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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Norwich-based regional publisher increases cover prices at 40 titles Three months after posting its first revenue and profit growth in eight years, regional newspaper publisher Archant has increased cover prices at most of its titles.In a message to the National Federation of Retail Newsagents... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The football season is over for Western League teams _ except for Fairfax. And the Lions (5-6) might not be losing anytime soon the way Ramses Hernandez keeps picking up yards. He's up to 2,131 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns. Fairfax has advanced to the City Section Division II quarterfinals on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew McMillan’s series of “hymns to the male body”, Physical (Jonathan Cape), has become the second collection of poetry to be shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award since it was established in 1999. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked our readers to pick their favorite book of 2015 and spread the word on Twitter. Congrats to our winner, @MitchRappFans, whose pick won the most retweets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is already dominating peoples’ phone time, and now it wants a crack at your lock screen, too. The social network rolled out a new app called “Notify” on Wednesday specifically to send you mobile notifications fr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Days after Facebook announced that its users watched videos 8 billion times a day, Snapchat told the Financial Times on Sunday that its smaller set of users opened videos 6 billion times a day. See the most-read stories this hour >> The statistics reveal fast growth: Since the spring,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian historian Susan Pedersen's The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford University Press) has won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a tweet with the hashtag #PWbestbooks, tell us the title and author of your favorite 2015 book, and tell us why for a chance to win our top 10 books of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of research journal Lingua have resigned last week in protest over publisher Elsevier's high subscription rates and failure to embrace open access. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Fox says changed newsroom practices means possibility of claims over alleged hacking in past has no relevance to current working cultureThe chief executive of Trinity Mirror has said it is “fit and proper” to take over Local World, despite potentially facing more than 100 cases of alleged... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Execs from Cornelsen Schulverlage, Scholastic India, Capstone's myON, and Microsoft Education share thoughts about various edtech business models. The post 4 Views of Evolving Edtech Business Models appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skyhorse Publishing has named Mark Gompertz group editorial director, effective November 9. Gompertz, who was most recently at Hearst Magazines, had a long tenure at Simon & Schuster. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the French city of Grenoble, there are unusual vending machines that don't dispense soda or snacks -- they print out short stories that look like paper receipts instead. These machines were built by a publishing company called Short Éditi... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's a hard call to make, with disincentives for the first to make it, but there's a growing acknowledgement that digital publishers and advertisers have failed to deliver on the promise that digital advertising held. The ability to id ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online publishers are about to get a lot more options for embedding tweets in their stories, with Twitter announcing a new “ecosystem” of products around embedded tweets today at its Flight developer conference. ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission has no plans to weaken copyright, but wants a "targeted" and "balanced" reform with concrete benefits for consumers and right holders, Gunther Oettinger, the member of the European Commission with responsibility for the Digital Economy and Society, has told the Frankfurt... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The quest for smoother user experience seems to pose actually visiting a publisher’s site as friction. With content consumption bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new v-p, editorial director will oversee the entire acquisition process and editorial team for the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The definition of what a publisher does is up for grabs, and one German executive predicts his company will one day employ more IT pros than editors. The post Is Twitter a Book Publishing Company? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While AMP, Google is making a big push to speed up how fast publishers' content loads on mobile screens. That's good for Google, publishers and most of all readers. But others have reservations about the scheme, which they say ignores Google's role in slowing down sites through its own ad tech.... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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