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announced 9/13/2016 via Reuters
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synopsis: Grupo Globo SA, Latin America's largest media conglomerate, agreed to buy out the stake that partner Grupo Folha had in Valor Econômico newspaper. Folha, which is Brazil's largest paper in circulation, and Globo owned half each of Valor Econômico, which was created around 2000 to focus on finance and economics news.
buyer: Grupo Globo
Grupo Globo Media, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, creates, produces, manages, and distributes audiovisual programs. It produces television programs, entertainment shows, and fiction shows that broadcast in Spanish, European, and American channels. "
target: Valor Economico
Valor Econômico is a result of the partnership of two large media groups in Brazil: Grupo Folha and Organizações Globo. It is the largest economy, finance and business newspaper in Brazil, and it has become the most important publication in the area.
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closed 9/18/2019 via Company Press Release
Ouest-France Group, acquired Atlantique presse information
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synopsis: Ouest-France, the leading regional newspaper in France, has acquired Atlantique presse information (Agence API), a French press publisher. Agence API specializes in economic information in the Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions. Agence API follows companies and economic actors to provide news about projects, investments, buy-outs, and more.
buyer: Ouest-France Group
Based in Rennes, France, Ouest-France is a daily newspaper covering international, national, and regional news. It has a daily circulation of approximately 800,000 copies and 50 editions. The media enterprise focuses on the regions Brittany, Pays de Loire and Lower Normandy. "
target: Atlantique presse information
Atlantique presse information (Agence API) is a French press publisher. Agence API specializes in economic information in the Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions. Agence API follows companies and economic actors to provide news about projects, investments, reorganizations, buy-outs, and more.
closed 10/25/2018 via Company Press Release
Kilcullen Kapital Partners, acquired The Business Post
synopsis: Kilcullen Kapital Partners, an investment company founded by businessman Enda O'Coineen, has acquiredThe Business Post from Key Capital. The Business Post is Ireland's leading business, economic and political newspaper.
buyer: Kilcullen Kapital Partners
Kilcullen Kapital Partners, led by Enda O'Coineen and Donal O'Shaughnessy, is a boutique dynamic investment platform in Funds, Hospitality, Renewable Energy, Property and Technology. Kilcullen Kapital Partners is based in Dublin, Ireland, "
target parent: Key Capital Ltd.
target: The Business Post
The Business Post is Ireland's leading business, economic and political newspaper. The Business Post Digital platform provides independent insight, commentary and analysis of the important stories and issues across a broad spectrum of topics: business, finance, politics, technology, and more.
announced 9/29/2015 via Company Press Release
Axel Springer SE, will acquire Business Insider
synopsis: Axel Springer SE, the leading digital publisher in Europe, announced a binding agreement to purchase approximately 88 percent of the shares in New York City-based Business Insider. The company is the leading digital offering for business news in the U.S.
buyer: Axel Springer SE (DB:SPR:$3,564.30)
Axel Springer SE is the leading digital publisher in Europe. The digital media channels already contribute nearly three quarters of total pro-forma revenues today. "
target: Business Insider
Business Insider is a dynamic company reaching the new generation of business leaders. We are a well-funded (including by Jeff Bezos) startup at the forefront of digital media. We are also one of the fastest-growing business media companies, reaching more than 60 million readers per month.
closed 7/5/2013 via BNC Analysis
Mark Hales, acquired TheBusinessDesk.com
synopsis: TheBusinessDesk.com has been acquired by investor Mark Hales. TheBusinessDesk.com brings the highest standards of regional business information to the Internet and mobile devices, it is the only website dedicated to Yorkshire business news.
buyer: Mark Hales
Mark Hales is a technology investor in the United Kingdom. "
target: TheBusinessDesk.com
TheBusinessDesk.com brings the highest standards of regional business information to the Internet and mobile devices, it is the only website dedicated to Yorkshire business news.
announced 4/15/2013 via Bloomberg
Times Media Group Limited, will acquire BDFM Publishers Ltd
synopsis: Pearson Plc (PSON), which owns the Financial Times newspaper, has agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in publisher BDFM Publishers Ltd. to South Africa's Times Media Group Ltd. (TMG), the Johannesburg-based company. BDFM Publishers (Pty) Ltd publishes and distributes newspaper and business magazines in South Africa.
buyer: Times Media Group Limited (TMG:SJ:$345.68)
Times Media Group Limited (TMG) is the holding company that owns leading South Africa media and entertainment assets, boasting prominent brands, innovative content, delivered across a variety of channels. These assets are housed in the operating company Times Media (Pty) Ltd. "
target parent: Pearson plc
target: BDFM Publishers Ltd
BDFM Publishers (Pty) Ltd publishes and distributes newspaper and business magazines. The company offers its publications under Business Day, The Weekender, and Financial Mail brand names. Additionally, it prints management books.
closed 11/26/2012 via PR Newswire
Manuel Arroyo-Rodriguez, acquired El Financiero
synopsis: Manuel Arroyo-Rodriguez, a businessman with extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and the owner of Comtelsat, assumed his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors of El Financiero, after acquiring this newspaper that specializes in economics and finance.
buyer: Manuel Arroyo-Rodriguez
Manuel Arroyo-Rodriguez is a businessman with extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. He is owner of Comtelsat. "
target: El Financiero
El Financiero is a newspaper in Mexico that specializes in economics and finance.
closed 8/30/2012 via BNC Analysis
The National Business Review, acquired The National Business Review
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synopsis: The National Business Review has been sold by long-time publisher Barry Colman to Todd Scott, the company's chief executive, in a management buyout. The National Business Review is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector.
buyer: The National Business Review
The National Business Review (NBR) is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector. The paper is owned by Barry Colman who also publishes the Grocers Review and several other small trade publications. "
target: The National Business Review
The National Business Review (NBR) is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector. The paper is owned by Barry Colman who also publishes the Grocers Review and several other small trade publications.
announced 9/11/2019 via BNC Analysis
Leboncoin, will acquire L'Argus
synopsis: Leboncoin.fr, a leading classified ads site in France owned by Adevinta, is to acquire L'argus, a France-based weekly newspaper dedicated to the automobile industry, offering classified ads, auto news, a used vehicle value estimator, buying guides and more.
buyer parent: Schibsted Media Group
buyer: Leboncoin
Leboncoin.fr is a leading classified ads site in France. Leboncoin allows people to search and place ads for jobs, vehicles, real estate, electronics, pets, hospitality services, furnishings, clothing, events, and more. Leboncoin operates in 4 continents and has over 250 million visitors every day. "
target: L'Argus
L'argus is a weekly newspaper dedicated to the automobile industry, offering classified ads, auto news, a used vehicle value estimator, buying guides and more. They are based in France.
announced 11/9/2018 via BNC Analysis
Chatchaval Jiaravanon, will acquire Fortune
synopsis: Meredith has an agreement to sell Fortune Magazine to Thailand-based entrepreneur Chatchaval Jiaravanon. Fortune is an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States. In addition to its namesake magazine, FORTUNE publishes several digital newsletters.
buyer: Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Chatchaval Jiaravanon, a California-educated executive with almost no profile in the U.S. media business, is the executive chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand's largest private company, with business interests ranging from telecommunications to 7-Eleven stores to meat processing. "
target parent: Meredith Corporation
target: Fortune
Fortune is an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States. In addition to its namesake magazine, FORTUNE publishes several digital newsletters.
announced 7/2/2018 via New York Times
Uzabase, will acquire Quartz
synopsis: Quartz, a global business news brand which Atlantic Media created in 2012, will be sold to the Japanese financial intelligence company Uzabase. Designed for an efficient, mobile reading experience, Quartz serves business professionals who travel the world, are focused on international markets, and value critical thinking.
buyer: Uzabase (TSE:3966:$45.94)
UZABASE, Inc. provides industry and corporate information database services primarily in Japan. The company operates SPEEDA, an information platform, which offers comprehensive company and industry analysis for business professionals. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. "
target parent: Atlantic Media Company
target: Quartz
Quartz is a global business news brand launched in September 2012 for people who are excited by change. Designed for an efficient, mobile reading experience, Quartz serves business professionals who travel the world, are focused on international markets, and value critical thinking.
Forbes, Inc., acquired The Memo
synopsis: Forbes Media announced the acquisition of the British online business publication, The Memo. Founded by its Editor, Alex Wood, in April 2015, The Memo is published daily on the web, presenting carefully curated news, commentary, and high-profile interviews with people making real change around the world.
buyer parent: Integrated Whale Media Investments
buyer: Forbes, Inc.
Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. "
target: The Memo
The Memo is a London-based, online business publication. Founded by its Editor, Alex Wood, in April 2015, The Memo is published daily on the web, presenting carefully curated news, commentary, and high-profile interviews with people making real change around the world.
closed 6/30/2017 via BusinessWire
BridgeTower Media, acquired SC Business Publications, LLC
synopsis: BridgeTower Media, a leading provider of local and regional business information, events and marketing services, announced the acquisition of South Carolina Business Publications, better known as SC Biz News. SC Biz is the primary source of business information for South Carolina, publishing titles in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville.
buyer parent: New Media Investment Group
buyer: BridgeTower Media
BridgeTower Media is a leading provider of business information, events and marketing services for the legal, financial, construction and government sectors in more than 20 local and regional markets across the United States. "
target: SC Business Publications, LLC
South Carolina Business Publications, better known as SC Biz News, is the primary source of business information for South Carolina, publishing titles in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville.
closed 2/2/2017 via Company Press Release
Morris Communications Co. LLC, acquired Georgia Trend Magazine
synopsis: Morris Publishing Group, LLC announced the acquisition of Trend Publications, LLC, which includes the premiere state-wide monthly business publication, Georgia Trend, several annual publications, georgiatrend.com and other print, digital and event assets.
buyer: Morris Communications Co. LLC
Morris Publishing Group, LLC, is a privately held media company based in Augusta, Ga. MPG currently owns and operates 11 daily newspapers as well as non-daily newspapers, city magazines and free community publications in the Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and Alaska. "
target: Georgia Trend Magazine
Georgia Trend presents an analysis of trends in finance, investments, real-estate, politics and the economy each month. More corporate decision makers in the state rely on Georgia Trend for business news and information that can help them plan for the future.
announced 11/25/2015 via BNC Analysis
Triboo Media, will acquire Brown Editore S.p.A.
synopsis: Triboo Media SpA has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Brown Editore SpA, a publisher that specializes in the creation of content in the field of Finance and Economy. The company is based in Milan, Italy.
buyer: Triboo Media (BIT:TBM:$32.79)
The Triboo Media Group conducts advertising and publishing online through its subsidiaries Leonardo ADV Srl, Triboo Editorial Srl and HTML srl. "
target: Brown Editore S.p.A.
Brown Editore S.p.A. is a publisher that specializes in creating content in the Finance and Economy fields. It is based in Milan, Italy.
announced 7/18/2014 via BusinessWire
Integrated Whale Media Investments, will acquire Forbes, Inc.
synopsis: Forbes Media LLC, publisher of Forbes magazine and forbes.com, announced an agreement under which a group of international investors will purchase a majority stake in the company. The newly formed Hong Kong-based investor group Integrated Whale Media Investments is composed of international investors.
buyer: Integrated Whale Media Investments
Integrated Whale Media Investments is a Hong Kong-based international investor group. Its investors include Integrated Asset Management (Asia) Limited ("IAM"). IAM is primarily engaged in public and private equity investments, with expertise in telecommunications, finance and technology investments."
target: Forbes, Inc.
Forbes Media LLC, publisher of Forbes magazine and forbes.com, is an authoritative source of news and information on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles.
Impulse Media GmbH, acquired Impulse Media GmbH
synopsis: Nikolaus Förster, the managing director of Impulse Media GmbH, acquired the majority of Impulse Magazine from Gruner+Jahr AG & Co. Impulse is Germany's leading business magazine.
buyer: Impulse Media GmbH
Impulse Media GmbH runs Germany's leading business magazine. They provide new impetus and concrete added value for people who create something of their own, implement ideas and are liable for their actions. They write about entrepreneurs whose ideas and experiences inspire others. "
target parent: Bertelsmann AG
target: Impulse Media GmbH
Impulse Media GmbH runs Germany's leading business magazine. They provide new impetus and concrete added value for people who create something of their own, implement ideas and are liable for their actions. They write about entrepreneurs whose ideas and experiences inspire others.
The Colorado Springs Independent, will acquire The Colorado Springs Business Journal, Inc.
synopsis: The owners of the Colorado Springs Independent announced that they are buying the Colorado Springs Business Journal. John Weiss, publisher of the Independent and head of the Publishing Corp. of Colorado Springs that is buying the Business Journal, said the papers would remain editorially independent.
buyer: The Colorado Springs Independent
The locally-owned Colorado Springs Independent is the second largest paper in El Paso County with 36,000 papers distributed every Wednesday at more than 850 high-traffic locations. "
target parent: The Dolan Company
target: The Colorado Springs Business Journal, Inc.
The Colorado Springs Business Journal provides in-depth local news covering real estate, tourism, defense contracting/aerospace, local politics and more from award winning reporters.
Graphcom, Inc., acquired Frederick Gorilla
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synopsis: Graphcom, Inc., a full-service marketing and publishing firm and G7 Master Printer located in Gettysburg, Pa., announced that it has acquired Frederick Gorilla magazine from All Saints Publishing, LLC of Frederick, Md.
buyer: Graphcom, Inc.
Graphcom, Inc. is a full-service marketing and publishing firm and G7 Master Printer located in historic Gettysburg, Pa. "
target parent: All Saints Publishing, LLC
target: Frederick Gorilla
Frederick Gorilla magazine was launched in August 2011 by Pattee Brown and Harby Tran. Its editorial emphasis was driven from the philosophy that hyper-local journalism is the future of publishing.
Bustle Digital Group, acquired Flavorpill Media Inc.
synopsis: Bustle Digital Group acquired Flavorpill Media Inc. to build out the company's experiential programming. Flavorpill Media Inc. is an online publisher and experiential brand that launched in 2000.
buyer: Bustle Digital Group
Bustle Digital Group is the largest premium publisher reaching millennial women. Every month, nearly 80 million readers turn to Bustle Digital Group publications — Bustle, Romper, Elite Daily, and The Zoe Report — for impactful conversation around the interests and issues engaging women today. "
target: Flavorpill Media Inc.
Flavorpill Media Inc. is an online publisher and experiential brand that launched in 2000. Flavorpill offers email alerts to fans who can subscribe to learn more about upcoming events. They also operate Flavorwire, an online culture magazine.
The ZAP, acquired Sub100
synopsis: The Zap acquired Sub100, a competing real estate site located in Maringa, Brazil. Sub100 is a real estate portal with more than 4.7 million page views and 250,000 visits per month and more than 30,000 properties advertised with complete information, photos, maps and videos, distributed in more than 400 cities and 21 states.
buyer parent: Grupo Globo
buyer: The ZAP
The ZAP, a company of Grupo Globo, is the most modern and efficient real estate classifieds portal on the Brazilian Internet, where it maintains absolute leadership. To make it easier for the user, ZAP is accessible both via the website and through a modern application for smartphones and tablets. "
target parent: Sub100 Sistemas Ltda
target: Sub100
Sub100 is a real estate portal with more than 4.7 million page views and 250,000 visits per month and more than 30,000 properties advertised with complete information, photos, maps and videos, distributed in more than 400 cities and 21 states.
announced 1/8/2020 via BNC Analysis
Media Central Corporation Inc., will acquire The Georgia Straight
synopsis: Media Central Corporation Inc., an independent and alternative media company, will acquire The Georgia Straight, a weekly newspaper in Canada. The Georgia Straight's regular weekly coverage includes news, tech, arts, music, fashion, travel, health, cannabis, and food, plus Vancouver's most comprehensive listings of entertainment activities.
buyer: Media Central Corporation Inc. (CNSX:FLYY:$0.00)
Media Central is an alternative media company. By consolidating the currently fragmented independent media markets, Media Central unites the influencers, tastemakers and culture leaders of the world and is strategically positioned to become a competitive global media publishing company. "
target: The Georgia Straight
The Georgia Straight is a weekly newspaper in Canada. The Georgia Straight is the most read publication in Vancouver. Their regular weekly coverage includes news, tech, arts, music, fashion, travel, health, cannabis, and food, plus Vancouver's most comprehensive listings of entertainment activities.
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closed 12/18/2019 via BBC
Highland News and Media Ltd, acquired Scottish Provincial Press
synopsis: The Scottish Provincial Press, one of Scotland's largest publishers of local newspapers, is under new ownership after briefly going into administration. A new company, Highland News and Media Ltd, has been formed to take over the business.
buyer: Highland News and Media Ltd
Highland News and Media Ltd is a company created to acquire the Scottish Provincial Press (SPP). The company is a joint venture between SPP's former majority shareholder Peter Fowler and Cambridge-based Iliffe Media. "
target: Scottish Provincial Press
Scottish Provincial Press is a privately-owned company producing seventeen weekly newspapers covering Caithness, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Strathspey, Moray and Banffshire in North and North-East Scotland. SPP is an editorial and advertising force.
closed 11/29/2019 via BNC Analysis
DMG Media, acquired i News
synopsis: Mail and Metro publisher the Daily Mail and General Trust's dmg media has bought the i paper from JPI Media. dmg media wanted to buy the i because it is a "strong print title" with an "established reputation for quality journalism". i is a UK-based paper designed for readers who want a concise, quality daily paper.
buyer parent: Daily Mail and General Trust plc
buyer: DMG Media
dmg media is a leading multi-channel consumer media company. Part of DMGT (Daily Mail & General Trust), dmg media's brands deliver brilliant content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "
target parent: JPIMedia Ltd
target: i News
Created by The Independent, i is a UK-based paper designed for readers who want a concise, quality daily paper. i is specifically targeted at readers and lapsed readers of quality newspapers, and those of all ages who want a comprehensive digest of the news.
announced 11/15/2019 via AP - Associated Press
Ogden Newspapers, Inc., will purchase The Courier and the Review Times from The Findlay Publishing Company
synopsis: Ogden Newspapers, a family‐owned newspaper group, will acquire The Courier of Findlay and the Review Times of Fostoria in Ohio from The Findlay Publishing Company, a daily newspaper publisher and radio station operator. The Courier and the Review Times are daily newspapers that provide the latest news for the Findlay, Ohio and Fostoria, Ohio areas.
buyer: Ogden Newspapers, Inc.
