“We Were Created for a Moment Like This.” How Harvard Business Review Is Forging Ahead During a Pandemic

In spite of many new challenges publishers face since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some have found opportunities to better serve their audience, as well as redefine what their brand mission is. This is certainly true for Harvard Business Review. Although the publication faces many of the same uncertainties that keep a lot of publishers up at night, it has also been proactive in mitigating the impact of the crisis for its own business, while trying to help its audience do the same. Even though its print advertising is down, its other channels are over-performing and will keep HBR's ad revenue goals on target this fiscal year (ending June 30). That’s partially due to its flexibility to respond to the crisis. It pivoted its content strategy and launched new digital initiatives to strengthen its brand and find new ways to serve its readers, listeners and viewers across platforms. We wanted to hear more about how HBR is weathering the storm and ensuring its audience is served, while it also forges ahead in a new, difficult climate. So we sat down (virtually) with editor-in-chief, Adi Ignatius, to find out. Folio: COVID-19 is as much an economic crisis as it is a public health crisis, so as a business publication how have you responded to the situation editorially? Adi Ignatius: Everything has changed. We’ve really started to develop the metabolism of a newsroom. We’ve always tried to be timely, but we knew we needed to do that more and produce several articles a day... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-21 17:12:01 UTC ]
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'In Love' Review: A Powerful Memoir About Marriage and Assisted Suicide

In her new book, Amy Bloom writes about loving her husband and helping him to end his life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Continue reading at The New York Times

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How to create meaning and value in the metaverse

The CEO of Storyblocks discusses three considerations for companies that want to compete in this immersive new world—one of which is to spread the wealth. Tech companies are currently stumbling over themselves to see who can make a bigger bet on the metaverse. However, beyond a massive financial... Continue reading at Fast Company

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February books: The best-reviewed titles of the last month

Of the many February books we reviewed, these are the titles our critics liked best. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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In Roddy Doyle’s ‘Life Without Children,’ the pandemic sets plots in motion

"Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" author Roddy Doyle found inspiration in pandemic lockdowns. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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The Morning After: You can’t copyright AI-created art

Welcome back! The US Copyright Office (USCO) is again refusing to grant copyright for a work of art that was created by an artificial intelligence system. Dr. Stephen Thaler attempted to copyright a piece of art titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, claiming in a second request for... Continue reading at Engadget

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Indie Publishers Start to Look Past the Pandemic

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'Moon Witch, Spider King,' the second in Marlon James' incantatory Dark Star trilogy, flips the script on his first novel to tell a woman's side. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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After 30 Years, Ice Cube Press Presses Ahead

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Valve Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’

The Steam Deck, Valve’s take on a Switch-style portable PC gaming machine, is perhaps the most anticipated piece of portable hardware since…well, since the Nintendo Switch. So it’s understandable that the technology press is champing at the bit to devour every detail about it, even well before... Continue reading at PC World

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Review: For expats during COVID, what does home even mean? A new memoir sheds light

In 'Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return,' Rebecca Mead, who returned to England after decades as an expat, asks what it means to be home. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Valve’s Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’

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Esper Memoir of Trump Tenure to Move Ahead After Legal Battle Ends

The former defense secretary dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department after it reversed decisions on what parts of his memoir were to be redacted, his lawyer said. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Review: A debut novel of love and privilege that's made for TV

Coco Mellors' 'Cleopatra and Frankenstein' evokes a rich universe in multiple senses, but it feels engineered for a Netflix adaptation. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Review: The predator's wife: A dark debut novel with a #MeToo gender twist

Julia May Jonas' "Vladimir" is a thrilling "Lolita" update in which the deliciously wicked narrator is not the male abuser but his wife. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Roku Adds Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings Audience Guarantees Ahead of Upfront

When Roku and Nielsen struck a strategic alliance last March, users of connected TV's most popular platform were promised a major advertising upgrade. Roku, whose platform now has 56.4 million active accounts, is adding Nielsen's Digital Ad Ratings audience guarantees to its ad platform OneView,... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Publishers report brisk business in 2021

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The business of risk

​When I became a mother, there were several things I could not wait to share with my child. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pearson profits set to rise 33% as Bird repositions business

Pearson has seen full-year group sales up 8% in 2021 with profits expected to boom by a third, the company revealed in a trading update. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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