IGN appoints Reader's Digest's Shepperson

IGN Entertainment, the News Corporation-owned publisher of games website IGN and AskMen, has appointed Chris Shepperson to the newly created role of head of entertainment. Continue reading at 'Media Week'

[ Media Week | 2011-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MSE appoints Allison Rutledge-Parisi

Macmillan Science and Education (MSE) has appointed Allison Rutledge-Parisi as chief people... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pocklington Post makes a virtue of parish pump stories written by readers

Pocklington - nicknamed Pock - is a small market town in the Yorkshire Wolds, about 13 miles (or 21 kms) from the city of York.Its population of 8,337 is served by a weekly newspaper, the Pocklington Post, which was chosen by its owner, Johnston Press, to pioneer the publishing of user generated... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Borribles, once infamous children's books, reissued for 21st-century readers

Considered too inflammatory to publish in the wake of 1980s UK riots, these tales of anarchic runaways are to be re-released as ebooksMichael de Larrabeiti's classic stories of anarchic, pointy-eared street children the Borribles, which were judged to be so lawless in the 1980s that their... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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18 human traits that explain why readers can't get enough of BuzzFeed

Business psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic reveals the reasons why the online publisher is so successfulWhen it comes to online content and storytelling, there are few sites as savvy as BuzzFeed, a platform that combines artificial and human intelligence to detect, produce and increase viral... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update February 2014: Marketers Help Readers Discover Christian Fiction

Someone really ought to weave a tale about selling Christian and inspirational fiction: the overcrowded market, the distracted readers, and the rewards for those who overcome the odds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony to close Reader store and move users to Kobo's ebook platform in 'late March'

With its eye firmly fixed on a return to profitability, Sony's been making extensive cuts to its business arms in recent days (bye bye, VAIO!). So it's no surprise the company would train that cost-cutting eye onto another underperforming unit -- its... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Interactive novel' invites readers to Choose-Your-Own sex adventure

Follow Your Fantasy promises fresh spin on the genre pioneered in rather less risqué stories in the 1980sA threesome, sex with a stranger or work on a porn film: the choice will be yours, as HarperCollins prepares to launch an erotic version of the Choose Your Own Adventure books which were... Continue reading at The Guardian

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E-Readers Create Boom in US Spanish-Language Books

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanish-language books flourish thanks to e-readers

The surging popularity of the Kindle and Nook allows publishers to offer Spanish-language books in the U.S. at far lower prices than for printed copies. For decades, finding Spanish-language books in the U.S. was like tilting at windmills.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N appoints Huseby as new c.e.o.

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Times editor and former PCC member join Ipso's appointment panel

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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DiCamillo appointed US literature ambassador

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Richard Desmond appoints Barclays to explore sale of Channel 5

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[ The Guardian | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Feud Deepens With Court-Appointed Monitor

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[ AllThingsD | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Press regulation: appointments commissioner needs new legal powers

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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa Campbell appointed as Edinburgh TV Festival director

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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC appoints Marcus Rich as new chief

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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian News & Media appoints David Pemsel as deputy chief executive

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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reddit Draws Readers, Authors, Publishers

For anyone struggling with choosing the perfect literary present this holiday season, there’s a large, vocal, and opinionated group that just might be able to help: the more than one million subscribers to the Books category on Reddit, the popular social media Web site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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