Wall Street Journal Launches Global Video Platform

As more readers turn to social media and mobile for their news, video is emerging as the latest tool for print journalists. The Wall Street Journal recently launched WSJ WorldStream (wsj.com/worldstream), a global publishing platform for short-form v ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Launches Vertical-Scroll Webtoon Series, DC GO

DC Comics has launched DC GO, a new collection of vertical-scroll webtoons on its digital subscription service, DC Universe Infinite. The line includes new webtoons featuring DC characters and existing comics reformatted for continuous-scroll reading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Southern Methodist University Launches Poetry Publishing Initiative

Dallas-based Southern Methodist University's Project Poëtica and Bridwell Press are launching three new lines of poetry projects, each focusing on books by established poets, collaborative projects, and creative or scholarly works on poetics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon’s Colorsoft Launch Has Left Some Customers Without a Kindle at All

Faulty devices have thrown a wrench in the company’s trade-in program for its color ebook reader. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-11-14 12:15:00 UTC ]
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Animated video game anthology show Secret Level sure looks pretty

Amazon has released a new trailer for Secret Level, the upcoming Prime Video show that tells stories set in the worlds of beloved, popular or even upcoming games (and also Concord). Given that it’s an anthology series, there’s unlikely to be an overarching plot, so there’s not much to grok here... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-11-13 16:30:09 UTC ]
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Georgia Bodnar Launches Boutique Agency, Noyan Literary

The former Viking editor and UTA agent has launched a boutique literary agency based in New York representing “authors writing works that shape our understanding of the world and offer profound insights into its complexities.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette employees protest and quit over launch of conservative imprint

Basic Liberty, a publishing imprint launched in the wake of Trump’s election win, will be helmed by Thomas Spence, an editor associated with Project 2025 thinktank The Heritage FoundationStaff are protesting against a new US imprint of global publisher Hachette Book Group (HBG) specialising in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-12 17:08:39 UTC ]
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Under the BQE Press Launches

The Brooklyn-based small publisher will publish its inaugural two-title list in 2025, with plans to grow to four titles annually by 2027. Through Under the BQE's publishing model, each year’s list is acquired by the authors who were published the year prior. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Educating Global Publishers About BookTok and Meta

Andrea Chambers, associate dean of the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts at the NYU School of Professional Studies, argues that understanding Facebook and TikTok is an essential element in a publisher's education. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Brooklyn Magazine Relaunches As BKMag After BSE Global Acquisition

The entertainment company BSE Global, which owns the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty, and Barclays Center, relaunched the independent publisher Brooklyn Magazine as BKMag on Monday after first acquiring the title in March. The relaunch is the first step in a broader bid... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-11-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
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South Arts Launches Multi-State Hurricane Relief Fund for Writers, Artists

South Arts is launching an emergency relief fund for artists affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton across six southern states, offering grants starting at $500 to artists across disciplines while coordinating with local partners for distribution and additional resources. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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City backtracks on big Bronx industrial deal after ‘unauthorized’ video by Adams ally

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is distancing itself from a planned acquisition of a large Bronx industrial center after it emerged that a city real estate official — who is close friends with Adams — had gone to unusual lengths to promote the deal.The administration had been in talks to... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-10-30 17:40:25 UTC ]
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Amazon is shutting down its Kindle Vella serialized story platform in February 2025

Amazon, in what it described as a "difficult decision," is winding down Kindle Vella and shutting it down completely in February 2025. When the company launched the serialized story platform in 2021, it said Vella was a way for readers to discover new fictional stories and a new way for authors... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-29 12:00:30 UTC ]
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EARS Aims to Streamline Global Audiobook Production

The new cloud-based software platform, founded by Spanish-language audiobook industry veteran Juliana Rueda Gutierrez, offers an audiobook production option that integrates management, recording, and quality control into a single interface. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Video Game History Foundation’s fight for game preservation isn’t over

Last week, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) released a statement expressing its regret that the US Copyright Office’s refused to grant an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help preserve rare video games. However, the VGHF continued by saying it won’t back down... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-28 13:58:18 UTC ]
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Venom: The Last Dance Opens to Sluggish $51M Domestic, Solid $175M Globally

Venom: The Last Dance is No. 1 at the box office, but the comic book film fell significantly short of expectations. The third and final entry in Sony's Marvel antihero series, led by Tom Hardy, opened to a muted $51 million from 4,125 North American theaters. (Variety)... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-10-28 11:58:00 UTC ]
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How Fear the Spotlight became Blumhouse's first video game

Blumhouse wasn’t going to publish a game in 2024. The studio, one of the leading names in horror films, announced in February 2023 that it was launching a video game publishing business and executives were scouting projects from independent teams with budgets under $10 million. The goal of... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-25 14:00:44 UTC ]
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Here’s the winner of the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

Today, the British Academy announced the winner of the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, which “celebrates exceptional research and the role of non-fiction in bringing to light new perspectives on global histories and cultural identity.” This year’s winner is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-10-22 18:15:24 UTC ]
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Here’s the biggest problem with Amazon Prime Video—and how it could be fixed

Prime Video has one of the best film libraries of any streaming service. But if you don’t watch the movie you want to see right away, you might never get the chance. October 1 is the official kickoff of spooky-movie season, but this year, we simply could not wait. On the last day of September,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-10-22 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram Content Group launches new research tool

Ingram Content Group has unveiled a new IP database and research tool, called MediaScout. Here's what it can do. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-10-18 18:59:37 UTC ]
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