Your first few years in the workplace are incredibly important. Here’s what you need to know. My son Chris graduated from college and started his first “real” full-time job last month, working in human resources. It made me think about my first job out of college: editorial assistant in the custom publishing division of a Detroit-area advertising agency. I learned a lot in school, but my first job and bosses taught me even more.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Sargent departs as CEO of Macmillan on January 1, 2021 because of 'disagreements regarding the direction of Macmillan,' says Stefan von Holtzbrinck. The post Macmillan: Don Weisberg To Succeed John Sargent as CEO; Susan Winslow Leads Learning appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-17 15:16:05 UTC ]
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Knocking out the defamation claim is a potentially substantial victory for Barnes & Noble, as previous filings suggest that former CEO Demos Parneros was seeking approximately $70 million in damages for the defamation claim alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Clavis Publisher and CEO Philippe Werck believes there is illustration talent all over the world—and in launching the U.S. Key Colors Competition, he set out to find it. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz detail the fraud behind the Varsity Blues admissions scandal. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Encouragement in turbulent times leads the nonfiction list, while fiction readers escape to romance -- and mystery. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Derren Brown is condensing the lessons from his bestseller Happy to handbook size in A Little Happier: Notes for Reassurance with Transworld this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:12:39 UTC ]
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Shares in Cars.com Inc. rose nearly 20 percent in mid-day trading Thursday after the company announced quarterly financial results that bettered analysts' expectations. The Chicago online automobile marketplace reported second-quarter revenue fell 31% to $102 million from a year earlier and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-07-30 17:33:07 UTC ]
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Leaders will need to be resilient, open-minded, and creative. Poetry can show them the way. “I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-07-28 03:00:09 UTC ]
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This past weekend in Japan, Haruki Murakami released his new story collection Ichininshō Tansū (The First Person Singular). The collection comprises eight stories, seven of which were first published in the literary magazine Bungakukai between summer 2018 and winter 2020. Many of these... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-20 08:49:52 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_126571" align="alignright" width="150"] Eric Zinczenko[/caption] After five years as CEO and 14 years with Bonnier Corp., Eric Zinczenko will be stepping down. Replacing Zinczenko will 25-year company vet, David Ritchie, who had been serving as EVP of operations out of... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-17 14:08:15 UTC ]
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An ongoing pause on large-scale gatherings in the U.S. during the second quarter of 2020, unsurprisingly, also led to a near-total shutdown of M&A activity in the conference and trade show space. At the onset of Q3, however, the Machine Learning Conference—an eight-year-old events series... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-13 16:41:14 UTC ]
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2020 continues to be a trying and complicated year. This statement goes beyond the boundaries of publishing and speaks to the totality of our society and economy. But as publishers, we all play an important role in informing, entertaining and serving our communities, regardless of social,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-09 15:53:18 UTC ]
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The board of directors at Ebony has removed CEO Willard Jackson, the magazine said Sunday, citing an ongoing independent investigation into "a number of transactions that Jackson led." A co-founder and vice chairman of Clear View Group (CVG), the private equity firm that acquired Ebony from... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-06 17:59:58 UTC ]
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Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil has set August 6 at 11 a.m. for oral argument on a Barnes & Noble motion to knock out two of the most dangerous—and potentially costly—claims in a lawsuit filed against the retailer by fired CEO Demos Parneros in August of 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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When the pandemic shut down U.S. schools nationwide in March, Scholastic Corp. immediately offered a free online learning hub for millions families with kids Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-07-05 14:03:09 UTC ]
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A new report from the National Association of College Stores found a small decline in student total spending on required course materials in the 2019-2020 academic year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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"The Compton Cowboys" author Walter Thompson-Hernández joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club for a virtual meetup. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-06-25 00:57:14 UTC ]
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Dave Portnoy launched Barstool Sports in 2003 as a print publication about sports gambling and fantasy sports projections. In the later 2000s, it became a company known for raunchy blog posts and throwing paint parties for college students at bars. Fast-forward to 2020, and it's one of the most... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-23 22:10:32 UTC ]
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In the aftermath of last year's failed merger of two major publication printers, Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications—a deal that was abandoned after it was challenged by the Department of Justice on anti-trust grounds—both companies were vocal in their opinion that the DOJ's stance was based... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-11 18:41:59 UTC ]
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Hay Festival and Mexico's Guadalajara Book Fair have been jointly awarded the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for communication and humanities. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 19:05:34 UTC ]
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