A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday issued an order blocking major parts of President Trump’s newest travel ban, suggesting it violated immigration law. The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu stops the administration’s travel restrictions nationwide before they were scheduled... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of A Manual for Cleaning Women, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Good afternoon! There’s nothing more exciting, in journalism, than when reality confounds your expectations in ways that make you feel genuinely afraid for the future of the world. That’s what’s happening in the Republican primary race, where pundits who dismissed Donald Trump as a clown are... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media companies are dealing with a bunch of problems plaguing their advertising-based business models. A growing number of people are blocking the ads running on their sites, forcing publishers to find ways to get those people to unblock their ads or pay one of the ad blocking companies... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has bought a Japanese novel about a cat, The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's no panacea to combat ad blocking, but that hasn't stopped publishers from trying a variety of approaches. Several detailed their strategies at Digiday's one-day WTF Ad Blocking course Jan. 14. While Forbes and The Washington Post have tried to make people disable their ad blockers,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a December ruling, Judge Denise tossed a case filed by three defunct ebook retailers that claimed that the 2010 conspiracy among Apple and five publishers to fix ebook prices forced them out of business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Out will no longer produce any Time Out Guide Books in 2016, the company has confirmed. After the story was first reported by The Telegraph, spokesperson for the company said the decision had been taken “as part of the continued evolution of the business”. The guides' sales have been in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Connecticut newspaper publisher thrust into the national spotlight because of his role in the purchase of Nevada's largest paper purchased another publication last week. The Block Island Times' current publishers, Fraser Lang and B ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s a growing trend in online publishing: Namely, media sites blocking users who choose to use ad-blocking software. In the past few days alone, a British publisher and the Forbes business news site have either implemented or are lookin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Incisive Media, which has a mix of ad-funded and subscription-based titles, is following in the footsteps of Axel Springer's Bild, London's City AM and the Washington Post in taking a tougher stance on ad blocking. The publisher will ban visitors with ad blockers enabled on some of its sites in... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biographer and historian Amanda Foreman is to chair the 2016 Man Booker Prize jury, and will be backed by a critic, a novelist, a poet and an actor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress Olivia Williams will be one of the five judges of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction, the UK's leading book award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has received his share of celebrity endorsements, with stars such as Mike Tyson and Dennis Rodman backing the controversial billionaire. "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, however, is decidedly not a member of Trump's fan club. The Scottish writer... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new traveling Trio exhibit, which debuted at the SIBA trade show in September and celebrates Southern culture, will visit fairs, museums and bookstores around the Southeast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European data protection authorities want Facebook to stop using cookies to track people who don't have a Facebook account.As part of a case brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission, a Brussels court ordered Facebook in an interim ruling not to track people in Belgium using its "datr" cookie... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror has come a long way digitally in the last year. Its acquisition of Local World last month makes it the biggest U.K. newspaper publisher and it expects to double its digital ad sales, which were £16.6 million ($25 mi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Dawson has spoken of his frustration that a group of parents in Alaska are trying to get his non-fiction YA title This Book is Gay banned from the local library, saying there are some “hate-filled people in this world”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Angie Sage doesn’t really believe in writer’s block except as a roundabout way of admitting you’ve run out of ideas. Here are her top tips on how to get started again! ‘Writer’s block’ is a weird phrase. It implies that writing is an arcane art that channels a mysterious force—a force... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Trump's hosting stint on "Saturday Night Live" lifted the NBC late-night program to its highest rating since Jan. 7, 2012. The Saturday telecast averaged a 6.6 rating and a 16% share of the TV audience in the 56 markets that Nielsen tabulates for overnight ratings. It was the strongest... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his newest book, "Crippled America," Donald Trump provides insights into how he uses the media to his advantage. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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