Earlier this year, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya decided to run for president in Belarus, a country widely known as “Europe’s last dictatorship,” after her husband, a popular YouTuber who had planned to run himself, was jailed. Alexander Lukashenko, the longtime dictator, allowed Tikhanovskaya to stand, and used her candidacy as an opportunity to crack sexist jokes. But her bid quickly gained momentum, drawing thousands of Belarusians into the streets to demand change. They didn’t get it—an election was held in August, officials declared Lukashenko the winner amid widespread claims of massive fraud, and Tikhanovskaya went into exile in neighboring Lithuania. But Belarusians haven’t given up. Massive protests against Lukashenko’s rule have continued on a weekly basis. The authorities have continued to respond with violence. As I wrote in August, journalists have been swept up in the repression. Officials arrested more than forty reporters between May and July as the protests swelled, and detained others in the days either side of the election—further tightening an already-dire climate for press freedom. On election night, law enforcement in Minsk, the capital, arrested four Russian journalists including Maxim Solopov, of the independent Russian outlet Meduza. (As of my writing, his colleagues had been unable to locate him; it turned out he was being deported to Russia.) The authorities beat Solopov and several other reporters, and shot Nataliya Lyubneuskaya, of Nasha Niva, at... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-12-01 13:25:34 UTC ]
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Rihanna revealed her first Fenty collection in Paris on Wednesday evening. She arrived wearing a blazer as a dress—the white canvas number had exaggerated shoulders and was cinched in at the middle with a built-in corset—paired with strappy going-out heels in gold leather, all from her new... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-23 16:56:09 UTC ]
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Booksellers Association m.d. Meryl Halls has urged the Treasury Select Committee to "level the playing field" and reform business rates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 22:14:38 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed plans to make 20 episodic video shows across Facebook, YouTube and other platforms this year. In an effort to Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 17:00:27 UTC ]
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As consumers and advertisers continue to shift their attention to digital media platforms, traditional print publishers are increasingly coming to the difficult decision that their future doesn’t include a print publication at all—or at least not one with a regular frequency. In the last month... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-21 14:39:41 UTC ]
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Meredith Corp. execs touted what they saw as encouraging signs for both print and digital advertising as well as a significant uptick in consumer-driven revenue on an earnings call Friday reporting the company's performance in the third quarter of 2019 (Meredith's fiscal years start in July... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-14 16:48:23 UTC ]
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Biteback will publish a book about "how and why politics and business have become utterly disconnected in the past decade", entitled F**k Business: The Business of Brexit, by Iain Anderson, chairman of Cicero Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers and former competitors alike are developing plans on how to deal with the news that Baker & Taylor will be closing down its retail wholesale business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distributor Baker & Taylor (B&T) will shut down its retail wholesale business in a bid to align its operations with the education focus of parent company Follett Corporation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Around a year ago, Google unveiled Duplex, an AI-powered feature that can call businesses and book appointments for you. Ahead of this year's I/O, Google revealed the other half of the equation, a virtual customer service agent that can automatically... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baker & Taylor will close down its retail wholesale business in order to better align itself with the education focus of parent company Follett Corp. About 500 jobs will be lost in the process. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House will publish an unfinished memoir by the late pop superstar Prince this fall, the Associated Press reported Monday. The publisher is set to release "The Beautiful Ones," which shares its title with a song on Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain," on Oct. 29. The news of the book's... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann plans to close its Nuremberg printing site by April 2021, and has begun immediate talks with employee representatives, with around 670 permanent staffers and 250 contract workers affected. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Austrian news publisher has grown video revenues to 10% of digital ad revenue. The post How Austrian publisher Die Presse made its video business profitable appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid a daylong series of author readings, educational sessions, and a town hall, NEIBA attendees heard updates on the latest bookstore financials, the progress on ABA's pre-order campaign, and how the installation of Batch is proceeding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Business has landed a guide by UK marketing specialist Kubi Springer on how to build a powerful female brand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Kogan Page is celebraing after The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century by Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren, was named the Business Book of the Year 2019 at the Business Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From controlling the temperature in our homes and offices to helping drive our cars, automation is changing our everyday lives. This shift is transforming the way that we do business as well, and has been a game changer in the way that publishers approach marketing. By tapping into marketing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apologies for what follows. You’ve caught me staring in the face of the devil. That’s one of the things I’m staring at. The other is a big stack of New Yorkers. Unthumbed-through. It’s 15 issues deep. Not for the reason we all sometimes have magazines piled up. It’s not that I’ve squandered time... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book written by a North Canterbury author is up for a special international business book award in London next week. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Edwards, Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Publishers runs down the latest legal and legislative actions affecting Canadian publishers and authors in the copyright arena. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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