Ex-Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes makes phone-hacking claim against Daily Mail owner

Exclusive: Associated Newspapers faces first legal case over alleged voicemail interceptionThe Daily Mail’s parent company is facing its first legal claim for phone hacking, after the former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes filed a case against the newspaper publisher.Hughes is alleging that Associated Newspapers – the owner of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline – misused his private information. He is expected to claim that the newspaper publisher employed a private investigator who improperly accessed his voicemail messages. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-10-10 17:00:40 UTC ]
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Barry Diller Bets on Media Veterans to Turn Around The Daily Beast

The former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles, the former Hearst content chief, are being given a minority stake in the digital tabloid. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-04-15 13:00:12 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Turns 100

Simon & Schuster appears to be thriving as it turns 100, a book restorer reveals the surprising secrets of her work, and more news. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-04-11 13:56:20 UTC ]
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Meta ‘discussed buying publisher Simon & Schuster to train AI’

Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language modelsStaff at technology company Meta discussed buying publishing house Simon & Schuster last year in order to procure books to train the company’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-09 15:36:14 UTC ]
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Six ‘implicitly optimistic’ novels make the International Booker prize shortlist

From books about disintegrating relationships and countries to a worker’s-eye view of Korea and a story of farmers in Brazil, the selected titles engage with current realities, say the judging panelKorean writer Hwang Sok-yong and German author Jenny Erpenbeck appear on this year’s International... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-09 13:00:09 UTC ]
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‘Unfurling tension and menace’: how slow TV like Ripley makes for a truly gripping watch

Elegant, luxurious, catlike … Netflix’s Andrew Scott-starring series is devastatingly unhurried – although not all viewers agree• Don’t get the What’s On TV newsletter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe reviews for Netflix’s elegant new Patricia Highsmith adaptation, Ripley, have been... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-09 11:00:06 UTC ]
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SPD Client Presses Race to Claim Books as Ingram Drops a Tight Deadline

Ingram Publisher Services has told former Small Press Distribution clients that they have 60 days to remove inventory from its warehouse, prompting some publishers to panic, and Independent Publishers Group will participate in two informational sessions for small presses early this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cloud Atlas at 20: What makes a novel tattoo-worthy?

Every author wants to write a book like David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. Two decades after it first hit the shelves, the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow celebrates its daring, dazzling appealPity the writer who believes they have written the next Cloud Atlas! A literary agent once... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-04-06 10:00:31 UTC ]
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Measurement Companies Are Making ‘Big Data’ Moves Ahead of NewFronts and Upfronts

Measurement companies are looking to measure up ahead of the upfront season, with Nielsen making "big data" announcements and the Joint Industry Committee (JIC) certifying Comscore and VideoAmp. To explain exactly what's going on in measurement, ADWEEK went to great... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-04-04 19:17:06 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: April 3, 2024

Get ready for the fun and the fantastical. Caroline Carlson recommends new children’s books by Maple Lam, Felicita Sala, Laurie Morrison and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists The collapse of Small Press Distribution has left over 400 publishers uncertain about the future. Adam Morgan talks to small... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-04-03 10:30:45 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: April 1, 2024

New month, new books. Here are the best sci-fi and fantasy reads coming in April. | Lit Hub Reading Lists We know. Sometimes lugging around a hardcover is, well, hard. Maybe these new paperbacks are exactly what you need. | Lit Hub Reading Lists “I ate my food on the couch. Then I went upstairs […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-04-01 10:30:36 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: March 28, 2024

 It turns out that sitting down to write and stepping up to the starting block aren’t so different. Jade Song on what swimming has taught her about craft. | Lit Hub Memoir The Great Bambino wasn’t the only slugger with an unforgettable nickname. Kevin Baker introduces us to Boom-Boom,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-03-28 10:30:28 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: March 20, 2024

Howard Norman talks to Michael Ondaatje about his first collection of poetry in twenty-five years. | Lit Hub In Conversation “If the infant is primitive so is its earliest vice, jealousy—probably the most innate vice of all.” The late Elspeth Barker on the most human of experiences. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-03-20 10:30:01 UTC ]
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MoCCA 2024 Makes a Splash

This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: March 15, 2024

“Interior design’s aim is to make reading easy. It creates order out of chaos and bestows authority (warranted or not) on an author’s words.” On book design beyond the cover. | Lit Hub Art The accidental icon Lyn Slater on style, rebellion, and aging with attitude. | Lit Hub Memoir What do Leo... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-03-15 10:30:28 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: March 8, 2024

“I am fascinated by the mismatch of these two systems, the fact that we can occupy two temporal spaces simultaneously…” Grace Loh Prasad on finding meaning in the space between Chinese and Western astrology, and what it means to remember her translator father. |  Lit Hub Memoir Jennifer Croft on... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Approaching 90, Pat Boone Still Makes the Case for God, Country, Grits

At last month's Christian Product Expo, the iconic crooner of the 1950's and '60's and a prolific author, continued to talk conservative politics while rebranding himself as a country singer at 89. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: February 29, 2024

“At a time when books are being banned in schools and public libraries in unprecedented numbers, it’s alarming how writers have been reproached simply for signing letters that call for peace.” Maris Kreizman on the Jewish Book Council’s new initiative. | Lit Hub Politics The best book covers in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-02-29 11:30:17 UTC ]
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Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors

Next year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-02-28 20:42:17 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: February 28, 2024

 “These girls thought themselves saints of something, and I nodded and kneeled.” Emmeline Cline on eating disorder memoirs and the contagion of identification. | Lit Hub Memoir Steven W. Thrasher on the murder of journalists in Gaza and the loss of critical American voices in journalism: “What... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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