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Media literacy: How to read a news story like an editor, in four checks
Editors read for named sources, attribution, corrections, and the line between reporting and argument. A practical guide to reading news the way a desk does.
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Publishing industry: How independent bookstores survive on margins of just a few points
Most independent bookstores run on net operating margins of 0% to 4%. Curation, events, and sidelines — not book sales — keep the doors open.
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How to read earnings reports without a finance degree
Revenue by source, operating profit, then guidance: the three-line read. The NYT's second-quarter 2026 numbers, 13.35 million subscribers and $9.94 ARPU, show each line at work.
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Media News Group and the chain newspaper business, explained
How a holding company running dozens of local titles actually works, and what the trade-offs look like from the newsroom side.
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Publishing a children's book — How to publish a children's book: agents, formats, and costs
Publishing a children's book usually means agent first, publisher second. The routes, the formats, the costs, and what Wonderbly's 8-million-book run proves.
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Creators spotify — How streaming pays: what music creators earn on Spotify
Spotify's payout machine explained: streamshare, recording and publishing royalties, why no per-stream rate exists, and what the 2025 payout numbers show.
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Digital rights: What creators actually sign away when they post online
A plain-language guide to licensing, platform terms of service, and the digital rights writers and artists keep — or hand over — with every upload.
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Publishing a book on Amazon: the setup, pricing and metadata decisions that matter
KDP is free to use and pays up to 70% on ebooks — but the royalty you get depends on choices you make before you hit publish.
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How book cover design shapes what you read before you open the book
Covers are the publishing industry's shortest pitch: a genre signal, a price promise, and a shelf test, all in one glance.
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Digital footprint: The hidden energy cost of digital life, minus the myths
Data centers, streaming and storage all consume real power. Separating what is measured from what is guessed is the useful part.