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March 6, 2017

Monday News: B&N sales drop, revamping Oscar voting, menstruation manual for boys, and dying wife’s message of love

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / bookstore earnings / Comic books / love letters / menstruation / Oscar voting4 Comments

B&N Still Searching For ‘Magic Bullet’ to Stop Sales Slide – It’s hard not to feel sorry for Barnes & Noble; they’re like the anti-Midas, stumbling from one bad scheme to another. Compared to last year’s third quarter, this year’s third quarter (which ended in late January) saw an 8% drop ... more >

February 27, 2017

Monday News: TV becomes more like books, “labia lipstick” WTF, writing Les Mis, and Little Golden Books birthday

JanetPublishing Newsbinge-watching / History / Little Golden Books / menstruation / stupid inventions / television / Victor Hugo11 Comments

How watching a TV show has become more like reading a book – I can’t be the only one who has replaced some reading time with binging on television series. You cannot really control for individual speed with TV watching, but the idea of binge-watching as commensurate with reading makes a ... more >

October 24, 2016

Monday News: AT&T gobbles up Time Warner, dogs of Venice, and “sometimes it’s hard to be a woman”*

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / ATT / diet industry / dogs / menstruation / photography / Time Warner3 Comments

AT&T and Time Warner reveal merger to create ISP, TV, and media giant – So AT&T is plunking down a mere $85.4 billion in cash and stock for Time Warner. The media company has a bit of debt, so AT&T will effectively be paying almost $109 billion for the opportunity to ... more >

July 7, 2015

Tuesday News: The WTF Edition

JanetPublishing Newsbad dates / book marketing / Disney / gender / Greece / harassment / menstruation / Publishers / reddit / Twitter14 Comments

Book agents trying to cash in on Greek tragedy – If you’ve been paying attention to the economic crisis in Greece, you know that economist-turned-Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned after his push against a financial bail-out proved successful in this weekend’s national referendum. Varoufakis has always been a controversial ... more >

June 3, 2015

Wednesday News: SCOTUS on criminal threats, Google Photos, whitewashing Hawaii, and a history of the tampon

JanetPublishing Newscriminal law / diversity / films / First-Amendment / Google / harassment / Hawaii / intent / menstruation / photos / speech / Supreme Court / taboos / threats / women's health7 Comments

Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent – Although this opinion was released on Monday, I wanted the chance to skim the opinion before reporting on it, in part because the decision was being received as failing victims of online harassment. I disagree with that statement, at ... more >

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