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On September 11th, 2008, I received an email from Matt Holt at John Wiley and Sons Publishing. Matt asked me if I would write the definitive guide on Twitter for business. And he wanted me to write it FAST. As in, we have to have the manuscript in a couple months so we can release it by February of 2009. Wow, that IS fast!

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1UP reports that Japan-based Namco Bandai is opening a new game development and publishing studio called Surge, which is specifically intended to appeal to Western sensibilities. The first Surge...

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I'm having some problem publishing blog articles. I wrote something up at 5 today, and it hasn't published. Someone kick the server again for me.

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Despite all the horrendous stories of newspaper layoffs, near bankruptcies, and even "bailout plans for journalists," there's some silver lining in the media world: blogging is blooming into a profitable financial and publishing enterprise for at least a few. The Huffington Post just landed $25 million of new funding, and now has a valuation of $100 million. And TPM Media, founded by...

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You may have already heard that the upcoming Dreamworks movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens," will be getting a game tie-in and that Activision holds the publishing rights. If not, who can blame you? News on this front has been pretty scarce since they announced the project back in 2007. A recent press release by Activision European Publishing can give us some fresh information, though. The plot...

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Namco Bandai has formed a new studio and publishing label called Surge dedicated to "providing cutting-edge, genre-defining games that are targeted at satiating the appetite of western gamers. Surge will deliver quality interactive entertainment across a wide assortment of categories and platforms." Okay then. So Surge will publish all the awesome games while regular Namco Bandai publishes.

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We?ve got a new studio and publishing label in town, thanks to Namco Bandai. Introduced today via press wire is the new label Surge, said to be ?dedicated to providing cutting-edge games that are targeted at satiating the appetite of western gamers.? Andrew Lelchuk, Namco Bandai Games America?s executive vice president for sales and marketing said, Surge [...]

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[ Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register ] We've got a new studio and publishing label in town, thanks to [ Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register ] . Introduced today via press wire is the new label [ Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register ] , said to be "dedicated to providing cutting-edge games that are targeted at satiating...

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Sweet Christmas! While I was busy worrying about publishing, Hollywood ate itself today : Defamer report s that MTV and Paramount have laid off hundreds of employees, over a thousand people were fired at Viacom and NBC, and there have been cuts at The Hollywood Reporter and People Magazine . Dear God, not People ! (And if you're wondering why the last three posts on Slog are exclusively by...

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As the struggling Britsoft company?s future hangs in the balance, publishing giants move in on development assets Read More ???????????????????- Video Game Watchdog Featured links : PS3 Game Wiki PS3 Trophy Leaderboard

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We've got a new studio and publishing label in town, thanks to Namco Bandai . Introduced today via press wire is the new label Surge , said to be "dedicated to providing cutting-edge games that are targeted at satiating the appetite of western gamers." Andrew Lelchuk, Namco Bandai Games America's executive vice president for sales and marketing said, Surge presents a significant milestone...

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In response to my recent posts about the decline of big publishing, Slog tipper Clinton argues: "Well, if this is all they can come up with...." If you don't want to follow the link, the "this" links to a book published by HarperCollins on November 25th of this year called How to Talk to Girls , by Alec Greven. This is how HarperCollins describes the book: Are you smart enough to take over...

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The great value of book tokensThey made a real difference to Britain's literary culture, and it would be a terrible shame if they got forgotten in the age of AmazonIn 1932. three years before kicked off the paperback revolution, a quieter - though no less radical - publishing phenomenon took place. Publisher Harold Raymond launched the world's first book token. It was a scheme that would...

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Matthew Tait and David Gilbert are now Co-Administrators at Pinnacle Entertainment, a software distributor and publishing arm. This includes the trading company, Windsong Holdings. After reviewing the business, they gave the sack to no less than 94 workers with staff totaling around 350. They're currently unsure if it will continue to operate around Christmas.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: eigoMANGA Announces The Release Of SAKURA PAKK VERSUS RUMBLE PAK Manga Graphic Novel SAN FRANCISCO, CA ? Comic book publishing studio eigoMANGA (http://www.eigomanga.com), has announced the upcoming release of a special graphic novel publication ? Sakura Pakk Versus Rumble Pak Graphic Novel ? for the first time features a [...]

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... for £1.95 million, a record for a modern literary manuscript. The author changed her mind about publishing it more widely earlier this year, she said, because ?there was quite a lot of high feeling from Harry Potter fans that only someone who had £2 million could afford to read the book. ?I thought ?Fair point?, so I thought I?ll publish it and then the charity can have that money...

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Neotrope, an entertainment publishing company, has announced a free news feed plug-in for WordPress, the blog and CMS application. The plug-in allows a business site, content portal, or blogger running WordPress to ntegrate custom news content by topics like business, computing, entertainment, medical, or travel; and micro-topics like books, or music. News content is powered by Send2Press...

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Following up from last week's list of blogging councillors , a quick look at what Local Parliamentarians ' are doing in the way of using the Inter Tubes (in no particular order): Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgewater) - blogging about SouthWest One David Heathcote-Amory (Wells) - publishing press releases John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare) - MP website of the month Dec 2005 Liam Fox (Woodspring)

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Namco Bandai Games America, whose parent company resides in Japan, has announced the new "Surge" studio and publishing label that's intended to more closely relate to Western audiences. The company said on Thursday that the upcoming title Afro Samurai will be the first game to wear the new label when it launches in late January 2009. Other Surge IPs will follow in the year to come. read...

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... another memo, which . Instead of the ("a plan for our future that aligns existing strengths and publishing affinities and fosters teamwork throughout the company") which translated into "we killed two of our divisions and shuffled a lot of imprints around; maybe people will lose their jobs also," this memo is more of an OMG! type affair.

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