At last, competency trumped loyalty.Mayor Eric Adams this week elevated Maria Torres-Springer — a deeply experienced public servant with allies in the business, real estate and nonprofit communities — to the number-two job at City Hall. The move elicited a collective sigh of relief that some measure of city business may yet carry on amid the drama kicked up by our embattled and indicted mayor.Of course, getting the mayor to tap a professional rather than a crony for a top role should not have required four federal investigations, a host of FBI raids, a guessing game of who’s going to resign next and perhaps even some behind-the-scenes pressure from Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has so far opted not to use her authority to force him out of office.The Torres-Springer appointment drew immediate praise across the city, including from business groups like the Association for a Better New York and the Partnership for New York City. Torres-Springer’s duties will include overseeing the city budget, supervising the other deputy mayors and maintaining her current portfolio of housing and economic development. She has played a key role pushing the City of Yes zoning reforms and major land-use projects in Willets Point and Governors Island.The moves boosted hopes that business initiatives won’t fall through the cracks as Adams navigates the year that remains of his first term while battling criminal charges that he solicited bribes and illegal campaign contributions in exchange for... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Michael Joseph editor Eve Hall is moving to Hodder & Stoughton to take up a new position as commissioning editor, crime and thriller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Minneapolis-based literary nonprofit the Loft has announced that it's sponsoring a new annual literary festival, Wordplay. The inaugural two-day event is set for May 11-12, 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has soared back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, displacing E L James’ Darker (Arrow) after a single week’s reign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has inked a deal to publish The New Female Tribes which "explodes" gender stereotypes and explores the role of women in advertising. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pocket guidebook publisher, Do Books, has launched an audio partnership with Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff at independent bookshop Kenilworth Books have written an open letter to Theresa May lamenting the "deep injustice" of libraries cuts, which they say are threatening the nation’s literacy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesConfession: I’ve watched porn on the job. So many times I’ve lost count, in fact. But then that was when I was writing an erotic memoir and reporting on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Beano, the UK’s longest-running comic, is revitalised by digital spin-offs promoting the joys of youthful rebellionDennis the Menace, synonymous with childhood mischief and rebellion for more than half a century, is undergoing a multimillion-pound makeover as the Beano battles to stay... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Exhausted" staff at Amazon are being taken away in ambulances and falling asleep on their feet due to intense pressure to meet warehouse targets, an investigation by the Mirror has claimed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith Corp. has agreed to acquire Time Inc. for $2.8 billion including debt, swallowing the once-mighty home of Fortune and Sports Illustrated after the internet age wreaked havoc on even the most prestigious magazine titles.The $18.50-a-share offer is an all-cash one, Meredith said in a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft has long sold its Surface devices on the idea that they can double as digital notebooks; laptops one minute, journals the next thanks to their detachable displays and styli. (Heck, the Surface Book has a "Clipboard" mode.) With today's Mole... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House chief executive Tom Weldon has urged the industry to respond to the "really urgent commercial imperative" of reflecting working class experiences in books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the steward of some of the country's most circulated and storied magazine brands, will be sold to the lifestyle-magazine publisher Meredith Corp., the companies announced Sunday. Meredith will pay $18.50 per share in the all-cash deal for a company that counts such titles as Time,... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling crime author Minette Walters’ return - and defection to historical fiction - gave her comms team a new set of challenges. Miriam Robinson reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are you drowning in constant emails, phone calls, paperwork, interruptions and meeting actions? Smart Work is the busy professional's guide to getting organized in the digital workplace You'll develop a simple and sustainable productivity system to organize your actions, manage your inputs and... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier talks this year between Time Inc., the publisher of People and Sports Illustrated, and the Meredith Corporation fizzled out. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It seems every few months a headline emerges about Time Inc. and whether or not acquisition talks have begun or stalled. Today the New York Times reports that the ailing media company is once again in talks with the magazine publisher Meredith about a potential purchase. What’s more, the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and retailers including Amazon, W H Smith, Walker Books and Penguin Random House have signed a pledge to "tackle the nation’s growing literacy and social mobility crisis". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of #WorkinPublishing week, Emily Yau from Quercus Fiction talks to jobs in books about her career in editorial. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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