Amid calls for a boycott and public pressure to follow The New Yorker in canceling a speaking gig the magazine booked for Steve Bannon, The Economist is standing by its decision to include the controversial former White House strategist in its upcoming Open Future Festival, citing the need to "invite views from all sides—and challenge those views." "The future of open societies will not be secured by like-minded people speaking in an echo chamber, but by subjecting ideas and individuals from all sides to rigorous questioning and debate," wrote The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, in a Tuesday afternoon letter addressing the backlash. Although the speaker lineup for the festival—meant to "host discussions on the most urgent issues of our time .... with speakers representing many sides of the debate"—was first revealed in early August, Bannon's inclusion received minimal scrutiny until Labor Day Weekend, when a similar decision by The New Yorker to include Bannon in its own festival was quickly reversed after a flood of outrage, including from some of those who would be sharing the stage with the former Breitbart chairman, who has repeatedly called the media "the opposition party" while facing criticism for associating with or promoting figures known for anti-semitism, Islamophobia, and white nationalism. "The Economist also gave a stage to Steve Bannon at the Open Fest in New York where I’ll be speaking," wrote immigration advocate Julissa Arce in a tweet... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2016 presidential election has ushered in many "firsts," from the nomination of the first female major party candidate to the first time (at least in memory) that a presidential nominee has been recorded saying that he likes to "grab women by the pussy." In light of these firsts—and many,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Page, director of economics at Spotify, Steve Ackerman, managing director of Somethin’ Else, Ian Small, c.e.o. of AudioBooks.com, and Tom Hall, vice president Learning Platforms, Schools and English at Pearson, are the latest speakers added to the line-up of FutureBook, The Bookseller’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Premium publishers and broadcasters are acknowledging programmatic as a key component of their digital ad strategies. In order to take control back from the demand side in today’s programmatic landscape, they’re stockpiling some tools in their programmatic arsenals—tools like automated... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HTC has unveiled Vivepaper, an app that lets Vive users check out interactive, VR content from publishers like Conde Nast. After you don the headset and scan a physical AR booklet, you can peruse a virtual magazine and load up 360-degree videos, 3D c... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Dillon, the legendary British comic book artist, known for his work on Preacher, Punisher, and 2000AD's Judge Dredd dies aged 54 Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OverDrive CEO Steve Potash continues to raise concerns that under the proposed merger of the W3C and the IDPF, the book industry will lose influence over the continued development of the ePUB ebook file standard. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Charkin, executive director of Bloomsbury and current IPA president, said the situation in Turkey is of grave concern. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney is going to be speaking in conversation with The Reading Agency at The British Library next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this podcast: 2:31: Today on the show, Dan catches up with the Sun's media critic David Zurawik to talk about last Monday's televised debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. With Clinton widely seen as the winner of that debate -- well prepared, with attacks on Trump's record that... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After investing millions of dollars in education and opening their own private K-12 school this year, pediatrician Priscilla Chan and her Facebook-founding husband, Mark Zuckerberg, announced Wednesday that they will invest $3 billion over the next decade to fight diseases. The funds will come... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Krugman is right to condemn journalism’s ‘weasel words’ about Hillary Clinton. The hardest subjects require the most exacting press standardsSometimes journalists can’t live by a hand-me-down codebook. They themselves are responsible for what’s published. They live, after all, in the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese instant messaging service Weixin has signed a “significant” agreement to better tackle copyright infringement with the China-British Business Council. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hecht recently left her position as executive director of children's and YA scouting at Mary Anne Thompson Associates to launch her own company, Rachel Hecht Children's Scouting. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There has been a surge in demand for Saqi Books title Syria Speaks, after a woman who was seen reading it on a plane was detained by police. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency Speaking Volumes has secured an international grant to showcase British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers to European audiences. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The media industry responded predictably to an announcement from Facebook Thursday that articles using so-called "clickbait" headline tropes will get lower billing in the social giant's all-important News Feed product, which publishers rely on for sweet, sweet referral traffic. (Sponsored posts... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Smith, the former president and c.e.o. of John Wiley, has died at the age of 61. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith, the former president and CEO of John Wiley and Sons, died on July 10 following a long illness. He was 61. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Economist has spent a year finessing its social media team, growing its writers from two to 10, mostly based in the U.K. Last year, for each article published, 15 separate tweets were written, now it’s more like three. The publisher has taken resource away from its posting to its lesser... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From accounts of near-death expriences to ways of talking to kids about death, a wave of new books offer for the dying, the grieving, and the questioning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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