Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Mon, 23/05/2011 - 15:35 French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand has said internet companies must contribute more to financing creativity. Setting the tone for the e-G8 forum, to be held in Paris May 24-25, he said in an interview with the Saturday edition of daily newspaper Le Figaro: "It is unreasonable to think that the internet giants will build prosperous economic models, thanks to the presence of content and cultural works (and) without participating in their financing." read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Rocketing to the top of this month’s list of bestselling audiobooks—and snatching the #1 spot from the mega-selling Bill O’Reilly—is James Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private L.A. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Picador has acquired world English language rights for All This Has Nothing To Do With Me (Tout... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two major players in online video advertising, Ebuzzing and Teads, are merging to create a new company with plans to list on the NASDAQ in 2015.Both companies are French, and have separately been developing "outstream" video advertising allowing the distribution of video advertising outside of... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two new suits were filed this month against Apple and the five major publishers involved in a 2010 ebook price-fixing conspiracy, raising the possibility of a new ebook antitrust battle involving aggrieved retailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Justice ministers have responded to criticism over a ban on prisoners being sent books, by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Ever since Janet Geddis launched one of the first bookstore crowdfunding campaigns in March 2010 to raise money to open Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga., Indiegogo and, to a lesser extent, Kickstarter, have become the go-to places for cash-strapped booksellers trying to open a bookstore, add a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Todd Selby's third and latest book shows us where top fashion designers--including Iris Van Herpen, Dries van Noten, and Nicola Formichetti--go to work."With fashion, people often associate it with marketing, and they forget the other side of it, which is the creators," says Todd Selby, a... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann has launched an education technology fund... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The novels landed in series order, with "Divergent" at #1, "Insurgent" at #2, and "Allegiant" at #3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Tribune Company has named Jack Griffin CEO of its publishing unit, the company said Thursday. His first day is April 14.The publishing unit, which consists of eight newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, was formed last July when Tribune announced its intention to spin... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sephora has released a makeup line based on the upcoming movie 'Divergent,' adapted from the young adult book of the same name by Veronica Roth. Fellow young adult franchise 'The Hunger Games' also had tie-in makeup products, as well as a clothing line. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Heavy Metal Magazine has been purchased by two show-biz veterans who have an ambitious plan to relaunch it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Sephora has released a makeup line based on the upcoming movie 'Divergent,' adapted from the young adult book of the same name by Veronica Roth. Fellow young adult franchise 'The Hunger Games' also had tie-in makeup products, as well as a clothing line. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Chalice Press has acquired a book by United Methodist pastor Frank Shaefer, who was defrocked in December for officiating at his gay son’s marriage six years ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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For legitimate online publishers that rely on display on advertising, it's getting increasingly difficult to make ends meet. That's thanks in large part to long-tail sites that have learned to game the online ad system, and the ad tech middlemen that help them do it.The post Is this the worst... Continue reading at Digiday
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IPPR report calls for advertising, film and TV to support businesses outside London and to help develop non-white talentThe UK's creative industries need to embrace regional and ethnic diversity if they are to play an improved role in helping the economy, warns a report from a leading... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Our definition of success has become narrow, boring, and limited. If we want young people to be creative and innovative, we need to reward them for it. The following is an excerpt from Smart People Should Build Things by Andrew Yang. Copyright 2014 Andrew Yang. Reprinted courtesy of Harper... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Crime writer Lynda La Plante has launched a new company, La Plante Global, which will control all... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Japan’s Rakuten will acquire instant messaging and calling app developer Viber Media for US$900 million, the e-commerce giant said Friday, highlighting its moves to penetrate new markets.Rakuten’s purchase of the messaging and VoIP company follows its acquisitions of Canada’s ebook platform... Continue reading at PC World
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