Ogden Newspapers has been in the publishing and media business since 1890. They publish 47 daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers in 16 states. They are the leading publisher of magazines that serve the sustainable living, rural lifestyle and farm memorabilia communities. "
seller: The Findlay Publishing Company
The Courier and the Review Times are daily newspapers that provide the latest news for the Findlay, Ohio and Fostoria, Ohio areas. The Courier and the Review Times belong to The Findlay Publishing Company, a family-owned daily newspaper publisher and radio station operator.
announced 10/2/2019 via Company Press Release
Schneps Media, will acquire amNewYork
synopsis: Schneps Media, the leading local media company serving New York City, Westchester and Long Island, will acquire amNewYork, a free commuter newspaper in New York City with almost 1 million unique visitors to its website each month.
buyer: Schneps Media
Schneps Media is the leading local media company serving New York City, Westchester and Long Island. IT owns 33 newspapers, 28 magazines and specialty publications and 20 websites, produces numerous podcasts and hosts 50 annual events. "
target parent: Newsday Media Group
target: amNewYork
amNewYork is a free commuter newspaper in New York City with almost 1 million unique visitors to its website each month. By providing a newspaper that fits into a hectic lifestyle, amNewYork reaches a demographic that was until now untouchable by traditional newspapers.
Bangor Daily News, acquired Penobscot Times
synopsis: BDN, a family-owned business that produced Maine's newspaper of record, Bangor Daily News, has acquired Penobscot Times, a small weekly newspaper in Maine that covers Old Town, a manufacturing and trade center, Orono, home of the University of Maine, and the towns of Milford, Bradley, Alton, Greenbush, Greenfield, Argyle, Veazie, and Indian Island.
buyer: Bangor Daily News
A family-owned business now in its fourth generation of ownership, the BDN has produced Maine's newspaper of record, Bangor Daily News. The company continues to serve its readers and its advertisers with products that are relevant to the times and provide statewide coverage. "
target parent: RFB Holdings
target: Penobscot Times
Penobscot Times is a small weekly newspaper in Maine. They have a paid circulation of more than 3,400. They cover Old Town, a manufacturing and trade center, Orono, home of the University of Maine, and the towns of Milford, Bradley, Alton, Greenbush, Greenfield, Argyle, Veazie, and Indian Island.
Bendigo Weekly will be merged with Bendigo Advertiser,
synopsis: The owners of the Bendigo Weekly will merge their free publication into Australian Community Media's paid daily newspaper, the Bendigo Advertiser. The Bendigo Weekly is an award-winnning, locally owned, free newspaper offering all the Bendigo, Australia, news, community events and sport services in the Bendigo area along with classifieds.
buyer parent: Australian Community Media
buyer: Bendigo Advertiser
Bendigo Advertiser is an Australian newspaper that covers local, national and international news, real estate, motor vehicle sales and classifieds. Bendigo Advertiser is centred on the thriving central Victorian city of Bendigo, but also covers a vast area of north and central Victoria. "
target: Bendigo Weekly
The Bendigo Weekly is an award-winnning, locally owned, free newspaper offering all the Bendigo, Australia news, community events and sport services in the Bendigo area along with classifieds, Bendigo and district real estate and business services offered.
Silke and Holger Friedrich, acquired Berliner Zeitung
synopsis: Silke and Holger Friedrich, Berlin-based entrepreneurs, has acquired Berliner Zeitung from DuMont Mediengruppe, one of Germany's largest traditional media houses. Berliner Zeitung is a daily newspaper in Berlin, Germany. The paper covers the city of Berlin, politics, economy, sports, arts and entertainment, lifestyle, and more.
buyer: Silke and Holger Friedrich
Silke and Holger Friedrich are Berlin-based entrepreneurs. Silke Friedrich heads the Berlin Metropolitan School, an international school with over 1,000 students. Holger Friedrich is the founder of the Technology Think Tank CORE. "
target parent: DuMont Mediengruppe
target: Berliner Zeitung
Berliner Zeitung is a daily newspaper in Berlin, Germany. Berliner Zeitung provides readers with the latest news from Berlin. The paper covers the city of Berlin, politics, economy, sports, arts and entertainment, lifestyle, and more.
East Arkansas Broadcasters, acquired Stuttgart Daily Leader
synopsis: East Arkansas Broadcasters, a family owned media company and the largest radio group in the state of Arkansas, has acquired Stuttgart Daily Leader, a news company that delivers high quality and trusted journalism, products and services that enrich the communities of Arkansas, from GateHouse Media.
buyer: East Arkansas Broadcasters
East Arkansas Broadcasters is a family owned media company and the largest radio group in the state. It operates 51 radio signals in several Arkansas markets that include Jonesboro, Wynne and Clarksville. EAB also operates the EAB Ag Network and the EAB Sports Network. "
target parent: GateHouse Media
target: Stuttgart Daily Leader
Stuttgart Daily Leader delivers high quality and trusted journalism, products and services that enrich the communities they serve. Its newspaper is published twice a week and is focused on news in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
Community Media Group, will acquire News-Gazette Media
synopsis: Community Media Group, a privately held multimedia company which owns and operates newspapers and other print distribution products in six states, will acquire News-Gazette Media, a newspaper and radio company that aims to function as a unique and virtual force in providing the public with information not readily available elsewhere.
buyer: Community Media Group
Community Media Group is a privately held multimedia company which owns and operates daily and weekly newspapers, shoppers, and other print distribution products in six states. In addition to newspapers CMG also publishes consumer magazines and operates a full service digital agency. "
target: News-Gazette Media
News-Gazette Media is a newspaper and radio company that aims to function as a unique and virtual force in providing the public with information not readily available elsewhere. They provide their audience with accurate, timely and useful information to help them in their daily lives.
Shaw Media, will acquire NewsTribune and AgriNews
synopsis: Shaw Media will acquire the NewsTribune, and the Illinois and Indiana AgriNews weekly publications from Miller Group Media. The NewsTribune serves readers in the greater Illinois Valley area with breaking news and local conversations. Illinois and Indiana Agri-News cover topics that affect local farm families and their businesses.
buyer: Shaw Media
Shaw Media is the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper in the nation. The company's media holdings include websites, newspapers, magazines, Pro Football Weekly, a video production unit and a digital marketing services division. "
target parent: Miller Group Media
target: NewsTribune and AgriNews
NewsTribune serves readers in the greater Illinois Valley area with breaking news and local conversations. Illinois and Indiana Agri-News are distributed weekly throughout Illinois, Indiana, and the entire Midwest and cover topics that affect local farm families and their businesses.
Chaldean Community Foundation, acquired The Chaldean News
synopsis: The Chaldean Community Foundation, the largest Chaldean community organization in the U.S. and a major planning organization for the Chaldean community, has acquired The Chaldean News, a monthly newspaper that published stories about the Chaldean community with unique articles, stories and useful resources.
buyer: Chaldean Community Foundation
The Chaldean Community Foundation is the largest Chaldean community organization in the U.S. and has become the major planning organization for the Chaldean community nationally. It provides social, educational and immigration services to more than 30,000 people each year. "
target: The Chaldean News
The Chaldean News is a monthly newspaper that has a circulation of about 10,000 and more than 20,000 active monthly digital readers. It published stories about the Chaldean community with unique articles, stories and useful resources.
Times Media Group, acquired Southland Publishing
synopsis: Times Media Group, the fast-growing publisher of more than 15 Arizona publications and websites, has acquired Southland Publishing, the Southern California-based publisher of several newsweeklies, magazines and digital media properties with a combined monthly circulation of more than one million readers and web visitors.
buyer: Times Media Group
Times Media Group is a digital and print media company that operates in the Phoenix and Tucson metro markets. It serves a wide variety of demographic audiences and communities with more than 1.1 million printed copies and millions of online readers each month. "
target: Southland Publishing
Southland Publishing publishes five weekly newspapers in the Los Angeles/San Diego area with a combined circulation of 215,000, reaching 1.3 million readers: Ventura County Reporter, Pasadena Weekly, Los Angeles ValleyBEAT, Los Angeles CityBEAT, and San Diego CityBEAT.
announced 8/7/2019 via Company Press Release
Rakuten Inc., will acquire KonMari Media Inc.
synopsis: Rakuten will invest in KonMari Media to become a majority shareholder. KonMari Media, Inc. (KMI) was founded by Marie Kondo, tidying expert and bestselling author, in 2016. With a goal of helping more people to tidy their spaces by choosing joy, KMI has business verticals across entertainment and a certified KonMari Consultant program.
buyer: Rakuten Inc. (TSE:4755:$11,115.66)
Rakuten, Inc. is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications around the world. "
target: KonMari Media Inc.
