At A Moment Of Crisis, Facebook Needs Sheryl Sandberg Out Front

It’s hard to fathom why Facebook’s number two has gone along with a crisis strategy that puts herself (and Mark Zuckerberg) squarely behind the curtain. Over the weekend it was business as usual on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s profile page. On Saturday, she shared two photos from a visit to her daughter’s elementary school. On Friday, she shared a New York Times article about the fifth anniversary of Lean In, the blockbuster book that made her a household name. “We still have a lot of work to do, but I’m proud that more women are speaking up,” she wrote. It was standard fare for the Silicon Valley billionaire, who often serves as the face of the company: a mix of cheerleading women in business and plugging her regular-mom bona fides.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 of the Weirdest Moments From Prince Harry’s Memoir

These ten moments from SPARE are among the weirdest in this bestselling and highly anticipated memoir from Prince Harry. Continue reading at Book Riot

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A Publishing Group Grows on Facebook

At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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A Publishing Group Grows on Facebook

At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Libraries vs. the Cost of Living Crisis

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Is there a Crisis of Confidence in Scientific Research?

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Lesser-known villains of the opioid crisis: ‘Dealers dressed in suits’

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Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ is having a moment. It’s about time.

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Post-Roe, Publishers Scramble to Meet the Political Moment

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Imagining More: Women Writing Worlds in Crisis

I wrote the bulk of my debut novel between 2016 and 2020, years of intense political tension and heightened concern for our planet and the people we love. My debut novel, Walk the Vanished Earth, is a speculative exploration of what it means to be both a parent and a child at the mercy of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Toto Albanese steals the post-election show as News Corp front pages do an about-face | The Weekly Beast

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‘The pendulum has swung’: Why we female Trinidadian writers are having our moment

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Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis

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Front Office Sports Is Making Its Training Courses More Permanent

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A New Memoir About Chronic Illness Made Me Feel the Chilling Reality of the COVID Crisis

Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom takes you inside the world of being chronically ill. Continue reading at Slate

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A Debut Novel Where Small Moments Add Up to Something Big

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Harry Potter publisher reports record profits despite supply chain crisis

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France hails victory as Facebook agrees to pay newspapers for content

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