Dog photographer William Wegman, who has done for Weimaraners what Monet did for water lilies, apparently has sold the studio where he made much of his canine-themed art.The building, 245 W. 18th St., a 2-story mixed-use site in Chelsea, went into contract last week, according to the Olshan... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-10-29 10:03:09 UTC ]
The Hay Festival and the Women's Prize are some of the literature organisations to have benefitted from the latest round of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund administered through Arts Council England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-22 05:55:21 UTC ]
Blu-rays are so done. Using high-speed lasers, researchers have created new data storage tech that could write and keep 500TB of data on a CD-sized glass disc. The 5D storage tech has higher writing speeds that might make it feasible to large-scale archiving projects. Each file uses three layers... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-11-02 11:37:02 UTC ]
Publishing Scotland names its latest round of translation grants. And the Frankfurt Book Fair's Literary Agents and Scouts Center is sold out. The post Publishing Scotland Funds 14 Translations; Frankfurt’s LitAg Sells Out appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-02-18 16:30:25 UTC ]
Figures in the publishing industry have expressed frustration at the latest round of gender pay gap reports, which showed little progress had been made since 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cuts follow recently announced redundancies at HuffPost and BuzzFeedVice has announced plans to sack 250 staff, as a wave of job cuts affecting the digital media industry continues to hit companies around the world amid questions over the sustainability of ad-supported online publishing.Almost... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reporter says every member of the news team received a letter about redundancies on Tuesday morningThe Australian arm of BuzzFeed will have to cut 11 staff as a global downsizing strategy targets 200 of the digital publisher’s international workforce.BuzzFeedOz news reporter Alice Workman said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Job losses follow sales or cuts at Mic, Refinery29 and elsewhere, but publishing as a whole had already shrunk sharplyRevenue-per-click, the business strategy that has informed digital publishers for years, was effectively pronounced DOA this week as leading players in a sector once viewed as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online publisher announces job losses to shore up finances as Verizon unveils plan to sack 800 workersBuzzFeed has announced plans to lay off hundreds of staff, as digital media firms struggle to turn a profit while dealing with the same financial issues that have plagued traditional publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
[caption id="attachment_109685" align="alignright" width="488"] Meredith Corp.'s Des Moines, Iowa headquarters.[/caption] Meredith has taken further steps in its long-term reorganization strategy that began after its acquisition of Time Inc. nearly two years ago. The Wall Street Journal first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers including J J Bola and Rachel Seiffert have been awarded grants by the Society of Authors in its latest round of funding to support works in progress. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Odedina, editor-at-large at Pushkin Children’s, has acquired two manuscripts after the latest round of open submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books from 15 countries have received PEN Translates awards in the latest round of grants for translation, with Ros Schwartz, co-chair of the award panel, saying publishers are becoming "increasingly adventurous" in their choices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors in Scotland has been awarded a grant in the latest round of funding from Creative Scotland to host ScotsWrite, a three-day event for authors in Glasgow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers are "leading the field" in the latest round of the PEN Translates awards with Orenda Books, Arc Publications and Tilted Axis Press among the 16 publishers picking up accolades for their titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]