As a tech reporter at the Los Angeles Times David Sarno found himself frustrated that newspaper stories only engage "one lousy sense," as he puts it. That would be sight. Why couldn't they be as interactive and entertaining as a video game like Grand Theft Auto, where a player can walk around a virtual city, drive a car, walk into a store (and, yes, kill people), and essentially have some control over a re–created reality? Even when the iPad came out in 2010 (an event that Sarno prolifically covered for The Times) and made print media more touchable, Sarno wasn't impressed. "At that time, and still largely today, what news organizations and magazines are doing is reproducing the print version on the screen," he tellls Fast Company. "It's like two steps better than scanning in the print version and putting it on the iPad screen."Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive: Associated Newspapers faces first legal case over alleged voicemail interceptionThe Daily Mail’s parent company is facing its first legal claim for phone hacking, after the former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes filed a case against the newspaper publisher.Hughes is alleging that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-10 17:00:40 UTC ]
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Critics raved over 'The Old Drift,' Namwali Serpell's epic debut novel. Our critic prefers her more difficult, intimate follow-up, 'The Furrows.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-27 13:00:37 UTC ]
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These first-time authors are out to prove that life experience and hindsight are advantages when it comes to crafting riveting stories for teens. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Banned Books Week has been a busy week for banning books. That, plus a look at some of the regional groups pushing censorship. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-09-23 10:40:00 UTC ]
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Plus: Alexa will soon give branded answers, ByteDance has its own VR headset in the works, and TikTok pushes a new BeReal knockoff. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2022-09-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Take action during Banned Books Week with these action items. That, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-09-16 10:40:00 UTC ]
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It was announced yesterday that Josh Hawley, the senator from Missouri who will always be remembered for fleeing the very crowd he’d recently egged on with a fist, has written a book called Manhood.* The book, to be published by Regnery, purports to call on “American men to stand up and embrace... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-09 14:22:03 UTC ]
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What makes for a good book club question? Here are some tips to consider before your next book club meeting. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-09-09 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Nick Drnaso on the making of his new graphic novel Acting Class, in this exclusive mini-documentary. The post The Making of Acting Class appeared first on Granta. Continue reading at Granta
[ Granta | 2022-08-26 21:19:48 UTC ]
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Sometime around 2006, everyone in publishing began to lament the death of the book section. In the face of declining readership, budget cuts, and mergers, newspapers began to realize that book review sections did not bring in enough ad revenue to cover their costs and so cut and culled until... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 16:03:34 UTC ]
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Much of his work was imbued with a sense of the end, so it is fitting to look back at three of his best works to mark the illustrator’s passing Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-08-11 15:31:10 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s publishing and media giant attributes record profits and revenue to acquisitions and digital transformationRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has almost doubled its profits in 2021/22 to a record $US760m ($A1.1bn).The US-listed company owns News Corp Australia, as well as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-08-08 23:21:18 UTC ]
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It's taken 35 years, but Neil Gaiman believes he's done the impossible: adapt his hugely successful comic book The Sandman for the screen. He just had to wait until everything about movies, TV and media consumption changed before he could do it. ... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-08-05 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's parent company Meta is telling its U.S. publishing partners that the company will no longer pay for news content that aggregates on Facebook's news tab. Facebook's News Tab and Bulletin newsletters will be put on the back burner as Meta moves forward with investing in AI-based video... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-07-29 17:11:09 UTC ]
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Russia’s media watchdog demands registration be declared invalid as independent newspaper vows legal fightRussia-Ukraine war: see all our coverageNovaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s last remaining independent news outlets, is under threat after the country’s media watchdog demanded that its website... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-07-29 02:18:10 UTC ]
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These stories, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, are great in prose, but they are crying out for a graphic novel adaptation to bring the visuals to life. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-26 10:31:00 UTC ]
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The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, including six American authors: Hernan Diaz, Percival Everett, Karen Joy Fowler, Leila Mottley, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Elizabeth Strout. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BRZRKR becomes the first comic book to feature in Comic-Con's prestigious Hall H. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2022-07-23 23:09:26 UTC ]
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I remember the first time I met Courtney Maum. It was nearly ten years ago, a spring or maybe summer day in Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens. We were both in our twenties, no books published yet, just a few free essays here and there, just starting our writing careers with the fierce intensity of Jack... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-18 08:52:29 UTC ]
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A six-book erotica series, launched by the hosts of the 'Bonkers Romance' podcast, has shattered its initial funding goals, raising roughly 35 times what its creators initially hoped, with weeks still to go in its campaign. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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