We don't have a main segment today, there is TOO MUCH NEWS.
The FBI says that they've captured the Spine Collector, and we are not able to contain ourselves. We cover all the news that's happened since we last sat down, and we celebrate some amazing women in publishing.
Links for today's news:
Denzel in Macbeth trailer: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/tragedy-of-macbeth-new-trailer-denzel-washington-1234681529/
Prison libraries have a long history of significance, and one campaigner plans to say the quiet part out loud with new expanded ones: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/07/malcolm-x-former-prison-cell-becomes-first-of-1000-planned-freedom-libraries-
Overdrive puns here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88220-overdrive-reports-more-than-half-a-billion-digital-library-loans-in-2021.html
MD and NY libraries taking a stand against draconian ebook publishers: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88092-aap-sues-to-block-maryland-new-york-library-e-book-laws.html
Hearing set for February: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88186-hearing-set-in-aap-suit-over-maryland-e-book-law-as-clock-ticks-on-new-york-bill.html
The other side of the free speech coin: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/25/us-libraries-report-spike-in-organised-attempts-to-ban-books-in-schools
More on book banning: the coalition against censorship has released a statement: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/88082-coalition-condemns-political-attacks-against-books-in-schools.html
News engagement fell off a cliff last year: https://www.axios.com/media-ratings-traffic-2021-a6be4d72-ba5f-4f8a-ae3e-0872ecd87677.html
More news from the Wattpad verse: the company is partnering with ViacomCBS/Paramount+ to smooth the pipeline for adapting WP stories to the screen: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/8/22825153/wattpad-webtoon-originals-paramount-plus-viacomcbs
More options news: HBO scooping up Texas Monthly rights: https://www-texasmonthly-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/hbo-first-dibs-texas-monthly-stories/amp/
Not QUITE the same, but still related: Dark Horse acquired by Swedish video game company: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/88188-dark-horse-media-acquired-by-the-embracer-group.html
More and more and more consolidation: https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/12/13/22833341/vox-media-group-nine-deal-explained
And another one! Image workers unionizing: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/88255-image-staff-votes-to-certify-union.html
Wirecutter union members have reached a deal with NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/business/media/wirecutter-union-contract.html
Speaking of NYT: more deals: NYT agrees to buy the Athletic: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-06/n-y-times-is-said-to-buy-the-athletic-in-a-550-million-deal
Sandra Newman picked to pen a feminist retelling of 1984: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3529
Hell yeah Maya! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/11/maya-angelou-us-quarter-coin-mint/