KonMari Media, Inc. (KMI) was founded by Marie Kondo, tidying expert and bestselling author, in 2016. With a goal of helping more people to tidy their spaces by choosing joy, KMI has business verticals across entertainment and a certified KonMari Consultant program.
Avant Publications, acquired The Times Leader Media Group
synopsis: The Times Leader Media Group, a newspaper that covers Northeastern Pennsylvania, has been acquired by Avant Publications, a privately held company with the bulk of its properties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Avant is owned and operated by industry leaders in newspaper management, circulation and technology.
buyer: Avant Publications
Avant Publications is a privately held company with the bulk of its newspaper properties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Avant is owned and operated by industry leaders in newspaper management, circulation and technology. "
target: The Times Leader Media Group
The Times Leader is a newspaper that covers Northeastern Pennsylvania. Their seven-day print product is flagship of The Times Leader Media Group, a collection of print and digital products that cover the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area.
announced 8/5/2019 via BusinessWire
New Media Investment Group, will acquire Gannett Co., Inc.
synopsis: New Media Investment Group Inc., one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher.
buyer: New Media Investment Group (NEWM:$1,588.44)
New Media supports small to mid-size communities by providing locally-focused print and digital content to its consumers and premier marketing and technology solutions to its small and medium business partners. They are one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the US."
target: Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI:$2,786.88)
Gannett is a leading media and marketing company with unparalleled local-to-national reach, successfully connecting consumers, communities and businesses. They provide rich content through hundreds of outstanding affiliated digital, mobile and print products.
Pacific Publishing Company, Inc., will purchase Nevada Appeal, The Record-Courier, Lahontan Valley News and Northern Nevada Business View from Swift Communications, Inc.
synopsis: Pacific Publishing, a company whose services include a variety of print publications will acquire 4 Nevada newspapers: Nevada Appeal, The Record-Courier, Lahontan Valley News and Northern Nevada Business View, from Swift Communications, a company that provides news coverage and marketing expertise with regional, national and international reach.
buyer: Pacific Publishing Company, Inc.
Pacific Publishing Company's services include a variety of printing and publishing offerings. Pacific Publishing Company's community newspapers serve Seattle's most affluent neighborhoods with quality, award-winning journalism. "
seller: Swift Communications, Inc.
Swift Communications provides local news coverage and marketing expertise with regional, national and international reach. They own 4 Nevada-based newspapers: the Nevada Appeal, The Record-Courier, Lahontan Valley News and Northern Nevada Business View.
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Wildfire Control Plans Can Cost a Billion- PG&E
By yogendra.s on January 27, 2019
PG&E on Wednesday blasted a federal decides a plan for wildfire security as unrealistic, saying his proposal for the utility to examine each inch of its electrical grid and take away harmful timber would cost $75 billion to $150 billion and result in substantial rate hikes.
The embattled utility, which plans to file for bankruptcy due to wildfire claims, stated it "doesn't have the flexibility to boost these funds" and must flip to ratepayers for more cash. On the low finish, a $75 billion enhance in prices would generate a charge hike "of greater than five instances present charges in typical utility payments," the corporate stated in a submitting in U.S. District Court.
The corporate has already requested state regulators for a $1 billion rate increase, partially to fund a modest extra security effort that it says is healthier suited to lowering California's significant wildfire dangers than the decision's plan. It additionally stated the plan quantities to a judicial over-attain that might "impermissibly intrude" on federal and state regulation of PG&E, together with the state Public Utilities Commission.
PG&E's submitting marks the newest twist within the firm's run-as much like Chapter 11 chapter, which doesn't start till Jan. 29 however has already created enormous complications for regulators and new Gov. Gavin Newsom. The section raises the prospect that wildfire survivors received't receives a commission in full for his or her damages.
Judge William Alsup, who oversees the felony case in opposition to PG&E over the San Bruno pipeline explosion, on Jan. 9 proposed a rigorous security program designed to "scale back to zero" the variety of wildfires attributable to PG&E's gear this year. That included forcing PG&E to re-inspect its entire electrical grid, a stretch overlaying 100,000 miles of energy strains, also, to trim or take away any tree that "may fall onto its energy traces," all earlier than the beginning of the fireplace season in June. PG&E's wildfire security plan is much less formidable; for instance, the corporate says it's going to examine 5,500 miles of energy traces in excessive-danger areas this year.
Alsup additionally mentioned he would possibly require PG&E to impose deliberate blackouts throughout excessive winds or different harmful circumstances. That's one thing the corporate already started doing last fall when it lowers energy to 59,000 properties for two days in October. However, it warned that Alsup goes overboard in his blackout plan.
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When does the school year begin?
Thursday, July 19th, 2012, 1:46pm
ATLANTA -- Summer break is coming to a close for many Atlanta-area students.
In fact, three Atlanta elementary schools -- Boyd, Centennial and Hutchinson -- are already back in session; the year-round schools began the 2012-13 calendar on July 10.
The remainder of metro Atlanta's school districts will open their doors a little later.
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The first day of school for Cobb County is Monday, Aug. 13. Students in Marietta City Schools will return to the classroom on Thursday, Aug. 9.
Other start dates include:
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012, 7:42pm
ATLANTA -- Can you believe it's just a few short weeks before the school bus will be rounding the block again?
Act Together Ministries needs your help to collect school supplies for children in need in five north metro counties: Forsyth, N Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, and Gwinnett. With your help, we will set up our 4th annual school supply "store" that allows children the opportunity to shop for their own school supplies. The children love picking out their favorite color backpack, selecting pencils with a preferred cartoon character, and getting the exact items listed on their school supply list. Parents in our program contribute $5 toward the event so that they have the honor of taking ownership. No one wants to wait in a hand out line and be labeled "Needy." In addition to receiving school supplies, the children get haircuts, medical/dental screening, lunch, and enjoy crafts, games and other fun activities.
End-of-Course Test results released
Submitted by Donna Lowry, 11Alive Reporter
ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Education released system-level results for End-of-Course Tests (EOCT) Tuesday morning.
Parents and students can now visit the Georgia Department of Education's website to see how students in their school system performed. Results for individual schools will be released by July 31.
EOCT tests are more important than ever because they have replaced the graduation tests that kept many students from getting a diploma.
The tests now count for 20% of a student's final grade, up from 15%.
By 2015, students will have to pass all eight tests, spread over their course of their high school careers, to graduate.
Ga. Connections Academy gets high marks from parents
Monday, June 11th, 2012, 1:55pm
ATLANTA -- Georgia Connections Academy has made the grade.
The state's first free virtual charter school received very positive feedback from the parents of its students during the 2011-12 school year.
Almost 90 percent of the parents who responded to a survey gave the school a grade of either A or B, and 92 percent they would recommend GACA to other parents. Eighty-five percent of parents said they were more satisfied with GACA than with their children's previous schools.
About 52 percent of the school's 610 families responded to the survey, according to GACA officials.
"Our parent satisfaction survey really illustrates our commitment to accountability," principal Heather Robinson said in a statement. "We value this parent feedback and use it to help make our virtual school program better. I am very pleased with the results, in particular the positive feedback about our teachers and the curriculum."
School districts cut jobs, boost class sizes
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012, 8:29am
ATLANTA -- School districts are cutting teachers, enacting furloughs and increasing class sizes to fill budget holes.
RELATED | Local school budgets cuts are the new normal
The Atlanta school board has approved cutting 375 positions and giving employees four furlough days next school year. The district is trying to make up for an expected $47 million shortfall.
In Gwinnett, the budget includes two furlough days and 600 jobs cut from the payroll. It also means two more students per classroom.
As Students End School Year, Boys & Girls Clubs Offers Way to Fight "Summer Brain Drain"
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ATLANTA -- This month, millions of kids begin their summer breaks, looking forward to vacations, pool time and carefree days. But studies and experience show a lack of mental stimulation causes them to unlearn much of what they were taught over the school year. Boys & Girls Clubs across the country offer young people a safe, exciting place to spend their summer months, with staff and resources to fight the effects of this "Summer Brain Drain."
The reality for today's kids is that many will find themselves with few structured activities, caregivers who are working all day, and too much unsupervised television, video game and computer time.
