Category: Reading List

As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish

As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish

As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books VanishAs of Friday morning, the paperback edition of Brad Stone’s “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” — a book Amazon disliked so much it denounced it — was listed as “unavailable.” Amazon’s power over the publishing and bookselling industries is unrivaled in the modern era. Now it has started wielding its might in a more brazen way than ever before. Seeking ever-higher payments from publishers to bolster its anemic bottom line, Amazon is holding books and authors hostage on two continents by delaying shipments and raising prices. The literary community is fearful and […]

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‘Arsenio Hall Show’ Canceled After a Single Season

'Arsenio Hall Show' Canceled After a Single Season

'Arsenio Hall Show' Canceled After a Single SeasonThe late-night TV landscape is undergoing yet another shift with The Arsenio Hall Show getting canceled after just one season on the air. Variety reports that CBS made the announcement on Friday, citing the show’s failure to draw in enough viewers. “While there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue,” CBS said in a statement. “Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we’d like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We’d also like to thank Tribune and all our station group […]

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Obama, GOP spar ahead of new EPA pollution rules

Obama, GOP spar ahead of new EPA pollution rules

GOP’s Obamacare fears come trueThe EPA will roll out landmark greenhouse gas restrictions for power plants Monday. | Getty President Barack Obama and Republicans squared over pollution regulations in their weekly radio addresses to the nation Saturday morning ahead of Monday’s rollout of landmark EPA greenhouse gas restrictions for power plants. Obama, who taped his address Friday at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. focused on the impacts of climate change and air pollution on public health. Continue Reading Text Size – + reset “As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that’s beyond […]

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A Brilliant Horror Podcast That’ll Soothe Your Anxiety

A Brilliant Horror Podcast That’ll Soothe Your Anxiety

A Brilliant Horror Podcast That’ll Soothe Your AnxietySince debuting two years ago, the quirky podcast Welcome to Night Vale has achieved staggering popularity, displacing This American Life in July 2013 as the top-ranked podcast on iTunes. This is all the more striking considering that the show is produced by three friends from New York using hobbyist-level equipment and resources. Actor Cecil Baldwin voices the show’s main character, Cecil Palmer, a community radio host who reports on the strange goings-on in the small desert town of Night Vale. You might think all the monsters and conspiracies would unsettle listeners, but actually the opposite seems to be true. […]

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