Boston private equity firm buys stock media company

This story first ran in DC Inno, a sister publication of the Boston Business Journal. Storyblocks, a digital content company in the Washington, D.C. area, has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the company’s launch as a stock video platform. The transaction gives Storyblocks access to more capital to expand its stock media marketplace — now comprising music, effects, photos and other multimedia, as well as video — and add tools for… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-25 22:32:04 UTC ]
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Endeavour Media: making waves

A year after going into liquidation, digital indie Endeavour Media (the new iteration of Endeavour Press) is "sailing on as before" and now has its sights set on audio. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anti-vaxx propaganda is flooding the internet. Will tech companies act? | Lucky Tran, Rachel Alter and Tonay Flattum-Riemers

As vaccine advocates we can change our tone but companies such as Amazon, YouTube and Facebook must stop profiting off human vulnerabilityWhen it comes to providing accurate medical information, social media is a hot mess. Reporting by the Guardian and elsewhere over the last few months has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Post Hill Press Buys Fidelis Books Imprint

The Nashville-based publisher acquired B&H’s Fidelis Books imprint and appointed Gary Terashita as its associate publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Stocks: February Performances

With the stock prices of nine of the 11 companies on the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rising in February, the PWSI managed to eke out a 0.9% increase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why this digital publisher refuses to blame Facebook for media's woes

Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play and iHeartRadio too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend!Ben Lerer has a message for digital publishers: Stop blaming the big, bad duopoly for eating your homework. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s buys young fiction series by Lindsey Kelk

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired three books in a young fiction series by Lindsey Kelk, an author of adult novels and former children’s book editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook and Medium are digital media’s never-ending merry-go-rounds

Time is a flat circle. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. Facebook, about two years ago, launched Facebook Live and encouraged publishers to join in on the fun. And, of course, publishers did because Facebook offered a vast potential for distribution and controlled a not-insignificant amount... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Serena Williams cartoon not racist, Australian media watchdog rules

Herald Sun newspaper’s depiction of player ‘spitting the dummy’ at US Open had been widely condemnedA Herald Sun cartoon that depicted Serena Williams jumping in the air and “spitting the dummy” after losing a match to Naomi Osaka was not racist, the Press Council has found.The News Corp cartoon... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN America Approaches Its Awards Night With News Media Appearances

Ahead of PEN America's literary awards night, the organization's president Jennifer Egan tells CNN, 'I feel like the next phase is going to be an engagement with the truth.' The post PEN America Approaches Its Awards Night With News Media Appearances appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston Athenaeum Announces Major Expansion

The Boston Athenaeum has announced major expansion plans that will add nearly 20,000 sq. ft. to the historic independent library. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gill Books buys Ireland's Collins Press

Gill Books has bought Irish indie publisher the Collins Press for an undisclosed sum after its owners announced their retirement following 30 years in the book trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate buys two more of Parks' Harry McCoy

Canongate will publish the next two books in Alan Parks’ Glasgow-set Harry McCoy crime series, likened by the publisher to a "Celtic Sopranos". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White buys first fantasy novel from Preto

Black & White Publishing will publish its first fantasy novel, Crown of Feathers, by Canadian author Nicki Pau Preto under its Ink Road imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harwood leaves PRH to set up PR company

Sarah Harwood has left her role as acting publicity director of Century and Arrow to go freelance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG buys picture book on the power of positive thinking

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired Ready, Rabbit?, a picture book about overcoming social anxiety by Fiona Roberton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vivendi Buys Editis

The French media giant adds the second-largest French-language publishing group to its portfolio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media layoffs shouldn't come as a surprise

The current strain of schadenfreude coursing through the digital-publishing ecosystem regarding BuzzFeed is entirely understandable. Not particularly helpful, but entirely understandable.In late January, the Wall Street Journal reported that BuzzFeed was cutting 15 percent of its global... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jill Abramson on media layoffs: 'The villains are Facebook and Google'

The former New York Times editor skewers everyone in her new book, but ‘there isn’t one business model that’s going to save journalism’, she saysMerchants of Truth, the new book by the former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, is a deep dive into multiple crises that have bedeviled... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s buys two more by Michelle Harrison

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has bought two middle-grade titles from Michelle Harrison: a sequel to A Pinch of Magic and one as yet untitled novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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