Yesterday, a footnote to an op-ed in the LA Times revealed that Red Badge Films is now producing a documentary about Anthony Broadwater’s conviction and then exoneration of Alice Sebold’s rape, called Unlucky. Red Badge Films is helmed by Tim Mucciante, previously the executive producer for the film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s memoir Lucky, who […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Faber has acquired two titles by André Aciman, the author of Call Me by Your Name, upon which the Academy Award-winning film of the same name was based. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix pays creators, but for digital publishers, there's also a ton of value in just being able to say they have a show on Netflix. The post The Netflix Effect: Publishers see Netflix deals as gateways to more TV work appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversy has dogged the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) since David Fenza, its longtime executive director, was fired on March 11. While the AWP board has not offered any explanation for Fenza's termination, former AWP president Rita Dove claims she was told a hostile work... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Assistant may have debuted as a bonus feature in the company’s ho-hum Allo messaging app, but it’s been on a roll ever since. The AI helper is now embedded in more than 500 million devices worldwide, Google revealed Tuesday during its annual I/O developer conference keynote. The company... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Arlen Davis’ briskly informative, convincing documentary “The Test & the Art of Thinking” takes aim at those gantlets of supposed aptitude measurement, the SAT and ACT (originally, the Scholastic Aptitude Test and American College Testing, respectively; now known by their acronyms).... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Colombia, the seven independent publishers of 49 Libros and their shared distribution company Huracán have had a new day in the sun at the Bogotá International Book Fair’s new small-press pavilion. By Andrés Delgado Darnalt | @andeldar ‘To Reach Our Markets Strategically’ s the Bogotá... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate is a multimedia digital publishing company focused on covering culture, technology, politics, current events, and business. Over the past 20 years our smart, witty takes have been recognized with numerous accolades and have won us industry recognition, including the National Magazine Award... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dame Jacqueline Wilson joins author Lauren St John's campaign calling for the book industry to ditch plastic. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty of the UK’s authors and illustrators, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell and Jacqueline Wilson, have pledged their support for a campaign encouraging the book industry to ditch the plastic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It has never been easier to catch up on the staggeringly rich back catalog of master documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Forty of his films can now be streamed for free through Kanopy, the on-demand service available through partnerships with libraries around the world, including the Los... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kendrick Lamar’s achievement as the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music is an epochal achievement in hip-hop, and in Pulitzer history for acknowledging the genre’s importance in American cultural life. But there is some precedent and narrative behind this particular award. It’s not the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Inc.’s chief executive testified Wednesday that the government’s assertions that AT&T Inc. wanted to buy the company to use its programming as leverage over distributors “makes no sense” because it would limit viewership. “I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not how this works,” Jeff... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has bought a new children’s series, about a girl genius called Max Einstein, by James Patterson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair celebrates the life of superagent Ed Victor, in the first fair since his passing. Charlie Campbell remembers his old boss fondly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A top AT&T Inc. executive was questioned Thursday about past emails critical of content providers selling programming to online distributors as the government argued that the telecommunications giant should not be allowed to purchase Time Warner Inc. In the third week of an antitrust suit to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook published a blog post today detailing the changes it has made to how it manages users' data. You can read a broader summary of that report here, but among the new changes is a tweak to how Facebook collects and stores call and text history.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. What people are talking about today: Cond Nast and Vogue are denying a report that uber-tastemaker Anna Wintour might leave this summer. Page Six says it talked to multiple sources who say the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a "major work of non-fiction" that examines how work has shaped human civilisation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With more than €26,000 in prizes, the Global Illustration award from Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Information Content Industry Association has issued its third-year call for submissions to IlluSalon, with an award ceremony set for Frankfurt on October 10. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse: Global... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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