Next month, at the annual Block by Block conference for local news sites, around 100 independent publishers will celebrate the launch of a new nonprofit trade group that will offer support for the growing hyperlocal news industry. Local Indepe ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The social network's plans to control even more of the media industry squeezed a collective gasp out of publishers. Was that a last breath?Facebook recently wrapped up a "listening tour," hoping to lure publishers across the United States to deliver their content pages and news feeds to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Children’s Books is launching a competition with children’s newspaper First News to promote a new "winter" edition of The Letter of the King by Tonke Dragt. Originally published in Dutch in 1962, The Letter for the King was published by Pushkin Children’s Books in an English... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For companies like Google, facing problems with the law across Europe has become a common thing. The most recent example of this is now taking place in Spain, where the country's parliament just gave the go-ahead to what's being known as the "Google... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publishers said they are bowing to Google’s market power, and will allow the search engine powerhouse to show news snippets in search results free of charge, at least for the time being.The decision is a step in an ongoing legal dispute between the publishers and Google. Publishers are... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Midson is joining The Port Eliot Festival as associate director, with immediate effect. Midson will be working alongside Port Eliot Festival Directors Catherine St Germans and Simon Prosser. As well as overseeing the festival's marketing and PR campaigns, and its website and social... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2015 International Christian Retail Show has opened booth registration, debuting a new exhibitor platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lynda Bellingham’s fiction publisher Simon & Schuster has paid tribute to her as a “vibrant” woman who leaves “a truly wonderful literary legacy”. The British actress died yesterday (19th October) aged 66, after a battle with colon cancer. She wrote the novel Tell Me Tomorrow for Simon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK, the British publishing arm of News Corp, is digging deep into its data to drive readership. To do so, it’s looking outside of the publishing business to maximize the base of digital subscribers for its news properties, wh ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize in literature and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wanda Brunstetter tops 8 million; publishers partner to provide resources to churches. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving quickly on its promise to use the Harlequin acquisition to expand its international footprint, HarperCollins has announced the creation of HarperCollins Germany. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has a tumultuous history with the German publishing industry, which has long taken issue with the search giant's indexing of news stories. Starting next week, Google Germany will no longer display summaries and image thumbnails for news... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google was supposed to uproot digital advertising's foundation. But Facebook may beat the search giant to the punch.Confirming what has become advertising's latest worst-kept secret, Facebook said it will begin applying its user data to ads shown outside the social network through a retooled... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon, Perseus reach new ebook deal and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Athens (Ohio) NEWS, a twice-weekly newspaper launched in 1977 by Bruce Mitchell, is being sold to Adams Publishing Group (APG) Media of Ohio LLC, a family owned newspaper company with headquarters in Minnesota. Mitchell and ownership ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Name change for Logos; new TV program features Kregel author; Chalice forges partnership with ministry organization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The organization formerly known as the Online Publishers Association (OPA) has announced a new name, Digital Content Next, a rebrand that signals a renewed focus on defining and confronting critical, big picture issues that its members face when crea ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's a reason everyone you know is obsessed with the quirky site that makes content parodying viral content--and then makes it go viral.Getting George Takei to share something you made with his 7 million Facebook followers is like crushing a piñata filled with free pageviews. It's a huge... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnson steps down as Red Wheel/Weiser publisher and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media behemoth, is the latest source of criticism of Google. Robert Thomson, the chief executive of the company -- responsible for the Times and the Sun in the UK as well the book publisher HarperCollins -- has written to the European Commission to complain that the... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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