'Agent Storm' is planned as a movie

The memoir of an Al Qaeda double agent will be released this August and 'Captain Phillips' helmer Paul Greengrass could direct the film adaptation. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned

Currently soliciting crowdfunding, scheme hopes to transpose website's 2.6bn words onto paper for touring exhibitionIt would run to over a million pages, featuring more than four million articles by 20 million volunteers: an "record-breaking" new project to turn Wikipedia into 1,000 books has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Birds Maker Hatches In-Game Video Ad Plan

Angry Birds is getting ready to introduce in-game digital video ads in an expansion of its advertising products that the company will unveil soon, according to Michele Tobin, Rovio’s head of advertising. Tobin told Adweek today that the company’s games provide premium inventory for video... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes sale nears as final bids are planned

Forbes Media is drawing interest from acquirers including China's Fosun International Ltd. and Singapore's Spice Global Investments Pvt, with final offers for the magazine publisher due Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rubicon Project Sets $100M IPO Plan

The Rubicon Project, a digital advertising platform for buyers and sellers, has revealed its plans to sell its shares publicly. The LA-based company follows a number of ad tech firms that have tested public markets within the past year, including Criteo, RocketFuel, Tremor Video, YuMe among... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard Books plans schools giveaway

Orchard Books is teaming up with marketing agency Mostra to distribute copies of The World of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackboard Plans New Online Bookstore

Blackboard, a learning management system that provides the online educational environment for many higher educational institutions, plans to launch an online bookstore for its platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boot up: responding to Bitcoin, Dropbox v Box, Nest v estate agents, and more

Plus what Windows 9 needs, Network Solutions and the lost art of opting in, Samsung promises Tizen at MWC, and moreA burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamOn the Matter of Why Bitcoin Matters >> The Magazine on MediumGlenn Fleishman responds to Marc... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror needs to stick with its digital transition plan | Steve Dyson

Simon Fox's company closed two tablet editions recently, but at the least the regional publisher is trying to make digital workThis week brought sad news for fans of Business Daily, the Birmingham Post's online tablet e-edition, which Trinity Mirror closed after just seven months.It makes you... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major library cutbacks planned in Doncaster

Doncaster’s council has put forward cost-cutting plans which could leave just four out of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California Bookstore Day Plans Moving Forward

Eighty California indies are signed up to participate in the statewide California Bookstore Day on May 3, 2014, featuring exclusive publisher titles for sale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stella Gibbons discovery takes agent by surprise

Anna Davis of Curtis Brown, agent for the Stella Gibbons estate, had no idea of the existence of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Movies and JK Rowling top book list

Harry Potter author JK Rowling tops a new list of children's favourite books which is dominated by titles that have been made into films. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storms hit some Christmas trade

The bad weather and flooding hit Christmas and post-Christmas trade for some, but many... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hugh Hefner movie sashays closer with director David Dobkin

Wedding Crashers helmer signs on for long-gestating biopic telling life story of Playboy magazine founder• Peter Morgan in talks to develop Hugh Hefner biopicPlayboy founder Hugh Hefner is to have his life story told in a biopic to be directed by Wedding Crashers' David Dobkin, it has been... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tribune files plan with SEC ahead of publishing unit spinoff

Tribune Co. took a key step in the planned spinoff of its publishing business on Monday, filing a Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Harold Evans backs plan for new press regulator to rival Ipso

The Impress Project aims to attract newspapers and publishers that want a regulator 'independent of owners and politicians'The former editor of the Sunday Times, Sir Harold Evans, is backing an initiative to set up a press regulator to rival the body being launched by the publishers of the Sun,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Autumn statement: UK's special effects industry cheered by tax relief plan

Chancellor's measures to help film business likely to encourage more Hollywood studios to use British post-production facilitiesThe UK's film special effects industry has received a shot in the arm with the government announcing plans to make it easier for Hollywood studios to qualify for UK tax... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon plans drone delivery

Amazon is testing drones called "Octocopters" which could potentially deliver customers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vivienne Westwood planning autobiography

Fashion legend says: 'The living deserve respect. The dead deserve the truth... this will be my story'Doyenne of British fashion Dame Vivienne Westwood, credited with inventing punk style then bringing it to the catwalk, has sold rights to an autobiography. It will be co-written by Ian Kelly,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'</em>s Latest Comic Book Easter Eggs

This week's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a lot more Easter eggs in its basket than previous episodes. Here's a breakdown.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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