Tom Bower, the author who so often strikes fear into his subjects, has taken a second critical look at Richard Branson.His new book, some 14 years on from his first biography, is being serialised in the Sunday Times, with the second instalment due in two days' time.I think all journalists would benefit from reading Branson: Behind the Mask.* It reaches similar conclusions about him as before. Bower paints Branson as a showman who often fails to live up to his promises. Last Sunday's extract about Virgin Galactic, "Lost in space", was a case in point.Bower dissects several more examples in the book and I lighted upon one chapter in particular: Branson's attempt to launch an iPad magazine in 2010.The Project, as it was called, took him into a head-to-head battle with Rupert Murdoch, who was then about to launch an iPad "newspaper", The Daily.Branson described his monthly magazine as "the first truly digital magazine by creative people for creative people", which would be available via the Apple app store.That was front of house, which is Branson's favourite place. Behind the scenes, as Bower details, the story was much more complicated. Virgin's development director, Giovanni Donaldson, had persuaded the digital agency Seven Squared to invest in the iPad magazine. He was then helped by Branson's daughter, Holly, to persuade her father to back it.Seven, which was taking the greater financial risk, hired Anthony Noguera, an experienced former editor of Zoo, FHM and Arena. So,... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Bloomsbury is to publish I Alone Can Fix It, a behind-the-scenes account of former US President Donald Trump’s final year in office, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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With help from Harry Potter, the Magic School Bus and the Baby-Sitters Club, he created the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Calling reading a 'civil right,' Richard Robinson joined Scholastic in 1964 and led the company for almost 50 years. The post Scholastic’s Richard Robinson, Dead at 84, a Leader in Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The longtime head of the children’s publishing giant Scholastic Inc. who presided over such bestsellers as J Continue reading at ABC News
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Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates have won the Richard Jefferies Society & the White Horse Bookshop's Literary Prize for nature writing with their book Orchard: A Year in England's Eden (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Even as a youngster, Dylan seemed to be aware of the importance of crafting his persona. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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A century after a mob of white vigilantes torched a prosperous area of Tulsa, Okla., nicknamed 'Black Wall Street,' Trinity University Press is publishing an eyewitness account that was previously only privately published. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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At age 24, she was one of the youngest Pulitzer winners in history and the first woman to be honored in the national reporting category. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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“Billy Wilder on Assignment” is the first anthology to collect Wilder’s newspaper work in a single volume, and it’s a revelation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Journalists at the site, formerly called Business Insider, joined a unionization wave that has swept digital media companies. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Most — if not all — journalists likely share a commitment to a set of journalistic values, including a belief that those in power should be subject to oversight, that transparency is the right approach to important information, that facts are required to get to the truth, that the less powerful... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
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The musician rose above heroin addiction, music-industry sexism and the traumas of her youth to find success. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist’s Journey Through Life, the new book from Dr Richard Shepherd, a forensic pathologist with over 30 years' experience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Indie Swift Press is to publish The Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, the story of the all-female militia who fought off ISIS in northern Syria. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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He trained his investigative powers on the automotive and energy industries, far-right hate groups and the U.S. prison system. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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“Blindfold” is the American journalist Theo Padnos’s memoir of his nearly two years in captivity and a meditation on resilience. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Independent academic publisher Boydell & Brewer has appointed Antje King to be its new group sales and marketing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-15 13:51:01 UTC ]
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A year ago next week, under President Trump, the State Department designated five Chinese media outlets—official mouthpieces of their country, with bureaus in the United States—as missions of a foreign government. The next day, China responded by kicking out three reporters for the Wall Street... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-02-12 13:31:13 UTC ]
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A 'sea change in trade book publishing,' writes Richard Charkin, accelerate as Brexit puts the UK industry's EU exclusivity into a new light. The post Richard Charkin: Brexit Ushers British Publishing Into New Territory appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-10 13:25:57 UTC ]
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Allen Lane has signed an "all-encompassing" account of the Covid-19 crisis from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 21:21:35 UTC ]
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