Concerns about a lack of women in the topmost positions at major trade publishers have come to the fore after the announcement that Little, Brown c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie is departing her role. Mackenzie will become chairman of the company on 1st July, with David Shelley taking over the c.e.o. position, before she steps down altogether at the end of 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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A trip to Italy on a Fulbright fellowship provided the subject for Ethiopian-born writer Maaza Mengiste’s second novel, 'The Shadow King' (Norton, Sept.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Author, journalist, and New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins may be personally responsible for saving the mental health of untold numbers of readers who depend on her witty, incisive takes on the world to get them through another day in Crazytown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Some shareholders want Facebook's chairman and chief executive to step down from one of his roles. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-05-29 23:23:57 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today For over two decades, Ad Age has named Women to Watch in the marketing,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Brenda Wineapple outlines the questions surrounding the proceedings against Andrew Johnson. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:22:51 UTC ]
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Translator Damion Searls has received the US$10,000 Wolff Translator's Prize, and the Women Poet's Prize announces a collection of Rebecca Swift's work. The post Searls Wins Wolff Translator’s Prize; UK’s Women’s Poets Announce Swift Book appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-24 05:31:10 UTC ]
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If you look at images posted to Facebook by news organizations, you are far more likely to see men than women, according to a new study from Pew Research Center. Pew analyzed images posted (publicly) to the social network by 17 national news outlets between April 1 and June 30, 2018, using a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-05-23 18:45:42 UTC ]
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A new study of the images accompanying news stories posted publicly on Facebook by prominent American news media outlets finds Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-23 17:30:15 UTC ]
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China can’t compete with America on raising tariffs, so it may choose to hinder American tech giants to show its power. As the trade war between the U.S. and China sees no signs of abating, investment banking firm Goldman Sachs says Apple’s earnings could take as much as a 29% hit if China... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-05-22 08:06:08 UTC ]
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The Sunday Times Top 100 Crime List has come under fire, after women made up just a third of the listed novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and booksellers are marking Mental Health Awareness Week by holding morning mindfulness sessions, sharing advice from their authors and hosting talks on wellbeing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A new six-part podcast series for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, produced by prize sponsor Fremantle, has launched. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The academic book trade must “work together in these turbulent times”, in the face of Brexit, political turmoil and the impact of the Teaching Excellence Framework, the Academic Book Trade Conference was told. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press (OUP) has been crowned Publisher of the Year for the ninth year running, while Blackwell’s also triumphed at this year’s Academic Book Trade Conference Awards (ABTC). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize has announced its five regional awards this year have all been won by women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Twitter and Google have been under fire all over the world for not doing enough to police their platforms for misinformation. The Singaporean government thinks it has a solution: a law that imposes jail time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential fines for posting or failing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is by now a legendary piece of comic book lore: In 1981, a trio of brothers from Oxnard — Jaime, Gilbert and Mario Hernandez — self-published a slim black-and-white comic book they titled “Love and Rockets.” The volume, reprinted the following year by Fantagraphics, contained a riff on old... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_158357" align="alignright" width="150"] Stephanie Paterik[/caption] [caption id="attachment_154449" align="alignright" width="150"] Lisa Granatstein[/caption] Lisa Granatstein and Stephanie Paterik are taking on new editorial co-leadership roles at Adweek, as editor,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spread the Word has urged for greater investment in under-represented authors from the trade, as it reopens its London Writers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's Fiction Prize co-founder Kate Mosse missed last night's celebration for the 2019 award shortlist after being knocked off her bike in central London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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