Australian newspapers black out front pages to fight back against secrecy laws

United campaign by media companies highlights government moves to penalise whistleblowing and criminalise journalism • Lenore Taylor: Concrete action rather than nice words are needed on press freedomThe front page of every newspaper in Australia was blacked out on Monday as part of a campaign against moves by successive federal governments to penalise whistleblowing and, in some cases, criminalise journalism.The campaign, by the Australia’s Right to Know Coalition, follows raids on the ABC’s Sydney headquarters and the home of a News Corp journalist in June, the legality of which is being challenged in the high court. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-20 22:51:36 UTC ]
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Read the First Six Pages of the New Issue of the Award-Winning Comic Pope Hats

I’ve raved before—to friends, to co-workers, and to Slate readers—about Ethan Rilly’s beautiful and subversive comic book Pope Hats. Issue No. 5, coming soon, is the longest and most fascinating installment yet. Returning to the friendship of neurotic law clerk Frances and actress-on-the-rise... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Justice at last' for authors as PLR for ebooks passes into law

Joanna Trollope called it "justice at last", as legislation making the UK the first country in the world to extend Public Lending Right (PLR) to include remote loans of ebooks and audiobooks was finally passed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at Mass Merchandisers Continue to Bounce Back

The mass merchandiser channel, which had struggled before the runup to Easter, continued its rebound in late April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canada's Authors for Indies Day Fights On

Despite shrinking participation from bookstores, Canada's Authors for Indies Day, which puts authors to work at independent bookstores, is moving ahead. The event, founded in 2015, will take place on Saturday, with 87 stores participating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child's Night School boomerangs back into the chart top spot

Lee Child has reclaimed his UK Official Top 50 number one, as Night School (Bantam) boomeranged back into the top spot, displacing Star Wars: Rogue One (Egmont). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harris steps back from running Stripes

Stripes’ publisher Jane Harris is to step down from running the list after 12 years with the Little Tiger Group fiction imprint, triggering a restructure. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Ways I’ve Learned From Other Women To Fight Imposter Syndrome

Shortly after I was hired to be a columnist for Time’s website, I was asked to write about a book called The Confidence Code. Having actually been recruited and hired as a columnist, one would assume there’d be certain things I was capable of, such as writing a column. But this was my first... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan backs Bill O'Reilly after Fox News sacking

American TV host Bill O’Reilly's US publisher Macmillan is to stick by him after he was sacked from his Fox News talk show following the revelation that he has settled several sexual harassment cases. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Year, Santa Claus Is Black and Gay–Thanks To This “Colbert” Writer

Christmas is coming early for progressives this year, and it’s coming with a sense of humor. Santa’s Husband, out in bookstores this fall, offers an unusual take on the holiday’s central representative. In this fresh reinvention, Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer Daniel Kibblesmith renders... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, Newspaper Publisher, Dies at 96

Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg at The Chattanooga Times with Paul Neely, its publisher at the time, on Jan. 4, 1999, the last day the newspaper was published under that name. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Empty satire: the regrettable rise of blank-paged books in the Trump era

Donald Trump loves Reasons to Vote Democrat, a volume of white space that follows a number of liberal spoofs with the same content. I prefer less vacant jokesIt’s a product worthy of Reggie Perrin’s Grot shop – the store opened to sell tat in David Nobbs’s magnificent satire of modern life: a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here Are the Changes Facebook Introduced for Video Metrics in Page Insights

Facebook Monday announced a host of updates to its video metrics in page insights. The social network said in a Facebook Media blog post that it made the following changes "based on feedback from our publisher partners": Adding aggregate minutes viewed. Simplifying aggregate video views. Making... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Front Row' gets weekend edition, but 'Saturday Review' is axed

BBC Radio 4’s arts and culture programme "Front Row" is to launch a Saturday "highlights" edition which will see the show extended to six days a week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kogan Page wins CIPD contract

Independent business and management publisher Kogan Page has won a contract with the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, to take responsibility for all of its academic and professional book publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestseller: 'Black Book' Gets Patterson Bump

Thriller heavyweight James Patterson returns to the top of the iBooks Bestseller list with his latest, 'The Black Book,' co-written with David Ellis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian children's publisher New Frontier sets up in London

Australian children’s press New Frontier Publishing has set up an office in London to focus on the UK market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fight escalates between chairman of L.A. Times parent and L.A. billionaire

In the latest flare-up between the two top investors in the L.A. Times’ parent company, Tronc Inc. has accused Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong of demanding an investment in his own company before he agreed to buy millions of shares in the newspaper publisher last year. The allegation... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Added ‘Paid’ to Branded Content, and More Pages Can Now Start Publishing It

Facebook Thursday announced several updates related to branded content: enabling more pages to share it; updating its branded content tag to include the word "paid"; and cleaning up its policy and enforcement guidelines. The social network began allowing verified pages to publish branded content... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nonpartisan Nonprofits Fight For Free Expression

The literary nonprofit world is ramping up for a protracted campaign in favor of free speech in the wake of President Donald J. Trump's call for the elimination of the NEA and NEH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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