If you can find a bookie who’ll take some action on the latest pay-TV carriage dispute, bet everything you have that the stalemate between AT&T and CBS will end before the 2019 NFL season kicks off in September. Like Time Warner Cable before them, the phone company and its DirecTV subsidiary are about to learn a hard-fought lesson in leverage, a quality that’s in short supply for an industry that can’t seem to stop hemorrhaging subscribers. If history is any guide, AT&T will have a new agreement with CBS worked out before both sides knock off for the long Labor Day weekend. As much as AT&T is placing the blame at the network’s feet—the first line of the on-screen message that now greets New York-area DirecTV subs when they navigate to WCBS-2 reads, “CBS has removed this channel from your lineup despite our request to keep it available to you”—the operator will bear the brunt of the blowback should fans fear they’re in any danger of missing out on the start of football season. The clock is ticking. AT&T needs to get its ducks in a row by Sunday, Sept. 8, when CBS’s regional NFL coverage kicks off. Jets, Dolphins, Ravens and Seahawks fans who subscribe to DirecTV in the 17 markets impacted by the blackout will have to scramble to make other arrangements if their CBS feed remains offline, and things will only get uglier as the season progresses. CBS’s first national NFL TV window is scheduled for Sept. 22, and features what should be an all-out air war... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-22 20:52:00 UTC ]
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A coloring book may sound tame, but "Legacy: An Off-Color Novella for You to Color," is by Chuck Palahniuk. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The duopoly is forcing some unlikely partners into bed with each other.Large publishers are hatching new alliances to counter Google and Facebook, the so-called duopoly that's expected to capture 85% of new digital advertising this year in the U.S. and 60% of digital spending, according to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors, the Publishers Association and English PEN are launching a joint campaign in aid of imprisoned writers worldwide, called Speak Out. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians will gather in Chicago for the 2017 ALA Annual Conference amid an organizational leadership transition, and challenges from the Trump Administration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daisy Johnson’s East Anglian-inspired Fen (Cape) and Lucy Caldwell’s exploration of womanhood, Multitudes (Faber), are both on the all-female shortlist for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize up against 2016 BBC National Short Story Award winner K J Orr for Light Box (Daunt). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands advertising on Facebook will soon have more control over where their ads appear. The social network is rolling out several tools aimed at providing more transparency before campaigns go live. The latest additions, announced today, will provide advertisers with a list of publishers up... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British Library officials say the Hay Archive comprises its largest acquisition of literary recordings. And Cengage announces new anti-piracy efforts. The post Industry Notes: Hay Festival Archive to British Library; Cengage Fights Counterfeit Course Materials appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arjuna Capital, which went to Facebook’s and Google’s recent shareholder meetings with proposals for gender equity disclosure, is the most visible of these firms. Last Thursday, hundreds of Facebook shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Menlo Park, California listened politely as top... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dame Hilary Mantel is to give a series of lectures around the UK which will be broadcast by BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Off the playing field, Martellus Bennett is anything but the stereotypical NFL athlete. Children’s books, playgrounds, a cartoon project, his own creative agency and now children’s clothing are all part of his design arsenal. Nearly four years ago, the Super Bowl champ kicked off The Imagination... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookTrust is delivering 700,000 copies of picture book The Bumblebear (Random House) to every reception age child in England this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of Australian actors, dancers, writers and comedians – including Charlotte Wood, Zoe Coombs Marr and Marieke Hardy as well as Pomeranz and Roxburgh – have joined a video campaign calling on Fairfax management to reconsider slashes to its arts coverage. The company has announced 125 jobs... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playmakers from either side of the Los Angeles college football rivalry — and either side of the line of scrimmage — learned their futures Friday on the second day of the NFL draft. USC receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was taken in the second round by Pittsburgh, and UCLA cornerback Fabian Moreau was... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite shrinking participation from bookstores, Canada's Authors for Indies Day, which puts authors to work at independent bookstores, is moving ahead. The event, founded in 2015, will take place on Saturday, with 87 stores participating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortly after I was hired to be a columnist for Time’s website, I was asked to write about a book called The Confidence Code. Having actually been recruited and hired as a columnist, one would assume there’d be certain things I was capable of, such as writing a column. But this was my first... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the latest flare-up between the two top investors in the L.A. Times’ parent company, Tronc Inc. has accused Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong of demanding an investment in his own company before he agreed to buy millions of shares in the newspaper publisher last year. The allegation... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of the blitz of new features in the Windows 10 Creators Update (see our full review here), Microsoft has added e-reading capabilities to its Edge browser. It’s a bit quirky, given its infancy, but with a bit of practice you can be lounging by the pool with an electronic novel in no... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every day, digital publishers are challenged by the fragmentation of media. Third-party and social platforms appropriating content, mobile "snacking," low-quality "clickbait" competition and content recommendation services that drive visitors off-site are just some of the factors depressing... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The literary nonprofit world is ramping up for a protracted campaign in favor of free speech in the wake of President Donald J. Trump's call for the elimination of the NEA and NEH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a statement, the American Library Association called Trump's proposal to effectively eliminate all federal library funding "counterproductive and short-sighted," and vowed to fight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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