RT @rishad The most important component of long-term sustainable advantage for any firm is its ability to attract, retain, inspire, and grow talent. Talent needs a)money, b)recognition, c)autonomy, d)connectedness, e) purpose/values and f)growth
HT @TheTiltNews Linktree, the popular “link in bio” service with more than 16 million users, is partnering with PayPal to expand its recently launched “Commerce Links” tools for direct payment on Linktree globally. The Melbourne-based startup says creators in over 200 countries where PayPal operates can now accept payments through the transaction tools.
Twitter’s new Communities feature is a competitor to Facebook Groups and Reddit, allowing people to create and join private groups based on shared interests.
Twitter is testing emoji reactions. Users in Turkey will be able to respond to tweets with the “Face with tears of joy” emoji, “Thinking face,” “Clapping hands,” “Crying face,” or a simple “Heart.”
Microsoft said in January this year that Teams, its online collaboration platform, was being used by over 100 million students — boosted in no small part by the COVID-19 pandemic and many schools going partly or fully remote. Now, it’s made another acquisition to continue expanding its position in the education market.
Shortages of truck drivers and trailers, congestion at ports, and escalating transportation costs have put more pressure on the supply chain than any time in recent memory.
Books like Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel ‘It Ends with Us’ are blowing up with BookTok influencers—and seeing huge sales spikes that often send titles to the top of the bestseller lists.
As Amazon’s algorithms allow COVID-19 misinformation to top search results, Rep. Adam Schiff of California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have written to the company about its “misinformation policies and what the company is doing to stop its systems from recommending books and other products linked to falsehoods about the pandemic and vaccines.”
Audiobook retailer Libro.fm has announced Libro.fm for Business, which allows companies to offer a “curated collection of audiobooks” to employees. In a release, Libro.fm said that they “work with companies to select audiobook options, including bookseller recommendations.” Businesses can offer gift memberships or specific audiobooks to employees.
The second annual Authors for Voices of Color auction is now underway, with exclusive offerings up for grabs from writers like Roxane Gay, Clueless actress Elisa Donovan and many more
Walmart today announced it is partnering with major media corporation Meredith to simplify the shopping experience with new AI and commerce offerings. Meredith will launch its first shoppable “bookazine” that pairs recipes with Walmart products
Australia’s highest court made a landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages.
HT @michellemanafy Ten Black newspapers have joined forces to create Word In Black, a platform to “amplify the Black experience by reporting, collecting and sharing stories about real people in communities across our country.“
With more than 50 participating newsrooms led by The Daily Yonder and the agribusiness-focused Investigate Midwest, the multi-year effort will be the nonprofit group’s largest collaboration ever.
A pitching event for all Latino/Latine/Latinx creators of young people’s literature. LatinxPitch is a kidlit pitching event for creators of children’s literature who belong to the Latinx community. #LatinxPitch
RT How Do #LibrariesEmpower You? There is nothing more empowering than getting your own library card, and September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Get yours, and then #ReadAllTheComics with @comicsplus via your school or public library! #libcomix
Writer and editor Michelle Burford has co-authored ten memoirs and six New York Times best sellers (three of which debuted at #1) including Just As I Am written with legendary actress Cicely Tyson (who tragically passed away on January 28, 2021, two days following publication of her memoir). Michelle’s celebrity collaborations also include books with Alicia Keys, Toni Braxton and Simone Biles (to name just a few). Come hear Michelle at @WMG_NYC‘s FREE virtual event 9/23 from 7-8pm ET.
Join @WMG_NYC for a lively virtual panel discussion 9/28 from 12-1pm ET with women leaders from publishing, digital media, and broadcasting about the changing media landscape. Moderator Rachel Deahl, News Director at Publishers Weekly, will be in conversation with Kristen McLean, Executive Director, Business Development at NPD Book and two other panelists about emerging content trends they’re seeing across media industries, how consumers’ interests, needs, and consumption habits have evolved since the onset of the pandemic, and how businesses—large and small—can adapt to meet those needs in innovative ways. Free for WMG Members, $15 for non-members.
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