Is Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It

The all-seeing Amazon, Google, and Facebook have every incentive to help the national security state undermine privacy, free speech, and democracy. We’ve read this book before. Continue reading at 'Wired'

[ Wired | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Games Like Rogue Legacy</cite> Should Terrify Big Publishers

Rogue Legacy, from the makers of Don't S**t Your Pants, is the sort of indie game that should have traditional game publishers staining their pants indeed.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech groups ask US for transparency in secret data requests

Influential technology companies and groups want the U.S. government to lift restrictions on publicizing secret requests for user data as the fallout continues over the scale of government surveillance.Google, Facebook and Reddit are among the many signatories to a letter dated Thursday asking... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Media pairs tech, tastes for wine club

Forbes Media is joining the wine club.In the now venerable tradition of publishers extending their brand into non-publishing businesses, Forbes has joined The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Food &amp; Wine in starting its own wine club.But the family-controlled media... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Saving Mr. Banks' trailer explores how 'Mary Poppins' was adapted for the big screen (+video)

'Saving Mr. Banks' stars Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as 'Poppins' author P.L. Travers in the story of how the children's book became a Disney film. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young Hollywood Is Already Laying Big Plans for 2014 FIFA World Cup

Brazil has been a complicated marketplace for brands in recent weeks, but it's not stopping companies from getting ready for the FIFA 2014 World Cup. For instance, Young Hollywood and Momentum Entertainment Group today are announcing their partnership to create a digital channel that will focus... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech Takeaway: Apple ebooks ruling, T-Mobile introduces 'Jump'

It was a full day of tech news Wednesday, with a federal judge ruling that Apple conspired to raise the price of ebooks and T-Mobile introducing a new plan that makes it possible for customers to change their smartphones more often.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK’s Tim Healy Hutchinson Sees Big Potential In Asia

Asia is an important growth market for Britain’s second largest publisher, Hachette UK. Sales in the region have grown faster than European markets, says Hachette UK's Group CEO. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Big Publishers Think Genre Fiction Like Sci-Fi Is the Future of E-Books

The future of book publishing is increasingly digital -- and increasingly tilted towards genre fiction.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Why Are the Big Six So Silent?

Porter Anderson takes in the week's online debates on the belief that big publishers' power is diminished, ebook royalties, Amazon Worlds, pay for writers and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Magazines to Close NZ Tech Titles

Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand. In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision is based on ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dow Jones Turns to Tech for Future Face-Off with Bloomberg

When News Corp strikes out as a stripped-down publishing company in late June, its future fate will hinge on the performance of Dow Jones, a subsidiary that houses the flagship Wall Street Journal and a mish-mash of consumer and business products. ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Data and MOOCs Herald Change for Academic Publishers

This year's US Innovations Seminar of the International Association of STM Publishers focused on the impact of data mining, MOOCs and new author/researcher tools. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Free ebook war engulfs China’s big two

A price war earlier this month between two of China’s biggest online booksellers has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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eMusic CEO steps down as site merges with ebook distributor

It's only March, but 2013's already proving to be quite the wild ride for music distribution trailblazer, eMusic. A month after eschewing its long time subscription-only model by adding direct music purchases, the site has merged with Ray Kurzweil-founded ebook distributor, K-NFB Reading Inc.... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Hardcover, the Big Didn’t Get Bigger: Facts & Figures 2012

Last year at the end of this annual bestseller article, we made the obvious prediction that unit sales for hardcover bestsellers would be even lower for 2012 books and that the “ebook explosion could be the culprit.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three indie bookstores file lawsuit against Amazon and Big Six publishers

The stores charge that secret agreements made between the publishers and Amazon give Amazon the advantage in selling ebooks, but some industry observers find flaws in their logic. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins merges non-fiction divisions

HarperCollins is to merge its three non-fiction divisions into two imprints, creating a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookish.com Launches, Applies Big Data to Book Discovery

By incorporating trillions of calculations, Bookish.com, the new online bookstore financed by Hachette, Penguin and S&amp;S, promises to apply Big Data to book discovery. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big children&#039;s brands push up 2012 sales

The value of the children’s physical books market last year was marginally up on 2011,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Names Dominated Bestsellers in 2012

Parsing through the top 10 bestsellers of 2012 in a number of major publishing categories reads like a usual suspects list, as a small number of authors filled a large number of spots. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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