The weird thing Tom Cruise does during interviews, and other revelations from a celebrity reporter

At first glance, the new memoir I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism just looks like a breezy collection of stories about Hollywood stars from People magazine executive editor Kate Coyne. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inaugural Little Free Library Fest Celebrates Reading, Community

On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CBBC to celebrate 'Awesome Authors' in live event

CBBC is putting on a two-day event in Birmingham this July to celebrate "awesome" authors in partnership with BBC Learning, Birmingham City Council and the Library of Birmingham. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Content Next reports recommendations for reaching the ad-blocking audience

As the population of people using ad blocking software has grown, publishers are increasingly recognizing that they have to find a way to address those people a different way. Digital Content Next, a trade group for premium publishers, has shared recommendations, which came out of meetings with... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrating the Accomplishments of Female Magazine-Media Pros

Folio:'s Top Women in Media to take center stage June 9th. The post Celebrating the Accomplishments of Female Magazine-Media Pros appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, and The Hollywood Reporter Among Loeb Award Finalists

Two separate Bloomberg magazine titles earn finalist nods for the 2016 awards honoring the best in business and financial journalism. The post Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, and The Hollywood Reporter Among Loeb Award Finalists appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kit de Waal: Interview

First-time author Kit de Waal tells Caroline Carpenter why her strongly backed début novel, My Name is Leon, is true to life.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Report Shows Importance of Digital to Canadian Pubs

The third annual report from BookNet Canada, released this week, found that 14% of Canadian publishers earned 30% of their revenue from ebooks in 2015, up from 8% the year before. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago celebrates Valley of the Dolls 50th with anniversary edition

Virago is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its pop-culture classic Valley of the Dolls in June by bringing out a new, pink-paged anniversary edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed's Facebook Live Interview With President Obama Suffers a Bad Streaming Failure

BuzzFeed landed the biggest "get" for a Facebook Live interview in the young channel's history by nabbing a sit-down with President Barack Obama. Yet less than two minutes into the broadcast, the online publisher's video feed stalled and some 35,000 Facebook viewers were left with nothing to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philippe Sands: Interview

Renowned human rights lawyer Philippe Sands tells Caroline Sanderson the extraordinary story of the coincidences he discovered while carrying out the research for his book, East West Street.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playboy Celebrates 'Safe for Work' Transition With a Massive Push Into Original Video

Playboy showed off its new, fully-clothed self during its first-ever NewFronts presentation Friday afternoon at New York's Skylight Modern. "This is the most exciting and complex brand transformation of my career," said CEO Scott Flanders kicking off the 30-minute presentation. He added that... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ursula Doyle and authors celebrate Fleet

"It's a little bit like marrying myself," commented publisher Ursula Doyle [pictured] at the launch party for her new imprint, Fleet, at the Horse Hospital arts venue in The Colonnade, Bloomsbury. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Facebook is everything to us’: How Little Things grew to 50 million users in under three years

Feel-good publisher Little Things has built an audience of 50 million users a month thanks to Facebook -- and it's profitable. CEO Joe Speiser joined the Digiday Podcast to discuss how the publisher grew out of its roots as a pet-food retailer, why he's not too worried about being overly reliant... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: The Okee Dokee Brothers Celebrate America’s Great Outdoors

While the late Prince represents the Minneapolis sound to millions of adults, two other Twin Cities musicians, the Okee Dokee Brothers, represent its flip side: a more pastoral and family-friendly Minneapolis sound. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: E-book Sales Fell 13% in 2015, Nielsen Reports

Unit sales of ebooks published by traditional publishers fell 13% in 2015 compared to 2014, said Kempton Mooney of Nielsen during a Thursday panel aimed at examining different publishing markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As BEA Opens: A New Global Ebook Report on a Mercurial World Market

BEA's' Director of International Affairs Rüdiger Wishenbart's new Global Ebook Report cites continental Europe's ebooks "stalling even earlier" than in US, UK. The post As BEA Opens: A New Global Ebook Report on a Mercurial World Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lionel Shriver: Interview

Orange Prize-winning author Lionel Shriver tells Tom Tivnan how her futuristic vision of a toppled global power in her new novel The Mandibles came to fruition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarai Walker: Interview

A fierce, fantastical, fighting feminist fiction effort from début novelist Sarai Walker, Dietland (Atlantic Books) proves difficult to neatly categorise . . and equally difficult to ignore.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrate Motherhood with 10 Great Mom Comics

Usually, moms only play an ancillary role in comics, however some cartoonists choose to focus on what it means to bring life into this world and nurture it. So in time for Mother's Day, enjoy these 10 mom comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: Subscription Discounts Drive Down Newsstand Sales

New MagNet study finds monthly magazines offer subscriptions for an average of 63 percent off cover price. The post Report: Subscription Discounts Drive Down Newsstand Sales appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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