HT @DeadTreeEdition “The combination of Quad and LSC—the two most significant magazine, catalog, and book printers in the United States—threatens to increase prices, reduce quality, and limit availability of printed material that millions of Americans rely on to receive and disseminate information and ideas,” reads the first paragraph of Justice’s complaint. The move is counter to Justice’s usual laissez faire approach to mergers in the printing industry, which it had previously viewed as highly fragmented and therefore not subject to antitrust regulations. (There’s No Such Thing as a Printing Industry explains that, in fact, printing is a collection of disparate marketplaces.)

ICYMI @MikeShatzkin’s take on the Barnes & Noble sale

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RT @nycmedialab Yahoo News XR Partner Program will “transform [it] into the world’s largest aggregator of premium content and immersive journalism.” Initial partners: USA Today, Reuters, AP, TIME. Yahoo News will be distributing, measuring, and monetizing XR content. XR monetization will be avail to partners via Verizon’s RYOT AR ads SDK.

Not a new article, but important. By @dorieclark. In one study, 97% of leaders say their strategic behavior is vital to organizational success. But in another, 96% say they lack time for strategic thinking. So you need to make it.

This doesn’t make any sense to me. -> The University of Houston got a big win this week when a state appeals court agreed to reverse a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Houston photographer to sue the university for using an aerial photograph the university used to promote its business school.

RT @danielaperdomo After 4 rounds of VC, I ran my own data analysis to see if my experience is unique. Women founders in female-focused sectors raise equitable VC, but women in non-female sectors raise 54% less than their fair share. In deep-tech, women raise up to 75% less!

RT  @marcelalandres Literary Agents of Color, an online directory devoted to listing and supporting literary agents of color in the publishing industry.

RT @naomikennedy Hello #eprdctn friends! I have a job available on my dev team! Come help me make tools to make ebooks (note: no actual ebooks are produced by my team, this is a dev position not a production one)

RT @ITooArts #Highschool #Writers Don’t forget, a few spots available for our Summer #LangstonHughes Institute for #YoungWriters this July! Week-long workshop with free breakfast/lunch + metrocards lead by the always energetic @AIRTUBMAN happens July 8th! Register: