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How comic-book creators, publishers are changing the industry
2020 hurt the comic-book industry, but independent publishers and creators are pushing forward. Even before the pandemic, small comic shops were suffering as the popularity of big titles dropped. But live video selling, e-commerce, presales, and…
Australian publisher released from jail in Myanmar in mass pardon
Singapore: An Australian publisher who was sentenced to 13 years in jail in Myanmar on drugs charges has been released after less than three years behind bars, his ex-wife said on Saturday, after the country's military regime announced a mass…
TERA and PUBG publisher Krafton files for preliminary approval of its IPO in South Korea
At the beginning of the year, we pointed out that Krafton, the games publisher that handles titles like TERA and PUBG, was getting ready to go public soon. The company has since moved one step closer to that reality as it has filed for its…
China's Market Regulator Publishes Tech Firms' Vows of Virtue
In their pledges, the companies vowed to follow Chinese laws and foster a healthy market environment built around fair competition. Photo: VCG Each of the 34 Chinese internet giants hauled in for a dressing-down by China's market regulator this…
How Mahashay Rajpal was murdered for publishing Rangeela Rasool
Swargiya Mahashay Rajpal Malhotra was born in a Khatri family in Amritsar on the Panchmi tithi of Ashadh Samvat (AD 1885). Since childhood Mahashay Rajpal ji was very intelligent, hard working, perseverant and was a great student. His father…
The Pandemic Helped Marketers Kick This Old Digital Marketing Habit
It's highly encouraging to see marketers take a closer look at their digital ad spending and ask harder questions. Many of them paused digital marketing in 2020 due to the pandemic and are being more thoughtful and careful about what they turn back…
This Week in Apps: A surprising report on App Tracking, Apple event predictions, Instagram for kids
Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record…
Author N.K. Jemisin Shares Her Sci-Fi Expertise for Masterclass Online
In a press release, MasterClass announced that three time Hugo award winning author N.K Jemisin will share her knowledge and expertise by conducting one of her own classes for the educational subscription platform. Jemisin will join the likes of…
Opinion | How Substack Revealed the Real Value of Writers' Unfiltered Thoughts
Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Jack Shafer is Politico's senior media writer. What sort of journalist who has been filing brilliant, scoopy copy about technology, privacy and politics for the past two years on the New York Times editorial page…
Scotland's finance minister accepted £600 rugby ticket from industrial tycoon Gupta
Scotland's finance minister accepted a £600 rugby ticket from the troubled industrial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta as he lobbied for more state support, following his taxpayer-backed purchase of an aluminium smelter and hunting estate in her Highland…
Opinion | Aleksei Navalny Needs His Doctors
Aleksei Navalny's wife, doctor and colleagues have sounded an anguished alarm that the incarcerated Kremlin critic's health is rapidly deteriorating and his heart could stop any minute. They and many other supporters of Mr. Navalny are demanding…
It's a Fine Line Between Sleaze and Advocacy in Latest U.K. Scandal
Boris Johnson has to deal with the fallout of David Cameron's lobbying Boris Johnson has to deal with the fallout of David Cameron's lobbying Photographer: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty Images Sleaze is back in the spotlight in the U.K., and the target…
Opinion | I'm the Head of Planned Parenthood. We're Done Making Excuses for Our Founder.
We need to talk about Margaret Sanger. For the 11 years that I've been involved with Planned Parenthood, founded by Sanger, her legacy on race has been debated. Sanger, a nurse, opened the nation's first birth control clinic in Brownsville…
Prince Philip funeral: Royal family has 'not been able to say goodbye to Duke of Edinburgh in the way they'd hoped or planned'- latest updates
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Royal Family have not been able to say goodbye to Prince Philip 'in the way they'd hoped or planned'. Justin Welby said the public will 'never fail to admire' the Queen's composure in the wake of her…
Music industry leaders ask Tennessee lawmakers to stop 'disastrous' anti-LGBTQ legislation
Leading record labels, streaming services, publishing companies and media firms in Nashville issued an open letter Friday urging Tennessee lawmakers to denounce legislation targeting LGBTQ community members. More than three dozen companies —…
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