The world’s richest man promises more than he has delivered. His social network purchase is likely to go the same wayElon Musk is a fan of the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. When his spacecraft company SpaceX successfully sent its Falcon Heavy rocket payload into orbit around the sun in 2018, the cargo included a digital copy of the author’s classic work: the Foundation trilogy. One of the main protagonists in that series is the Mule, a mutant, megalomaniacal telepath who uses his powers to inspire fanatical loyalty, upend history and conquer the galaxy. No one could miss that Mr Musk has a Mule-sized desire to own the future.His plan to make humanity a multiplanetary species includes nuking Martian polar ice caps to release carbon dioxide, warm the red planet and make it more hospitable for human life. Yet Mr Musk has a history of making promises he has never delivered on. His disease-curing “brain-machine interface” is way behind rivals. In his defence, the billionaire inventor has disrupted the car industry with his Tesla electric vehicles to save the planet. He has become an iconoclast in the public imagination. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-01 18:50:19 UTC ]
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Rogers, Coleridge & White co-founder Gill Coleridge reflects on five decades in the book trade, and how a new bursary in honour of Deborah Rogers will aid those embarking on their first. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To get you ready for the weekend, we've rounded up some of our best stories this week: Twitter is falling out of favor with publishers as a reliable driver of traffic. It doesn’t have the audience scale, visual storytelling tools and ad products that Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook do. On... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social publishing is becoming a zero-sum game. As media companies clamor for readers on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, Twitter is losing the attention battle. Publishers are waking up to the fact that Twitter doesn't have the audience scale, visual storytelling tools and ad products that the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investors Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Ynon Kreiz made a takeover approach for Time Inc. in recent months, but were rebuffed by the iconic magazine publisher, according to a person familiar with the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publisher Canelo has hired Corvus editor Louise Cullen as its editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bella Pagan, senior commissioning editor at Pan Macmillan and Tor, has been promoted to editorial director at Pan Macmillan Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper publisher Tronc plunges after Gannett abandons deal talks; Archer Daniels Midland, Coach gain on earnings beat Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UPDATE: There were three waves of cyberattacks today, but as of 7 p.m., they appear to have been resolved. It all started Friday morning, when a slew of digital publishers and other ecommerce players were hit by a cyberattack, causing their sites in some parts of the U.S. to go out in a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to an ACLU blog post published on Tuesday, law enforcement officials implemented a far-reaching surveillance program to track protesters in both Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD during their recent uprisings and relied on special feeds of use... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hours after the Washington Post published a video of Donald Trump in 2005 stating, among other things, that "And when you're a star, they let you do it...You can do anything. Grab them by the p---y," the candidate issued a video response that went ou... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As teens in the UK prepare to 'take over' their community libraries, Open Road media begins releasing Gerald Durrell's books in the States, as 'The Durrells' comes to PBS. The post International Industry Notes: A Teen Takeover of Libraries, a Timely Release from Open Road appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teenagers in Worcester, Telford and Cannock will be taking control of their local libraries next month with live performances to re-imagine libraries, storytelling and the place these have in society. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Once upon a time, Twitter Moments was a closely guarded fortress surrounded by moats of publishers vying to get a spot on the throne. The feature, which aims to be "the best of Twitter in an instant," was only available to Twitter employees and certain publishing partners. But that changed... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Days ago, Bungie released its third expansion, Rise of Iron, for its popular MMO shooter Destiny. A new short single-player campaign, multiplayer mode and six-person raid should keep players busy killing enemy aliens, and each other, for months. Undo... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Publishing Group has promoted three members of its Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N) non-fiction editorial department, including senior editor Paul Murphy, who has moved up to become editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a slow start to the fiscal year, Riggio, who returned as Barnes & Noble's CEO after last month's ouster of Ron Boire, has plans to improve the bookseller's bottom line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' head of books Melissa Cox is joining Hodder & Stoughton as editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial director for Viking, Eleo Gordon, has retired after nearly 50 years at Penguin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Native advertising is only the latest new skill set taken on by editors in the digital age. The post Majority of Publishers Use Their Own Editorial Staffs to Produce Native Ads appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter is on a pre-roll.The service is opening its pre-roll video ad program to popular Twitter users, giving them a way to make money for their efforts.The ads play before the videos that people share on the platform, and they come with a skip button, much like the one on YouTube. Twitter has... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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