Mars Hill University senior Bakari Harris presents a poem to Madison and Buncombe county high school students who attended a one-day creative writing workshop on March 24 at the university. Mars Hill University welcomed about two dozen high school students and teachers from Madison and
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Heavy writing courses in the English department at Chico State have provided hands-on resources and projects for their students. Ranging from a literary magazine class to in-class workshops, students are trained to be prepared in all writing areas. One of the benefits that students, faculty and
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On March 23, the News Tribune published an opinion article written by a terribly uninformed, self-proclaimed gun owner, an author named John Freivalds (Local View: “Muskets of 1791 a far cry from firepower of today”). The newspaper should have some responsibility to confirm claims made by
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McAllen native Rodriguez teaches in the Creative Writing (MFA) program at UTRGV, his alma mater, and growing up in the Rio Grande Valley is a central … of Fine Arts (MFA) Creative Writing program, which he co-founded during his time as chair of the Department of English at UTPA from 2001 to 2007.
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Three years later, both styles are still best-sellers. Rasgon has created dozens of t-shirts and sweatshirts through multiple collaborations with other plant-based influencers. “Not Milk,” “#VeganAF,” and “I Come in Peas” are just a few of her fan favorites. The apparel is available to ship nationwide, and
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Some publishers, however, continue to yank and pull their ad clients beyond piling up reach and frequency of impressions towards deeper attention metrics. Leveraging audiences' behaviors at scale and in meaningful ways that measure the depth of attention is the new game that's aimed to satisfy an
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In almost every Cairo bookstore and on every dusty bookstand in which vendors peddle Xeroxed copies of international best sellers, you'll find translated copies of Michael Wolff's “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” “Trump is funny,” says 31-year-old Ahmed, a bookseller on Tahrir Square,
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Melanie Williams plans to open a home goods and gift shop called Story next to Black Market. She will own and operate both stores. / Photo by Saraya Brewer. Vintage boutique Fox House Vintage has closed in order for owner Lauralee Estill to focus on her new position as event coordinator at Blue
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Meredith is shaking up its sales and marketing structure, appointing individual publishers at the brands it acquired from Time Inc. earlier this year. The new sales structure will consist of account teams made up of brand, corporate and digital sellers and marketers, with a principal point of contact for each
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CPPS Book Publishing Company is helping authors to achieve their dreams by providing a professional and affordable self-publishing book service. The company has already provided a unique opportunity for hundreds of authors who failed to get their books published by mainstream publishers.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC had 33 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Buy” rating by Investec on Thursday, July 23. On Tuesday, December 22 the stock rating was maintained by Investec with “Buy”. As per Monday, January 25, the company rating was
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Ferro has been recognized with an honorable mention for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers, and he received the Jim Cash Creative Writing Award for Fiction. Ferro joined Stateside today to discuss the book, and explain how his own move to Chicago during the Great Recession
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There is the Johnson Publishing Company archive, which includes the full collection of black lifestyle magazines Ebony and Jet; 60,000 art and architecture glass slides, originally discarded by the University of Chicago's art-history department; hundreds of vinyl records from Frankie Knuckles Records,
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And that's what we've been doing our whole lives, of course, and that's what the fans do. We just do our thing, man, and we're happy to have had the opportunity to be a band here for 30 years, and we're gonna make the most of it. And we try our hardest to write songs and to put out new material, when
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As the 2012-13 Viebranz Professor of Creative Writing at St. Lawrence University, Elizonda Griest made several visits to the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation and the Canadian border, where much of her new book, “All the Agents and Saints,” is set. Sykes Hall is located on Park Street across from the
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'What have they done to Judy Blume this book was copyrighted in 1970,' she wrote. And longtime fans of the book seem to be in agreement,replying to her tweet in droves to voice their disappointment and poke fun at the publishers for their attempt at giving the story a modern day text message twist.
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From classic literature to modern best-sellers to academic texts to the entire Harry Potter series, the Kindle Owners' Lending Library offers a database of 80,000 books to anyone with a Kindle or Amazon Prime membership. These titles are free-of-charge, and there are no due dates, so keep them as long
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Page Street Publishing Co, distributed by Macmillan, is looking for a bright and fast entry-level design assistant to join our growing design team. The right candidate will work across all lists (non-fiction, young adult, and children's) to enter editorial changes, create book dummies, generate catalog jpgs
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Shambhala is seeking a Contracts and Royalties Manager in its Boulder, CO office to assist its imprint publishers and Director of Finance in all aspects of contracts origination and management as well as royalties processing. We currently use Sharepoint for contracts and the workflows around them, and
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The Florence County Deer Advisory Council met Tuesday, March 20 to set the preliminary antlerless quota and discuss season options for the 2018 deer seasons. Following public comment and discussions, the council voted to set the preliminary antlerless quota at a harvest of 1,600. Youth hunters
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“I want to retell the past, not rewrite it,” Sutton explained. “Our work in publishing all types of historical records from former slave societies like Brazil and Cuba has allowed Africans and their descendants to be properly integrated into the history of those nations. It has also provided countless families with
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Artist Eugene Clark conducted sculpture-building sessions where the fifth grade students created original sculptures made from recycled materials. Writing teacher Melissa Clark involved the students in creative writing exercises using public sculptures found throughout the community for inspiration.
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The state government is keen to provide all necessary help to students who are keen to undertake various courses in film and television institute of India, … He said that FTII has already trained around 2600 youth in 19 cities in different courses like editing, cinematography, direction, action, script writing,
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For the first time in its 30-year history, the CarmelFest parade will be streamed live. CBS4 will stream live coverage of the parade on its Indy Facebook page from the newly-relocated parade review stand on east Carmel Drive at Flanner and Buchanan. The live stream will begin at 10:30 a.m. July 4.
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Citizens United for Education met Wednesday, March 21, in the meeting room of the Crandon Public Library. The group supported the move by the Crandon School Board to suspend Crandon School District Superintendent Dr. Douglas Kryder, pending an investigation, at a special school board meeting
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Caitlyn and Breyson Kelley wrestled on Friday, March 23 at the Wisconsin State Youth Folkstyle Tournament in Madison. Caitlyn, wrestling at 85 pounds, received a bye in the first round, then wrestled a first-place regional wrestler and won the match 2-0. She also beat her second opponent 14-0 to claim
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Mackenzi McGeshick of Crandon, reached a plea deal with the State of Wisconsin, in Forest County Circuit Court on March 22, according to information provided by the district attorney's office. She was convicted on six counts, including three counts of delivering cocaine, one count of delivering heroin,
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Newsday Co-publisher Edward Bushey is leaving the Melville-based publication and its affiliated properties as of April to work for Tronc, the successor to the Tribune Publishing, as Co-publisher Debby Krenek becomes sole publisher. Bushey in an emeail to Newsday employees on Tuesday said that he
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Another good resource, especially for those graduating, is the resume and cover letter workshops held in the WLU Writing Center. The resume workshop will be held on March 28 from 12-12:50 p.m. The description says, “The Resume Writing Workshop covers the basic components of a resume and
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It shot to the top of the international best-sellers list, flying off the shelves faster than almost any of its genre. Scandinavia, not remotely new to the idea of a crime novel, what with their Stieg Larssons and their Jo Nesbos, is enthralled. The Hypnotist is written by Lars Kepler, quickly revealed to be a pen
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Signed copies of “Bluff” are available for pre-order at The Book Mart and Café in Starkville. Originally from the Jersey Shore, Kardos is in his 11th year as an associate professor of English and co-director of MSU's creative writing program. He is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of “The Three-Day Affair,”
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It also stations staff in game cities to track sales and best-sellers and then reorder merchandise before it runs out. For the Final Four in San Antonio, it will sell gear at 15 NCAA-sanctioned hotels, plus several retail locations. It also has a nearly 8,000-square-foot retail space at the Final Four Fan Fest
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Nature has amassed an impressive array of structures that afford protection from microbial colonization/infection when displayed on the exterior surfaces of organisms. Here, controlled variation of the features of mimetics derived from etched silicon allows for tuning of their antimicrobial efficacy. Materials
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Brad Peyton (Rampage and San Andreas) is attached to direct, Justin Rhodes (Terminator Reboot and Fantastic Voyage) is attached to write, and War for … works of speculative fiction and two other novels which have collectively sold over 140,000 copies (self-published or published through Amazon).
