Day: March 5, 2018

Facebook Offers Breaking News Label to More Publishers

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Facebook Offers Breaking News Label to More Publishers

Facebook started testing a “breaking news” label for developing stories way back in November 2017. Currently, the social network is offering the option to more publishers. Starting this week, the company says that 50 additional outlets in Latin America, North America, Australia, and Europe will be privy
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Nicola Riches appointed AdNews associate publisher

Yaffa Media has today announced the appointment of Nicola Riches to the role of associate publisher of AdNews. As part of a greater remit to usher in a reinvigorated era for the much-loved and 90-year-old trade brand, Nicola is charged with navigating the AdNews ship with a strong focus on editorial,
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Facebook Inc (FB) Takes Swipte At Twitter With New "Breaking" Label

Facebook began testing the news tag label last November, and it's now being rolled out to 50 additional publishers. The tag can be added to one post per day as well as an additional five posts per month, and publishers will also be able to set it to appear for times ranging from 15 minutes to six hours.
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From amateur notes to book on local history

Thedi Thirivom Vaa (Come, let us search) is a mere 96-page book — a compact one with colour photographs. A quick glimpse reveals that it contains a lot of information for its size, on local history. But what makes the book unique is that it has been penned by a group of school students, aged between
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The Largest Royal Rumble in History Headed to Saudi Arabia

Amann is suing Punk and Cabana for $1,000,000 in damages, plus additional punitive damages for knowingly fabricating statements, publishing statements with negligence, and failing to investigate the veracity of the statements made on the podcast. Amann said he suffered the injury to his reputation
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Pressley Ridge student authors celebrate children's book publications

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CLARKSBURG — Two groups of students from Pressley Ridge — a local nonprofit residential education facility in Clarksburg — are now published authors. Students from two classes worked together to produce two illustrated children's books, “The Prized Egg” and “Lilly the Ladybug Learns Her ABCs,”
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Vineland Middle School book fair

The fair will feature current best sellers from more than 150 publishers, many specially priced books that include newly released and award-winning titles, educational products, children's classics and a selection of books in Spanish. Participants may buy one book at the regular price and get the second
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Times-News publisher Travis Quast to take job in eastern Idaho

TWIN FALLS — Times-News and Elko Daily Free Press Publisher Travis Quast is stepping down later this month to lead eastern Idaho publications. … Eastern Idaho publications have a good reputation, he said, noting there's unmatched dominance in the region with Adams Publishing Group.
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Facebook gives more than 50 publishers access to 'Breaking News' label

Last November, the site gave a small group of local and national publishers the ability to include a “Breaking News” label on their stories. Starting today, Facebook is expanding its “Breaking News” label test run to more than 50 additional publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia.
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Author Diane L. Dunton to speak March 12 at Lithgow Public Library

AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library will host Maine author Diane L. Dunton for a presentation, “The Creativity Connection: The relationship between writing, art and wellbeing” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, as part of the library's March Wellness Series, according to a news release from Barbara
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Filmmaker releases documentary on Tony Kiritsis

For about 63 hours in 1977, two men in Indianapolis walked the tightrope between life and death. Tony Kiritsis, a man who fell behind on his real estate payments, took mortgage broker Richard Hall hostage with a shotgun to his dead. It was rigged with a wire that would make the gun go off if anyone
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Center for Performing Arts names new VP of development

By Current Publishing on March 5, 2018 Night & Day. By Rick Morwick. Michael Pettry, longtime director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, has been named vice president of development for the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Pettry. In his administrative role with the ISC, where he had
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4 Reasons I Love Milwaukee: Larry Sussman

Interacting with the professors, other auditors and some students has been a great way to stay mentally active. I may have lived through the 1960s, but one course showed me what I had missed. I also took several creative writing courses, and in workshops, people 50 years' my junior critiqued my stories
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'The Jade Lily' sold into North America

Tessa Woodward, editor at William Morrow, said, 'from the moment I started reading The Jade Lily, I knew I wanted to publish it. The book spoke to me on so many levels—as an exploration of an unknown-to-me part of Jewish and Chinese history, as a well-researched look at the harsh realities of war,
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Bookselling: Barnes & Noble Tries A Book Club, Amazon Books for Colorado

