Now and Then Jumps into Digital Short Pool

In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and then chief editor of Quadrangle Books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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The Pool 'in crisis talks', with staff awaiting pay

Women’s lifestyle website The Pool is reportedly in crisis talks, with staff yet to receive their January wages. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Future of digital journalism in question as Buzzfeed and HuffPost lay off 1,000

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Bad week for digital media: The Players’ Tribune lays off eight

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WarnerMedia shuts investment arm that backed Mic, Mashable and other digital media startups

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The Pool freezes commissions amid journalists' pay row

Lifestyle website The Pool has reportedly frozen commissions and regular columns while it struggles to pay a backlog owed to journalists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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First all-female shortlist for the Costa Short Story Award

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LifeWay to Close Some Stores in Shift Toward Digital Channels

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Comma scoops Constantine's fifth short story collection

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'The Singularity of Sleep' – runner-up in the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards 2018

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Slate's editorial staff goes on strike as tensions at digital publisher escalate

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