Business

RT @strategyzer Organizations need to know how prepared they are to support and nurture innovation. We’ve iterated on our Innovation Readiness Assessment Tool to include some of our latest insights.

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Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool

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Pinstagram? Instagram code reveals Public Collections feature

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Amazon federal taxes: how the company’s corporate tax bill was $0

The mystery of stock-based compensation.

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Technology

Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

Via @techreview More and more security holes are appearing in cryptocurrency and smart contract platforms, and some are fundamental to the way they were built.

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Acing the algorithmic beat, journalism’s next frontier

RT @nycmedialab “Algorithms are opinions embedded in code.”-Cathy O’Neil. Journalists must do algorithmic transparency reporting per @NiemanLab. Instead of following the money, they’re following the code

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Publishing

Amazon Reportedly Has Lord of the Rings Writers in a Locked Office With a Guard and Fingerprint Scanner

Amazon has a lot riding on its secretive, $250 million deal with The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate, publisher HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema to produce a streaming show in the franchise’s Middle-Earth setting, with expectations that the budget could cross one billion dollars.

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Hearst Magazines Acquires Clevver Following Defy Media Shutdown

Clevver has found a new home following the fall shutdown of owner Defy Media. Hearst Magazines is acquiring the pop culture news brand, a company spokeswoman confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. The deal will combine Clevver’s YouTube audience of over 15 million subscribers with the magazine publisher’s digital business, which has an audience of around 128 million users each month.

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Medium is launching four of its own subscription publications – with more to come

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‘Harry Potter’ Spanish Audiobooks Will Finally Be Available This Year — And They’re Performed By Carlos Ponce

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Opportunities

#DVpit critique giveaways start tues!!

the full lineup & instructions will post at https://t.co/L0Zk5oMir9 Monday 12PM ET. Then giveaways will run as follows, all 12PM ET: tues 2/26: childrens wed 2/27: YA thur 2/28: adult fri 3/1: all entries close

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Calling NYC Picture Book Authors

RT @Sj_Fennell “Hey! Picture book authors in NYC. Would you be interested in doing a storytime event in the Bronx this Spring? If so, can you please email me at Bronxbookfest at gmail. Working on a cool project & would love to have you all read! Books can be available for purchase too! 🙏🏽”

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Apsara Naomi Perera on Twitter

RT @apsaragus From now through March 31, for every shelfie (selfie with a book or bookshelf) posted to Twitter or Instagram with #MagicOfStorytelling, @disney and @abcbeinspired will donate 1 book up to 1 MILLION books to @FirstBook📚

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Women Who Quant 2019

RT @women2 In collaboration w/ WorldQuant, the Women Who Quant competition hopes to increase the opportunities for women in quant finance — self-paced, virtual & the chance to compete for up to $5000.

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Immersive Media Design & Children Workshop

RT @CooneyCenter Interested in the design of immersive media (AR, VR, MR, XR) for children? Apply to participate in our workshop on Immersive Media Design & Children at the 2019 @IDC_ACM conference in Boise, Idaho! Deadline April 5.

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The FoST Story Arcade

Feb 23 – Mar 24 in NYC: @FoSTorg pop-up featuring eight incredible exhibits and showcasing the latest emerging technologies (VR, AR, AI, haptics, robotics, 360 video, and more), the Story Arcade brings together the best examples of next-generation storytelling!

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