The new initiative adopts the moniker of the moment, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, and the first selection is Meg Wolitzer's highly-touted THE FEMALE PERSUASION, publishing April 3. BN's exclusive edition will include an essay by the author and a reading group guide. The first of their “seasonal”
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Adoption documentary to premiere at Studio Theater

David Scotton always knew he was adopted. He grew up in Louisiana and was told about his birth parents in Columbus, Ind., but never asked too many questions. Scotton. It wasn't until his birth mother, Melissa Coles, decided to update her contact information with adoption law firm Kirsh & Kirsh, which
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Dold revamps Tribune newsroom to be 'more nimble, more entrepreneurial'

The Chicago Tribune unveiled plans today for a sweeping reorganization of its newsroom, aimed at becoming what publisher and editor-in-chief Bruce Dold called “more nimble, more entrepreneurial, more responsive to our readers' current interests and permanent passions.” Dold outlined the changes,
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Google Reaches $11 Million Settlement With AdSense Publishers

Google has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a class-action by publishers who accused Google of wrongly withholding ad revenue. The proposed settlement stems from a 2014 class-action complaint brought by small web site operators, including Free Range Content and Coconut Island Software, who
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Egyptian writers use history to highlight the present

Paintings can help a person write different stories.” Adly launched her blog “Gallery” 10 years ago, where she has been posting her writings. She also writes for the Emirates Culture magazine. In 2010, she wrote “Sakhab al-Samt” (“The Clamour of Silence”). “This book helped me in creative writing, and
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Student poets 'Slam Down the Walls'

INK, the College's student-run creative writing club, hosted Slam Down The Walls, a biannual slam poetry competition, for student-artists to debut 10 minutes of their best spoken-word poetry in the Bliss Hall Lounge on Thursday, March 2. Contestants put emotion behind their words to win over the judges
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Chen to perform with CSO

His performance at 7:30 p.m. March 10 will be the 28-year-old's third with the CSO since capturing the 2013 DeHaan Classical Fellowship as the winner of the 2013 American Pianists Awards. Most recently, he was named a 2015 fellow by the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the
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This publisher is offering to send the man-child in your life a free book

The publisher of a coming-of-age book is offering to send free copies of it to the “manchild in your life”. Tin House Books is offering 20 free copies of Joe Dunthorne's The Adulterants to men who need a reality check. The competition, launched on Monday, is inspired by the book's protagonist Ray Morris,
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CNY Veterans Look to National Competition After Taking Local Awards in Art Contest

Talented Veterans from across Central New York received awards today in the Creative Arts local competition, and some could be advancing to the national level of the contest. … Hawes said they had national winners last year in art, creative writing, and music after going up against 150 other VA's.
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Sephora Is Having An Insane Sale Right Now

You know those cute little sets that Sephora sells during Christmas and Valentine's day? well, good news ladies! At the moment, Sephora has over 100 items on sale on their online store. With many of those convenient sets containing travel size samples of Sephora's most popular brand's best sellers.
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Why this executive left The Washington Post to run a Nashville startup

Publishers and writers can create licenses for their work and enforce them automatically as content is purchased or syndicated. Dicker said publishers don't know what their content is worth, which is why they are continually coming up with new revenue models and that — even though he hates the term
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'Portland Review' partners with PSU English department

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'Portland Review' partners with PSU English department

“I think the English department also wanted to take some ownership of the journal that was mainly being worked on by students in its own [Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing] program,” Kessler said. “[The MFA is] still trying to carve out a really firm identity for itself.” PR officially merged with the English
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Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy And Trump

The day after her funeral, the family threw a party for Juan that was part birthday celebration, part wake. Urrea is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Luis Urrea, welcome to FRESH AIR. So did Donald Trump's candidacy and election and build the wall and end
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Student Opportunities for Publication at UWL

This online publication serves as the UWL Magazine of Creative Writing and The Arts. They publish prose, poetry, short stories, but also photography and music. You do not have to be an English major to submit to the magazine and you can apply to serve on the editorial board if interested.
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Tampa Bay Times hires its first chief digital officer

