Month: July 2023

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is starting its own publishing company: 8th Note Press. It’s already reached out to some authors, mostly self-published romance authors, looking to buy the rights to distribute their books. The appeal for authors looks to be less about the advance and more the marketing services ByteDance offers. One romance
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July 3rd has a full moon, and with it comes “So Much,” a new song from Peter Gabriel’s upcoming album, i/o. Listen to the track below. Written and produced by Gabriel himself, “So Much” features a string arrangement from John Metcalfe, while Tony Levin plays bass, David Rhodes contributes guitar, and Gabriel’s daughter, Melanie, sings backing
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We all probably know by now, due to Portland’s well-advertised slogan “stay weird,” that any punk band from the indie crochet and vegan stripclub Mecca isn’t going to just be straight up and down punk. In fact, in their debut album Frantic Hearts, experimento-punk group Summer Houses have more in common compositionally and sound-wise with
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The energy regulator has threatened action against household suppliers if they put investors before hard-pressed households. Ofgem’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley warned that financial practices seen before the energy crisis would not be tolerated. New rules were brought in last November to bolster the resilience of business models after the collapse of more than 20
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In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Skype is not what it was. You may or may not have noticed. The voice, video and messaging app became a hit in the 2000s by letting people talk with friends and family members without paying long-distance fees. In 2005 eBay bought it. That deal
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Sue Gray broke the Civil Service code by discussing a job with Labour, a Cabinet Office investigation has concluded. In a written ministerial statement, Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quinn said the “undeclared contact” between her and the party constituted a breach. “The rules and guidance that govern the conduct of civil servants are clear and
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