On Friday, Donald J. Trump, liar, con man, bigot, serial assailant, former reality TV star, failed casino magnate, failed football team owner, failed airline owner, failed magazine publisher, failed steak salesman, and loser of the national popular vote, will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. The moment he is, the Republican Party, already in total control of 25 state governments and the legislatures of seven others, will have full command of federal policymaking. The only check on its federal legislative power, the Senate filibuster, can be done away with more or less at will. Donald Trump may appoint as many as three justices to the Supreme Court over the course of his presidency; more than 100 vacant federal judgeships await his appointments right now. With this amassed power, the Republican Party aims, among other things, to dismantle a law that has provided health insurance to millions, deport at an unprecedented clip many millions of immigrants who have made lives in America, dramatically cut food stamps and other social services for the poorest in the country, impede access to abortions and women’s health care nationwide, continue efforts to disenfranchise black voters, and prevent the United States from making any further efforts to address a climate crisis that, sooner or later, will imperil all civilization—all while slashing taxes and regulations in legislation that will disproportionately enrich the wealthiest and most powerful people in... Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Back in 2015, Microsoft said that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows. The software giant views its newest operating system as a service that’s continually updated. Although problems with both the October 2018 Update and May 2019 Update mean that’s not really true at the moment. Most... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2019-05-30 09:08:54 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_157813" align="alignright" width="275"] Beer Advocate's final issue, #134[/caption] For craft beer enthusiasts, there are less than a handful of magazines devoted to their passion. Now, there’s one fewer. Earlier this month, Beer Advocate’s founders Jason and Todd Alstrom... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In spring 2017, global markets crowned Evan Spiegel the new boy king of tech. At just 26 years old, Spiegel took his photo-message and camera company Snap Inc. public for $24 billion, making it the biggest initial public offering in years. The unprofitable company was valued more highly than... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
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In spring 2017, global markets crowned Evan Spiegel the new boy king of tech. At just 26 years old, Spiegel took his photo-message and camera company Snap Inc. public for $24 billion, making it the biggest initial public offering in years. The unprofitable company was valued more highly than... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster (S&S) is gearing up to release an ebook version of the Mueller Report, with print copies hitting the shelves by the end of the month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith has revealed plans to refit its post office stores with a bigger emphasis on books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association and DK have unveiled the second year of the DK Day initiative, with booksellers invited to DK's head office for a special look at the creative process. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shazam!’s counterintuitive path to popularity is an object lesson in pursuing originality in a universe dominated with world-building The success of Warner Bros.’ latest superhero movie Shazam!, which took the No. 1 spot at the box office last weekend and has had critics swooning–it has a... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights to Tom Pollock’s thriller White Rabbit, Red Wolf have been sold to Seven Stories, the production company behind Netflix drama "Selection Day". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlan Coben’s new thriller, Run Away, takes #1 on the Apple Books store, ending Delia Owens’s long run at the top with Where the Crawdads Sing, which fell to #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc.’s top executive in charge of all products, Chris Cox, the longtime confidant of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company. It’s the highest-level departure at the social media giant amid nearly two years of sustained crises. Cox’s unexpected departure, which he... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-14 22:45:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc.’s top executive in charge of all products, Chris Cox, the longtime confidant of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company. It’s the highest-level departure at the social media giant amid nearly two years of sustained crises. Cox’s unexpected departure, which he... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-14 22:45:00 UTC ]
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Strike another one off the long list of possible Democratic 2020 hopefuls: Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he will not run for president. “I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election,” the former New York City mayor wrote in an op-ed published by the news outlet that... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Crime Writers’ Association has appointed Maxim Jakubowski as its first ever publishers’ liaison officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After acquiring Worthy Publishing last year, the Hachette Book Group's Nashville publishing division has moved to Worthy's offices in Franklin, Tenn. and centralized its FaithWords editorial operations there. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 48 subject category winners of the 2019 PROSE Award cycle from the Association of American Publishers will yield four top category titles and an overall winner. The post AAP Announces 2019 PROSE Award Category Winners, Board Officers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed a novel by Elle Spellman, a former book blogger and self-published author, after she approached the publisher on Twitter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The coming Frankfurter Buchmesse Guest of Honor program is off to an agile start, as we feature several foreign rights hits from Norway–plus work from Germany and India–in our first 2019 Rights Roundup. The post Rights Roundup: On the Run-Up to Guest of Honor Norway at Frankufurter Buchmesse... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pamela Drucker Mann discusses how Condé Nast plans to give advertisers what they want, not what publishers think they should have. The post ‘You have to sell advertisers what they need, not what you want’: Q&A with Conde Nast chief revenue officer, Pamela Drucker Mann appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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