ST. PETERSBURG — Conan Gallaty, a nationally recognized leader in digital publishing and innovation, has been named chief digital officer of the Tampa Bay Times. In this new role, Gallaty will oversee the Times' current digital efforts and the development of new content, products and revenue
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College drama starring Stanley Tucci has slow start, interesting finish

Ted Swenson (Stanley Tucci, solid) is a creative writing professor at a Vermont college. Despite a happy marriage, he is bored with his life and even more with his students, until the talented and flirtatious Angela (Addison Timlin, decent) shows up in class and wows him with her erotic prose.
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Tyrus Miller is named dean of UCI School of Humanities

… Distinguished literary scholar and author Tyrus Miller will join the University of California, Irvine as dean of the School of Humanities, effective July 1, 2018. He currently serves as vice provost and dean of graduate studies at UC Santa Cruz. “By teaching our students to think critically and creatively, the
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10000 more students qualify for financial help

Primary school pupils will also receive $230 – $30 more – in their Edusave accounts from next January, with secondary school students getting $50 more, bringing the sum to $290. “With this increase, students can participate in more activities, such as creative writing programmes and learning journeys,
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Bettie Alene Turner

In the 1970s Bettie started working for the Shawnee Journal Herald and then started school at Johnson County Community College to study journalism, advertising, copywriting and creative writing. She later worked for both the Gardner News, and in the Johnson County Bureau office of The Kansas City
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What Is LBRY Credits?

This service facilitates self-publishing in an efficient manner, thereby allowing artists to harness their full creative potential. Content creators can charge a fee for their digital data, allowing them to earn a steady stream of revenue on the side. All of the digital content published by LBRY is not localized to a
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Publishers Clearing House surprises Sioux Falls winner

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Publishers Clearing House surprises Sioux Falls winner

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A Sioux Falls woman has won nearly $5 million from Publishers Clearing House. The PCH Prize Patrol agents surprised Carli Steffes outside her job with a check for $4,978,632. “Oh my gosh, I can't believe I finally won!” Many years of playing finally paid off for Steffes,
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Facebook swings at Twitter with Breaking News label

This has made Twitter the default home for this content, but that position has weakened since Twitter implemented its own relevancy algorithm that brings up old tweets. Facebook isn't ready to make any changes to how the algo handles real-time information, but it's giving publishers a red “Breaking”
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50+ More Publishers Will Soon Begin Testing Facebook's Breaking News Tag

Facebook is expanding its test of a breaking news tag to more than 50 publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia, and product manager Joey Rhyu shared some data from the social network's initial test run in a blog post. According to Rhyu, from Dec. 8 through Jan. 14, posts
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How Facebook's 2018 algorithm goals will affect businesses

Media publishers, brands, and small businesses will likely see a decrease in engagement, but this doesn't mean that all hope is lost. Whether you're a small business owner that builds SEO for attorneys or a major online publisher like Salon, your ads will be compromised in an interesting way.
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PBS initiative will encourage intergenerational reading, determine America's “Best-Loved” book

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PBS initiative will encourage intergenerational reading, determine America's “Best-Loved” book

Detroit Public Television, which produces coverage of national book fairs, will bring its relationships with authors and publishers to build more participation in The Great American Read, according to President Rich Homberg. The station has found that “people's' relationships with libraries, bookstores,
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The Nation Contributor Faces Felony Robbery Charges, Still Publishing on Site

Journalist Arvind Dilawar has continued to work as a contributor at The Nation magazine despite facing felony robbery charges for an incident that took place at an anti-Trump protest last fall at New York's Columbia University. Dilawar's first piece for The Nation, “Here's One Union That Can't Be Touched
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Google Machine Learning course: How to enrol and what are the requirements?

Now, US- giant Google on March 1 introduced a crash course “Learn with Google AI”. It is an online course which has been developed by Machine Learning (ML) experts who work in Google. The course is completely free. Programme Manager for Google's machine learning education, Zuri Kemp in an
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Soldiers Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday with Local Elementary School Children

CHESTERFIELD, Va. – Silver tiaras, blue wigs, bouncy hats, and Army olive green uniforms filled the classrooms at Hopkins Elementary School here in celebration of Dr. Seuss' 114th birthday on March 2, 2018. Eighteen Soldiers from the 80th Training Command took time to read to the school children
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Outskirts Press Lives Up to No. 1 Self-Publisher Title in 2018