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God may be infallible, but publishers are not, so they take extra care when bringing out a funny faith book because of its potential to offend. That's the case at Waterbook/Multnomah which has How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living by the staff of The
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Before eLife published its first article, there was already strong agreement within the initiative that the journal had to appeal to early-career researchers, as well as established scientists. Towards this end we introduced a number of measures that, we hoped, would encourage graduate students, postdocs
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Kar-Ben publisher Joni Sussman has announced the signing of three Jewish children's books, all of which will be released in 2020. One new title is by Caldecott winning author Jane Yolen. Kar-ben has world rights for Miriam at the River, Yolen's retelling of Miriam, who saved her baby brother Moses by
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… Oliver Challenges V.P. Pence Via Picture Book Showdown; • Eiko Kadono and Igor Oleynikov Win 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards; • 10 Dirty Romance Novels; • The 10 Best Haruki Murakami Books; • Book Deals: Week of March 26, 2018; • Publishers Are Urged to Monitor Amazon Buy Buttons
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After two years at Drexel University, she graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2001 and then completed a master of arts degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University. In 2003, she won the O. Henry Prize for her short story “The American Embassy.” Her first
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Mr. Harrison will lead the global sales, marketing and accounts teams, responsible for driving revenue growth and expanding strategic relationships with digital and advanced TV publishers, as well as deepening engagement with brands and agencies. IRIS.TV's rapidly growing client base includes
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Denise Bukowski of Canada's The Bukowski Agency sold The Time I Loved You by Carrianne K.Y. Leung to Liveright/Norton for U.S. publication in winter 2019. The book was published by HarperCollins Canada this month. Leung is the author of The Wondrous Woo, and this new book is a collection of
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Newsday Co-publisher Edward Bushey is leaving the Melville-based publication and its affiliated properties as of April to work for Tronc, the successor to the Tribune Publishing, as Co-publisher Debby Krenek becomes sole publisher. Bushey in an emeail to Newsday employees on Tuesday said that he
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Another good resource, especially for those graduating, is the resume and cover letter workshops held in the WLU Writing Center. The resume workshop will be held on March 28 from 12-12:50 p.m. The description says, “The Resume Writing Workshop covers the basic components of a resume and
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It shot to the top of the international best-sellers list, flying off the shelves faster than almost any of its genre. Scandinavia, not remotely new to the idea of a crime novel, what with their Stieg Larssons and their Jo Nesbos, is enthralled. The Hypnotist is written by Lars Kepler, quickly revealed to be a pen
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Signed copies of “Bluff” are available for pre-order at The Book Mart and Café in Starkville. Originally from the Jersey Shore, Kardos is in his 11th year as an associate professor of English and co-director of MSU's creative writing program. He is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of “The Three-Day Affair,”
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It also stations staff in game cities to track sales and best-sellers and then reorder merchandise before it runs out. For the Final Four in San Antonio, it will sell gear at 15 NCAA-sanctioned hotels, plus several retail locations. It also has a nearly 8,000-square-foot retail space at the Final Four Fan Fest
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Nature has amassed an impressive array of structures that afford protection from microbial colonization/infection when displayed on the exterior surfaces of organisms. Here, controlled variation of the features of mimetics derived from etched silicon allows for tuning of their antimicrobial efficacy. Materials
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Brad Peyton (Rampage and San Andreas) is attached to direct, Justin Rhodes (Terminator Reboot and Fantastic Voyage) is attached to write, and War for … works of speculative fiction and two other novels which have collectively sold over 140,000 copies (self-published or published through Amazon).
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God may be infallible, but publishers are not, so they take extra care when bringing out a funny faith book because of its potential to offend. That's the case at Waterbook/Multnomah which has How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living by the staff of The
See Original Article

Before eLife published its first article, there was already strong agreement within the initiative that the journal had to appeal to early-career researchers, as well as established scientists. Towards this end we introduced a number of measures that, we hoped, would encourage graduate students, postdocs
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Kar-Ben publisher Joni Sussman has announced the signing of three Jewish children's books, all of which will be released in 2020. One new title is by Caldecott winning author Jane Yolen. Kar-ben has world rights for Miriam at the River, Yolen's retelling of Miriam, who saved her baby brother Moses by
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… Oliver Challenges V.P. Pence Via Picture Book Showdown; • Eiko Kadono and Igor Oleynikov Win 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards; • 10 Dirty Romance Novels; • The 10 Best Haruki Murakami Books; • Book Deals: Week of March 26, 2018; • Publishers Are Urged to Monitor Amazon Buy Buttons
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After two years at Drexel University, she graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2001 and then completed a master of arts degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University. In 2003, she won the O. Henry Prize for her short story “The American Embassy.” Her first
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Mr. Harrison will lead the global sales, marketing and accounts teams, responsible for driving revenue growth and expanding strategic relationships with digital and advanced TV publishers, as well as deepening engagement with brands and agencies. IRIS.TV's rapidly growing client base includes
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Recognized most notably for her eight-year stint as Kansas City's “Price Chopper Girl,” Wilson brings her on-camera skillset and creative writing prowess as a playwright, poet and blogger to the task of producing a new business brand. Wilson's responsibilities will include launching social media
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A former masseuse in Nantwich is hoping her new creative writing classes will rub off on residents! Lynn Tammadge is leaving behind her old job as a massage practitioner to pursue her passion for writing. And next month she'll stage her first 'Getting Started with Creative Writing' workshop in the town.
