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Publishing

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Culture War

'No Book Deals for Traitors'

Publishing in the post-Trump era is going to involve a lot of score-settling.

Kat Rosenfield | 1.21.2021 12:38 PM

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Publishing

Reason Has Been Nominated for 10 'Maggie' Awards

Finalists include "What to Know Before You Pay for Sex" and a Reason documentary about San Francisco's insane housing regulations.

Mike Riggs | 3.12.2019 3:35 PM

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Sex

The Backpage Scandal Isn't What You Think

How indie media entrepreneurs James Larkin and Michael Lacey became the targets of a federal witchhunt.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.15.2018 6:00 AM

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Publishing

Adam Parfrey, RIP

The Feral House publisher exposes American minds to wide variety of fascinating and often disturbing culture.

Brian Doherty | 5.11.2018 3:25 PM

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Censorship

'Sensitivity Readers' Are the New Thought Police, And They Threaten More Than Novelists

Nobody calls himself a censor anymore in the 21st century. We've got better words for it.

Nick Gillespie | 12.28.2017 10:15 AM

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Journalism

The Death of the Alt-Weekly As Told By An Industry Lifer

Gustavo Arellano | 11.4.2017 7:00 AM

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Web & Blogs

Actors Guild Fights to Make Outing Entertainers' Ages a Crime

SAG-AFTRA and the State of California claim websites like IMDb have a proactive duty to help actors hide their ages from casting directors.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.6.2017 9:25 AM

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Publishing

First Amendment Lawyers Ask New Calif. Attorney General to Drop 'Abusive' Crusade Against Backpage and User-Info Dragnet

A subpoena calls for copies of all Backpage ads posted over several years, all billing records, and the identities of all of the website's users.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.16.2017 8:15 AM

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Sex Trafficking

Backpage Backed Into Corner Over Adult Ads. Is Government's Goal a Goodbye to Sex Trafficking, or Free Speech?

As Congress puts Backpage on trial, Section 230 is the big fish in this barrel of red herrings.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.13.2017 7:15 AM

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Political Correctness

Outrage Over Children's Book Parody Will Simply Feed Culture War Further

The cure for bad speech is more speech. The cure for bad jokes is … maybe better jokes?

Scott Shackford | 12.6.2016 12:30 PM

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Turkey

Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cover Lands Turkish Journalists in Prison

Just yesterday, Turkey's PM had promised to include the "principle of secularism" in new constitution.

Anthony Fisher | 4.28.2016 1:11 PM

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Science

Stunning Rejection of Scientific Values of Transparency and Skepticism at New England Journal of Medicine

Outside researchers might "even use the data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited."

Ronald Bailey | 1.22.2016 11:38 AM

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Science

Broken Science

What happens when cancer doctors, psychologists, and drug developers can't rely on each other's research?

Ronald Bailey | 1.19.2016 6:00 AM

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Publishing

Google Books' Scanning of Copyrighted Work Indeed Legal, Appeals Court Confirms

Likely outcome: better for scholars, readers, writers, even publishers.

Brian Doherty | 10.16.2015 2:04 PM

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Libertarian Moment

Thanks for the Mammaries, Playboy!

Venerable skin mag drops nudity in favor of "expanded coverage of liquor," PG-13 thrills.

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2015 9:36 AM

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Amazon

Why Is the Authors Guild Supporting Publishers Against Amazon—And More Than It Supports Authors?

Because guilds don't like competition.

Brian Doherty | 7.31.2015 9:37 PM

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Backpage

Judge Grants Backpage.com Temporary Restraining Order Against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart

"It appears that an oft-used tool for identifying lawbreakers will be lost if Backpage were to fold," writes federal judge.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.25.2015 9:50 AM

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Money

Quartz Blasts Freelance Economy, Blames Evil Corporations, Doesn't Pay Writer

Atlantic Media pub runs unpaid work critiquing unpaid work.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.9.2015 12:15 PM

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Advertising

Sex-Trafficking Victims Hurt Most by Senator's Crusade Against Classified Ads

Closing sites like Backpage.com puts trafficking victims at even more risk.

Noah Berlatsky | 3.14.2015 10:00 AM

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Millennials

Search Engines Trump Traditional Media as Most-Trusted by Millennials

In Google News we trust.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.20.2015 11:25 AM

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Heaven

No Proof of Heaven After All: Boy Recants Story

"I did not die. I did not go to Heaven," admits Alex Malarkey.

Ronald Bailey | 1.16.2015 12:38 PM

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