In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook laid out a fairly elaborate plan to promote better media reporting and consumption. Called the Facebook Journalism Project, it includes a local news initiative, new storytelling formats and fighting hoaxes, among other items. With the current debate about whether President-elect Donald Trump's reported problems with Russia are real or fake, the announcement is timely. "We will be collaborating with news organizations to develop products, learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner, and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age," wrote Fidji Simo, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's director of product. After an election year of fake news controversies on social media platforms like Facebook, it's noteworthy that Simo said her company wants to forge closer ties with news companies in general. It also wants to educate its users toward "news literacy" by planning to work with organizations such as the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. "We recently announced improvements on our platform to further reduce the spread of news hoaxes—including ways for people to report them more easily and new efforts to disrupt the financial incentives for spammers," Simo added. "In addition, we launched a program to work with third-party fact checking organizations that are... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has named David Drake, Scott Shannon, Kara Welsh, and Chris Jackson to new roles with expanded responsibilities, among others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Nolan has been promoted to publisher of Penguin Books, among several other role changes at Penguin Random House imprint Viking Penguin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Maud Sepult will be promoted to group rights director at Simon & Schuster UK when Stephanie Purcell moves to Bloomsbury next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 01:49:37 UTC ]
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As hospitals struggle to cope, Macmillan’s work on cancer care is more vital than ever. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-01-13 15:06:20 UTC ]
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If there’s one thing that Fox News could use, it’s more right-wing opinion programming. Yesterday, Fox announced a scheduling reshuffle that, among other tweaks, will see Martha MacCallum’s news show replaced in the 7pm Eastern hour by a new opinion program with a rotating cast of hosts; Brian... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-12 13:23:07 UTC ]
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Daunt Books Publishing has acquired Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe, a work of creative non-fiction about memorial and remembrance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 23:40:05 UTC ]
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Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, co-authors of visual anthology Black Futures, will become the first-ever guest curators of the Lift Black Voices section in its flagship mobile applications. Starting Monday and lasting for three weeks, they will personally select collections of dialogues, essays... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-01-11 18:55:42 UTC ]
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Liza DeBlock, formerly assistant at Mushens Entertainment, has been promoted into the role of foreign rights executive at the agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-10 18:50:26 UTC ]
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Yesterday, Georgia voters returned to the polls to decide which candidates would represent the state in the US Senate—and, by extension, which party would control Congress for the next two years. Early this morning, national outlets declared Reverend Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, the winner of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-06 15:02:37 UTC ]
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Eley Williams’s first novel follows characters living in London more than a century apart who toil to compile the same ill-fated dictionary. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-05 10:00:02 UTC ]
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George Orwell will have his words brought to life in new audiobooks from Penguin Random House, including his two best-known works: Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 03:37:49 UTC ]
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Obama’s unfulfilled threat to Assad is among the episodes David Andelman explores. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-31 13:00:00 UTC ]
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If you've ever stopped browsing your B&N to wonder about life as a bookseller, here's a firsthand account of working at a Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-23 11:37:00 UTC ]
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Theatre publisher Nick Hern Books is releasing a “joyous” personal account of the London production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit “Hamilton” by its award-winning star Giles Terera. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-23 04:50:41 UTC ]
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Canongate has announced a raft of promotions ahead of the new year, across its sales and audio divisions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 00:43:46 UTC ]
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Several promotions have been announced within the Blake Friedmann agency team, seeing Juliet Pickering, vice-head of books, and Daisy Way, currently finance manager, become directors, while James Pusey and Hana Murrell are to take up head of rights and senior rights manager roles respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 16:02:46 UTC ]
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Authors contributing to Elsevier's Cell Press portfolio of journals can make their research articles available for everyone to read immediately after publication from 1st January 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 00:17:04 UTC ]
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces six new translations from Arabic and offers translation grants for all its shortlisted titles. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Opens Translation Funding For All Shortlisted Works in 2021 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-17 17:14:34 UTC ]
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Hachette UK is restructuring its contracts department under the management of Anniina Vuori, who is newly promoted to director, while two divisional directors have left the business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 16:36:04 UTC ]
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A non-fiction work about fungi and books with local interest are among the top-selling titles for indies ahead of Christmas, The Bookseller has been told. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 16:31:47 UTC ]
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