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Bloomberg
Google users who subscribe to newspapers will find articles from those publications appearing higher in their search results, part of the tech giant's efforts to help media companies find and retain paying readers, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Alphabet unit will also begin sharing search data that show who's most likely to buy a subscription, said the people, who asked to be anonymous because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
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Digiday
Q: As a media company that's grown on Facebook's back, you surprised some by taking a shot at the company. How should Facebook help publishers?
A: My big criticism of the strategy so far is all their revenue is generated in the news feed, and they only share revenue for new surfaces — Instant Articles or Watch — but don't share any of the revenue from their main source of revenue, the news feed.
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Publishing Perspective
When the UK's Society of Authors chief executive Nicola Solomon wrote her "Profits From Publishing" commentary on authors' and publishers' revenue for The Bookseller, she challenged publishers on behalf of the writer community "to state in their accounts how much they pay to authors, illustrators, and translators in advances, royalties, and secondary income."
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Awwwards
In the world of web design, we have been experiencing a long process of incorporating typography effects in sites, which years ago was technically impossible, or at least could only be supported by a few browsers. Luckily this situation has changed and we are now enjoying an explosion of creativity in the use of web typography and communication, whilst still maintaining high levels of accessibility.
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Intellectual Takeout
A young lady I know won a Kindle in an academic contest. She is a voracious reader. In eighth grade, she enjoys Austen, Chesterton, Lewis and Wodehouse, among many others. A trail of books seems to follow her everywhere she goes.
Her parents, wary of potential negative effects of screens on growing minds, would have preferred that their daughter not own a Kindle, at least not for a few more years.
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ZD Net
On March 12, Microsoft began testing this feature with its Office Insider testers. The @OfficeInsider account tweeted:
"Windows #OfficeInsiders, get ready to ditch your keyboard and use your voice to write documents, compose emails, and create presentations! Voice dictation is available now to #InsidersFast."
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Brown University
The past two years have taught us that the United States needs a better handle on what social networks are doing to manipulate and prioritize information. If there's one thing that Washington could do, it would be to provide better safeguards to ensure that these powerful tools are not used to mislead the public again. That's part of the message from Martha Minow, longtime Harvard Law school dean and expert on the shifting media and technological landscape. We need action now, or independent news as we know it won't be around, she warned in a speech last week at Brown University.
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Digiday
Publishers casting about for new referral sources after Facebook decided it wants the news feed to be, ironically, less newsy are taking a fresh look at Pinterest.
The big shift last year in terms of referral traffic was Facebook declining as a source of traffic for publishers while Google surpassed it. Pinterest, along with Instagram, grew as traffic sources as well, although from smaller bases.
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Journalism.co.uk
In a constantly evolving newsroom, journalists are looking out for interesting ways to enrich their audience's experience using unique and distinctive formats. Live video, for example, offers the public real-time coverage of live events and can take viewers into the heart of a story as never before.
As part of a panel at Journalism.co.uk's newsrewired event, Peter Stewart, author of The Live-Streaming Handbook, shared some of the lessons he has learned throughout his career as a BBC broadcaster.
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Growing Produce
Prestigious learning institutions earn such status for a reason. Exceptional quality and consistency in academic performance, peer instruction, and real-world results will almost always net an honor roll ranking. Some higher learning institutions stand out above others, and it's report card time, according to Quacquarelli Symonds, which has just released its 2018 QS World University Ranking by Subject report.
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Greenhouse Grower
Indoor plants — including those where we live, learn, heal and work — have far-reaching positive effects on peoples' well-being and indoor environment, according to a new report from the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture.
A new series of four #PlantsDoThat Inside infographics focuses on the multitude of ways indoor plants affect where we live, where we work, where we heal and where we learn.
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Mother Nature Network
You've no doubt heard the saying "she wouldn't harm a fly." It's a phrase that could easily be applied to Theresa Rooney, a gentle soul whose desire to live in harmony with creatures in her garden led her to write "Humane Critter Control, The Guide to Natural, Nontoxic Pest Solutions to Protect Your Yard and Garden." The book provides a blueprint for humanely and safely deterring, mitigating or preventing damage from pests without killing them.
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