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'
[ Crains New York | 2024-10-11 10:03:49 UTC ]
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After underestimating the ferocity of Japan's manga fans, Amazon has made major adjustments to the contents of its Kindle Unlimited offer in the country, while dropping some publishers from the service altogether. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Ashraf Fayadh is in prison for heresy in Saudi Arabia, western readers can now read his poems in a new translated edition of his 2008 poetry collection. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top publishers from across Europe gathered in Nice, France this week to thrash out what their biggest challenges are, and how to address them. Publishing to platforms remains a clear concern, and publishing execs spoke to us anonymously about what they fear most. Some confessed shock that the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One truism of the media industry in 2016 is that there's seemingly no end to the restructurings and reorganizations that are swiftly remaking companies across the publishing landscape. That's particularly true for magazine companies, which are starting to acknowledge the reality that their... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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POP's Joe McCambley on what publishers large and small are missing. The post Making Content Marketing Work For You appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers are backing Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project (Contraband) to win the Man Booker Prize, following strong sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Observer's Robert McCrum has described the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize as "among the best, and most confident, of recent years", calling the selected authors "a distinctive slate of new writers, all of them deserving of the attention bestowed on their work by Booker". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cartoonist Riad Sattouf; the second volume of his graphic memoir has just been published. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ’60s didn’t begin in 1960—or so the conventional history of the counterculture would have it. It wasn’t until 1964 and the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, the story goes, that authority was seriously questioned. But tear your gaze away from those photogenic kids and consider these three... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pinterest is building a new media channel for publishers and brands to create videos and multimedia posts, according to advertisers familiar with the plans.The Pinterest media section is similar in concept to how publishers work closely with Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leading US commentator asks: what if the entire industry made a business blunder by putting news up online for free while ignoring their print product? “What if”, asks Jack Shafer, “almost the entire newspaper industry got it wrong? What if, in the mad dash to put up editorial content on to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media brands never really die, even when they stop publishing.It's been about 10 years since FHM, a formerly high-flying "lad mag" originally known as For Him Magazine, stopped publishing a print edition in the U.S. But Bauer Xcel Media, which took over FHM's website when the U.K. edition of the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Twin Cities is gaining another indie children's bookstore this spring with the opening of Babycake's Book Stack. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Latin America is guest region of honor at this year’s Guadalajara Book Fair. Along with 650 writers from 44 countries, the fair will host a rights exchange program. The post Guadalajara’s Book Fair Takes Wide-Angle Latin American Focus appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital media industry is facing an extremely competitive revenue landscape. In times like this, it's sometimes better to link arms with other, similar, companies, backed by an even bigger, more profitable company.Discovery Communications on Thursday announced a $100 million minority... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does this election feel different to you? Newspapers are trying to get ahead of this intense cycle with early endorsements. Presidential campaigns are embracing #TBT photos. Not to mention the kinds of stories eagle-eyed political reporters keep uncovering, from CNN Politics team's Playboy... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has once again chugged straight into the Monthly E-Book Sales Ranking number one spot for August—shifting 41,335 copies to usurp Jojo Moyes’ After You (Michael Joseph). The top three— the aforementioned two, along with After You’s predecessor Me Before You,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Norman Bettison, the former chief constable of both Merseyside and West Yorkshire Police, is set to publish Hillsborough Untold through Biteback Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Book Industry Study Group executive director Brian O’Leary said the body’s board would be presented with a new “game plan” in six weeks’ time which would “set standards for both the US and the UK” and other global partners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's authors and illustrators along with children's programming were deeply woven into the fabric of the 43rd annual New England Independent Booksellers Association fall conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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