E-Space planning to launch 100,000 secure communication micro-satellites into low Earth orbit to help govts & large companies build space-based applications, using a peer-to-peer communication model & a multi-application cloud server in space.
RT @neilperkinThis storytelling canvas (from social enterprise Stronger Stories) is a kind of mashup betweenthe Business Model Canvas and the classic Hero’s Journey idea from Joseph Campbell and is a fantastic resource for those with a creative bent or just anyone interested in the power of storytelling. There’s even an example of how the canvas might be filled in (using the film ‘Don’t Look Up’ as an example). Nicely done. (HT @storythings.)
TikTok has expanded the maximum length for videos on its platform to 10 minutes. The company has been offering longer and longer videos in recent years to compete with rivals like YouTube. #TikTok
ICYMI Epic Games (maker of Fortnite, 40% owned by Tencent) bought Bandcamp (indie music platform). This article says the future will have TikTok vs. Epic Games.
In a move to make radio and podcasts more interactive, iHeartMedia is launching a feature allowing listeners to participate with their favorite shows from the mobile app by sending voice messages to show hosts #podcasting
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running retail experiments.
HT @annadobben “The real winners of our National Book Awards were the readers themselves.” On November 17, 2021, as panels of judges met to select the winners of the National Book Awards before that evening’s awards ceremony, similar meetings were taking place in my 9th-grade English class.
RT @NPRKelly New podcast alert: @npr‘s State of Ukraine launching to deliver updates throughout the day, including newsmaker interviews & our reporters on the ground.
The number of total employees at Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper owner, fell 24% last year, and is now down by nearly half from the most recent reported headcount just before the 2019 merger which created the company.
MT @reneewauthor ✨A special announcement ✨ The Renée Watson Scholarship annually supports a week-long independent writing retreat for a Black woman writer of children’s lit. Aspiring & published writers are invited to apply Deadline to apply: March 13th @HighlightsFound
MT @diversebooks 🎊 The 2022 WNDB Internship Grant application is now OPEN! 🎊 Are you of a diverse background and looking to work in either children’s OR adult publishing? In our eighth program year, we continue to offer $3,000 grants for internships.
MT @WritopiaLab Our Plays Festival Submissions deadline is now March 8th! To submit your play to our festival, visit the link in our bio! #play#theater#writerscommunity
HT @jkhoey Goldman Sachs Group has announced the Black Women Impact Grants program for Black women-led and Black women-serving nonprofits. It’s a $10 million grant program with an open call application process. Appl'n deadline is March 11 #BlackWomen#nonprofit
Ready to dive deep into the future of NFTs & blockchain in music, publishing & TV? Apply for the @Bertelsmann_com#NFT & #Blockchain Challenge by March 7th. NYC Media Lab and Bertelsmann are working together to launch an NFT and blockchain exploratory program for select university and startup teams. #teamPRH
The exhibit includes Charlotte Bronte’s writing desk, a handwritten draft of Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” writer Virginia Woolf’s walking stick, and postcards from senators responding to suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
WMG Members: DON’T MISS our free, virtual annual biz meeting on 3/30 at 12pm ET. Spend 30 minutes with Co-Presidents Julie Blattberg and me, and members of the board to vote in the new slate.
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