"In a world where fake news can travel scarily fast, factual books have such an important place.” Rashmi Sirdeshpande’s second children’s non-fiction book How to Change the World, illustrated by Annabel Tempest, will be published by Puffin in January. Speaking over the phone from her Buckinghamshire home, she is keen to smash the stereotype that non-fiction is just a tool to get children into reading before they move on to “proper” books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sweden, with one of the oldest free presses in the world, has seen a worrying rise in hate speech and fake news, according to Ehsan Fadakar, social media columnist at tabloid Aftonbladet. But publishers there have a more direct connection with their readers than in other countries, making... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matt Hancock’s move follows week in which Donald Trump attacked CNN as ‘fake news’ for reporting on dossier on his Russia linksMinisters have summoned media bosses for talks on “accuracy” in journalism amid growing concern over the rise of fake news. Matt Hancock, the minister of state for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's announcement that it was taking steps to crack down on hoaxes and fake news on the platform drew attention to a specific type of fake news ads -- those that masquerade as legitimate news sites. Publishers have long been the victim of such schemes, but they have few options to squash... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook may have said that it's stepping up its fight against fake news in the past few weeks, but there are signs that it might have had a way to tackle this problem sooner. A recently published USPTO filing from 2015 reveals that Facebook has app... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the "fake news" controversy unfolds, regional publishers need to rise above the noise. The post The Latest in the Facebook “Friend or Foe” Debate appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.Facebook also said Monday it had updated the policy for its Audience Network, which places ads on websites and mobile apps, to explicitly clarify that it applies to fake news.“In... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson, Michel Faber and Irvine Welsh feature on the shortlists for the 2015 Saltire Literary Awards, with two new awards introduced this year: The Fiction Book of the Year and Non-Fiction Book of the Year. The new prizes were created for the Awards in place of last year's Literary Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Despite being set in the 1980s, David Simon’s new show seems spookily topical. It’s not the only TV series that has turned up in the right place at the right time...David Simon’s new series Show Me a Hero provides everything you might expect from a TV-maker with The Wire, Homicide: Life on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has signed a non-fiction book on Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity. Editorial director of non-fiction Neil Belton signed UK, Commonwealth and European rights to The Hunt for Vulcan: How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe by Tom Levenson in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube star Carrie Hope Fletcher is to write two novels for Sphere, including a “high-concept love story like no other”. Fletcher’s non-fiction book All I Know Now was published by Sphere earlier this year. Sphere commissioning editor Manpreet Grewal acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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It's never been easier to spread fake news online. Publishers, driven by publishing economics to publish faster, are playing fast and loose with the facts, readers are spreading information they though they could trust and Facebook, up until very recently, has taken a backseat to fixing things.... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Nina Stibbe’s prize-winning Love, Nina (Penguin) will be shown as a five-part drama on BBC One. The Bookseller revealed in November last year that Hornby was adapting the book, which won the Non-fiction Book of the Year award at the Specsavers National Book Awards... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has signed three books from Paul Kingsnorth, completing a trilogy begun with his Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, The Wake. Lee Brackstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to two novels and a non-fiction book from Jessica Woollard at the Marsh Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Portobello Books has acquired a non-fiction book by Britain’s first Green MP, Caroline... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bloomsbury has signed a non-fiction book on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge from former Times... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Serpent's Tail has acquired a new non-fiction book on the cultural history of tennis by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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