Hour-Long Torture on Facebook Live Could Chill Brands' Appetite for New Platform

The appearance of what appeared to be an hour-long torture video on Facebook Live could undermine efforts to get more brands and publishers to try out the feature.On Wednesday, Chicago police confirmed that they were investigating a disturbing assault that was livestreamed on Facebook's video platform. A video appeared to show a man being tortured by people who were shouting anti-Trump sentiments and other hateful talk like "Fuck white people."The video was another reminder of how chaotic social media can be, and could be a warning sign for brands and publishers that have tentatively embraced these unruly environs. It could also slow down Facebook's plans to try to make money from Facebook Live, one of its latest and biggest priorities as it tries to further compete for TV ad dollars. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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Is Open Web, Cross-Platform Publishing What’s Next for Ebooks?

As publishers migrate beyond the first phase of the ebook revolution, the IDPF's Digital Book Conference on Wednesday will address ebooks on the web, tablets, phones and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: Midpoint and Changing Lives Press Agree

Midpoint Trade Books has signed a distribution deal with Changing Lives Press, a New York-based publisher of self-help titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon reveals fan fiction platform

Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new ebook platform Kindle Worlds. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches Kindle Worlds publishing platform for fan fiction, will pay royalties to writers and rights holders

Amazon's taken a number of steps to bring different types of content to the Kindle Store, and it's now venturing into an area that has a long history with the internet: fan fiction. The company's today announced Kindle Worlds, a new publishing platform that promises to pay writers royalties for... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condé Nast scraps Easy Living magazine after eight years

Condé Nast's is closing its Easy Living print edition, despite being the only paid-for glossy magazine from a major publisher to increase its circulation in the last six months of 2012. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New analytics role for Pan Mac's Long

James Long, editorial director for digital at Pan Macmillan, is moving to the newly created role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium Buys Long-Form Site Matter

Twitter has often been cited as anathema to long-form journalism, but one of the social giant's co-founders thinks the two concepts can work together. Medium, a content production and delivery platform started by Twitter and Blogger co-founder Ev Williams, has acquired the sci-tech long-form... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freelance platform Newsmodo starts meetings with UK publishers

Newsmodo, the new online platform designed to bring journalists and publishers together, is meeting with British news publishers this week ahead of its global launch. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes and Noble Rebrands Self-publishing Platform Pubit as NOOK Press

Capitalizing on the recognition of NOOK, Barnes & Noble has rebranded its self-publishing platform Pubit as NOOK Press and added features from FastPencil. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AOL Rolls Out Its Supply-Side Platform

Google and Adobe have garnered their share of attention as they assemble their end-to-end advertising technology stacks to span the buying and selling of online ad inventory. But AOL has also, albeit relatively quietly, been lining up its own ad tech stack through AOL Networks (formerly the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online translation tools changing lives

You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arthur Frommer takes brand back from Google, will keep guidebooks going

The tale of Google and Frommer's famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and plans to continue publishing them in ebook and print formats,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Picks Up Bibliophilic Social Platform Goodreads

Amazon continues to socialize itself. The e-commerce giant announced today that it has acquired bibliophilic social platform Goodreads. “Goodreads has helped change how we discover and discuss books and, with Kindle, Amazon has helped expand reading around the world. In addition, both Amazon... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TOC: Interactivity and branding hot topics at Bologna

The rise of interactivity, the building of brands and a revolutionary switch to systems which let... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three lives saved by a children's book

Three boys who were camping in Queensland, Australia, escaped from quicksand using information gained in a book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Integrating Social Marketing Into Brand Campaigns

Social marketing isn’t close to peaking yet, but it’s already a part of almost every conversation between brands and marketers. Close to 90 percent of advertisers are using some form of it, according to a recent Nielsen study. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Powerhouses Launch Tolino Ebook Platform to Take On Amazon

German Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, as well as Bertelsmann and Deutsche Telekom, have launched Tolino, a new ebook platform to compete with Amazon. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lagardère Active Launches Unified Digital Platform for the Elle International Network

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[ Folio Magazine | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Darren Shan to be live-streamed

Simon & Schuster Children's Books is to run a live-streamed author event with horror... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible 2.0 for iOS brings long-expected iPad support and a UI overhaul

When the iPad is seemingly tailor-made for books of all kinds, you'd think Audible would leap on the opportunity to produce an optimized audiobook app -- it wasn't quite so eager, as customers have since discovered. Apple tablet owners won't have to perpetually lean on the stock music app for... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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