, ensuring the imprint's high levels of success.
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Former Sentinel publisher named Southeast manager

Former Orlando Sentinel Publisher Nancy Meyer has been named southeastern general manager over the Sentinel, and two other newspapers for parent company Tronc. Meyer comes to the new position after most recently serving at president of North Jersey Media Group, which is part of the USA
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Publicist, Hachette Books

The position will afford significant opportunities for candidates looking for wider-than-usual exposure to the over-arching publishing process with the Publicist participating not only in publicity campaigns but in the marketing planning process, Sales discussions, and other HBG company-wide initiatives.
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Atom Tickets Affiliate Program Launches With Major Publishers

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Atom Tickets, the social movie ticketing platform, announced a new way for online publishers to make money by referring their online visitors to Atom Tickets' website to buy movie tickets or gift cards. The first publishers to join this new program
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Etsy, Inc. Reports $1 Billion in GMS for Fourth Quarter 2017

“Etsy had a good fourth quarter and helped our sellers achieve a meaningful acceleration in sales growth during an important holiday season,” said Josh Silverman, Etsy, Inc. CEO. “We created a more engaging experience for our buyers, and delivered our first-ever billion dollar quarter of GMS,
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Stephanie Mehta Tapped As EIC 'Fast Company'

Arc Publishing has been around in some form since 2014, but last March Tronc signed on to the platform, marking its first deal with a big U.S. publisher. Arc's revenue doubled year-over-year in 2017, and the goal is to double it again in 2018, according to a Fast Company report. WaPo's Chief Information
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3 Lessons Retail Can Learn from the Publishing Industry

But, the rapid transformation of the publishing industry led former industry titans to collapse and other newcomers to stake a claim. As retailers, we are undergoing a similar period of transformational change. But, we can come out on top by learning from the mistakes and successes of those before us.
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Edible Portland Magazine Is for Sale—at a Steep Discount

In 2014, we were all sad when Ecotrust decided to stop publishing Edible Portland after eight years. We were all glad when Edible Seattle publisher Alex Corcoran stepped in to return it to the presses two years later. And then we were all sad again when he too decided to cease publishing the magazine
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Michelle Obama to cash in with book deal worth $60m with husband Barack Obama

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Michelle Obama to cash in with book deal worth $60m with husband Barack Obama

The volume fulfills half of the deal the company reached with former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife the month after he left office calling for the couple to each publish one book, reportedly for a sum worth more than $60 million. Michelle Obama's book will chronicle her life from a childhood
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Reporters Uncover 'Real Story' Behind Chicago's Gun-Death Stats, Black Flight From the City

Those dearly held institutions also included Johnson Publishing Co., where Bennett wrote about key events in the civil rights movement, and where he published works that have been on coffee tables and library shelves for decades. Among them is a 1964 biography of King, his Morehouse classmate.
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Children's Publishing House Takes Food Literacy Literally

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Children's Publishing House Takes Food Literacy Literally

Veteran children's book publisher Philip Lee is describing his a-ha moment. Nine years ago, he was visiting with members of Washington State's Farm to School office. Someone began talking about the achievement gap for low-income students and its implications for test scores. “But they pointed out,
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Facebook Launches Local Program To Help Newspapers Up Digital Subs

“We often talk to publishers about what the future of journalism looks like and local news publishers tell us that digital subscribers are critical to the long-term sustainability of their business. We know Facebook is one part of the strategy to engage readers and ultimately drive paid subscriptions,” Campbell
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How to adapt your digital publication to Facebook's News Feed changes

“Google is still the first option to find information among Latin American users,” said Aviles, but Facebook seems to prevail in the minds of publishers when it comes to thinking about news placement. As Facebook institutes News Feed changes, publishers should shift their focus away from social media
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Facebook Is Helping Local News Publishers Get More Digital Subscribers

Brown added, “Working with program coaches, publishers will then design individual projects that tackle their unique business needs. Grant funding will empower each publisher to implement solutions that help elevate their subscription business.” The Facebook Journalism Project is also working with
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ABC's Michelle Guthrie admits 'mistakes' in corporate tax publishing process

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ABC's Michelle Guthrie admits 'mistakes' in corporate tax publishing process

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has admitted the public broadcaster made mistakes in publishing a news story and corresponding analysis on corporate tax by chief economics correspondent Emma Alberici. In her opening address to the Senate environment and communications legislation
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Mennel diversifying its product line

