Lit Hub Daily: March 19, 2020

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-19 10:30:29 UTC ]
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Incoming News Corp. CEO Says The Daily Was 'A Great Success, Revenue Aside'

It burned through at least $40 million and never came close to turning a profit, but that doesn’t mean The Daily was a failure, according to Robert Thomson, the soon-to-be CEO of News Corp.’s publishing spin-off. “It wa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Brazil Build 39 Libraries Per Day Until 2020?

Brazil's is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built—or 39 per day—if the goal it to be met. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Choc Lit gives away books on National Express

Independent publisher Choc Lit has teamed up with National Express to market its titles over the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch pulls plug on 'the Daily,' first news app for iPad

Rupert Murdoch says News Corp. was not convinced the digital publishing experiment would be viable long-term. The firm also announces a sweeping restructuring.Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on News Corp.'s high-profile experiment to create a digital national newspaper. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corporation shutters The Daily tablet newspaper as of December 15th

News Corporation's The Daily was to have been a vanguard of the future, based on the past -- a tablet-focused newspaper that could get us back to paying subscriptions for our regular news fix. Not enough of us were as enthralled with the retro-future concept, however. While CEO Rupert Murdoch... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. shuts down The Daily

News Corp. said on Monday that it is shutting down The Daily, its ambitious but expensive attempt to create an iPad newspaper, on Dec. 15. The decision follows a 22-month effort that delivered both some significant achievements—developing the iPad as a publishing platform, for example, and... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I Wrote a Chick-Lit Novel

A week ago, Salon.com published an interview with the novelist Jeffrey Eugenides titled, “Jeffrey Eugenides: I don’t know why Jodi Picoult is belly-aching.” Eugenides was asked a question about gender bias in the publishing world (a topic about which Picoult, along with other novelists like... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Press Publisher Elected President of Southern Newspaper Publishers Association

The publisher of the Daily Press has been elected as president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Digby A. Solomon - president, publisher and CEO of the Daily Press Media Group since 2007 - was chosen to lead the industry association, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Beast’s Digital Challenge

In 2008, The Daily Beast launched as an ambitious online effort by magazine legend Tina Brown. That effort took a detour two years ago, when it merged with old-line print publication Newsweek. The result is a publication that has crafted a model tha ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hooper report calls for 'copyright hub'

A government-commissioned report into the feasibility of developing a Digital Copyright Exchange... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff

The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people famili ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin to set up 'consumer insight hub'

Penguin UK's focus on brand strategy and going direct to the consumer will continue into the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Plans Convention Dailies

Bloomberg LP is jumping into an area dominated by established media players again—this time with a daily magazine it will produce for the Republican and Democratic conventions. The daily, called Bloomberg Insider, will run 32 pages per ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail Parent Launches Travel Retail Website

The publishing giant behind the Daily Mail is entering the travel arena with a bookings site. MailTravel.co.uk is described as offering a “robust new sales distribution channel to existing and new suppliers”. A& ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian Daily Herald Sun Launches Hybrid iPad App, Created With WoodWing

The Herald Sun, Australia´s favorite daily newspaper – read by 1.3 million Victorians every weekday – has selected WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise and its Digital Publishing ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Some improvement" for books as March sunshine warms retail

The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) sales monitor for March has revealed "some... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Out New York Launches E-Commerce, Daily Deals Platform

Moving forward with an expanded focus on digital media, Time Out New York (TONY) has integrated e-commerce and daily deals into its website and newly-launched apps. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google pulls books into entertainment hub

The Google eBooks store has been merged into the company's wider entertainment portal with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Choc Lit scores two at the Ronas

Independent publisher Choc Lit has scored two prizes at the Romantic Novelists’ Association... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zinio caves to begging, says BlackBerry PlayBook app landing in March

Zinio's magazine app has certainly made the rounds -- Android slabs, the Kindle Fire, the iPad and even the ill-fated TouchPad have had their shining moment with the digital service -- but months of "consideration" for their platform have BlackBerry PlayBook owners feeling left out in the cold.... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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