News Corp.’s long-awaited split is official. Rupert Murdoch’s media behemoth Friday completed the separation of its entertainment from its news and information businesses into two publicly traded companies. The new News Corp (spelled with no period, differentiating it from the previous conglomerate) is comprised of Murdoch’s newspapers worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and The Times of London, as well as couponing, book publishing, digital education and other businesses. Post-separation, News Corp, split off so as not to be a drag on the faster-growing entertainment side, will emerge the biggest U.S. newspaper publisher, bigger than Gannett Co. and the New York Times Co. put together. The old News Corp. had an uneven track record when it came to digital. Robert Thomson, News Corp's new CEO, defended the newspapers' brands while distancing the company from its reliance on print, saying the newspapers would now be known as "platforms" and that the new spinoff would be a launchpad for new digital products. As for the cost cutting that's been widely expected now that the newspapers will have to stand on their own, Thomson told the Financial Times that there would be a "year or two" of transformation that would include "acute" cost cuts as well as new product development. The other company emerging from the split, 21st Century Fox, spans a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting properties including Fox and Fox News Channel and film and TV... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2013-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling books of the week, the best historical fiction of 2024 so far, book banning updates, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-29 15:00:00 UTC ]
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In an era before public libraries and widespread public education, the first U.S. union knew their importance. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Read your way into excellent 2024 YA books featuring nonbinary characters, plus this week's YA book news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-27 15:30:00 UTC ]
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The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A big week of book news includes Barnes & Noble buying an indie, surprisingly strong book sales, JAMES coming to the big screen, and much more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-22 13:45:00 UTC ]
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Months after Apple opened the App Store to game-streaming apps, the iPhone is about to get its first one. Retro gaming platform Antstream will arrive on iOS on June 27. Cult of Mac first reported on the news. Antstream Arcade offers over 1,300 retro games from old-school platforms like Atari... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-06-21 20:46:18 UTC ]
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The evenhanded scientist is generous to Trump, but you can tell what he really thinks. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2024-06-21 15:04:13 UTC ]
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This week's new YA paperback releases and YA news, including a Tony-award winning musical adaptation of a teen classic. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-20 15:30:00 UTC ]
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Seven states have anti-book ban laws on the books, with several others progressing this legislative session. That, plus this week's extensive book censorship news roundup. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-14 13:30:00 UTC ]
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Here are the stories from the last week in Today in Books that you all found the most interesting... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists and a publishing deal with Microsoft. But it was just an A.I. chop shop. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-06 04:00:25 UTC ]
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Longtime technology news and review site Gizmodo has been sold for the third time in the past eight years Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-06-04 20:54:20 UTC ]
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Where to start with romantasy, the return of Reese's YA book club, and more of the most clicked-on news of the week. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-02 15:00:00 UTC ]
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In prime time, MSNBC scored a rare Nielsen victory. Earlier, when the news broke, Fox News attracted the biggest live audience. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-05-31 22:17:51 UTC ]
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The sad decline of this nearly 200-year-old institution has culminated with a decision to end the daily print editionThey could as well have felled Big Ben, drained the Serpentine or butchered the ravens in the Tower. No more daily print edition of the Evening Standard. No headlines to greet us... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-30 07:00:23 UTC ]
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Federal officials say they've made what they describe as a major seizure of baby eels after finding 109 kilograms of elvers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport earlier this week. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2024-05-18 12:10:01 UTC ]
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How to prepare for Pride month in the library, both as library workers and library lovers. That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-10 11:30:00 UTC ]
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It's "America's Finest News Source" ... or so it claims. The Onion, a Wisconsin-bred satirical news outlet — once a newspaper but now read only online — has a new owner. Jeff Lawson, the co-founder and recently departed CEO of San Francisco software company Twilio, has purchased The Onion.... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-04-27 14:51:02 UTC ]
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The methods of destabilizing and dismantling public libraries may not look like how you think they would. Here's how it's happening right now. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-03-29 11:30:00 UTC ]
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In early April, the Facebook News tab will start disappearing for users in the US and Australia. Meta has announced that it's deprecating the dedicated tab found in the bookmarks section of its social network as part of its efforts to "align [its] investments to [its] products and services... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-03-01 08:27:50 UTC ]
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