President Touts Concerns Over Summer Learning
Also known as "summer learning loss" or the "summer slide," this issue is a growing problem for American children. In 2010, President Obama noted, "Students are losing a lot of what they learn during the school year during the summer."
1 Cobb school among Ga. Alert Schools
Thursday, May 17th, 2012, 1:07pm
COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- One school in Cobb County is among Georgia's Alert Schools for the 2011-2012 school year.
RELATED | Nearly 90 metro Atlanta schools near bottom of barrel
Oakwood Digital Academy was named a Graduation Alert School, the Georgia Department of Education announced Thursday. Graduation Alert Schools are high schools where the subgroup graduation rate falls at or below the third standard deviation compared to the statewide subgroup average.
Alert Schools rankings are a component of the No Child Left Behind Act. Georgia was one of 10 states to receive a NCLB waiver from President Obama earlier this year; the waiver has not yet taken effect.
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HomeWoody Allen Plays The Anti-Semitism Card To Escape #MeToo Reckoning
Woody Allen Plays The Anti-Semitism Card To Escape #MeToo Reckoning
Eli BrombergDecember 8, 2017Getty Images
Yesterday, Dylan Farrow published a brave and important op-ed in the LA Times, asking why the "#MeToo revolution," which has exposed the horrific behavior of entertainment industry figures like Harvey Weinstein, has spared her father, Woody Allen, whom she has alleged sexually assaulted her when she was seven. It's a devastating article which reminds its readers that Dylan's story has never changed, and that "Allen has used the same defense-through-intimidation techniques that Weinstein allegedly did."
And yet Farrow observes that actresses who have condemned Weinstein have shied away from passing judgment on Allen, and continued to make movies with him.
Opinion | Woody Allen Plays The Anti-Semitism Card To Escape #MeToo Reckoning
Woody Allen Slams Abuse Claim by Dylan Farrow as 'Ludicrous' Slur
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I want to propose a partial answer to Farrow's question: Allen has been spared by the #MeToo revolution because he is a Jewish icon who has been accused by a non-Jewish family member.
Growing up Jewish, I learned, like so many others, to be sensitive to the notion that anti-Semitism may account for unwarranted criticism of other Jews. This lesson is not unfounded in truth. Anti-Semitism is real, and like other forms of oppression, it must be fought. This protective impulse is exponentially greater when the figure is an actor, comedian, and director who has created important films that cast Jewish men as sympathetic, desirable, clever protagonists.
But when that accused figure makes veiled allusions to the role anti-Semitism is playing in accusations against him, it becomes even more fraught for the Jewish community to navigate. Significantly, while Allen has never explicitly attacked his daughter, he has, time and again, used his Jewishness — and non-Jewishness of both Dylan and Mia Farrow — in his defense.
In 1992, Allen said the following of Mia Farrow during an interview on 60 Minutes:
"I started getting phone calls all night long, and death threats, and… calling me the devil and evil incarnate, and… she ran out and adopted two kids, and suddenly ran out and you know, baptized a number of kids."
For Allen, securing the sympathy of his audience involved portraying Farrow's behavior as hysterical, which just happened to involve the conflation of her (ostensibly inauthentic) embrace of religion and her characterizing him as "the devil."
He portrayed Mia Farrow as a spurned lover and hysterical false accuser. But he also portrayed her as a familiar, trite, American Jewish archetype: the crazy shiksa. This rhetorical strategy has helped to confuse the narrative: was Allen credibly accused of sexual assault, or was he the victim of an anti-Semitic smear campaign by a jilted, non-Jewish ex-partner?
But this was just the beginning.
A year later, in 1993, Allen suggested that Connecticut police were wrongfully persecuting him. He asked, "Is it possible they were prejudiced against me because I'm a diehard New Yorker and Ms. Farrow a Connecticut local?"
Allen's language here is reminiscent of his recent suggestion that allegations against Weinstein might yield a "witch-hunt atmosphere." New Yorkers are not typically the victims of prejudice on account of being New Yorkers. It's the particular type of New Yorker that Allen has made a career of representing on film for decades – Jewish and secular – that would, hypothetically, be more vulnerable to prejudice.
The fact that Allen has intimated that anti-Semitism accounts for the allegations has a chilling effect not merely on Jews passing judgment on Allen, but on non-Jews as well. It puts every observer in a difficult position: if we believe Dylan, are we participating in the demonization of a Jewish icon?
If there's even a chance that Allen has been the victim of an anti-Semitic conspiracy, non-Jews opposing bigotry would certainly not want to sign on to a "witch hunt."
None of this is meant to deny the existence of anti-Semitism or anti-Semites' hatred of Allen. The internet is fairly saturated with white supremacist posts and comments anti-Semitically deriding Allen as a "Jewish pedophile." These people and their posts are heinous.
And yet, in order to hear Dylan, and respond to her question, we need to consider the rhetorical catch-22 in which we've been caught: if only anti-Semites mention Allen being Jewish, then a frank discussion of Allen's own bad faith intimation that anti-Semitism accounts for his being accused of these misdeeds becomes impossible.
Historically, Jews have been the victims of many stereotypes, including the blood libel – the anti-Semitic myth that Jews killed non-Jewish children and consumed their blood. When a beloved Jewish artist is accused of doing violence to a non-Jewish girl, it's understandable that we would want nothing more than for the allegation to be false. But all evidence points to Dylan's allegations being credible. This does not reflect poorly on any Jew other than Woody Allen. It does not confirm any stereotype. It means that Woody Allen, like too many other men of every ethno-racial and religious background, has preyed on the vulnerable.
We must fight anti-Semitism by fighting the bigotry in message boards and marches, but also by fighting the bad faith intimation of anti-Semitism by powerful men like Allen to discredit his accusers.
Consider that it was not until Hannibal Burress's comedy routine imploring Bill Cosby to stop raping women that the tide of public opinions shifted on another iconic male comedian. If we want the #MeToo moment to support Dylan Farrow, we need to hear more Jewish men say the following words: I believe Dylan.
Eli Bromberg just completed his PhD in English and American Studies at UMass Amherst, where he wrote a dissertation on Jewish American incest narratives from the 1990s.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Forward.
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The Most-Pirated Show Of 2020 Revealed
By Rick Gonzales | 2 weeks ago
Piracy is often a great way to see what folks are the most interested in across the wide swath of modern media. Well, move over Game of Thrones. There is a new number one. Granted, being number one for this is probably not what Disney was hoping for. Smash hit The Mandalorian has taken over the 2020 top spot as the most pirated show of the year, knocking out the Game of Thrones after it had held that top spot for seven years running.
The news, mined from the analysis by piracy info site TorrentFreak, doesn't come as a surprise. Back in 2019, Game of Thrones' last season on HBO, it was a known fact that it would be the last time Game of Thrones would take the top spot as there were no more episodes to pirate. There was going to be a few top contenders, with The Mandalorian expected to lead the way as it finished third in pirated downloads in 2019.
As expected, The Mandalorian came out on top. Amazon Prime's The Boys settled for second, while HBO's Westworld came in third. Of course, this is not news that will make producers happy, but it does show the growing issues that are starting to come to the forefront in the entertainment industry. To see these top three shows, one must have three separate subscriptions, one for Disney+, one for Amazon Prime, and one for HBO. This is not an affordable situation for many, so they lean on the illegal way of piracy to watch their favorite shows. With more and more streaming services coming into play and being separate from one another, the monthly cost can jump quickly.
While this analysis about piracy is sure to continue to raise hackles across the entertainment industry, it does go to show just how popular the top three shows are. That bodes well for Disney as they have seen their subscription numbers hit the 80 million mark in just 13 months. As for a comparison, Netflix has over 190 million subscribers in their 13 years of streaming.
It goes to note that the TorrentFreak top pirated shows survey only covers BitTorrent traffic, which is a small fraction of online piracy but does include illegal streaming services. Piracy has been an ongoing and presumably never-ending issue within the entertainment industry and now with many channels turning to their own streaming service and charging premium prices, the thought that piracy will be curbed in the near future is one that may have to be on the backburner. Especially given the fact that COVID has forced the closure of movie theaters for most of our country, so more and more people are turning to streaming services and the most inexpensive way to get them. Hollywood, rightfully so, will continue this uphill battle against online piracy, but the more viewers are locked in their homes, the more piracy will grow.
TorrentFreak not only named the top three pirated programs of 2020, but it also finished off the top ten. The entire list looks like this: 1) Disney+ The Mandalorian, 2) Amazon Prime The Boys, 3) HBO's Westworld, 4) Amazon Prime's The Vikings, 5) CBS All-Access Star Trek: Picard, 6) Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, 7) AMC's The Walking Dead, 8) HBO's The Outsider, 9) CW's The Arrow, and finally 10) CW's The Flash.
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listening to joni: #11: wild things run fast
Wild Things Run Fast, 1982
Wild Things Run Fast feels like the beginning of a new Joni era.
Mingus ended a trajectory. After Mingus, Joni toured, and took a break from recording. From now on she would release an album every three or four years, rather than annually as she once did.
