Former prime minister’s heavily promoted book, Unleashed, just hung on to No 1 bestseller spot in UKSales of Boris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, have slumped by 62% in its second week since publication.The heavily marketed tome, promoted in a prolonged media round by the former prime minister in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-24 14:17:36 UTC ]
First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright is expected to leave Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, the New York Post and other outlets reported Friday, making her the highest-ranking City Hall official to depart in the wake of the mayor’s criminal indictment and the federal investigations that have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-10-04 17:56:58 UTC ]
Book retailers say they have been able to cope in recent weeks despite the Omicron wave hitting staff, while most UK publishers continue to ask people to work from home and keep their offices open for employees who need them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 06:44:20 UTC ]
Executives at the cosmetic company Mary Kay Inc. have made repeated attempts in recent weeks to stop publication of a book about the company by Jennifer Bickel Cook, the long-time personal administrative assistant to founder Mary Kay Ash. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The age-old issue around what can be done to encourage boys to read has been brought into sharper focus over recent weeks with the announcement that Marcus Rashford, supported by MacMillan, is launching a book club. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-20 22:26:17 UTC ]
Yesterday—as protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, continued across the US—things that President Trump said caused trouble again, and drove the news again. First, Trump laid into governors on a conference call that quickly leaked to the press; he called... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-06-02 12:08:10 UTC ]
It’s no surprise that people read a lot when stuck at home. But novels are more than a way to kill timeIt’s no surprise that keen readers have looked to books for historical analogues or literary insights into the coronavirus outbreak. Sales of the English translation of Albert Camus’s 1947... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-04-19 17:25:44 UTC ]
Last week, Lyz Lenz, a journalist and writer who lives in Iowa, predicted that the state’s caucuses “are going to be a f*cking nightmare.” In a piece for Gen, Lenz (who also contributes regularly to CJR) wrote that the caucuses are inaccessible at the best of times, and that state Democrats’... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-02-04 13:11:10 UTC ]
The shakeup continues at SourceMedia. Chief content officer David Longobardi is out after 11 years in the role and 15 with the company as it prepares to reveal a series of new additions to its executive team, Folio: has learned. The lone holdover on a five-person C-suite that has now entirely... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-08-22 18:08:05 UTC ]
Three top executives are out at ALM Media in what the company is describing as a change to its organizational structure. Chief marketing officer Carol Eversen, media division president Jay Kirsch and intelligence division president Andrew Neblett—all of whom joined ALM in 2016, around the time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-07-03 17:40:40 UTC ]
Google is revamping Google News with a new design that will incorporate elements of the Newsstand app and YouTube, according to people familiar with the plans.The search giant is expected to unveil the new digital media destination next week at its developer conference, and it has been talking... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Human rights groups call for release of men arrested by security forces at Minsk literature festival, and others held as protests rock authoritarian stateHuman rights organisations have called on Belarusian authorities to drop all charges immediately against writers, publishers and journalists... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's biggest news recently has been the global roll out of Reactions. But bubbling away in the background over recent weeks have been changes to the Instant Article program. Initially made available only to larger publishers, Facebook Instant Articles help to improve user-engagement by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In recent weeks a number of big consumer magazine and newspaper publishers have expanded their ability to deliver digital advertising in a variety of formats with acquisitions and investments in digital ad platforms. The deals continue a long-term tr ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's gospel-singer mom, has sold a book about her late daughter to HarperCollins Publishers, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Ms. Houston, who is 78, met with publishers in New York in April to pitch them on the project, according to a report in The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]