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Eleanor Turney on the freelance champions' first challenges
Nov 5, 202607:05 by Eleanor Turney Leila D'Aronville and Lizzie Crump Self-employed people face many challenges and have few protections. There is much to do for the new freelance champions but also plenty of opportunities for progress, says…
How to Price a Monthly Retainer as a Freelancer (Hour Cap, Rollover and Overage, Worked Example)
A retainer sounds like the easy part of freelancing. The client pays every month, you do the work, everyone is happy. Then month three arrives with 19 hours of 'quick changes' on a 10-hour package, or a month where the client asks for nothing and…
41% of India's Local Businesses Have No Website. Here Is Where Freelance Web Developers Should Look (Data From 73,568 Listings)
If you build websites for small businesses in India, the question that decides your pipeline is simple: where are the businesses that still don't have one? I pulled the numbers from 73,568 Google Maps business listings across 24 Indian cities and…
AI 'journalists' are pitching stories to editors, but the real problem isn't the writing
“Did you see the job application from the clanker?????” was the Slack message from my editor in September, after an AI agent applied for a freelance-writer job we had advertised. I wasn't sure what he was talking about. It took me a…
A discussion on women at work with Laëtitia Vitaud
There's never a “right” age for a woman at work. Early in their careers, women may face discrimination based on assumptions about whether they'll take maternity leave. Later, they're subject to a new set of age-based biases. In this…
New BioWare Documentary Will Take Fans Inside the Studio's Final Years
The last two years of BioWare's life were filmed and will be shown in a new documentary about the game studio. The documentary, titled Massive Effect: The BioWare Story, will show the studio's journey over the last few years. While it's unclear if…
Physical Copies of Gears of War: E-Day Are Discounted for the First Time at Amazon and Target Ahead of Black Friday Sales
A little over a month after its release, and squeezing in just ahead of Black Friday sales, physical copies of Gears of War: E-Day have received their first major discount since launch at Amazon and Target. Both retailers have knocked its standard…
Richard Madden's new Netflix thriller from Line of Duty boss sets release date with tense trailer
The release date for Jed Mercurio 's latest thriller Trinity has been revealed in the show's nail-biting trailer. The eight-episode drama stars Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw at the heart of a dangerous conspiracy. Surface 's Mbatha-Raw appears…
Woman reveals how she bought her first home alone at 25 with just 5%
A 27-year-old woman has revealed how she was able to buy her first home by herself when she was 25 years old. Cerys Gardiner from Nottingham in the UK had been saving up to buy her first home, and had accumulated £4,000 in her lifetime ISA…
MTUM: The 20% Plunge Is Too Much Momentum Damage (Rating Upgrade) (BATS:MTUM)
I upgrade iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF to a buy, citing compelling valuation and imminent portfolio diversification. MTUM's heavy tech exposure drove recent underperformance, but the upcoming rebalance will shift toward cyclicals and value…
BroadwayWorld Classifieds 11/5/2026; Jobs In Marketing, Development, and More
Looking for a job in the theater? BroadwayWorld is here to help! Check out new job listings from the past week, ending 11/5/2026. To catch up on anything that you might have missed, visit our full Classifieds Section. Want to fill a position?
The Odyssey Will Return to Theaters One Last Time Before Dune 3 and Avengers: Doomsday Take Over Cinemas
The Odyssey is returning to theaters in December for one last hoorah before awards season goes into full swing. Universal has announced that Christopher Nolan's R-rated epic will return to theaters on December 11 in over 1,000 cinemas across the…
Misogyny and sexism of Russell Brand case have not gone away, TV insiders say
Even within the culture of casual misogyny and sexism that pervaded the TV world in the mid-noughties, Naomi Harvey and her colleagues concluded they needed to do something about Russell Brand. Harvey was one of a team of researchers tasked with…
Simon Winchester dead: Famous author dies aged 82 after heart attack on family farm
Simon Winchester has sadly died A British-American journalist, author and former geologist has sadly died. Simon Winchester, 82, died on Tuesday on his farm in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, from a heart attack, his wife, Setsuko Sato, announced. Born…
Scientists Think They Know Why Some Memories Stick in Your Brain Forever
Stress is so unavoidable that we often have no choice but to laugh as it slowly and inevitably consumes us. Despite how often it might make us want to force a smile as we scream into the abyss, stress has some positive side effects, including how…
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