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December 15, 2017

Friday News: author websites, net neutrality, book covers, and motherhood in the flesh

JanetPublishing Newsauthor websites / best of list / book-covers / FCC / Liz-Carlyle / motherhood / net neutrality / Netflix / photography4 Comments

Liz Carlyle kills her website – An astute reader noticed that Liz Carlyle shut down her website this week, leaving a short note referencing her retirement and sending readers to Amazon. There is a sense of finality to this move, of course, but also a deprivation of potential resources to ... more >

November 22, 2017

Wednesday News: Backward books, Net Neutrality, Thanksgiving Pudding, and Women of NASA

JanetPublishing Newsbook displays / FCC / food history / Lego / net neutrality / Thanksgiving / Women of NASA5 Comments

Would you put books backward? This decor trend has people seriously divided – I would never consider myself compulsive about decorating, but OMG just the idea of this makes me want to flinch back. Beyond the inability to actual recognize the books, why in the hell would you expose the ... more >

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 >

May 11, 2015

Monday News: Netflix objects to AT&T deal, relocating stories, Amazon publishing’s growth, and Yahoo sues ex-employee over book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / ATT / confidentiality / DirectTV / ereaders / FCC / GPS / lawsuit / Netflix / publishing / Yahoo9 Comments

Why Netflix Wants The AT&T/DirecTV Merger Killed – With the AT&T – DirectTV merger moving closer to reality, Netflix has filed a brief with the FCC, claiming that if it succeeds, the merger will give AT&T too much power over its competition (i.e. Netflix), and, more important, that AT&T will ... more >

April 27, 2015

Monday News: Broadband, publishing innovation, World War I, and body image

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / body image / broadband / Comcast / FCC / History / net neutrality / publishing / Race / Time Warner / World War I3 Comments

How Net neutrality helped kill the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger – A very interesting analysis on the death of the Comcast – Time Warner merger, particularly in regard to how regulators became more and more resistant to the deal in the wake of the net neutrality debates. Given the incredible ... more >

March 13, 2015

Friday News: RIP Terry Pratchett, FCC’s Net Neutrality rules, Harper Lee’s intentions investigated, and George RR Martin’s Hugo nominations

JanetPublishing NewsBest Fan Writer Award / Fantasy / FCC / gaming / George RR Martin / Harper Lee / Hugo Awards / net neutrality / obituary / Terry Pratchett / Title II15 Comments

Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66 – As you probably know by now, Terry Pratchett died yesterday at 66. Diagnosed with very early onset Alzheimer’s eight years ago, Pratchett refused to give up his writing, and he also campaigned for assisted suicide in the wake of his ... more >

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