For me, Wild Things is an easy album to enjoy. It's tuneful and accessible, Joni's voice velvety over well-honed pop-jazz. With the opening notes of the first track, "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody", you know you're in familiar territory, reminiscent of Hissing and Hejira, but simplified and streamlined.
I wonder if this lady has a hole in her stockings.
"Chinese Cafe" laments lost youth, and the lost landmarks of youth, the paved-over paradise, not with a deep sadness, just a wistfulness, an acceptance. Joni sings to an old friend, as she did in "Song for Sharon". Careful listeners, hearing My child's a stranger, I bore her, but I could not raise her, can flash back to "Little Green" from Blue. But Joni's reunion with her daughter is still 15 years away.
Joni weaves the "Chinese Cafe" tune into the classic "Unchained Melody", but without the deep despair that song is often given by singers, more of a straightforward reading. This is in keeping with the feel of the whole album. After all, a centerpiece is "Play It Cool", with the refrain, Play it cool, play it cool, fifty-fifty, fire and ice.
In the title track, Joni touches on the love-vs-freedom conflict, this time from the perspective of "Coyote" or "Blond in the Bleachers". No sadness here either -- more of a bemused understanding: eating from her hand at last. But when it gets too cozy:
Fast tracks in the powder white
Leading out to the road
Winding from her tender grasp
Perhaps "Ladies Man" was inspired by the same dude, a man who can charm the diamonds off a rattlesnake. This is a wonderfully provocative line:
Why do you keep on trying to
Make a man of me
Couldn't you just love me
Like you love cocaine
"Moon at the Window" has the feel of a jazz standard, Joni's voice dipping and swooping into high and low registers, Wayne Shorter's soprano sax flying alongside, Joni's signature harmonies, once again her own backup singer.
Is it possible to learn
How to care and not care
Since love has two faces
Hope and despair
Classic Joni lyrics, but with a cool sound, no angst here.
"This Solid Love" was and always will be about Joni's relationship with bassist and producer Larry Klein (who Joni has always called Klein). It's no small feat to write a happy, celebratory love song that isn't sappy or simplistic.
Love always made me feel so uneasy
I couldn't relax and just be me
More like some strange disease
Than this solid love
She also uses a bit of talk-singing to proclaim their love Un-believable and Hot dog darlin'.
"Underneath the Streetlight" is also a celebration of love. And the closing track is one of the most profound celebrations of love ever written: Corinthians 13. I love the cadences of the King James Bible, and am a huge fan of the poetry of Corinthians; Joni singing them is a rare treat for me. This is not a religious thing; I'm a Jewish atheist. But if you love Shakespeare, you've got to give King James a chance.
The woman whose heartweariness sang Maybe I've never really loved, I guess that is the truth, the woman who growled Love's a repetitious danger, now offers, If I didn't have love, I'd have nothing.
Wild Things Run Fast is a celebration of love in many forms.
Joni and Klein, from inside cover
Along with "Unchained Melody", there's another cover on this album, Leiber and Stoller's "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care". It's a bit of a throwaway track, but it works well with "Solid Love" and "Underneath the Streetlight".
Bad critic comment of the album
There are quite a few to choose from for this album. Although some critics praised Wild Things, most found it too simplistic, too pop, not pop enough, too unstructured, too this, too that.
Richard Cook, writing in NME, finds "nothing of consequence to remark on", pans the "distressingly simple" rock sound, and dismisses Wayne Shorter and certain production values as "a rich woman's indulgence". He damns-with-faint-praise Joni's voice, and sneers at past lyrics: "And there were always her diaries to look through, over and over."
The worst stab of the review, however, is a very low -- and ignorant -- blow: comparing Joni unfavourably to Rickie Lee Jones. Jones at the time was wearing a beret and smoking brown cigarillos, telling the music media how she wasn't influenced by Joni.
The album cover
I really like this album cover. On the front, Joni's given us another self-portrait, in a casual, jaunty pose, but with a serious or neutral expression on her face. She's leaning on a television, which is showing another of her paintings -- a herd of wild horses, running fast. In the same room, used on the back cover, are a pair of women's shoes, black heels that appear hastily kicked-off.
We get two other Joni paintings, too: one of Joni and Klein, which was a study for this painting, "Solid Love". Also on the inside cover, there's another black-and-white study, a little glimpse of Joni the painter at work, or perhaps her mind at work. There's an art book, open to a two-page spread showing Matisse's "La Danse", a wicker chair that looks straight out of Paris, paints and brushes, and a painting of the shoes shown on the back cover.
I love how so many of Joni's paintings include a frame of some type -- a picture frame, the TV, a painting in a painting.
Cacti or stockings?
I think we're done with references to cactus and stockings.
Other musicians on this album
Drums, John Guerin, Vinnie Colaiuta
Bass, Larry Klein
Electric Guitar, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Mike Landau
Prophet Synth, Larry Williams
Soprano Sax, Wayne Shorter
Tenor Sax, Larry Williams
Baritone Sax, Kim Hutchcroft
Oberheim Synth, Russell Ferrante
Percussion, Victor Feldman
Background vocals, Lionel Richie, Charles Valentino, Howard Kinney, James Taylor, John Guerin, Kenny Rankin, Robert De La Garza, Skip Cottrell
Posted by laura k at 10/31/2019 09:43:00 AM
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Success is an Orphan
K. John Morrow, Jr., PhD
An old saying goes, "Success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan."
An old saying goes, "Success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan." A Basel, Switzerland-based biotech company, MondoBiotech AG (www.mondobiotech.com) seeks to turn this cliché on its head with an ingenious approach to developing new therapies for rare diseases.
The company was founded in 2001 in Lugano, Switzerland, on the premise of combining orphan drugs with orphan diseases for the treatment of uncommon and fatal lung conditions. "Orphan" in this sense refers to drugs developed for the treatment of rare diseases, affecting fewer than 5 per 10,000 members of the population. Companies that pursue these maladies are rewarded in both the US and Europe with tax reductions and market exclusivity, according to the United States Orphan Drug Act of 1983 and Regulation EC141 of the European Parliament, published in January 2000. The legislation has proved a success by any measure, with 249 orphan drugs receiving marketing authorization for distribution in the US and Europe in the period from 1983 to 2004, during which the legislation has been in force.
But MondoBiotech has put a different spin on this drug development strategy. According to Dr. Paolo Bassanini, head of communications and marketing, the company's business plan is to screen drugs-from virtual libraries of compounds-for molecules that block the chain of pathology in rare lung diseases. Millions of different chemical substances developed over the years lie fallow, never having qualified for a patentable application.
The company's scientists use computerized screening systems, searching for the right fit, both from the molecular and the business standpoint. Promising candidates are combined as an orphan pair: a disease and an aspirant therapeutic, which now qualifies for patent protection. MondoBiotech then looks for a company with the resources to complete the necessary trials to establish the drug's performance as a viable treatment modality.
The company's most advanced product is Aviptadil, a synthetically produced human peptide (vasoactive intestinal peptide) that has received Orphan Drug Designation for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This is a life-threatening disorder that affects approximately 200,000 people worldwide. In patients with this condition, increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries leads to shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, and ultimately heart failure. Aviptadil is naturally produced by neuronal and endocrine cells, as well as by cells of the immune system. Its function in a variety of diseases is well understood, although it had not previously been entered into drug trials.
Aviptadil is the first drug that the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency are considering for combined, parallel scientific development for PAH. In accordance with its business plan, MondoBiotech has partnered with Biogen Idec (Cambridge, MA, www.biogenidec.com), signing an exclusive collaboration and license agreement for the latter to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Aviptadil. Biogen Idec will be responsible for global manufacturing, clinical development, regulatory approval, and commercialization.
MondoBiotech is also pursuing an orphan drug application for acute respiratory distress syndrome, the rapid onset of progressive malfunction of the lungs usually associated with the malfunction of the other organs. The condition is associated with extensive lung inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the alveoli that leads to low oxygen levels in the lungs. This is the fifth application for Aviptadil and represents a milestone for the company.
The European Orphan Medicinal Product Designation (OMPD) confers numerous benefits to the development of new products, including clinical protocol assistance and, upon marketing authorization, ensures MondoBiotech marketing exclusivity for up to 10 years in the European Union and up to seven years in the US.
It is too early to judge the overall success of MondoBiotech's business model, but it is difficult to find fault with a company that gobbles up the crumbs from the pharmaceutical banquet table, and with only ingenuity as guidance, turns those crumbs into gourmet therapeutic feasts.


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Mass. built schools too large, report says
Enrollment fell in some others
Katherine Craven, School Building Authority executive director, said declining enrollments are expected to persist. (Suzanne Kreiter/ Globe Staff/ File 2010)
By James Vaznis
Globe Staff / May 2, 2011
Nearly a quarter of school buildings across the state are significantly larger than enrollment and educational programs require, raising questions about whether cash-strapped communities should shutter schools or consolidate school districts, according to a state report.
