Perminder Mann gets Wikipedia entry to help close site's 'gender page gap'

Bonnier Publishing c.e.o. Perminder Mann is being given a Wikipedia entry as part of a drive to close Wikipedia's "gender page gap" through a series of "edit-a-thons" organised by the platform with Bloomberg as part of a programme from London mayor Sadiq Khan during London Tech Week.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Its operators made a newsroom announcement, but the outcome is uncertain since the owner has signaled it wants the magazine to endure. Continue reading at The New York Times

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79-unit residential project planned for Tribeca site with unloved tower

A developer is betting that people will pay top dollar for up-close views of one of the city’s most unloved sites: AT&T’s Long Lines Building in Tribeca, a windowless, 29-story hulk from the 1970s that routinely makes lists of New Yorkers’ least-favorite buildings.The plan, which was put... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Claire Messud Puts Her Soul on the Page

The author’s latest novel, This Strange Eventful History (Norton, May), chronicles three generations of a pied-noir family—and much of her own family history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Utah’s Draconian Book Banning Bill Close to Passage; An Anti-Book Ban Bill Proposed In Response

Although a major book ban bill is close to passage in Utah, another bill meant to end book bans by the state has hit the legislature. Here's what is in both bills–and what you can do. Continue reading at Book Riot

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She poured her heart into Arcadia's Book Rack. Now the small bookstore is closing

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Lucy Sante Discusses Her Memoir and Her Gender Transition

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From the Stage to the Page: 10 Years In, Z2 Comics Rocks On

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IAB Tech Lab presents Google with Privacy Sandbox gap analysis following Annual Leadership Meeting

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Wonderwell Closes Publishing Operations, Partners with Greenleaf on New Imprint

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American Booksellers Association to Close Its Headquarters

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PW Close-Up: A Discussion with Diamond Book Distributors' Tony Lutkus

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