Paul Carr’s NSFWCorp Raises Seed Round to Publish News, Books–On Paper

As print magazine and book publishers struggle to stay afloat, Not Safe For Work, a print magazine and news startup in Las Vegas, has raised $250,000 in seed funding from Base Ventures, VentureWire has learned. The company offers a monthly print ma ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 16, 2015

Fall book festivals continue to abound around the country with ones in Las Vegas, Houston, and the Twin Cities slated to take place this weekend. The Boston Book Festival kicks off on October 23. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the Mobile Messaging War Heats Up, Kik Tries to Win Over Marketers With GIFs

Twentieth Century Fox wants to talk to teens the way that they do with their friends, so it's using GIFs to chat with them on mobile messaging app Kik. The film studio and agency Trailer Park are launching a campaign today for the sci-fi flick Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Central Recovery Press Releases Movie Companion Title

Las Vegas–based publisher Central Recovery Press was founded in 2006 by parent company Central Recovery, with the mission to counteract the stigma associated with addiction, treatment, and recovery, explained executive editor Nancy Schenck. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Changing World of Licensed Publishing

Film and television properties continue to generate buzz on the show floor at Licensing Expo, held last month in Las Vegas. But a popular entertainment property, on its own, is often no longer enough to drive licensed publishing success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social Media Properties Gain at Licensing Expo

Editors and licensing acquisition executives from publishing houses including Lerner, Bendon, Candlewick, Random House, and others are among the attendees roaming the show floor at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, which runs June 9-11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries urged to innovate to raise money

Libraries have been urged to find a new ways of raising money – such as offering paid-for holiday clubs in the school holidays - if they want to stay afloat. A report by community organisations network Locality, funded by Arts Council England (ACE), calls for libraries to look for new ways to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in graphic novel reincarnation

Hunter S Thompson’s ‘gonzo’ account of a drug-addled road trip has been adapted into a graphic novel by artist Troy LittleHunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – intimately bound up in most readers’ minds with Ralph Steadman’s hallucinatory illustrations – is set to be turned into a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Inks Archive Deal with NA Publishing

PW has struck a deal with NA Publishing that will result in the entire archive of 'Publishers Weekly' print magazine, some 750,000 pages, to be digitized. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GIE Media Buys Into Cannabis Business

Acquisition of Cannabis Business Times adds to company’s assets in horticulture segment; print magazine on the way. The post GIE Media Buys Into Cannabis Business appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate to publish Nick Cave bundle

Canongate will publish a new book from musician Nick Cave, including a limited edition priced at £750. The Sick Bag Song will be published by Canongate on 8th April and sold exclusively through the site thesickbagsong.com. Based around Cave's 2014 tour of the US, it was originally written on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How three Harvard students created Her Campus, a media company profitable from day one

They were three college students reading magazines like Cosmo, Marie Claire and Vogue. And they just knew: Something was missing. They were craving content geared specifically to college women, and as they investigated further, they realized they had found a hole in the media... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Porter’s Lucy Yeomans: ‘It’s all about the woman, listening to her, asking her what she wants’

The magazine editor on integrating print with technology, avoiding the hard sell, and why it’s fine for covers to show a few wrinklesIt seemed, at the time, an odd move. While old media print companies were scrambling to improve their digital offerings and wondering whether their print titles... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Monkey’s Diary: Rebekah Brooks, WIA, Sarah Vine and Snowy

Read Media Monkey’s diary from the Monday print pages• To the Paddy Power Political Book awards 2015 at London’s Imax cinema, where the winners included Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson, Andrew Marr revealed his next book (presumably another novel because his first one was, er, so remarkable)... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court ruling secures future for Germany's Suhrkamp

A ruling by the District Court in Berlin has put an end to one of the most acrimonious power struggles in the history of German publishing and secured the future of one of the country’s best-known literary publishers - Suhrkamp.  The company can finally now go ahead with much needed reforms,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julian Gough funds writing trip on Kickstarter

Author Julian Gough is using Kickstarter to part-fund a writing research trip to Las Vegas. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Awards 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

Michigan’s Ypsilanti District Library and Montana’s Lewis & Clark Library were both awarded 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the recent American Library Association convention in Las Vegas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2014: ALA Sizzles in Las Vegas

Official attendance figures were not available at press time, but ALA officials said the early numbers were on pace to surpass expectations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2014: Hot Start For ALA in Las Vegas

More than 20,000 librarians, authors, publishers and vendors from 765 exhibitors are expected to attend the conference over the next four days, and at first glance, the show looks like it will be a strong one. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming Comics Events: 6/16-6/22

"(Super)Hero with 1,000 Faces" in London, U.K.; HeroesCon 2014 in Charlotte, NC; Amazing Las Vegas Comic Convention in Las Vegas, NV; "Stripped" Screening in Santa Rosa, CA Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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