And then there were two. (And Tulsi Gabbard.) On the last day of 2018, Elizabeth Warren fired the starting gun on the 2020 Democratic primary; yesterday, two days after her poor Super Tuesday returns, she dropped out of the race. After announcing her exit, Warren went outside her house to address a throng of reporters. “Elizabeth Warren’s 430-day campaign for the presidency ended where and how it began,” the Washington Post’s David Weigel wrote afterward, “outside her Massachusetts home, talking to very skeptical reporters.” Reporters have been skeptical of Warren’s electoral prospects for some months now: she crested as a frontrunner last year, and since then she has slid down in the polls, failing to break the top two in any of the year’s early primaries and caucuses. (On Tuesday, she finished a distant third in Massachusetts, the state she represents in the Senate.) Following her exit, however, skepticism was not the dominant emotion in coverage. The liberal media, at least, rung with praise for Warren’s candidacy—New York magazine ran an article headlined “An Appreciation of Elizabeth Warren As She Suspends Her Campaign”—and concern about its failure, and what that says about the place of women in American politics. Many noted that with Warren gone (and Gabbard a non-factor), the presidential race has narrowed to two white guys in their late seventies, fighting for the right to take on a president who is several years their junior as well as the oldest ever to have... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-03-06 12:48:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired the first children's book from Noel Fitzpatrick, star of Channel 4's "The Supervet". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 11:38:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has landed a new non-fiction book about the brain from NHS consultant paediatrician and TV presenter Dr Ranj Singh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-12 11:49:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette UK has celebrated “an extremely strong" first half as parent company Lagardère showed a path to recovery in the six months to end of June 2021, with its publishing arm recording some decade-high results. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-27 10:16:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette has announced the longlist of 12 writers in contention for the £2,500 Mo Siewcharran Prize, which was launched in 2019 to discover unpublished fiction writers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-16 23:42:18 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette UK has partnered with Tesco to support the retailer’s first Health Charity Book Club, exclusively featuring titles from the publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-16 20:09:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this
The North American division of Hachette outlines its program of optional and mandatory in-office work for staffers, with dates for reopenings. The post Hachette Book Group To Reopen Offices in September appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-30 22:48:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette and its authors, incuding Juno Dawson, Brit Bennett and Libby Page, are championing indie booksellers in a social media campaign to support Independent Bookshop Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-19 08:06:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Publishers formerly with Hachette and Simon & Schuster open politically conservative All Seasons Press 'to take head-on the cancel culture' decried by Trump's advocates. The post New US Political Publisher, All Season Press, Announces Opening appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-16 19:43:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Publishing staff, in rows over authors from Mike Pence to Woody Allen, are voicing their reluctance to work on books they deem hateful. But is this really ‘younger refuseniks’, or a much older debate?In the 1960s, Simon & Schuster’s co-founder Max Schuster was facing a dilemma. Albert Speer,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-06-03 12:12:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette UK’s Accessibility Network, which supports people with disabilities and neurodiversities, has announced a partnership with charity Mencap to deliver talks, fundraising activities and events starting from this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-21 01:30:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette Children's Group has acquired three titles from YA author Alexandra Bracken, with Quercus Children’s Books to publish a new duology starring a "feminist Indiana Jones" and one other standalone title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 02:50:13 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette UK has been selected as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Women for the second year running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-28 21:32:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette Livre, will dissolve its current management structure and transition to a more conventional joint stock company, and reasserted its commitment to the publishing business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this
A proxy battle over the control of Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette Livre, appears headed to a resolution, with Arnaud Lagardère willing to give up some of his family's power of the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette UK’s Pride network is hosting an event with Virago author Stella Duffy, as part of a series of sessions devoted to LGBTQIA+ novelists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-17 23:20:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired If This Gets Out, a queer YA romance from new author duo Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-15 22:55:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this
While Nourry's concern was known about the future integrity of Hachette Livre amid potential acquisition, his departure is an abrupt one. The post Arnaud Nourry Departs as CEO of Hachette Livre appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-03-29 19:58:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette Children's has acquired world rights to a new series from British Chinese author M Chan. The Tiger Warrior series is billed as a "thrilling" action-adventure series for children aged five to seven, steeped in East Asian folklore and mythology. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-03 13:52:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Hachette Livre chairman and c.e.o. Arnaud Nourry has warned that he would not stand by and watch the publishing house being carved up by the shareholders of parent company Lagardère. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 06:49:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this
Skyhorse Publishing, the imprint behind director Woody Allen's memoir, is considering suing HBO for sampling its audiobook for a documentary series. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-22 22:46:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this