Once the 10,000-cwts expansion of its Fostoria mill is complete this spring, Mennel will be the seventh largest flour milling company in the United States at 50,900 cwts, according to Sosland Publishing Company's 2018 Grain & Milling Annual, with flour mills located in Fostoria (28,000 cwts, hard and soft
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Jill Soloway will lead a new, progressive imprint for Amazon Publishing

Amazon announced this morning that Transparent creator Jill Soloway will be editor-at-large for its newest imprint. TOPPLE Books, according to a press release, will primarily publish narrative non-fiction and fiction from writers who identify as women of color, gender non-conforming, lesbian, bisexual,
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HubSpot Recognized by Facebook as Badged Marketing Partner, Releases Direct Instagram …

… in advertising technology, naming HubSpot an official badged marketing partner. The new partnership builds upon existing collaboration between the two companies, which includes several different integrations, such as the ability to schedule and directly publish content from HubSpot to Instagram.
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Amazon Publishing Announces TOPPLE Books, an Imprint with Emmy Award Winner Jill Soloway

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon Publishing today announced the launch of TOPPLE Books, a new imprint with Jill Soloway, the writer, filmmaker and TV creator whose credits include the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Transparent and I Love Dick. Soloway is a
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Publisher questions in the wake of the Facebook algorithm changes

Facebook's recent newsfeed algorithm changes have left publishers with a lot of questions. Many who relied heavily on Facebook and other third-party distribution sites find themselves needing to look elsewhere. Now these publishers are focusing on building stronger on-site communities and finding
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Helping Local News Publishers Develop Digital Subscriptions

The Accelerator will work with 10-15 metro news organizations to unlock strategies that help publishers build digital customer acquisitions on and off our platform. We are working with Tim Griggs, a former New York Times executive and leading digital media consultant, to helm the program's curriculum
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TV publishers and advertisers don't see eye-to-eye on metrics

A white paper from Sintec Media looks at the future of TV as it migrates to digital and how advertisers and publishers are handling the disruption. The …
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'Transparent' creator Jill Soloway is launching a book imprint with Amazon Publishing

Jill Soloway, creator of the hit show “Transparent,” is launching a book imprint with Amazon Publishing that will feature the voices of women of color and LGBTQ writers. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los … Soloway will serve as editor at large for Topple Books, which will publish fiction and nonfiction. “We live in a
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Across The Block

Of the 395 lots in State Line Auction's February 18 general estates sale, a Herter Brothers bench rose to the top of the block, selling for $1,100. The bench featured beveled and framed elements as well as a lift top seat for storage and two pullout drawers beneath the seat. For more information
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Jill Soloway Launches Book Imprint With Amazon Publishing

Jill Soloway is launching an Amazon Publishing book imprint, the company's publishing arm announced Tuesday. The imprint will be called Topple Books after the Transparent creator's production company, which aims to lift up marginalized voices. “We live in a complicated, messy world where every
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Silcox awarded 'ABR' 40th anniversary fellowship

The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Beejay Silcox as the recipient of its $10,000 Fortieth Birthday Fellowship. Silcox will contribute several articles and review essays to ABR throughout 2018, commencing with a survey of Australian magazine culture in the April issue. On accepting the
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Sony/ATV Signs Rapper/Producer RUSS To Worldwide Publishing Deal

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed acclaimed songwriter, rapper, singer and producer Russ to a worldwide deal. The Atlanta-based talent has been one of the breakout success stories of the past year, having entered the U.S. Top 10 with his entirely self-penned debut album and accumulated 1.3
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Capitola Soquel Times: March 2018

Capitola Soquel Times Publishing Group Inc tpgonlinedaily.com Hunger Fighters of the Year by Caroline Slivko • Capitola FAQ – New History Exhibition Has the Answers • Give Kids A Smile Day – Dientes Helps 38 Children Receive Free Dental Care • Kids, Community and Cops: Little Free Library
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Homegrown: Legend Publishing

Wells is founder and owner of Legend Publishing, which publishes a quarterly magazine, Lilly, focusing on women. He also publishes OurMississippi, which celebrates diversity throughout the state. In addition, Wells is the founder of the annual OurMississippi Honors Awards, which recognize diversity
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Walliams to mark 10 years of publishing with special editions

HarperCollins Children's Books is celebrating a decade of David Walliams' chart dominance with new editions of his first two novels and two of his “most beloved” titles. On 8th March new editions of Mr Stink (first published in 2009) and Gangsta Granny (2011) will hit the shelves with new illustrations
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MidnightSun YA novel optioned for film

