Who needs secret government sources when you have Donald Trump? Yesterday, a reporter on the White House driveway asked Trump what he hoped Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, would do after Trump asked him to investigate the Bidens. “I would think that if they were honest about it, they’d start a major investigation into the Bidens. It’s a very simple answer,” Trump responded. He continued, unprompted: “They should investigate the Bidens, because how does a company that’s newly formed, and all these companies, if you look—and by the way, likewise, China”—he paused briefly for effect—“should start an investigation into the Bidens.” Just like that, Trump had publicly admitted the offense House Democrats are planning to impeach him for: that he pressured a foreign leader for dirt on an electoral rival. He also volunteered another piece of the puzzle, China, that we didn’t have yet. He didn’t say the unspeakable so much as he roared it over the whirring of his helicopter. If the case against Trump hadn’t been closed already, it should be now. But it isn’t; or rather, there’s no consensus that it is. That the president’s damning words still don’t feel sufficient to damn him is a reflection, in part, of a counterintuitive truth about how we report the news. James Poniewozik, of the New York Times, summed it up well. “One endemic problem in the media is that it finds it easier to cover a ‘scandal’ in a minor act that’s kept secret (or that’s just purported to be... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, which topped book charts across Europe, set for English publication in 2014A literary thriller that has sold almost a million copies in France and has knocked Dan Brown's Inferno off the top of bestseller lists across Europe this summer, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On November 30, President Shimon Peres opened the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An ill-judged tweet can land you in a whole lot of legal bother, as Peaches Geldof and Sally Bercow know only too well. So the attorney general's new guidelines are essential readingIt doesn't seem real to think that you could take your phone out of your pocket right now, type a few words on it,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has been prising open the wallets of Australian consumers for years – but what will its local push on Kindle mean for readers, writers and publishers?Ben Eltham Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Speakers at last week's UK Futurebook conference offered ideas for combating Amazon dominance, including advocating government intervention and ending DRM. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Wired editor Kevin Kelly says that he self-published his new book A Catalog of Possibilities in print because of the enduring power of a large, print book. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1105 Media, a b-to-b media company serving the government, education, IT and health and safety markets, has hired James Causey to run its Public Sector Media Group. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Vandehei, co-founder of the D.C.-based online political reporting publication POLITICO, has been promoted to president and CEO. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rodale has hired former Dow Jones executive, Scott Schulman, as its president—a role left vacant since Steven Pleshette Murphy stepped down as president and CEO in 2009. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas A. Silvestri, president and publisher of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Sunday afternoon. In addition to Solomon, the following officers were elected: Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin has been selected as the vice president of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The varied views from digital publishers on display at Berlin's Rewrite the Web event revealed one commonality: content always takes precedent over platform. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian Casey has been named president and CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of children who rarely read—or do not read at all—has risen in the past... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicago Defender President and Publisher Michael House is stepping down. House will retire effective Sept. 30 and will take a position with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, the Washington, D.C.-based federation that represents more th ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble says it plans to keep making its Nook electronic readers and will focus on offering content to its customers, even as its first-quarter net loss nearly doubled.The quarterly results came as the struggling bookseller's chairman said he is abandoning his bid for the company's... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Department of Justice and 33 state attorneys general on Friday called for an array of sanctions that they claim will "reset competition to the conditions that existed before the conspiracy." Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the European Commission accepted offers from Apple and four publishers to free up ebook pricing restrictions in December 2012, it's now accepted Penguin's commitment to do the same. Much like Penguin's vow to the US DOJ, it will end its agency agreements with Apple and other retailers, and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print media is dying; some may argue it is already dead. With the launch of the iPad and the current industry trend of tablet media consumption, consumers don’t want to clutter their homes with stacks of paper magazines and newspapers. Not to mention, there is the trend of "going green" which is... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Templar is launching a new imprint this autumn with a list of colouring-in books for all ages.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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