Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher's Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition. A few comments about comments: In a letter sent out to Wall Street Journal subscribers last night, Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray writes, “This week, we are introducing initial steps that will pave the way for audience conversations that more of you may be interested in reading and perhaps in contributing to.” Translation: Comments sections suck, but maybe you, dear reader, can help improve ours? Pretty please? Murray continues on, outlining the “Five Most Significant Changes”: “Only WSJ members can participate,” “Audience conversations will only be available on certain articles and for a set amount of time,” “We’ve strengthened our moderation and will highlight exemplary responses,” “All open articles will include a question” and “We've set up an email alert system” (“to immediately notify members when comments are approved or rejected”). Murray’s letter has a rather hopeful title: “Elevating Our Discourse.” Stay tuned. Meanwhile, see more details about the new comments strategy in the newly updated “Wall Street Journal Community Rules & FAQs.” Buyer beware: The Gizmodo Media Group, which includes flagship Gizmodo and sibling sites including Deadspin, Jezebel and Jalopnik (all parts of the old Gawker Media mini-conglomerate), plus The Onion and... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Quarto Group has appointed Viviane Basset and Dannie Price to its UK campaigns and marketing team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 16:04:41 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster owner CBS has announced a merger with entertainment giant Viacom, reuniting the two firms that split in 2006. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 06:23:37 UTC ]
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The magazine company has run over 200 global campaign over the last year from its centralized team of 26 people, based in London. The post 1 year in, Hearst Digital Media’s revamped global ad team doubled its revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-08-14 04:01:54 UTC ]
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Commissioner Andrew Colvin tells MPs the investigation is ‘ongoing’The Australian federal police commissioner has not ruled out prosecuting the News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst, telling parliament’s intelligence and security committee the investigation into leaked material remains... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-14 00:57:26 UTC ]
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Audible's push into original content now includes a team-up with a company best-known for its comic books and TV shows. The Amazon-owned audiobook service has struck a deal with Skybound, the team behind The Walking Dead, to create multiple Audible... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-08-13 18:43:00 UTC ]
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Verizon has announced the sale of Tumblr, the fallen online community left over from the Yahoo acquisition, to the owner of WordPress, the website publishing company. On Monday, Verizon Media said it was unloading Tumblr, but did not disclose the terms of the deal. Axios reported the sale was... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-12 22:12:36 UTC ]
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All of J.D. Salinger’s works will be available as e-books starting this week. Disaffected youth can finally read Catcher in the Rye on their Kindle Paperwhites, just like J.D. Salinger intended.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-08-12 10:34:36 UTC ]
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The perennial bestseller Nelson DeMille joins forces with son Alex for a new thriller series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC is to host a year-long celebration of literature with new programming across BBC TV, Radio and online, including a “landmark” BBC2 series “The Novels That Shaped Our World”, to be broadcast this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 18:20:23 UTC ]
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“We don’t do anything without an audience opportunity and a revenue opportunity,” Robertson Barrett, President of Digital Media at Hearst Newspapers, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-08 15:06:02 UTC ]
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Audible Originals has added Lydia Shamah and Matthew Campbell to its commissioning team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 21:21:35 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has joined forces with digital platform Serial Box to publish an original psychological thriller by a team of women crime writers helmed and hand-picked by Sophie Hannah. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 06:07:59 UTC ]
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Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Libro.FM. “Despite ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-25 10:30:48 UTC ]
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Though books have been supplying the movie and tv industries with storylines since the dawn of the talkie, the rise of streaming content over the last five years has created a desperate need for more (MORE we scream as we toggle endlessly after binge-worthy distraction from the hell of the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 14:53:33 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today Procter & Gamble’s Secret deodorant brand, an official sponsor of U.S.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-15 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have teamed up with the Northern Short Story Festival for the next Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 08:57:23 UTC ]
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The most prolific man in letters, James Patterson, has bestowed upon 20 UK booksellers the Young Bookseller Special Achievement Award in recognition of their “talent and extraordinary contribution to the bookselling industry.” Bestselling author/philanthropist Patterson (whose has sold somewhere... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-11 16:06:23 UTC ]
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For years, I had been hearing about a secret bookstore on the Upper East Side, run by the owner out of his apartment. I thought that you could show up only in the company of a regular attendee. (I would later learn that this was not true, that Michael was, as he liked to say […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-09 20:01:37 UTC ]
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Amanda Harris will join talent management group YMU, in a newly created role as director publishing, after 14 years at Orion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 08:13:35 UTC ]
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