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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Quinstreet , the Foster City, CA-based vertical media and marketing firm that recently bought Insure.com and Internet.com, has filed for an IPO to raise as much as $250 million, according to its S1 . Last month Quin paid $16 million for Insure.com, and its related media assets, and the month before it bought Internet.com division from WebMediaBrands ( NSDQ: WEBM ) for about $18 million. The company...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week we learned that Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, agreed with Glenn Beck's assertion that the President was a "racist", because, in Murdoch's words , Obama made a "very racist comment." Of course, no one knows what "very racist comment" Murdoch was talking about. Fox News was then forced to clean up the boss's mess issuing...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation, management and delivery of digital media over IP and mobile networks, today announced that the Niagara® Pro II has been named the winner of Streaming Media magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards in the Hardware Encoder (SD) category....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) today announced that it has completed its previously announced split-off (the "Split-Off") of Liberty Entertainment, Inc. ("LEI") from Liberty Media and the business combination transaction between The DIRECTV Group, Inc. ("DIRECTV")...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Offerpal Media, the leader in virtual currency monetization, today published a set of advertising policies on its web site and unveiled details on its efforts to create a better user experience for consumers who complete advertising offers in exchange for virtual currency on popular online games and social networks. The new advertising policies forbid any offers...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chronicle of Higher Education Sanford Ungar , Neil Henry , Garrick Utley and others share their thoughts with the Chronicle.
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Associated Press The Army says it fears Sarah Palin 's book promotion on Monday will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama, and that keeping the media away will prevent that.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Inaugural Veterans Day National Multi-Media 24-Hour Broadcast on November 11 was streamed around the world with viewers from Chile, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Celebrity spokesperson Ben Vereen joined Damon Weaver, who has made international headlines as the youngest reporter to interview President...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Talking Biz News | NYTimes.com Chris Roush reports BusinessWeek senior writer Stephen Baker , Technology & You columnist Steve Wildstrom , personal finance editor Lauren Young and engagement editor Shirley Brady are among those leaving. ( Stephanie Clifford: About 100 of BW's 400 employees cut.) Media columnist Jon Fine tweets: "I will not be returning to BusinessWeek and my column once Bloomberg...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WEST COXSACKIE, N.Y., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail expert Bob Phibbs, known as the Retail Doctor, predicts the general news media will regurgitate depressing black Friday and holiday retail sales declines next week as they have for the past 10 years even when there were positive increases. The Retail Doctor has published a factual report located at http://www.retaildoc.com/holiday-sales/ on this...
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
German prosecutors said they filed fraud charges against the former chairman of Deutsche Bank in the latest development in Leo Kirch’s legal battle against the bank.
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | yesterday
I am at Paley Center in midtown Manhattan, on day two of their international media conference . Among the speakers this morning included Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal ( NYSE: GE ), where he had nothing much to add about Comcast-NBCU talks. Also on the panel on future of news. Jon Klein, president of CNN U.S. got the short end of questions about how his network’s ratings and shows suck (my...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LMDIA, LMDIB) announced that, at the previously announced special meeting of stockholders held on November 19, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., ET time, the holders of Liberty Entertainment common stock entitled to vote thereat, approved, among other things, the split-off...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The "lean-back" medium is now more "lean-in" than ever - thanks to a variety of technologies and people's growing desire to control their viewing experiences, on TV and online. That is among the findings of a new Knowledge Networks report, which reveals that the ways in which people learn about and ultimately decide to watch video on TV...
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litlady | 11/19/2009
Publishers in 2009 are reporting declining unit sales and dismal profits. Is this a result of a slower economy or is it something more malignant such as publishers not listening to what readers really want? According to reviews in Amazon and Barnes & Nobles, book buyers rate some of the top selling books as mediocre or worst. These same books garner high sales figures, appearance in the New York best...
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While "The DaVinci Code" could be considered a success from a popularity standpoint, it certainly wasn't a literary masterpiece. Same with "Angels and...
Travis is black - that is why his book is not promoted much.
Travis Hunter's book is not really promoted that well because of racism. Lot of the agents and literary folks are reluctant to promote books by black authors...
Great article.
I have read Travis Hunter's book and they are great reads.
galaxypress | 10/31/2009
New Line of Audiobooks Named Among Best of 2008 By Publishing Trades HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The audiobook versions of three pulp fiction classics by L. Ron Hubbard -- part of the 80-title Stories from the Golden Age series begun in Fall, 2008 -- have been honored by major trade magazines, Publishers Weekly and AudioFile, it was announced today by Hollywood publisher Galaxy Press.
galaxypress | 10/14/2009
Read the short story by L. Ron Hubbard, The Blow Torch Murder . A mystery/detective story that is very unusual in that the detective, Ham, solves the murder without ever leaving his desk once he has visited the crime scene while he takes extensive naps and eats double portions of ham, eggs and apple pie. L. Ron Hubbard's stories of mystery, detection and investigative procedure—the crime-solving processes...
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