BEA 2016: Mass Media Is Dead. Long Live Micromedia

Remember the days when getting an author in the New York Times, on the Today show, Oprah, or, for us old-timers, Carson practically guaranteed a spot on the bestseller list? Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doris Kearns Goodwin and husband Dick Goodwin lived, observed, created and chronicled the 1960s

A mix of history, memoir and biography, this book reflects on how time, perspective and stories left unwritten can shape our view of the past. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Cover Reveal: ‘Yr Dead’ by Sam Sax

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Actress Viola Davis Launches JVL Media

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Barry Diller Bets on Media Veterans to Turn Around The Daily Beast

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Women's Media Group Celebrates 50 Years

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The Liturgy and Anxiety of Ordinary Lives: In Conversation with Rigoberto González, by Darlington Chibueze Anuonye

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Why media companies are still hybrid, four years since the pandemic started

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Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

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Here’s what a $7M, 30-second Super Bowl ad can purchase in digital media in 2024

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