NEW YORK — Over 40 up-and-coming publishing professionals were honored at Folio:’s Rising Stars Awards Luncheon at the New York Hilton Midtown on Tuesday. The Rising Star Honorees are individuals who are making their mark and disrupting the status quo of magazine media, even in the early stages of their careers. The afternoon’s keynote speaker was veteran magazine editor Myrna Blyth, who is currently AARP The Magazine’s SVP and editorial director. She shared her experiences overseeing the magazine with the largest circulation in the U.S., working as the longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of Ladies’ Home Journal, and being the founding editor and publishing director of More magazine. “I’m living proof that a career in media no matter how media evolves, whether it’s in speech or in writing or print, digital or some future iteration, that there will always be a need for those who create content or market it,” said Blyth. Blyth discussed her first career assignment for a teen magazine, which involved her covering a news conference for The Beatles, who had come to the U.S. for the first time, and made the point that while this event occurred before all of the Rising Stars were even born, the relevance of The Beatles still persists into modern day and that “the past and the present are closer in some ways than we have been led to believe.” While chronicling her years at Ladies’ Home Journal, she said that while it was a monthly magazine, her focus was always journalistic... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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'We just have to do better at acquiring, marketing, and selling books by marginalized authors,' says HarperCollins' Andrew Harwell, this year's Frankfurt Book Fair-bound PW Star Watch Superstar. The post PW Star Watch’s Andrew Harwell: ‘Make Diversity a Priority’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, was named PW Star Watch Superstar at a party at New York's Dream Downtown hotel on September 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Athens has been named World Book Capital 2018 by the director general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year PW, in association with the Frankfurt Book Fair, launched the Star Watch program, which recognizes the rising stars of our industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Congratulations to the 2016 PW Star Watch finalists, one of whom will be chosen as the "superstar" at our gala event on September 15, and be awarded a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Congratulations to this year's Star Watch honorees, some of the best and brightest young talent in the publishing business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'PW's' second Star Watch program, which recognizes the rising stars in publishing and bookselling, will honor 45 industry members at a September 15 party in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In September, kickoffs will occur in New York, one for a new showcase of writers on Muslim identity, and the other for Frankfurt Book Fair's 2016 Guest of Honor program featuring Flanders and The Netherlands. The post International Industry Notes: Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Kickoff, PEN... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retired NFL star Darren Sharper, convicted of drugging and raping nine women in Los Angeles, Nevada, Arizona and Louisiana, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday by a federal judge in New Orleans. Sharper, 41, had previously pleaded guilty or no contest to drugging and sexually... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ian McEwan, Lionel Shriver and Jonathan Safran Foer are among the prize-winning novelists confirmed for the 67th The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, after the final line-up was formally announced today (13th August). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A small literary press in Los Angeles, Tsehai Publishers, in collaboration with Loyola Marymount University, is launching a new imprint dedicated to African-American voices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrated book publisher and distributor Quarto has seen its revenue rise 8% year-on-year to $73.3m (£56.43m) in the six months ending 30th June 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Natalie Portman is to star in a miniseries adaptation of by Karen Joy Fowler (Serpent’s Tail). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Dead Ink Books is to publish a book of essays written by working class authors in a bid to "challenge preconceptions" following the "messy" EU referendum vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actors Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are to star in "Professor and the Madman", a film adaptation of a novel about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier's business trends "remain positive", with underlying revenue growth of 2% for the first half of 2016, parent company RELX Group has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishers’ revenues were up 4.2% year-on-year to $662.2m in February ($597.4m in February 2015), with sales for the first two months of the year now down 3% overall ($1.68bn) compared to 2015, according to statistics released by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five of the top ten titles on the iBooks Bestseller list this week were self-published, including top-slotted 'Just Friends' by Billy Taylor and Vi Keeland's 'Bossman' at #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Spring has acquired a "powerful" guide on recovering from an eating disorder and "reaching body positivity", by Instagram star Amalie Lee. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Under publisher Christine Guilfoyle, the title hits newsstands in October with a run of 400,000 copies. The post Meredith to Partner with “Fixer Upper” Stars on New Lifestyle Mag appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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