At Philadelphia’s PLA Conference, the common thread among speakers was the new media landscape

Privacy, as we once knew it, was sold down the digital river a long while ago, says author B.J. Mendelson

“You can debate policies and issues… but those debates have to be based on common facts and truth” Sally Yates told the Public Library Association conference this week

The world’s largest music streaming platform is also a search engine and a video platform – YouTube. The Alphabet-owned company, which Google acquired in 2006, holds a 25% share of the streaming music market.

"Librarians may believe that you don’t censor, that you don’t pull from your shelves controversial works—but does that extend to a controversial author? In the end, Sherman Alexie made the decision for them."

“I can tell you that the YouTube decision impacted my career, and where I am today. I needed all that encouragement and excitement from my fans to continue this journey.”

Until recently, a New York Times editor admits, the paper ‘had no sense of how to make sense to someone who comes to our book coverage on a phone.’

Studies show 60% of the scholarly publishing workforce is female, over 85% is white, and 60% of the leadership is male… The WE Survey hopes to gain some insight into why.

In the forthcoming PW issue, Andrew Albanese interviews Parkland (Florida) Public library director Joe Green. “We talked about how you never think this is going to happen in your community, especially not in a community like Parkland.”

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