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July 28, 2016

Thursday News: Verizon + Yahoo, Romance for Libertarians, and Alice in Wonderland

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / Disney / FCC / libertarianism / Verizon / Yahoo2 Comments

Verizon’s Yahoo Buy May Spark FCC Privacy Scrutiny – An interesting take on the acquisition of Yahoo by Verizon. The $4.8 billion deal is likely to be approved without much difficulty, experts claim, but the nature of the acquisition – that an ISP is acquiring such a data-rich resource – is likely ... more >

October 14, 2015

Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / Book-club / censorship / charity / children's literature / crafts / Disney princesses / Libraries / literary annotations / parody / Saudi ArabiaComments Off on Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

Down the Rabbit Hole: The rise, and rise, of literary annotation – An interesting article on literary annotations, particularly their recent re-popularization, especially for children’s literature. Evan Kindley points to the success of the website Genius, which began with annotations to rap songs, as part of the movement, and he uses the ... more >

July 24, 2015

Friday News: ATT & DirecTV merger, RockNRoll bride photo shoot, Golden Heart/RITA lifestream, and translating books

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / book translations / broadband / cable tv / gender / literary awards / monopoly / photography / RWA / wedding dresses2 Comments

Consumer groups say FCC conditions on AT&T-DirecTV merger fall short – Amazingly enough (aka not surprisingly), the Department of Justice has signaled that they don’t find the merger of AT&T and DirectTV “did not appear to be anti-competitive.” AT&T, which is purchasing DirecTV for $49 billion, has met with some conditions ... more >

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January 2, 2014

Thursday News: The Authors Guild’s appeal, Underrated movies, below-stairs stories, Alice in Wonderland redux, and Plus-Size Barbie

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / Authors Guild / best of list / body image / Ebooks / films / Google / HathiTrust / Longbourn / Pride-and-Prejudice / Virginia Woolf8 Comments

Authors Guild Appeals Google Decision – The Authors Guild provided notice that it is appealing Judge Chin’s dismissal of the Guild’s suit against Google. They did not file a brief, but their notice was filed in the Second Circuit, where the Author’s Guild v. HathiTrust case is also in process. Hathi is ... more >

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