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Local journalist, author and publisher Dale Burk is a Montanan who has heard the “call of the wild” and spent much of his life trying to convey what he's heard to the rest of us. Finally, in a work that has been long in the making, we have an account of Burk's life-long conversation with the wild. It's a book
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The Gallery in Malden is an arts retail shop and community space where performances, meetings and classes happen. It has hosted a number of events, including art exhibits featuring local artists, book talks and concerts. An artist reception was recently held for the fabric arts exhibit “Land and Nature
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Pune: The Film and Television Institute of India, through its six-month screenwriting course, looks to address problems plaguing Indian television content. A lack of qualified … Noted TV writer Vinod Ranganath is the course director, who will be assisted by FTII alumnus Gaurav Asri. The course was
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The book released in 2014, the year BJP came to power and her publishers were tense that with a title like Sita's Curse, the book might invite controversy. However, soon after its release, a seven-city tour, and glowing press reviews, the book was hailed as path-breaking and she was honoured with the
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Born and raised in Portland, Maine, Julavits is a graduate of Dartmouth University and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. She lives in New York and is an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
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Ollison has been a staff critic at the Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Virginian-Pilot, Baltimore Sun and the Journal News in Westchester, N.Y. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2000 with a B.A. in creative writing and journalism with a minor in African-American studies. “We are
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Jin, who uses the pen name Ha Jin, is the winner of the prestigious National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He is director of the creative writing program at Boston University. His visit is being organized by WMU's Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies, and co-sponsored by
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… of the bobblehead business, told USA TODAY Sports in an email that the Milwaukee-based company had sold more than 8,100 Sister Jean bobbleheads as of Tuesday morning — nearly three times as many as the previous best-seller, which commemorated Clemson's national football championship.
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On the top line, the negative impact of exchange rates was offset by acquisitions, most notably its July 2017 purchase of the Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B. Bertelsmann reported that print book revenue “remained broadly stable overall” at PRH, while e-book sales declined “moderately” and
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If the publisher does not have the tools to analyze how its advertiser's web audience increases and or how many leads a campaign generated, they're unlikely to get credit for all that hard work. What's worse is that publishers typically get undervalued for their lead generation work. How so? We all know
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A partnership between the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and Elsevier, will see the creation of a pan-African, peer-reviewed, open access publishing journal, dedicated to boosting the global reach and impact of research by Africans.
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For years, academic libraries have struggled to keep up with the rising costs of journal subscriptions set by a few large, international publishers. The situation “is now getting to a point of crisis,” according to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, which recently published a briefing paper, with
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UWM professor Brenda Cárdenas served as Milwaukee's Poet Laureate in 2010-2012 and has used her creative writing to focus on Latino/a literatures and cultures and to spotlight issues of migration. In addition to her work as a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program at UW-Milwaukee,
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CONWAY, Ark. (March 27, 2018) — Peyton Coffman '19, an English-Creative Writing major, has received an honorable mention for her short story “Bird of New York” in the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Journals Project. She was recognized by award-winning AWP member David
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With the announcement of a localized “Today In” Hub for town hall-type content, as well as this new commitment to local news across the globe, local publishers have reason to be somewhat bullish on Facebook. This update also includes help for those local publishers with multiple locations. Facebook
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I was in college, and I took an English comp class, which was a required class, and the professor had us keep a journal. She said that it was part of the requirement of the class just to write in your journal a couple of times a week, and then once a week she would put everyone in a circle and would say,
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I realize that in one way or another I have been writing about my father and his story ever since I took a creative writing class at Ohio State 20 years ago. The part of this book that is really directly based on my life is the storyline with Owen's father. My father was a chemical technician at Procter & Gamble
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Nate's Coffee and La Petite Délicat had originally agreed to a five-year shared lease on the property, where Nate's Coffee maintained a portion of the space to sell its locally roasted coffee products, however the lease has been terminated after less than a year at the request of La Petite Délicat.
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SAN FRANCISCO — When native advertising rose to prominence in 2011, many onlookers believed that, to match the unique publishing environment in which they were delivered, native ads could not scale to the kind of efficiencies demanded by modern ad-tech. But many a native ad vendor has
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Judith Curr, formerly president and publisher of Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group, is joining HarperCollins on 2nd April as president and publisher of HarperOne, Amistad, and Rayo. In her new role she will be based in New York, reporting to Brian Murray, president and c.e.o. HarperCollins
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THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office will publish crime figures for the first time in more than a year tomorrow. The office stopped publishing the stats due to concerns over the accuracy of information provided by the gardaí. The publication of crime stats has been halted on a number of occasions following
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