[caption id="attachment_103589" align="alignright" width="150"] Howard Mittman[/caption] Howard Mittman is out as CEO of Bleacher Report, several outlets reported Tuesday, citing an internal memo. One of those, The New York Daily News, reports that Mittman was "forced out" amid sustained criticism in recent weeks over a lack of diversity in leadership roles at Bleacher Report and a perceived failure to adequately and appropriately respond to those criticisms during multiple staff meetings in recent weeks. Hours before news of Mittman's departure broke, creative executive Bryan Graham announced he had tendered his resignation from the site after nearly five years, citing "an obvious crisis of leadership that was never more visible than it was in the past 6 weeks." Previously the publisher of GQ and Wired, Mittman jumped from Condé Nast to Turner-owned Bleacher Report in 2017, originally in the dual role of CMO and CRO, before being promoted to CEO in February of 2019. Mittman's exit, purportedly driven at least in part by pushback from his own staff, comes amid a broader moment of self-reflection across media in general and sports media in particular over a lack of Black representation in editorial and leadership roles. Staff unions at both Sports Illustrated and The Ringer have issued statements in the past month calling out their own organizations and pledging to bargain for better diversity and inclusion. Turner Sports president Lenny Daniels will assume many of... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis is what's known in online circles as a world–class troll. For the uninitiated, a troll is someone who expresses a controversial and often contrarian opinion in order to get a rise out of people and draw attention to himself. If someone is widely... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazine is moving Country Living's editorial operations to Birmingham, Ala., from its current location in New York, the company said Monday. Current edit staffers, who learned of the news Monday afternoon, will not make the move.Country Living's full-time edit staff in New York is "a... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Researchers from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) spoke with online editors and community managers at 104 news organizations from 63 countries to help assemble a report written by Emma Goodman about what works and wh ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writer Carl Bernstein has struck a deal to write a memoir of his early years as a cub reporter in Washington, his publisher, Henry Holt & Company, said on Monday. Rather than focusing on his famous tenure at The Washington Post, where wit ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazine is moving Country Living's editorial operations to Birmingham, Ala., from its current location in New York, the company said Monday. Current edit staffers, who learned of the news Monday afternoon, will not make the move.Country Living's full-time edit staff in New York is "a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could this be the global data plan of our dreams? A fan site for Shakira, the artist set to perform at T-Mobile's UnCarrier event tonight, published a teaser on its Facebook page today. The image above suggests that the carrier will announce data plans that include global roaming in more than... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the world of books, 10 October is Super Thursday - the day many publishing houses release what they hope will be their biggest sellers for the Christmas market. The BBC's Will Gompertz reports. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times will consolidate the multiple print editions it publishes each night into a single, global newspaper in the first half of 2014, using its website for breaking news as the publisher focuses on growth in digital products and perhaps sets the stage for eventual further... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Wiley president and chief executive officer Stephen Smith told the Contec digital conference... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paper making a Book? That would follow logic. But the Paper we're referring to here is actually an iPad sketchbook app and the book? Why, that'd be a product of Moleskine. An update released today to Paper's popular app adds a new 'Make a Book' service which allows users to self-publish their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The real problem with ebooks is that they're more 'e' than book, so an entirely different set of rules govern what someone can and can't do with them compared to physical books, especially when it comes to pricing. The collusion in pricing has been a public issue for a while, but we need to talk... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Publishing Group has announced two changes to its marketing and publicity departments,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday.The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has taken on publication of Vikram Seth's new novel, A Suitable Girl - a sequel to his... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People is revamping its subscription model, putting a premium on its digital products and adding new entry points. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following in the footsteps of Facebook -- which revealed its first Global Government Requests Report just a few weeks ago -- Yahoo is finishing out the week by publishing data of its own. The firm's first "global law enforcement transparency report" covers governmental requests for user data... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book and print-on-demand publisher Andrews UK Ltd has set up a traditional publishing imprint... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Claire Round is leaving HarperCollins in September to become director of marketing and brand for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book accessibility for readers with sight loss has increased by nearly 40% in the last two... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N chair Len Riggio is not buying the B&N retail business—at least not yet. B&N reported a fiscal 2014 first quarter consolidated loss of $87 million, up from the $40 million loss reported for the same period in 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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