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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HarperCollins Publishers has taken full ownership of HarperCollins Brasil after purchasing the shares owned by local publisher Ediouro. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has given the Breitbart writer a $250,000 deal – so I decided the Chicago Review of Books would not cover any of its authors in 2017Last week, the literary world gasped when one of the largest publishers in the United States, Simon & Schuster, rewarded America’s most... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance ebook distributor is proposing to slash writers’ royalties after falling victim to downturn in digital reading marketOne of the biggest genre ebook distributors in the US has closed suddenly, leaving thousands of authors in the UK and US out of pocket. AllRomance.com and its sister... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has purchased the remaining shares of HarperCollins Brasil, originally a joint venture with the Brazilian house of Ediouro. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The United Arab Emirates imports some $125 million worth of books each year, most of them in English. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The internet felt like a kinder, simpler place during Homestar Runner's heyday. As if to combat all the bad vibes 2016 has given the world, we have a new video featuring Homestar and shirtless luchadore Strong Bad reading a children's book about a sp... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has chugged its way into a 14th non-consecutive week as the Weekly E-Ranking number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers' Centre Norwich has been given the go ahead to develop the city's "historic" Dragon Hall, parts of which date to circa 1430, into the National Centre for Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freedom of expression magazine Index on Censorship has negotiated rights to translate a short story from Haroldo Conti, an Argentine writer who was "disappeared" by the state in the 1970s during the Argentine military dictatorship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Sarah Hall is to judge the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction alongside travel writer Colin Thubron, literary critic Lila Azam Zanganeh, and artist Tom Phillips. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a four-week break, Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has steamed back into the Weekly E-Ranking top spot, for a 13th non-consecutive week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate is to publish Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast's Food Innovation Group dominated 2016 in all of those areas: food, innovation and groups. FIG houses Bon Appétit (the magazine and multiple digital platforms), Epicurious (the website and app), The Farm (the branded content division), and the FIG Influencers Network (the blog... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Smith has joined Amazon as editorial director for print and Kindle books, where she will oversee the books editorial team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid rising audiobook sales, the FutureBook Conference's focus on the sector offered upbeat statistics and audience demographics. The post Back to The FutureBook: Audio Gets Its Own Channel at the Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a long-awaited first move toward U.S. copyright reform, the House Judiciary Committee this week backed the creation of an autonomous Copyright Office. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The outcry began with a Facebook post: An actress, known for her role in “Django Unchained,” and her boyfriend accused a white Los Angeles police officer of mistreating her because she was black. The accusation touched a nerve at a time of increased public scrutiny of police, particularly how... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age's editor leaves to write fiction, Playboy gets a new publisher, and more... The post Cosmo Alumni Take Over Real Simple|People on the Move — 12.7.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today only, if you bundle together Amazon's Fire Tablet and Tap, you'll save $80 on the two. The bundle includes the Fire Tablet with 7" Display, Wi-Fi, and 16 GB of storage, and Amazon Tap, the Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker. With the Fire tablet from Amazon you can enjoy millions of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print edition of Dolly, Australia’s long-running magazine for teenage girls, is closing after more than four decades. Here’s a look back at the changing face of the title that launched the careers of some of the nation’s most famous models• Goodbye, Dolly: December issue will be magazine’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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