Snapchat Rolls Out Black Excellence Bitmoji, Creative Tools, Lenses for Black History Month

Snapchat is marking Black History Month with a host of in-application features and tools honoring the theme of Black excellence. Snapchatters will have access to Bitmoji, creative tools and lenses highlighting the creativity of Black artists and lens creators on the platform. Black History Month content from publishing partners including NBC News, with "Stay Tuned,"... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2021-02-03 22:50:53 UTC ]
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What 8 Creative Chiefs Are Reading Right Now

Between client meetings, brainstorm sessions and pitch preparations, time is sparse for chief creative officers, but that doesn't mean they're too busy to energize their creative juices by squeezing in reading time. Check out what books (or audiobooks), in genres from mystery and thriller to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram's New Tools Allow Users to Report Others Considering Self-Harm

Instagram has developed tools to help people considering self-harm, and as part of the new initiative, Seventeen magazine and Instagram are welcoming everyone with open arms with a new hashtag. "We listen to mental health experts when they tell us that outreach from a loved one can make a real... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emmis Sells Texas Monthly for $25 Million

Paul Hobby, whose family once owned the Houston Post, purchases magazine. The post Emmis Sells Texas Monthly for $25 Million appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lenovo Yoga Book review: Unique touch features let you be hands-on creative

Lenovo’s Yoga Book is for people who have never been content with just a keyboard and mouse to express their ideas. People who prefer to scribble on notepads or napkins. Who draw pictures to illustrate ideas or create art. The $550 Yoga Book facilitates those practices by helping users produce... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Translating Katja Kettu: ‘At the Margins of History’

As AmazonCrossing arrives at Frankfurt Book Fair this week, Finland's Katja Kettu's 'The Midwife' has just been released. The post Translating Katja Kettu: ‘At the Margins of History’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creative Industries Federation warns on education 'threat'

Current education policies threaten the UK's standing as a global creative power, a problem which will be exacerbated by Brexit, the Creative Industries Federation has claimed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Snapchat's Big Changes Impact Advertisers and Publishers

Snapchat is a little different today, going back to its roots with a retooling that boosts personal messages and lowers visibility for its publishing partners in Discover.The reconfiguration is seen as a sign that Snapchat doesn't see the need to keep putting Discover in users' faces. A few... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monthly E-Ranking: The Girl on the Train steams back into the top spot, but I See You has it in its sights

The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has once again chugged straight into the Monthly E-Book Sales Ranking number one spot for August—shifting 41,335 copies to usurp Jojo Moyes’ After You (Michael Joseph). The top three— the aforementioned two, along with After You’s predecessor Me Before You,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Latinx in Publishing’ Launches in Hispanic Heritage Month

With a goal of supporting and promoting 'Latino/a/x' people and literature in the publishing industry, a new network of book professionals formalizes the group's activities. The post ‘Latinx in Publishing’ Launches in Hispanic Heritage Month appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I want my Snapchat TV: MTV is launching Discover shows

MTV is rolling out three new short-form video series on its international Snapchat Discover channel this fall. It has six more in development and plans to bring more of that production in-house (two initial series, “Show Us Ur Phone” and “MTV Threads,” were made with outside production... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quaker's Month-Long 'Oatober' Campaign Includes 31 Different Oat Recipes

Even oatmeal is going digital. To show that Quaker's oats are used to make more than just oatmeal, the PepsiCo.-owned brand is launching a campaign this weekend as part of a month-long effort the brand is dubbing 'Oatober.' Starting tomorrow, Quaker will start pumping out Facebook, Instagram... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Snapchat King' DJ Khaled's debut to Transworld

Transworld is publishing a debut by Amercian hip hop producer and "King of Snapchat" DJ Khaled, explaining the many pearls of wisdom he has posted on social media. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic sex: intimate cartoon history of sex translated into English

The Story of Sex, a witty account that embraces everything from the earliest humans to the age of cybersex, has already been a hit in FranceRanging from Cleopatra’s invention of the vibrator to a Dutch shopkeeper’s accidental discovery of the existence of sperm, a comic book detailing the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monthly StatShot, March 2016

Sales of adult books fell 10.3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first period of 2015, and sales of children’s/YA dipped 2.1%, according to figures released by the AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp is testing a homegrown content recommendation tool

News Corp is testing a content-recirculation widget that lets several of its publications including The Wall Street Journal share their articles on each other’s sites. With the so-called Project Hamilton, the publisher is seeking to keep readers on its sites longer. Other publishers are turning... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andersen hires Paul Black as PR director

Paul Black, head of PR and events at HarperCollins Children’s Books, is joining Andersen Press as PR director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rohan Silva: 'publishers must stay creative to survive'

Independent publishers should utilise the free flow of ideas and creativity in order to better innovate, founder of Libreria bookshop Rohan Silva has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Politics and international economics: Le Monde uses Snapchat Discover for serious news

Le Monde believes there is a place for serious news on Snapchat Discover. The news publisher created a team of seven employees dedicated to just Snapchat content in the hope it can pull in more millennial readers. Le Monde has been testing the appetite for serious news on Snapchat since March... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government opens inquiry into Brexit's impact on creative industries

Creative industries insiders are being invited to contribute to a government inquiry into the implications of Brexit on the creative industries and the digital single market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japan history debut to Penguin Press

Penguin Press has acquired a "spectacularly interesting" history debut about modern Japan from historian and BBC "New Generation Thinker" Christopher Harding. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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