Why Whoopi Goldberg Helped Launch Family-Friendly Streaming Service BLKFam

Despite the entertainment industry having more streaming services than ever, Whoopi Goldberg and digital media veteran Larry Adams thought something was missing. That's where BLKFam comes in. Founded by Adams, BLKFam is a free, Black-owned, advertising-based video-on-demand platform that launched in February, offering animated and family-friendly educational programming for Black Americans. Adams said one of... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2024-10-01 13:28:38 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Jacqueline Woodson Writes About Family, for Adults

This fall children’s book author Jacqueline Woodson will publish her second novel for adults, 'Red at the Bone' (Riverhead, Sept.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Veteran Editors Launch Avid Reader Press

A bookseller once said that readers think they love writers, but without knowing it, they love editors just as much. That notion is at the foundation of Avid Reader Press, the newly announced Simon & Schuster imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ted Adams to Launch Clover Press

IDW cofounders Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins are teaming up to launch Clover Press, a new publishing house that will release prose works, graphic novels, art books, and other works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New Gillette ad shows father helping transgender son to shave

Samson Bonkeabantu Brown says he was honored to star in ad‘My father encouraged me to live authentically as my best self’A transgender man learning to shave is featured in a new ad by the razor company Gillette. The ad, posted to Gillette’s Facebook page, features Toronto-based artist Samson... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-05-28 21:33:38 UTC ]
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Northern Lights launched to unite Scottish and Northern publishers

Bradford Literature Festival and Edinburgh Book Festival have joined forces to launch a new collaboration to unite publishers from Scotland and the North of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 18:45:49 UTC ]
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BBC Arts launches 'ambitious' new season celebrating the novel

BBC Arts is launching an "ambitious new season" across BBC TV and radio this autumn, with a year-long festival celebrating the novel and a series on how novels have shaped the world.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 15:33:06 UTC ]
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Ads (sadly) not rebooted for ABC’s ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Jeffersons’ nostalgia trip

You’d think ABC’s live re-staging of “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” seemed to have offered marketers a rare opportunity to dust off some long-forgotten creative from the leisure-suit era, but as it turns out, most of the brands that advertised in Wednesday night’s retro showcase didn’t... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-24 00:12:30 UTC ]
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De’Shawn Charles Winslow on how his debut novel’s antiheroine has family roots

De'Shawn Charles Winslow discusses "In West Mills," his novel following a woman struggling with alcoholism in the fictional town of West Mills, N.C. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Tech: Breaking Us Up Will Only Help China

Amid escalating tension with China, executives at Google and Facebook argue that tough regulations against tech will hurt US competitiveness. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-05-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast launches new ad program for performance marketers

The new ad units, which are both video and interactive, require a minimum spend of $20,000. The post Conde Nast launches new ad program for performance marketers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-05-23 04:01:28 UTC ]
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Media Can Help Fight Misinformation, Says Harvard’s Joan Donovan

Thanks to globe-spanning social platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, misinformation (any wrong information) and disinformation (intentional misinformation like propaganda) Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 16:33:04 UTC ]
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Artbook/D.A.P launches UK and Europe sales and distribution programme

Artbook/D.A.P. has launched a new global sales and distribution programme to expand its reach into bookshops, wholesalers and libraries in the UK and beyond. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 14:39:34 UTC ]
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The company behind TikTok is reportedly launching a Spotify rival

ByteDance, the owner of the Vine-like social media app TikTok, might challenge Spotify with a paid streaming service in emerging markets, according to Bloomberg. It could introduce an app (not named after TikTok), in several non-first-world countries... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-05-21 11:15:00 UTC ]
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Ex-Vice exec launches pot-focused agency with ties to Snoop Dog’s media company

Former Vice executive Ryan Archibald and Ted Chung, a business partner of Snoop Dogg, have joined forces to launch a new global agency specializing in cannabis marketing. The shop, called Gram By Gram, has already inked a significant client–Canopy Growth, a Canadian cannabis firm recently... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-21 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Publishing: Being Transparent Will Help Newspapers Gain the Trust of Readers

It’s hard to go a month these days without seeing yet another report decrying the lack of trust readers have Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 07:00:51 UTC ]
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Look out, Apple and Spotify: TikTok’s owner is getting into the streaming music biz

ByteDance is looking to target territories where traditionally paid streaming music services haven’t caught on. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or don’t have or know a teenager, you’re probably aware that the hottest social media app on the planet right now is TikTok. Well, now the app’s... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-05-21 06:07:11 UTC ]
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Puffin launches picture book subscription box

Puffin has launched its first ever subscription box service with boxes for children aged three to five-years-old.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 05:36:25 UTC ]
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Astrid Lindgren Company launches charity partnership for Pippi Longstocking anniversary

The Astrid Lindgren Company has launched a global partnership with Save the Children ahead of the 75th anniversary of Pippi Longstocking, aiming to generate more than €750,000 (£659,000). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 04:12:45 UTC ]
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Gazelle Book Services signs deal with Kumon Publishing

Book distributor Gazelle Book Services has signed a deal with learning provider Kumon Publishing.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-20 15:19:31 UTC ]
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Inside Facebook's New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another

The social network has a plan to merge the worlds of artificial intelligence and real-world machines, so that both may grow more powerful. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-05-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
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