Outskirts Press, a full-service self-publishing company, has been named the No. 1 self-publisher by Top Consumer Reviews multiple years in a row and has recommitted itself to the tradition of excellence in 2018. Top Consumer Reviews provides independent reviews of thousands of consumer products
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Travis Quast to lead Adams Publishing's East Idaho region

The Adams Publishing Group on Monday named Travis Quast to lead the company's Eastern Idaho publications including the Idaho State Journal, The Post Register in Idaho Falls, The Standard Journal in Rexburg and the Teton Valley News in Driggs. Quast will also provide oversight for the Herald
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More Universes DC Can Make Into A Publishing Imprint

With members of the Watchmen Universe as well as Alan Moore's American Best Comics line both joining up with the mainstream DC superhero universe, and custom imprints for creators like Gerard Way, Neil Gaiman, and Brian Michael Bendis already a reality, one has to wonder: how many little
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10 best places in Pittsburgh to eat pierogies

But they've been a huge seller (though spaghetti pierogies were a disaster). Chicken parm and chicken marsala pierogies also worked out great. The standard potato and cheese are a big hit, but the non-traditional buffalo chicken is a favorite as well. Reuben pierogies are also bestsellers (and
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Quast named regional publisher for APG properties

Travis Quast, who's spent five years as publisher of the Twin Falls Times-News, will become the new regional publisher for the Post Register and its sister publications in eastern Idaho. The Adams Publishing Group on Monday named Quast as regional president and publisher of the company's eastern
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The New York Times to Launch Monthly Audiobook Best-Seller Lists

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NEW YORK, March 5, 2018 – The New York Times announced today that it will publish monthly Audiobook Best-Seller Lists for the first time, featuring the top 15 fiction and top 15 nonfiction audiobook lists, based on sales from the previous month. The lists, which combine digital and physical audio sales
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Saving Corporate America: A Survival Guide for Greatness

NEW YORK, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The M&A Advisor today announced its latest publication, Saving Corporate America: A Survival Guide for Greatness. Developed in collaboration with Timothy Dempsey, an accomplished global industry sector book publisher, it will feature contributions in
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Facebook expands breaking news label to more publishers

Facebook began testing a “breaking news” label for developing stories back in November, and now the social network is expanding the option to more publishers. Starting this week, the company says 50 more outlets in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia will be privy to the tag. That's in
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A Young Man of Strict Nigerian-American Parents Comes of Age While Coming Out

He's an American writer of Nigerian descent whose confident, persuasive and harrowing first novel, “Beasts of No Nation” (2005), began as his thesis work in creative writing at Harvard. That book told the story of Agu, a child soldier who fights in a civil war in an unnamed West African country. It became
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The #EbonyOwes Campaign Is a Lesson For Media Everywhere

“Ebony magazine is black Chicago history. It's black history period,” Walden says. The lifestyle-focused Ebony, along with Johnson Publishing's weekly digest, Jet, were go-to publications of the civil-rights movement; the latter famously published photos of Emmett Till's mutilated body, sparking a
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Why We're Launching Paid Newsletters

In recent months, we've focused our attention on the enormous threats to our public lands, publishing a series of ambitious stories, including profiles of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Utah congressman Rob Bishop and investigations into sexual harassment on America's rivers. These reports have
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Quantcast appoints Meredith Long as Chief Revenue Officer of North America

“She also understands the challenges and opportunities for brand publishers, having been the Group Publisher of TIME, Fortune and Money where she drove overall profit YOY, expanding revenue across video, digital and print. This all comes down to talent and Meredith is a proven leader who knows
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Local retired teacher honing his writing skills

Honing his flourishing skills as a writer, a local retired teacher has landed the Alberta Retired Teacher's Association writing competition. Jock Mackenzie has been writing for some time now – although of course a busy teaching career didn't allow too much time for exploring that area. But then retirement
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Author Susanne Davis reads, signs Wednesday at Bank Square Books

She also teaches creative writing at both Trinity University and at UConn. But the path to book publication hasn't been a quick or easy process. It took Davis 10 years to assimilate the dozen stories in “The Appointed Hour” and, as is the norm for any published collection of short fiction, most of them
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Bestselling author Brad Meltzer thanks teacher who inspired him to write

