A group of roughly 20 protesters from the environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion were arrested Thursday after they jumped from a raft off the shore of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and tried to swim to the beach. This comes one day after 14 of their members were arrested Wednesday for blockading the Palais in Cannes. Security stopped allowing festivalgoers into "Facebook Beach," the section of Cannes beachfront occupied by Facebook's delegation, as soon as the activists began to descend and police swiftly came to arrest the protesters as they reached shore. The section of the beach where they landed is directly next to where the social media giant hosts its parties and panels. Protesters yelled "extinction" and "we won't have a future" as they were carried away by French police. Festival organizers had originally extended an invitation to the group to participate in the Lions in an official capacity, but where ultimately denied by the French authorities. Earlier arrests French authorities arrested the first batch of 14 Extinction Rebellion activists on Wednesday, after the group staged a demonstration at the Palais. Protesters dropped a banner with the words “Tell the Truth” from the Church of Our Lady of Esperance which overlooks the Palais before blocking the main entrance to the event a few hours later. They linked arms and sat on the steps chanting “We are in the 6th mass extinction," and "If we don’t act now, the biodiversity... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-20 13:15:19 UTC ]
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A Suicide Bomber Sits in the Library by Jack Gantos and Dave McKean withdrawn after more than 1,000 people objectA Suicide Bomber Sits in the Library, a controversial new comic that has been described as “wilfully fear-mongering and spreading harmful stereotypes”, has been pulled from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Browsing through books at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in 2013. Antiquarian booksellers this week protested a decision by the Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks to cut off stores in five countries. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Moreno Valley man wanted by police in connection with a double homicide in Nevada and a shooting in Southern California was arrested Wednesday after a chase and shootout with deputies that he livestreamed on Facebook. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene of a shooting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A double-hulled voyaging canoe crafted using an ancient design set sail from Hawaii on Saturday to raise awareness about an all-too-modern problem. As it travels from Honolulu to San Francisco, the Hikianalia, a contemporary take on a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, will traverse the vast... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Studio Press, an imprint of Kings Road Publishing, will this November publish a book to help children protect the planet. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The students from Florida who founded ‘March For Our Lives’ after a high school shooting are collaborating on a book with Penguin Random House Children’s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The title treatment for “Sorry to Bother You,” Boots Riley’s joyous dystopian cackle of a directing debut, has more personality than most movies. Designed by the children’s book illustrator J. Otto Seibold in a blocky original font — let’s call it “Dinosaur Tetris” — it conquers the screen in big... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired a pre-emptive, two-book deal with debut author Tom Mitchell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European publishers remain determined to make alliances work to compete with Facebook and Google for ad revenue. The post Publishers use Cannes Lions to reassert their influence appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: The name Tronc one of the weirdest... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Cannes, Voltage is handling world rights to the film adaptation of Anna Todd's 'After' from Wattpad Studios. In New York, a newly announced panel with the Motion Picture Association and AAP looks at film collaborations. The post BookExpo Adds Screen Panel; Anna Todd’s ‘After’ Names Telles,... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN is celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth by holding an evening of readings with writers and creatives including Ted Hughes Award-winner Jay Bernard and Makar Jackie Kay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group only reduced its carbon footprint by 2% last year—but every sheet of paper it used came from certified sources. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the grainy, nighttime video, journalist Angel Gahona, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, holds up a cellphone and narrates as he approaches the facade of city hall in Bluefields, Nicaragua, reporting live via Facebook on protests that have rocked the Central American nation for four days. Seconds... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple said 12 of its employees were arrested last year for leaking corporate information to the outside world, according to an internal company memo that itself was leaked to Bloomberg reporters. Cupertino-based Apple is notoriously secretive, but the lengthy memo, posted recently to its... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As activism rises among faith groups, religion publishers address urgent social issues, conflicts over Trump’s agenda, the fragmenting of American churches, and the continuing decline of religious identification. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New report exposes decline in diversity in romance writing, as editor resigns after telling author they avoid putting non-white characters on covers ‘because we like the book to sell’Readers, writers and editors of romance books are grappling with the genre’s record on diversity, after a week... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkeley's Revolution Books has been a favorite target of conservative activists and on March 3 a group threatened to burn down the bookstore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shambhala Publications, nearing its 50th anniversary in 2019, is fostering Buddhist values for enlightened living through its revitalized website, expanded online courses and an upcoming imprint for kids. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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