Under ‘unprecedented’ partnership, users will be able to upload videos containing licensed music on Facebook, Instagram and OculusUniversal Music Group is to become the first major music company to license its recorded music and publishing catalogues for use on Facebook, Instagram and virtual reality platform Oculus in a global, multi-year agreement.The deal, described as “unprecedented” in a statement from Universal, will license the content for video and “other social experiences”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A former manager at Facebook published a scathing memo on Tuesday criticizing the social media giant for its treatment of its black users and its black employees. Mark Luckie, a former partner manager for global influencers at Facebook who focused on underrepresented voices, wrote in a memo to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zanib Mian, who won the Little Rebels Award in 2018 with her book The Muslims, has signed a three-book deal with Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books has signed Paul Burston’s "disturbingly relevant" thriller The Closer I Get in a Frankfurt pre-empt, two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has signed a two-book deal with actress and writer Emma Kennedy, including a "moving, multi-generational" novel called The Box of Dreams. Launching Kennedy's career as a novelist, Arrow deputy publisher Emily Griffin acquired world rights in all languages in two books from Kennedy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers like Axel Springer are giving Facebook a harder time after user trust in Facebook dipped following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The post ‘We’re giving them a harder time’: Axel Springer tries to turn up heat on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly 50 million Facebook accounts have been affected by a security breach that enabled hackers to take over users’ accounts, the social media giant announced Friday. The new breach comes as Facebook strives to convince its more than 2 billion users that it can be trusted. It is grappling with... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed a new two-book deal with thriller writer Alison Belsham, taking her debut The Tattoo Thief on into a trilogy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has signed a two-book deal with author and illustrator Sandra Dieckmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired three more books by Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catherine O’Flynn, whose novel What Was Lost won the first novel prize at the Costa Book Awards in 2008, has written a children’s book about two girls who want to be detectives. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magic Leap has teamed up with Scotland-based Square Slice Studios, which was co-founded by comic book industry veteran Grant Morrison, to create content for its mixed reality headset. You might know the prolific writer for his work with Batman and Al... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has signed a two-book deal for a "sizzling" debut police procedural by Waterstones Sheffield event manager Russ Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first-announced institutional contract for the Cengage Unlimited subscription model for its digitally delivered college curriculum course materials has been signed for the 1918-1919 school year by New Mexico's University of the Southwest. The post Cengage Unlimited Signs the University of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Ondaatje speaks Sunday after winning the Golden Man Booker Prize for his novel "The English Patient" at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nevision has optioned MG Leonard’s Beetle trilogy (Chicken House) for TV, with Leonard signed on to write the script. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook tries to close the book on its Cambridge Analytica scandal, it's still dealing with many more. The FTC is conducting a non-public probe into the company's behavior around privacy data, the EU's stricter laws are making it hard for the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has pre-empted an "uplit" debut from Headline non-fiction editor Richard Roper in a "major" six-figure deal within 48 hours of submission. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Salford has struck a partnership with learning resources provider Aspire Engage, a division of JS Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate is to publish the Bullet Journal creator’s first book featuring a manifesto for "intentional living". In The Bullet Journal Method, Ryder Carroll, who designed the popular organisational system, will explore how to use his method to track the past, order the present and design the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher formed a six-person emerging platforms team to experiment with new products and features. The post Sports publisher theScore’s Facebook Messenger bot has 500,000 monthly users appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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