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June 1, 2016

Wednesday News: Bezos on free speech, math’s male gaze, reading long books, and hilarious Dan Brown parody

JanetPublishing NewsDan Brown / defamation / Free Speech / gender stereotypes / Jeff Bezos / male gaze / mathematics / parody / reading strategies4 Comments

Jeff Bezos: Gawker’s Plight Proves “Ugly Speech” Needs Protection – The Gawker lawsuit has raised many questions about how much and what kind of protection public figures should have against media coverage. As much as I think Nick Denton is obnoxiously gross, he’s correct that gossip has historically been outside polite ... more >

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January 29, 2016

Friday News: Bezos, Mills & Boon, Barbie, and bullshit

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Barbie / Cold War / Jeff Bezos / journalism / Mattel / Mills & Boon / political propaganda / technology / washington post13 Comments

Bezos says Washington Post to ‘lean into future’  – So The Washington post should advance technologically but retain its “soul.” What does that mean, exactly? Under Bezos, the Post has ramped up its technology to allow its website to perform better, with improved analytics which gauge how readers are responding and ... more >

August 19, 2015

Wednesday News: Amazon, the New York Times, algorithms, book tours, and “female Viagra”

JanetPublishing Newsalgorithms / Amazon / big data / book tours / gender sex / Jeff Bezos / journalism / New-York-Times / Promotion / washington post7 Comments

Hacking through Amazon’s jungle of coverage -Much has been written about Amazon and about the New York Times’ recent piece on Amazon’s work culture, with even the paper’s own Margaret Sullivan suggesting that the article needed more “irrefutable proof” and less “generalization and anecdote.” That I found some of the insights ... more >

September 22, 2014

Monday News: Amazon’s Campfire, sound technology at new David Bowie exhibition, new reader & author conference, and real-life inspired superhero c

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / authors / Comics / conference / David Bowie / Hachette / Jeff Bezos / museum / Superhero / technology18 Comments

A Writerly Chill at Jeff Bezos’ Fire – There’s some real crap in this article (the swat at Ayelet Waldman is particularly sexist and offensive), but I also thought it was worth posting, if you haven’t already seen it, because it sheds some light on a little of the relationships ... more >

September 3, 2014

Wednesday News: The Washington Post’s new CEO, Disney v Deadmau5, pseudonymity enhances commenting, and red “warps the mind” (?)

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anonymity / color psychology / commenting / Disney / Jeff Bezos / journalism / lawsuit / moderation / newspaper / pseudonyms / speech / trademark / washington post6 Comments

Jeff Bezos Ends Washington Post Publishing Dynasty With Politico Alum – So after a year of owning The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher and CEO Katharine Graham Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., a former member of Ronald Reagan’s presidential administration and co-founder of Politico. Weymouth will be ... more >

August 6, 2013

Tuesday News: Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post; iPod has been eclipsed; CBS in stand off with Time Warner Cable

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / cloud / Jeff Bezos / newspaper / Simon & Schuster10 Comments

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post – I heard some backchat on Twitter joking about Amazon buying HarperCollins and I thought, that seems silly. Bezos doesn’t need a publishing house. He’s created his own. But why, then, did Jeff Bezos buy the Washington Post and other properties? Forbes says ... more >

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