Many of the underutilized schools are clustered in Boston, the Cape, and Western Massachusetts, areas where enrollment has dropped dramatically over the last decade, according to the report by the Massachusetts School Building Authority, a quasipublic agency chaired by Steven Grossman, state treasurer.
In other cases, districts such as Waltham and Fall River built schools that were too big or expanded existing ones too much as they rushed to secure funding from state education officials before oversight switched in 2004 to the newly created building authority. The authority was charged with setting more stringent funding requirements.
The report, released Friday, marks the first time the authority has analyzed the utilization rates of about 1,700 schools in Massachusetts.
The findings follow a decade of the most robust school construction since the 1970s, resulting in nearly 70 million square feet of newly built or renovated schools at a cost of some $7.5 billion to state taxpayers.
The authority decided to examine capacity after visiting some new schools in the last few years and finding enrollment was hundreds of students below projections.
Members of the agency were disturbed by another trend: Some districts struggling with unexpected drops in enrollment and revenue were asking whether they could still receive state reimbursement if they closed a school that had not been paid for. (The answer was a clear no.)
"People thought if you built it, the students would come, but in many cases it never happened,'' said Katherine Craven, the building authority's executive director.
The report, in describing the flurry of approvals from state education officials earlier last decade, put it more bluntly: "Too many of these projects were premature, poorly planned, and predicated on unrealistic enrollment projections.''
The construction boom has enabled more students to attend school in more structurally sound facilities. About 40 percent of the square footage was built or renovated in the past decade.
The building authority deemed only 23 schools across the state to be in poor condition, down from 62 in 2005.
Independent design and engineering professionals hired by the building authority gathered data for the report during the last school year, visiting schools across the state.
The report paints a picture of the state's schools either flush with space or with adequate room for current enrollment and programs.
The days of the overcrowded schoolhouse, which since the 1990s often made for colorful tales at town meetings, appear to be gone.
Space shortages now plague less than 8 percent of the state's schools, including several in Auburn, Newton, North Andover, and Westwood.
The findings arrive as Governor Deval Patrick, state education officials, and several legislators attempt to prod dozens of small school districts with declining enrollments into consolidation, a controversial idea that goes against the New England tradition of local control.
The two-year effort has yielded just a handful of new regional school districts, all in Eastern Massachusetts, where many state leaders see the greatest need for consolidation.
A legislative commission on district consolidation is planning upcoming public forums on the issue.
"We hope this report becomes a valuable tool in giving communities the incentive to have this discussion,'' said Grossman, noting the conversations can be difficult. "The towns of Harwich and Chatham came to an agreement [on regionalization] that's moving forward. These things take time.''
Glenn Koocher, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, cautioned against using the report to compel districts to consolidate or to shutter schools.
"Just because a school has excess capacity doesn't mean it's not economically viable,'' Koocher said. "It's easy for someone in Boston to say a school in the Berkshires needs to close, but it's a hassle for the children who would have to spend an hour to get to school every day.''
The building authority, in developing a matrix to determine adequate building usage, relied heavily on the number of students per square foot and per classroom.
But it also included other factors, such as the presence of modular classrooms or the number of lunch periods required to feed all students.
The analysis found that about 1,300 classrooms, roughly the equivalent of 19 school buildings, were not being used for instruction and were instead serving as storage rooms, administrative offices, community programs, or other purposes.
The surplus has emerged as statewide enrollment in recent years has been dropping, as a boomlet of students who once sapped school space graduate from high school.
Declining enrollments are expected into the foreseeable future, with the exception of a handful of districts where enrollments are climbing, Craven said.
Some districts have been responding, closing about 40 schools in the last five years.
In Boston, the School Committee voted in December, in an emotionally charged meeting that drew hundreds of parents, students, and teachers, to close or merge about 18 schools in an attempt to shrink excess capacity and the district's operating budget.
But the vote may not fully remedy the abundance of space among the city's 134 schools. The report found about 30 schools were underutilized, while nearly all of the rest were adequately sized for enrollment and programs.
Ann Waterman Roy, director of strategic planning for the Boston public schools, acknowledged the district will continue to have excess capacity after the school closings and mergers go into effect in June, but she added the report mischaracterizes some schools.
For instance, she pointed out that the Boston Teachers Union School, Young Achievers, and the Mary Lyon Upper School — all listed as underutilized — are in the process of adding grade levels, leaving some classrooms empty until the schools are in full operation.
She also noted that the district needs a buffer to accommodate unexpected spikes in enrollment.
The district, where enrollment has plummeted over the last decade, has seen an uptick of several hundred students this year, and Mayor Thomas M. Menino is calling for a sizable expansion of full-day preschool.
All the while, though, the city is bracing for the potential loss of thousands of students to new charter schools that will be opening in the next few years.
"As precise as we try to be, you can't predict everything,'' said Waterman Roy, who briefly reviewed the report Friday. "I don't want to be at 100 percent capacity because you could easily get into an overutilization situation, causing you to squeeze students in every corner.''
James Vaznis can be reached at jvaznis@globe.com.
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The Coen brothers named co-presidents of this year's Cannes jury
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The Wrap reports that Joel and Ethan Coen will serve as the presidents of the jury for the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 13 to May 24. This is the first time that the jury has had two presidents, which is just the sort of twist one would expect from the maverick filmmakers. The Coens are no strangers to Cannes, having screened nine films there since 1987. They also won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink, the Best Director award for Fargo and The Man Who Wasn't There, and the Grand Prix for Inside Llewyn Davis.
Upon the announcement of the news, Presidents-elect Coen issued the following statement: "Presiding over the jury is a special honor, since we have never heretofore been president of anything." They then added, "We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time."


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Prestigious Tel Aviv University. Think Tank: Gaza Retreat Will Increase Terror – Disadvantages Outweigh Benefits
New York — The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University has issued a report, 'The Effects of Disengagement on Palestinian Politics and Society,' that predicts that the implementation of the Gaza/Northern Samaria withdrawal/expulsion plan will lead to an eruption of Palestinian terrorism in Judea/Samaria and create conditions of political, social and economic chaos among Palestinians.
The report, drafted by Mark Heller, an expert on the Palestinians, and Shalom Harari, a former advisor on Palestinian affairs in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, also predicts that the Palestinian Authority will fail to maintain law and order in Gaza and that a land grab for Jewish property and the enlargement of the armed forces of the terrorist movement Hamas will follow (Jerusalem Post, August 13). In fact, Arieh O'Sullivan in the Jerusalem Post said, "The bottom line in the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies paper is that the disadvantages and risks of the disengagement outweigh the benefits."
The report issued by the Jaffee Center accords with the views of many senior military, intelligence and political leaders in Israel, who have predicted that the Gaza/Northern Samaria withdrawal/expulsion plan will lead to more terrorism, not less. They believe a mini-Hamas/al Qaeda terrorist state will evolve and Palestinian terrorists will feel emboldened to intensify their attacks upon Israel.
Heller and Harari conclude that, "After the disengagement, terrorism's center of gravity will shift to the West Bank and target the settlements, while Gaza will serve as a rear echelon and support base for this activity." The Jaffee Center also predicted that without public order and transparency, the $3 billion in announced global aid for reconstructing Gaza risks disappearing like the billions in aid given to the Palestinian Authority before 2000.
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, "It is puzzling that this report was not released until the very day the plan was finally to be implemented, especially when its findings are so devastating. Nevertheless, the Jaffee Center report is but the latest indication coming from informed experts who are left of center that this withdrawal/expulsion plan is not going to be a step on the road to peace but a step on the road to more terrorism and bloodshed.
"They join other left-wing leaders and commentators deeply concerned about this plan, such as former Labor Justice Minister and current Yahad/Meretz leader Yossi Beilin, former Labor Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami and leading Ha'aretz columnist Danny Rubenstein. Leading political leaders who believe that this plan will lead to disaster include former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Moshe Arens, former ministers Benny Begin, Benny Elon, Uzi Landau and Natan Sharansky, and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin.
"Outgoing Chief of the Israel Defense Forces Moshe Ya'alon recently stated that this Gaza plan was decided by Sharon without consultation with anyone in the top echelon of the military establishment. Ya'alon said Sharon returned from meetings with President Bush in the United States and presented this plan as a fait accompli.
"The findings of the Jaffee Center accord with what numerous senior Israeli military and intelligence figures have been saying: that this withdrawal/expulsion plan will lead to increased terrorism and not secure Israeli interests. These include the current General Security Service Chief, Yuval Diskin, former General Security Service Chief Ami Ayalon, former Air Force Commander Gen. Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Uzi Dayan, former IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. Shlomo Gazit, former Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Ya'acov Amidror, and former Mossad heads Ephraim Halevy and Shabtai Shavit.
"It is deeply troubling that PM Sharon apparently ignored such a wide variety of informed opinion and decided to proceed with this plan regardless."