And he credits a former North Miami Beach High School teacher for his daring to think he could one day write a novel, let alone make a good living at it. “It was Ms. Spicer,” he … Twelve adult novels and bestsellers later, the 47-year-old writer is on a national tour to hawk his latest. He's expected to chat
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Monday Tech Crawl: Amazon working on self-branded checking account, and Facebook expands …

Near the beginning of the year, Facebook began testing breaking news labels with a few publishers on its platform. Today, the tech giant said it is expanding this test to more than 50 other publishers in North and South America, Europe and Australia. Facebook said it is conducting the test because
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Pragmatics

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives and applications. Edited by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe. [Not in series
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Monster Hunter World Breaks Another All-Time Capcom Sales Record

Having already set a new launch record for the series, Capcom has now shared that Monster Hunter World has become the best-selling game in the publisher's history. It has now shipped more than 7.5 million units when combining digital sales and units sent to retailers but not necessarily sold through
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Tesla vs Lovecraft Coming to Xbox One on March 16th

Today, Finnish developer 10tons announced its latest game, Tesla vs Lovecraft, will be coming to the Xbox One through the ID@Xbox self-publishing program. Digital pre-orders are available now at a 20% discount. Tesla vs Lovecraft is a twin-stick shooter where you face the iconic horror author, H.P.
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President Trump Nominates Jon Parrish Peede as Chairman of the National Endowment for the …

In addition to serving as counselor to NEA chairman Dana Gioia for four years, Peede oversaw the agency's funding of literary organizations and fellowships to creative writers and translators and was director of the NEA Operation Homecoming program, for which he led writing workshops for US troops.
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Edgy fiction wins out in Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist

The books are Baby by debut writer Annaleese Jochems; lawyer Brannavan Gnanalingam's Sodden Downstream, novelist and creative writing teacher Pip Adam's The New Animals and Evans' re-imagining of Janet Frame's time in Ibiza, Salt Picnic. They were chosen from a long list of ten books which,
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Entrepreneur turns her hobby into a global business

Lauren Holden is a former journalist and copywriter who started The Occasional Reporter as a hobby to fulfil her love of creative writing. With increasing demand, Lauren realized there was a gap in the market for her unique gifts, which led to the business being formed. Officially launching this month,
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Downtown signs Grammy-winning songwriter Bill Bottrell

Downtown Music Publishing has unveiled the signing of Grammy-winning record producer and songwriter Bill Bottrell, in a deal that covers his past and future work. Bottrell co-wrote hits such as All I Wanna I Wanna Do, Strong Enough, and Leaving Las Vegas (Sheryl Crow), One More Love (Five For
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Mexico's CRE to Publish Natural Gas Prices for Six Regions

The Mexican energy regulator plans to publish prices for six natural gas trading regions, with the first report due later this month. The Comision Reguladora de Energia (CRE) last week published a regulatory accord identifying the six regions, which encompass the Federal District and all but two of
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Theatre Odyssey Presents Dinner With A Playwright…An Evening With Nicole Cunningham and …

After graduation she plans on teaching creative writing at the college level. Her most notable plays include Shoes, To Smash, and Raceplay – all of which were pursued under nationally recognized grants. Nicole is also a local actor and first met Jalex on stage at State College of Florida. Since then, their
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Extraordinary general meeting in Sdiptech AB (publ)

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Each warrant of series 2018/2021 entitles the holder to subscribe for one new common share of series B (“B-shares”) in the company during the period from the later date of (i) 1 February 2021 and (ii) the day after the publishing of the company's year-end report of 2020 up to and including 12 March
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Write Stuff: Teen Sex Assault Survivor To Give Talk At RJ Julia

… Mystic, will present a free reading on Wednesday, Mar. 7, at 6 p.m. by Susanne Davis, whose latest book, “The Appointed Hour,” is a collection of linked short stories about rural life in Connecticut. Davis teaches creative writing at Trinity College and UConn. 860-536-3794 or banksquarebooks.com.
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Literature, the environment come together at U of O conference

There are panels on animal theory and animal rights, co-existing with nature, consumer society, geographical spaces in literature, environmental activism, and a creative writing panel on how the current age of ecological crisis affects creative writing. “I think those conversations together will form a really
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CG Blockchain Announces Transform Group and Marketwired Founder Michael Terpin Joins …

