To get into college, they lied about test scores, talent and even race

Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz detail the fraud behind the Varsity Blues admissions scandal. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-21 12:00:00 UTC ]

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RITA romance awards cancelled after race row sparks author boycott

The Romance Writers of America has cancelled its annual RITA awards ceremony after hundreds of authors staged a boycott over an ongoing race row. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-07 22:15:04 UTC ]
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Nielsen’s Advanced TV Push Continues With Addressable Platform Beta Test

Less than a year after creating a video advertising group dedicated to expanding available addressable TV inventory, Nielsen is taking another step toward an addressable future. The company today is introducing a beta version of an addressable TV advertising platform, with more than a half-dozen... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-01-07 14:00:50 UTC ]
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Kiley Reid’s Sharp First Novel About Race, Careers, and Parenthood

Such a Fun Age is Franzenesque in its interest in how we live now—but in a quieter register. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2020-01-07 12:30:00 UTC ]
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In ‘Such a Fun Age,’ Kiley Reid takes aim at race and class in America

In her debut novel, Reid weaves together the story of a babysitter experiencing a quarter-life crisis and the tale of her privileged employer. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-07 00:07:56 UTC ]
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Walliams versus Pinch of Nom in the race to Christmas number one

David Walliams look set to achieve a third Christmas number one with The Beast of Buckingham Palace (HarperCollins) racking up three straight weeks of sales above 100,000 copies—yet Pinch of Nom sequel Everyday Light could potentially cause an upset. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 11:53:50 UTC ]
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Nine black Hermiones, and 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' still won't talk race

As the Harry Potter play officially opens in San Francisco on Sunday, the production continues to sidestep a deeper discussion about casting. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-12-01 23:54:38 UTC ]
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What Hearst is Testing and Learning Through the GNI Subscriptions Lab

Through the Google News Initiative Subscriptions Lab, ten local media organizations have been testing, learning and sharing findings related to Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-11-20 22:09:59 UTC ]
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Faber takes on debut from 'fantastic new talent' Una Mannion

Faber has acquired Irish-based author Una Mannion's "utterly captivating" debut novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 10:30:21 UTC ]
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Digital Media’s Future Lies Beyond Ads and With Direct Consumer Revenue

The long-predicted digital media consolidation has finally come to pass. More than 100 online publishing companies are on pace to be sold this year, highlighted by the recent purchases of Refinery29, PopSugar and New York Magazine. The impetus for the sudden deal velocity is the direct result of... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-11-11 16:49:21 UTC ]
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Hearst Hires a VP of Talent, Meredith Staffs Up Health Magazine | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_174829" align="alignright" width="150"] Rachel Kay[/caption] On Wednesday, Hearst announced the hiring of Rachel Kay as vice president of talent, a newly created role that will advance talent recruiting programs across the company. Reporting directly to Hearst COO Mark... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-07 21:17:21 UTC ]
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Hodder scores double nomination on William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award shortlist

Hodder & Stoughton has scooped two nominations on this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 17:35:28 UTC ]
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Idris Elba-backed literary podcast Generation veX to explore race

A new podcast exploring race and identity in literature with guests including Bernardine Evaristo, Sara Collins and Derek Owusu has been launched, sponsored by Idris Elba’s production company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 13:07:13 UTC ]
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How to Score Audiobook ARCs

There are a lot of tips around on how to get physical review copies. But how about audiobooks? Below are some ways to get those audiobook ARCs. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-21 10:39:48 UTC ]
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Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention

Katy Waldman writes on Saeed Jones’s new memoir, “How We Fight for Our Lives,” and its focus on Jones’s mother and his self-making. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-10-10 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Social Content Ratings Bolsters Talent Promotion Measurement via Instagram

The Nielsen Social Content Ratings measure talent's promotion of television shows across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and its data from Instagram just became more robust. Nielsen said in a release that the improvement was made possible by Instagram's recent enabling of creator account... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-09-19 13:30:21 UTC ]
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Author-Tested Middle Grade Marketing Tips

Though marketing departments do great work launching middle grade books out into the world, their job ideally includes a strong partnership with the authors whose titles they are promoting. For their part, middle grade authors quickly learn that they play a big role in inspiring readers, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dexter Palmer Disproves a Lie

Palmer’s third novel, 'Mary Toft; or, the Rabbit Queen,' tells the real-life story of a woman in 1726 who claimed to give birth to dead rabbits. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How should we respond to Trump’s hurricane lies?

Donald Trump’s Alabama psychodrama is still going on. Previous scenes featured the president of the United States erroneously warning that the state was in the path of a deadly hurricane; doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on his error; defacing an official weather map with a Sharpie to... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-09-10 12:07:25 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver scores hat-trick as Veg sales grow

Jamie Oliver’s Veg (Michael Joseph) has continued to prove fruitful in its third week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with its volume through Nielsen BookScan’s TCM rising 22.5% week on week to 37,951 copies sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 10:23:31 UTC ]
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