It’s no surprise that the Left Book Club is being relaunched now, with the imprimatur of the Labour leader and Ken Livingstone. It began in the anxious 1930s, a decade that has all too many parallels with the current oneAiming to “set the agenda for a new age of political debate”, the Left Book Club was re-launched this week at a meeting at the Conway Hall in London. The Left Book Club last published a book in 1948. Jeremy Corbyn had yet to be born. Nevertheless the Labour leader has generously endorsed the revival as “a terrific and timely idea” that will give “intellectual ballast to the wave of political change sweeping Britain and beyond, encouraging informed and compassionate debate”. He added that he had a large collection of Left Book Club titles, some bought new by his parents and others that he acquired second hand. I speculate that the memory of these books in their plain red or orange covers – their flash upon his inward eye – must have provided Corbyn with a rare pleasurable moment in the past few weeks: the thought of them on his shelves having same kind of heart-filling effect that the daffodils had on Wordsworth.My own collection isn’t so large. In fact, it runs to just one book, Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, and I didn’t inherit it. I bought it 20 or 30 years ago because I liked the idea of having such a fine book in its cheap and original form – seeing the words and photographs as its first readers must have seen them. Published in 1937, the year after... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WinX MediaTrans is a fast and easy to use iTunes alternative for Windows that lets you manage content on your iPhone/iPad/iPod. No iTunes or Apple ID needed, and no file erasing risk. It gives you ultimate control over your HEIC photos, 4K/HEVC videos, music, ebooks, podcasts, iTunes U and more.... Continue reading at Betanews
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Scholastic UK has bought a Brexit-inspired YA political thriller and love story. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another magazine faces a freelancer crisis, how driverless cars could affect media consumption, and more... The post Time Inc. Sells Golf Magazine: Report | Industry Notes appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The opening keynote speakers for PubTech Connect 2017 are two of the people leading the forward looking efforts at the 'Times': assistant editor Sam Dolnick and editor of the 'New York Times Book Review' Pamela Paul. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate will publish the "hopeful, humorous and moving" memoir from the Times columnist Melanie Reid. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ads.txt is showing publishers that domain spoofing remains a big problem for their video ad businesses. The post Study: Top publishers like The New York Times and The Washington Post lose $3.5 million a day to domain spoofing appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Facebook and Google controlling the vast majority of digital ad revenue, all industry eyes are on which media companies perform best on those platforms. For Facebook, the rankings are always a yo-yo, with publishers’ engagement waxing and waning along with the frenetic news cycle and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Hastings, publisher at independent Black Spring Press, has died aged 52 following an illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doreen Montgomery, the “remarkable” chairman of the literary agency Rupert Crew Ltd, has died aged 89 following a seven-decade career in the trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Love, editor-in-chief of America's most widely circulated print magazine, on defying stereotypes and growing a 60-year-old brand. The post Aging With Grace: AARP The Magazine Keeps It Vibrant appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four specialists at Guadalajara Book Fair look at US-Mexican trade in the Trump era and bilingual English-Spanish publishing issues. The post At Guadalajara: Four Views of International Trade and Publishing in the Time of Trump appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When we started working on the annual Ad Age Magazines of the Year package in the fall, there were six large magazine publishers: American Media Inc., Cond Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Rodale and Time Inc.Soononce Hearst finalizes its acquisition of Rodale, and Meredith swallows Time Inc.there will... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed specifically for system administration. This ebook can teach you the fundamentals of PowerShell, enabling you to build reusable scripts and functions to automate administrative tasks with Windows. SEE ALSO: Get... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does a changing industry paradigm mean opportunity or peril for publishers? The post Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The founding art director of Walker Books, Amelia Edwards, who helped create Five Minutes’ Peace and Owl Babies, has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. decided that if its famous magazine titles such as Time, People and Sports Illustrated were going to survive the wrenching shift from print publishing to digital viewership, the company couldn’t do it alone. And so Time agreed to be acquired by another magazine publisher, Meredith... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many employees of Times Inc. had been stunned by the news that the publisher had agreed to sell itself to the Meredith Corporation. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publisher and broadcast company Meredith Corp. is acquiring Time Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion as it seeks to adapt to the publishing industry’s challenge of migrating from print to the digital age. The Des Moines-based company said Sunday it would pay $18.50 a share for New... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publisher and broadcast company Meredith Corp. said Sunday afternoon it will acquire Time Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, a further sign of the steep challenges facing the print magazine industry. The Des Moines, Iowa-based company said in a statement that it has agreed to pay... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company’s decline is readily apparent – but if the billionaire brothers’ other interests are a guide, their investment will be about more than moneyThat Charles and David Koch are putting $650m into Meredith Corp’s purchase of Time would ordinarily be cause for great soul-searching in media.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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