Last August, the New York Times published a long investigation into Amazon’s draconian white-collar office environment. The article, by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, painted a picture of a miserable office: people put on probation after they got sick, a working mother backstabbed via an anonymous feedback tool after she adjusted her work hours, a salesperson staying awake for four days straight to finish a project. One quotation, seemingly intended to distill Amazon’s toxic culture into a single sentence, was positioned as a pull quote near the top of the article: “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk,” Bo Olson, who worked for two years as a book marketer for the e-commerce behemoth, told the Times reporters. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One man was cited for posting far-right memes on Facebook, railing against immigrants, gays and Muslims and claiming that former President Obama was trying to convert the nation to Islam. The other was admonished multiple times for improper conduct and for making “discourteous, demeaning and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_134577" align="alignright" width="150"] Alex Hardiman[/caption] The Atlantic continued its ongoing expansion this week with the hire of Facebook’s head of news products, Alex Hardiman, as its new chief business and product officer. Starting this fall, Hardiman will be... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Lewis has been named chief content officer at Hearst Magazines, only the second person to be named to the position. The appointment comes days after Joanna Coles confirmed that she would be departing the company. Lewis first joined Hearst Magazines Digital Media in 2014 as vice president,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines on Wednesday named Kate Lewis chief content officer, succeeding Joanna Coles, who left following the ascension of Troy Young to president.Effective immediately, Lewis will direct content strategy across print and digital for the company's magazine brands, oversee... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rumor that Hearst Magazines' Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles would be leaving the company broke on Friday (see this New York Post story), and it wasn't exactly a surprise (given that she was just passed over for the company's presidency). What is a surprise is how she chose to make it... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Nicolson has won 2018's Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for The Seabird’s Cry (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Films based on books take 44% more at the box office in the UK and 53% more worldwide than original screenplays, research from the Publishers Association (PA) has shown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_81446" align="alignright" width="150"] Dawn Ostroff[/caption] Condé Nast Entertainment’s Dawn Ostroff is leaving her post as president and is heading to Spotify to take on the role of chief content officer. In her new position, Ostroff will lead Spotify’s content... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_81446" align="alignright" width="150"] Dawn Ostroff[/caption] Condé Nast Entertainment’s Dawn Ostroff is leaving her post as president and is heading to Spotify to take on the role of chief content officer. In her new position, Ostroff will lead Spotify’s content... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eighty library professionals have signed an open letter condemning a deal between the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) and UK Visas and Immigration that will see libraries provide biometric visa support services. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has unveiled a replica Oval Office inside London Waterloo station complete with a Donald Trump lookalike and secret service bodyguards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Queer employee groups can enrich workplaces and publishers’ relationships with readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut author flyposted Penguin Random House's offices in London's Vauxhall as part of a guerrilla marketing stunt to promote his new book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mammoth Screen has optioned TV rights to Strangeways (Pan Macmillan) by Neil Samworth, “a jaw-dropping, page-turning account of life in one of the country's most notorious jails” from a former prison officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s Books has bought the world English rights (excluding the ANZ region and North America) to a new picture book by Shaun Tan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A middle grade title called 'The Best Man' has sparked tensions in Athens, Ga., after complaints from parents led to the book's removal from an indie bookstore's display at a school book fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actors Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie are to star in the BBC's adaptation of Helen FitzGerald's The Cry (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has signed an "Agreement for Lease" for a new London office, One Embassy Gardens. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has been publicly searching for a solution to harassment, hate speech and bullying on the site for years -- and at the same time, less publicly, the company has been honing its internal approach to these subjects. Today, Facebook published i... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House’s chief financial officer (CFO) in the US, Milena Alberti, is leaving the company at the end of this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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