The Dutch publisher of a book which accuses a Jewish man of “most likely” betraying Anne Frank to the Nazis in 1944 has apologized to “anyone who feels offended” and stopped printing further copies. Ambo Anthos – which publishes the Dutch version of ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold …
Read More »Still think they’re not a publisher? Twitter teams up with Reuters & AP to ‘elevate credible information’
Seeking to “provide timely, authoritative context across the wide range of global topics and conversations that happen on Twitter,” the San Francisco-based company announced on Monday it was teaming up with the two news agencies in order to “identify and elevate credible information.” The announcement was written by Joanna Geary, …
Read More »New York Times keeps book about CENSORSHIP off its bestseller list, disgruntled publisher complains to media
‘Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds’ by Knowles has already topped bestseller lists on Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly (and sold nearly 18,000 copies in its first week of release). Despite its success, though, it does not meet the standards to appear as a top 15 bestseller on the New York Times’ …
Read More »But they’re not a publisher? Twitter walks back ‘explainer’ of Donald Trump Jr’s reference to Jimmy Carter after mockery
“Biden isn’t the next FDR he’s the next Jimmy Carter,” Donald Trump Junior tweeted on Friday afternoon. Angry Democrats quickly swarmed to defend Carter and denounce Trump’s father, pushing the Georgia Democrat’s name to trend. It was at this point that Twitter chose to explain the trend by saying “people …
Read More »Publisher refuses to dump Mike Pence deal after protests from woke employees – despite recently canceling two OTHER books
After saying his publishing house has “experienced outrage from both sides of the political divide,” Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp wrote that the most “extreme decision” a publisher can make today is to actually publish something, rather than “cancel” it under pressure. “We come to work each day to …
Read More »Teen Vogue publisher under fire for chief editor pick: a black female journo who posted homophobic & anti-Asian tweets in college
The pick of Alexi McCammond to lead Teen Vogue was announced by parent company Condé Nast last week. The 27-year-old former Axios reporter “embodies the best of our next generation of leaders,” and is to take charge of the publication, which recently took a tilt to being more political, starting …
Read More »‘Pretty-much everything on Gab’: Leaks publisher offers private data of ‘alt-tech Twitter’ users to researchers of ‘neo-Nazis’
A 70-gigabyte trove of data dubbed “Gableaks” includes public posts on the platform, but also “private posts, user profiles, hashed passwords for users, DMs, and plaintext passwords for groups,”according to an entity called DDoSecrets. The information was allegedly stolen by a third party and leaked to the group, which operates …
Read More »‘Tyranny of Big Tech’? Publisher CANCELS Sen. Hawley’s book on censorship over his election challenge
Simon & Schuster, among the largest US publishing houses, said on Thursday that it would not bring Hawley’s forthcoming book – ‘The Tyranny of Big Tech’ – to market, citing his stance on the 2020 race in light of a violent riot that erupted at the US Capitol the day …
Read More »Snowden warns Assange extradition will lead free press to slaughterhouse as publisher’s critics blinded by partisanship
“I think a lot of it comes down to people forgetting what principles are and why they’re important,” Snowden said in an interview with Joe Rogan on Tuesday. “You can hate Julian Assange, you can think he’s a puppet of Russia, you can think he’s the worst person on Earth …
Read More »The best travel photography contest from the publisher Rough Guides. Photo
Publisher Rough Guides has announced a photo contest to select the best illustrations for his new guide Publisher Rough Guides held a competition of travel photography, which to new guide “You Are Here” was selected more than 300 illustrations. The best of them in our collection.
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