Michael holds an MFA in Creative Writing from SUNY at Buffalo and a dual Bachelor Degree in Newspaper Journalism and English Literature from Syracuse University. He serves as an advisor to SU's Newhouse School of Public Communications, where he was inducted into its prestigious Wall of Fame.
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Living After Loss

Made possible by a gift from Diana and Simon Raab, the writer-in-residence series gives undergraduate writing and literature students at UCSB a unique opportunity to engage with masters of the craft. Creative writers, humanities scholars, journalists and filmmakers give public lectures or readings for
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Adams Publishing Group names Quast regional publisher

Prior to joining the Adams Publishing Group, Quast served as publisher of the Twin Falls Times-News, The Voice and the Elko Daily Free Press in Nevada for five years. He also has served as the vice president of sales and marketing at the Idaho Statesman and held management positions at the
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Coming clean: Charlevoix's Chowen documents alcoholism recovery

“I was never a writer before,” said Derek Chowen of Charlevoix. “I wasn't in creative writing in school. … Chowen — who was just about everything except a writer before getting sober, including a business owner, stockbroker, bank president, factory worker and bartender — said his lie of having brain
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Yorkshire entrepreneur's hobby turned business creates news across the globe

Beginning in 2015 by Lauren Holden, a former journalist and copywriter, The Occasional Reporter initially began as a hobby to fulfil Lauren's love of creative writing. With increasing demand, Lauren realised there was a gap in the market for the innovative, 100% personalised gift, which lead to the
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Introducing Dawn Patrol

Direct reader relationships will help us tell better and smarter stories—free from outside influence. That's why we're asking you to pay $5 a month to subscribe to Dawn Patrol. Every dollar spent will go back into publishing more in-depth reviews on women's gear, both behind this paywall and on Outside.
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Alphabet Publishing is celebrating World Theater Day with a new book series and resource …

Mar. 5, 2018 / PRZen / BRANFORD, Conn. — Her Own Worst Enemy by Alice Savage, the first book in the Integrated Skills Through Drama Series from Alphabet Publishing, is being launched on the 27th of March, World Theater Day, at the 2018 TESOL Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The book contains
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All you need to do is let go

You will never have to fight for that person's attention. All you need to do is let go. Kali King is a senior at Harlan County High School and is a member of the Bear Tracks newspaper staff and student in the communications/creative writing class at HCHS. This is a continuing series of columns produced by
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More recognition for Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Bannister (Obituary, 5 March) completed our undergraduate diploma in creative writing in 2009, and attended our annual awards ceremony in the Sheldonian, which I thought was nice, as he must have had more awards than he knew what to do with. Afterwards, he sought me out to say how
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'Hawaiian Pizza Of Pasties' Voted One Of The Best On Earth

For many people, putting pineapple on a pizza – or on any savoury meal, for that matter – is plain wrong and deserves nothing more than scorn and mockery. But now one American company's pastry dish – described as the 'Hawaiian pizza' of pasties – has been judged to be one of the best pasties in the
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Strolling in historic East Greenwich

This lot of land at 22 London Street was sold in 1878 to Albert S. Reynolds, a Providence manufacturer and printer. (In the 1900 census, he feels prosperous enough to call himself a “Capitalist”.) Reynolds built this building here in 1878 to house the presses for his newspaper publishing business.
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Ten Years of "4 pm Count" With Jim Reese

For ten years, he has been teaching a rigorous creative writing program in Yankton's Federal Prison Camp. That program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The 10th anniversary edition of the course's anthology, 4 p.m. Count has been released.
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Dance Makers Brian Brooks, Beth Gill, And Angie Pittman Sign On To Teach At Usdan Summer …

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts (http://www.usdan.org) offers nearly 100 classes in music, dance, theater, visual arts, creative writing, nature, recreation and chess, annually hosting more than 1,600 students from towns throughout the New York City metro area.
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2018 New Zealand Book Awards finalists announced