First Person Shooter is a coming-of-age story set in a small Western Australian town. It follows teenager Jayden, who grows up feeling isolated and frustrated by his stutter, and copes by losing himself in video games. The novel is MidnightSun Publishing's first book to be optioned for film and TV rights.
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Delayed distribution of text books threatens new curriculum

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It is now emerging that the roll out of the new education curriculum could face turbulence following delays in the printing of requisite books. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) is blaming publishers on delayed distribution of new books meant for public schools. According to KICD
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Facebook launches a local news accelerator for publishers

Facebook is trying to play extra nice with local news publishers by putting $3 million behind the launch of the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator. The three-month pilot program will help 10 to 15 U.S.-based metropolitan news organizations gain more digital subscribers both on and off Facebook.
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Publicity Manager, Little, Brown and Company

Little, Brown and Company is looking to hire a Publicity Manager (with a concentration on lifestyle/cookbooks and narrative non-fiction, and the occasional novel). ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Publicizing approximately 15 titles per season (30 titles a year) for Little, Brown, and
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Bill targets tech to protect publishers

Democratic congressman David Cicilline will introduce legislation next week to combat Google and Facebook taking dominant shares of online advertising revenue, by immunising news publishers from antitrust liability for banding together in negotiations.
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Publishing's Ratner moment: why eBooks are not 'stupid'

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Publishing's Ratner moment: why eBooks are not 'stupid'

Recently the chief executive of publisher Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, seems to have suffered his own “Ratner moment” when he described ebooks in an interview with an Indian news site as a “stupid product”. The interview, which was intended to address the future of digital publishing and specific
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Facebook offers an olive branch to local newspapers as tensions escalate

“Local news publishers tell us that digital subscribers are critical to the long-term sustainability of their business,” Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships at Facebook, wrote in a blog post. “We know Facebook is one part of the strategy to engage readers and ultimately drive paid subscriptions.”.
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'Smiles Through the Mist' is a caregiver's response to his wife's Alzheimer's

Johnson recounts his experiences in “Smiles Through the Mist: A Journey of No Return” (Infinity Publishing), noting that this job was nothing like his former career; there are no written rules … As space permits, we will mention self-published books by local authors that are for sale on commercial sites.
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Facebook's support for local news subscriptions is one move in the larger dance between …

These publishers will gather in person once a month, complete weekly trainings on digital subscription marketing, and design their own project for putting the trainings in action (supported by grant funding). But additional newsrooms across the country will also get access to some of the strategies
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Dior's '60s Flower Power Celebrates Women's Rights in Paris

The venue was emblazoned with mantras such as Hillary Clinton's “Women's Rights Are Human Rights,” providing a clue that Chiuri — the fashion house's first female chief — would press ahead with the feminist themes that have proved the best-sellers from her previous collections. The show — a
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Celine Joshua Joins Universal Music Group As General Manager, Commercial, Content And Artist …

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Celine Joshua Joins Universal Music Group As General Manager, Commercial, Content And Artist …

… the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced Celine Joshua has been appointed, effective May 1, 2018, to the newly created position of General Manager, Commercial, Content and Artist Strategy, working across UMG's labels, publishing company and global territories to maximize
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What a Chart of Urine Tells Us About the History of Color Printing

Soon experts started publishing urine charts as teaching tools. When books were printed in Latin, the secrets of urine stayed within the medical profession, but starting around the time Pinder's book was published these charts began to be translated out of Latin, which gave more people access to them.
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John Tenhula's New Book "Cell Wars: An Oral History of Cancer Today" Deeply Tackles the …

Readers who wish to experience this thought-provoking work can purchase”Cell Wars: An Oral History of Cancer Today” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble. For additional information or media inquiries, contact Page Publishing at
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Justin Timberlake Rules Ticketing Best-Seller List

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Justin Timberlake Rules Ticketing Best-Seller List

Justin Timberlake had a banner day on the secondary markets, coming in with five of the Top 20 best-selling events on the day Monday, including the top spot for his December 10 performance at the Spring Center in Kansas City. A Denver performance came in at No. 9, while three shows – St. Louis,
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Pa. native reopens classroom after Feb. 14 shooting

It was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. While teachers returned on Sunday and were back again Monday, students do not return to class until Wednesday. Gard, a math teacher for more than 30 years including the last 10 at Douglas High, said students won't be there for a full day
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