[caption id="attachment_103803" align="alignright" width="164"] Christene Barberich[/caption] Refinery29 co-founder Christene Barberich is stepping down from her role as global editor-in-chief of the 15 year-old women's lifestyle site to make way for a replacement, she revealed on Instagram Monday morning. The decision comes after multiple former staffers publicly accused the site, which was acquired by Vice Media for $400 million in October, of a lack of diversity and discrimination against people of color on its staff. "I’d like to start by saying that I’ve read and taken in the raw and personal accounts of Black women and women of color regarding their experiences inside our company at Refinery29. And, what's clear from these experiences, is that R29 has to change. We have to do better, and that starts with making room," Barberich wrote Monday. "I will be stepping aside in my role at R29 to help diversify our leadership in editorial and ensure this brand and the people it touches can spark a new defining chapter." The reckoning began last Tuesday, when Ashley Edwards, a former news and politics editor at Refinery29 from 2017 to 2019, responded after the site signaled support for the Black Lives Matter movement by calling out its alleged mistreatment of black staffers. Hey @Refinery29, cool blacked out homepage! But you know what real allyship looks like? Paying your Black employees fairly, having Black women in top leadership positions & addressing the... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Time Warner Inc.’s chief executive testified Wednesday that the government’s assertions that AT&T Inc. wanted to buy the company to use its programming as leverage over distributors “makes no sense” because it would limit viewership. “I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not how this works,” Jeff... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers including The Atlantic, New York magazine and Spirited Media give members access to their reporters. The post Why publishers’ membership programs often include access to editorial staffers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Northern Fiction Alliance (NFA) has devised an eight-point plan to “reshape and redefine the current literary landscape”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK Publishers Association has urged the government not to "trade away" the key principles that underpin the book trade as the country gears up to leave the EU. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ALA's annual State of America's Libraries report, released on Monday, saw books by Jay Asher and Sherman Alexie land at the top of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom's Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2017 list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a "major work of non-fiction" that examines how work has shaped human civilisation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Led by the writing non-profit Grub Street, a Boston literary coalition proposal for a cultural center along the city's waterfront got a boost this week with the announcement of a $2 million grant from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation should their plan be approved. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael W. Ferro Jr. stepped down as chairman of the newspaper publisher Tronc after a period of intense scrutiny that included newsroom unrest at The Los Angeles Times. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s will publish a book about rape culture and toxic masculinity in the UK this May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US-based author Sherman Alexie has declined the American Library Association’s 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction following the emergence of sexual harassment accusations against him. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The chief content officer at Hearst talks about #MeToo, print media's comeback, Snapchat's value to publishers and more. The post ‘We need real diversity’: Hearst’s Joanna Coles says more women in leadership will lead to culture change appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For 16-month-old Beijing Bright Culture, making an impact on the market is the top priority, and Jef Nys’s Jeremy series (or Jommeke in the original Belgian) is the answer. “We have published only 25 out of the available 278 volumes, meaning that we have a built-in long seller in our portfolio,”... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US children’s author Daniel Handler, who writes under the pen name Lemony Snicket, has cancelled a speech he was due to give at a graduation ceremony amid allegations of sexual harassment. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelists Elif Shafak and Kamila Shamsie are set to headline the UK’s first dedicated festival of Muslim culture, literature and ideas, at the British Library in April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is in retreat mode these days as it continues to battle fake news. The social media juggernaut has decided to move away from digital publishers as a way of distancing itself from the internal problems it has been having for years. Facebook made a bold move by making a significant... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US-based author Sherman Alexie has apologised following anonymous accusations of sexual harassment against him. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Award–winning author Sherman Alexie has been anonymously accused of sexual and general misconduct by members of the Native American writing community and others in the writing world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Starting with a new Instagram account, NBC Sports and Refinery29 will produce content about female athletes, female executives in the sports world and more. The post NBCUniversal adds Refinery29 to its growing list of digital publisher and platform partners appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Putting into question thousands of textbooks already bought and in use, the publisher Prosveshchenie says that Ventana-Graf textbooks are making wrongful use of its logo–and that those books are therefore 'counterfeit.' The post One Russian Textbook Publisher Sues Another Over Alleged Trademark... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following a sexual harassment scandal that has embroiled the children's sector of the publishing industry for the past week, James Dashner, author of the bestselling Maze Runner series, has been dropped by his publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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