University of Canterbury Professor of English Patrick Evans' Salt Picnic, will vie with Wellington lawyer Brannavan Gnanalingam's Sodden Downstream, creative writing teacher Pip Adam's The New Animals and debutant writer Annaleese Jochems' Baby for the $50.000 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize,
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NC Museum of Natural Sciences Again Leads North Carolina Museums and Historic Attractions …

MATTHEWS, N.C., March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — For the fourth year in a row, Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences again ranks as the State's most visited historic attraction according to the Carolina Publishing and Associates annual survey. During 2017 the Museum reported 946,486
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Welcome to new RG publisher

A welcome to new Register-Guard publisher Shanna Cannon. She has inherited a fine-honed, honest team of news gatherers. Like the Bakers, I hope the stories, articles and opinions she publishes will be built on balance and fairness. Encouraging debate and discussions in letters to the editor and
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MAHS graduate collaborates, creates spring play

As a psychology and theater double major, Cole Mercier has a world of opportunities available to him after he graduates from the University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD) this May. But for now, he's working with Kris Goracke and her creative writing class to create a play that addresses cyberbullying and is
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'The Hate U Give' author to speak at Southern Miss

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The Jackson native's first book and New York Times bestseller, “The Hate U Give,” is young adult novel that is inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and violent encounters between African-Americans and police. Described by the New York Times as “a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that
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Students welcome author

Although she had dreams of writing, she got a letter from an author she admired and was encouraged by a teacher, and she said that was where she began working to turn her desire into a reality. “Those two things set me on the course,” Maschari said. Maschari is a published children's author, with two
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The Terrifics Make a Splash – Comixology Sales Ranks for the Week of 2/28

The bestsellers on the newsstand were not always the same bestsellers as in the Direct Market, so it doesn't seem like that should necessarily be the case with digital. There will be a little bit of mismatch because these are more weekly than monthly ranks and it isn't clear exactly how Comixology defines
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Facebook expands test around new "breaking news" label

If the expansion is successful, Facebook says it may add more publishers. Why it matters: Breaking news has consistently been difficult for tech platforms to manage, making it a prime opportunity for misinformation campaigns. More distinctions around breaking news from verified publishers might help
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Conservative publishers hit hardest by Facebook News Feed change

Facebook's January 12 announcement that it would begin to de-prioritize news publishers and their posts in users' News Feeds has had a surprisingly profound and partisan impact. According to The Outline's analysis of Facebook engagement data obtained from research tool BuzzSumo, conservative
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Facebook now enabling Canadian publishers to label stories as breaking news

Now, Facebook says more than 50 additional publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia will be to take part in the test, enabling them to label Instant Articles, mobile and web links and Facebook Live content as breaking news. Facebook says more publishers will be added to the
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iLeads.com and Jornaya Announce Data Partnership

Additionally, the Jornaya platform has unmatched visibility into consumer journeys and insights. Its technology allows for witnessing first-hand consumer behaviors across devices, browsers and web properties. Jornaya gives publishers and marketers high-value data and insights that cannot be found
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16 Best Tapas Bars in Barcelona

And for good reason; it's one of a few places that has managed to nail the mix of friendly service, high-quality, affordable food, good wine, and a laid-back atmosphere. The cooking is seasonal and fresh, so it's worth checking out the daily specials in addition to bestsellers like the squid-ink croquettes, the
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News lobsters demand to be let back into the Facebook boiling pot

Comment Stand by for more clickbait. Facebook has abandoned its “fix” for news after publishers complained about a drop in traffic. Last October Facebook added an Explore tab intended to surface more material from friends and family. In six countries, as an experiment, it removed professional
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'Prisoner of war in his body': Statesville native chronicles life of veteran with ALS

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'Prisoner of war in his body': Statesville native chronicles life of veteran with ALS

Gill, 58, is self-publishing “Randy's Way,” his third book. His first two books, “The Bridge” and “Return to Emerald Isle,” were fictional stories using his beach-town home as the setting. Hebert, who served in Iraq, developed ALS after being exposed to poisonous chemicals, including sarin, in combat.
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Rosemount to host Writers Festival and Book Fair

Anderson is a twice-published author who came up with the idea for the company after experiencing publishing success at the age of 14. His first book, “Saving Stripes: A Kitty's Story,” was self published on Amazon's Create Space. It tells the true story of the cat family rescue he was involved in from the
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