Social media aggregation site Storify debuted a major aesthetic refresh to its Web site on Tuesday morning, revamping the main homepage and tweaking the site's search tools to better surface the most relevant media among the items from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others that are published to users' story streams. The new look comes almost exactly one year after the site last refreshed its user interface. Storify is backed by $2 million in series A funding from Khosla Ventures, with additional angel investments from Henri Lastenouse and Mark Tobias. Continue reading at 'AllThingsD'
[ AllThingsD | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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• BBC admits it 'got this one wrong'• Executive board 'applied insufficient scrutiny'• 'Governance arrangements … were inadequate'Read the NAO report on the BBC's handling of the DMI projectThe BBC's handling of the £100m Digital Media Initiative fiasco has come in for further criticism, with a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Exam to be based on 700-page manual that prohibits published reports from featuring comments that go against party lineChinese journalists will have to pass a new ideology exam early next year to keep their press cards, in what reporters say is another example of the ruling Communist party's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s has named single mother Jack Monroe, whose book A Girl Called Jack: 100... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All books submitted for sale in Qatar must been approved by the Ministry of Culture even if the same book has already been approved for another retailer. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While most online news outlets worry about their mobile-first strategy, Matter is trying to create a web-first reading experience. It doesn’t publish a print edition, present a bundled collection of news articles or host advertisements. It ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cynthia Voigt's tale presents a youngster who must find out about his missing parents while working as a problem solver for others. Readers who wish their families were more interesting will be hooked, as I was, on Cynthia Voigt's "Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things," the first of a planned... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two years ago, Samir Patil surveyed his publishing floor in Mumbai, one of 10 he owned, and saw death. It was not for a lack of lively activity. His company, ACK Media, shipped roughly six million books, magazines and DVDs across India every month. I ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most small newspapers would be happy with an online publishing system that solves more headaches than it creates. Finding software that makes digital revenue and reader traffic skyrocket seems like the stuff of dreams. But that’s precisely ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After banning Ralph Ellison's novel earlier this month, the Randolph County school board voted to bring 'Invisible Man' back to school libraries. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia's biggest publishing house is to publish the much-anticipated memoirs of Julia Gillard. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia's biggest publishing house is to publish the much-anticipated memoirs of Julia Gillard. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at rose 15% in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 at HarperCollins, parent company News Corp. said in its 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. EBITDA jumped 65% over fiscal 2012, to $142 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livefyre, a provider of comment-hosting tools for online publishers that has been expanding into other areas of social content, has agreed to acquire Storify — a service that allows users to curate conversations from Twitter, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storify, a digital storytelling tool used by journalists to surface conversations that originate on social media, has been acquired by the Web publishing services company Livefyre. Livefyre plans to fold Storify into its StreamHub product, which offers Web publishers tools for commenting, live... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US judge imposes restrictions on the agreements technology giant Apple, after a court ruled it conspired with five publishers to control ebook prices. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ongoing political uncertainty has resulted in a depressed local book market leading Egyptian to look elsewhere in the Arab world and further abroad to bolster business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A German privacy regulator is astonished that Facebook has added facial recognition to a proposed new privacy policy it published on Thursday. "It is astonishing to find the facial recognition again in the new proposed privacy policy that Facebook published yesterday. We therefore have directly... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MAGSTATS Issue: July 28, 2013Frequency: Weekly Launched: June 2012Circ: 600,000 (Free iPad)Editor: John MontorioDesign: Josh KlenertPublishing Company: The Huffington Post Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US regulators have called for Apple to be forced to cancel certain ebook contracts with major publishers. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Challenged by shrinking sales and online piracy, Poland’s publishing industry aims to mitigate losses with more stringent price regulation, reports Jaroslaw Adamowski. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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