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Crowdfunding journalism: A new financing model for freelancers?

Toronto-based freelance reporter Naheed Mustafa always paid her own way when she reported from abroad. But that meant that about 70 percent to 80 percent of what she earned went straight toward paying for the costs of traveling. Most news...

source: PBS MediaShift
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Toronto-based freelance reporter Naheed Mustafa always paid her own way when she reported from abroad. But that meant that about 70 percent to 80 percent of what she earned went straight toward paying for the costs of traveling. Most news...

source: PBS MediaShift

Write the story you'd most want to read. Don't write a story just because you think it might be a bestseller or that it would make Great Aunt Edna proud. Think about the books you love, the ones you really lose yourself in. If those are mysteries, then don't try to write...

source: Writer's Digest

Can you self-publish a movie? When releasing Upstream Color this month, director and writer Shane Carruth opted to to take the DIY distribution route. The film opened in theaters in 20 markets around the country, followed by a wide range...

source: GalleyCat

Author and Rock Plaza Central musician Chris Eaton traveled far beyond writers to find blurbs for his new book, Chris Eaton, a Biography. In today's edition of the Morning Media Menu, Eaton shared advice for making a genuine appeal to a writer, artist or musician when searching...

source: GalleyCat

Penguin officials, along with Attorneys General for 33 states and the consumer class, announced this morning that they have finally settled their outstanding e-book price-fixing charges — for a hefty $75 million. As with the Department...

source: Publishers Weekly

Kindle Worlds will allow fans to create new works based on copyright characters and sell them in the Kindle store under a broad licensing agreement that will pay both the fans and the copyright holders, who are called World Licensors under the Kindle World agreements.

source: Publishers Weekly

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