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How to speak Comics 101 - Part 2
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Comics have a language of their own which has become almost universal, and just about everyone on Earth knows Kaboom! Whoosh! or Bang! Some other terms aren't as accessible though, so here's a handy guide on how to speak comic book. For part I head here.
COMIC CREATORS
Most professional comics are created by entire teams of artists who divide the comic creation process. Simplest to understand would be the writer, who writes the actual comic script, and the penciller who does the initial art. From this point on, it would still need inking, colour work and lettering, so what exactly do these other people do?
Inkers aren't tracers as is popularly believed, but in fact a good inker will enhance any penciller's work by completing the pencils, adding line weight and sometimes a tighter finish on the pencil lines. The colourist adds more than just colour, but further improves the story by adding mood, tone and atmosphere as well as any special lighting effects. The letterer adds speech balloons (dialogue boxes) and sound effects as well as caption or explanation boxes, either by hand or using a computer.
Continuity refers to the history of comic book characters and the universes they inhabit, and is the biggest bone of contention within comic book circles and the one thing that splits the comic book dabbler from the diehard fan. It tracks the first appearance, powers, adventures and lives of individual characters in order to ensure that there is a level of consistency within stories and to avoid contradictions or discrepancies in new tales. Writers must adhere to characters' continuity, or at least have a good explanation to deflate possible uproar from fans.
The term came into use to explain any single narrative, book length, self-contained story, done in the comic book medium usually published on an independent schedule. This was used mainly to distinguish it from the monthly never-ending comics produced by companies like DC and Marvel.
Graphic Novel has become a kind of collective noun for any longer format story put together as a square bound book with a spine and is often confused with a Trade Paperback (TPB, see below). Therefore, it is also often referred to as an OGN (original graphic novel) to indicate that it contains completely new material. Art Speigelman's Maus is arguably the most well-known graphic novel.
Monthly comics are often collected together to tell a complete story, so a story that spans six monthly issues might be put in one book and bound together in a similar format to graphic novels. Trade paperbacks can also collect different stories unified by theme, in an anthology format.
In the 1990s there was an international comic book speculator boom. Non-comic fans realised that real money could be made from buying and storing comics to be sold decades down the line and would buy multiple issues of the same comic book. Realising that they had been handed a license to print money, comic book companies in the US immediately started printing comic books with multiple covers.
The books would contain the same story within, but would have covers drawn by different prominent artists to mark "important events" within the comic. Eventually the speculator market disappeared, but in recent times variant covers are making a comeback, with especially Comic Convention Exclusives being highly sought collector's items.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 is $200 cheaper than the S20 — Here is what you give up
By Sean Riley
Samsung's $200 price cut on the Galaxy S21 forced tradeoffs
The Samsung Galaxy S21 announcement held few surprises for those who've been paying attention to our coverage of leaks and rumors. But one detail that remained uncertain heading into the launch was the price.
There were a number of credible rumors suggesting that some kind of price drop was coming. However, it still came as a surprise when Samsung announced it was slashing Galaxy S21 prices by $200 across the board. While it would be nice to assume that Samsung did that out of the kindness of its heart, that's simply not reality.
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Here's a look at what Galaxy S21 buyers are giving up in exchange for that $200.
No charger in the box
You'll notice the first change about the Galaxy S21 before you even take out the phone. That is, the charger is gone from the box (as was rumored). Despite taking Apple to task for the same move just a few months ago, Samsung has followed suit and includes just the phone and a USB Type-C-to-USB Type-C cable.
This isn't a surprise, particularly in light of the steep price drop, but it's still a bit disappointing. While Android users are more likely to have a USB Type-C charger around, it's now a given. If you want to take advantage of the full fast charging of the Galaxy S21, you'll need a 25W charger. Samsung is now offering its own 25W charger for $20 rather than its typical $35 which, coupled with the price drop on the phones, definitely takes some sting out of the omission.
Plastic back versus glass
This applies to the standard Galaxy S21 alone, but the premium glass back of the Galaxy S20 has been traded in for a plastic back like the Galaxy S20 FE. This is a change that I imagine will elicit responses ranging from "Who on earth cares?" to "I will never buy a plastic phone!" I fall closer to the former camp, but I do understand the latter position.
At $799, you are still very much in the realm of flagships with the iPhone 12, so it's frustrating to feel corners were cut on the build quality of your premium phone. My arguments for why it doesn't particularly matter is that you are probably going to put a case on it anyway and that it is still both durable (perhaps more so actually) and feels fine in your hand.
Ultimately, if you can't live with it, you can upgrade to the Galaxy S21 Plus, which will get you a glass back along with a much larger battery.
Lower display resolution
The Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus both lose the WQHD+ (1440 x 3200) resolution of their predecessors and drop to FHD+ (1080 x 2400) resolution. Once again, there is likely to be a serious divide on the responses to this decision with some users loving the high-resolution pixel peeping and others either not caring or preferring the lower resolution.
Samsung points to the majority of users sticking to FHD+ on the Galaxy S20 models last year (a requirement if you wanted to enjoy the 120Hz refresh rate) as evidence that this isn't a big loss for most. I think Samsung is correct in this case. However, it's worth noting these phones were in development before Samsung could have really had the data to back that up.
It isn't all bad news on the display front; you are no longer locked to a 120Hz refresh rate. Both the Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus now offer adaptive refresh rates from 48Hz up to 120Hz depending on the content on your screen. This should give a solid boost to battery life without sacrificing display performance.
No microSD card slot
I can't picture an argument in favor of this one, and I'm not sold on the notion that it can represent a significant cost saving for Samsung, so this is the first trade-off that just feels like a potential method to upsell users to a higher storage tier.
Samsung at least starts at 128GB versus 64GB for the iPhone 12, so that should be sufficient for the majority of users who don't take an abundance of photos and video, but the microSD card slot was always a nice option to have with Samsung. Particularly as microSD prices have dropped in recent years, knowing you could give your smartphone a new lease on life by dropping in a 256GB or 512GB card for $30 to $60 was a comforting thought.
Reduced RAM
The Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus both feature 8GB of RAM, down from 12GB in the Galaxy S20. Again, there's no way for Samsung to spin this as a positive; the best case you could make is that 12GB was unnecessary and that Android is sufficiently optimized to get by on 8GB just fine.
There is probably some validity to that argument as we've seen plenty of Android smartphones that performed well with 8GB and, of course, the standard iPhone 12 has only half of that. But backsliding on a spec is never going to feel great. The proof will come when we get our hands on the phone and seeing how it handles multitasking and other jobs that are dependent on available RAM.
No Magnetic Stripe Technology (MST) support
If you are wondering what on earth MST support is, then you probably won't miss this one, but for fans, it is a big loss. This was the feature that allowed Samsung Pay users to pay with their smartphones at any standard magnetic stripe payment terminal. Particularly in the US where the adoption of NFC payment terminals has been slow and inconsistent, this feature offered peace of mind that your digital payment method would work virtually anywhere you went.
NFC adoption has picked up considerably over the last year or two, but there's no way to categorize this as anything other than a loss; it was a clear-cut advantage over its competitors that is now gone.
So, taking all of these changes into consideration, have Galaxy S21 buyers given up too much in exchange for that $200 price drop? I don't believe so. Many of these sacrifices will not be felt in any meaningful way by the vast majority of Galaxy S21 buyers, and that's precisely what Samsung is banking on.
I have no doubt there are vocal Galaxy S fans that will disagree vehemently with that position, but the reality is that this smartphone is designed to appeal to the broadest audience possible and none of these changes impact that audience. Most people don't use microSD card slots, make payments using MST, change their default resolution or care about their phone's construction beyond its durability. RAM is the one downgrade that could come back to bite them, but we don't know how much of a problem that will be.
If you fall into the camp that hates all of these changes, you basically have two options. One is to pick up one of the Galaxy S20 models, which are substantially discounted at this point. If you get the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 Plus, with the exception of the redesign and the Snapdragon 888 processor, you are actually gaining features by purchasing the older models.
The second option is to go with the Galaxy S21 Ultra. You still lose microSD, MST support and a charger, but you are gaining a dramatically improved camera system along with the Snapdragon 888 chipset while retaining the same RAM as last year and the durable Gorilla Glass Victus.
In the end, I think Samsung made the right decision with the Galaxy S21 as the savings outweigh the losses for most buyers.
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Sean Riley
Sean Riley has been covering tech professionally for over a decade now. Most of that time was as a freelancer covering varied topics including phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, AR, VR, mobile payments, fintech, and more. Sean is the resident mobile expert at Laptop Mag, specializing in phones and wearables, you'll find plenty of news, reviews, how-to, and opinion pieces on these subjects from him here. But Laptop Mag has also proven a perfect fit for that broad range of interests with reviews and news on the latest laptops, VR games, and computer accessories along with coverage on everything from NFTs to cybersecurity and more.
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