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In a move that surprised many in the self-publishing community, Macmillan has announced that it will cease all operations at Pronoun, a self-publishing platform that it acquired in May 2016. Jeff Seroy, senior v-p of publicity and marketing at Macmillan's Farrar Straus and Giroux unit, confirmed the shutdown. Asked why Pronoun was being shuttered 18 months after the acquisition, Seroy said despite Macmillan investment in the platform and “terrific” feedback from Pronoun authors, “we came to the conclusion that there wasn't a path forward to a profitable business model and decided to shut down the platform." Seroy said Macmillan will, “continue to invest in the data and analytics side of the company as we have found it of great value.” He also said that former Pronoun CEO Josh Brody and former chief product officer Ben Zhuk left Macmillan earlier in the year. Click Read More below for additional information.

The UK and the USA may be two countries “divided by a common language” but as far as media is concerned, the figures speak with the same clarity in every single tongue. As of today, Ink titles are now in front of more than three-fifths of all airline passengers crossing the Atlantic from the UK at every inkhour of every day, of every month, in every year. Ok, full disclosure: we can't offer you Ethiopian Air’s 3 flights a week from Addis Ababa (via Dublin) to LA, but we can provide American Airlines’ 175 weekly departures, as well as United’s 161 and Virgin Atlantic’s 160. That’s not to mention Norwegian’s new and expanding 787 fleet departing from London, Barcelona, Belfast, Oakland, Austin and many, many more locations. And let’s not forget Thomas Cook’s unassuming - yet strong – market position. They quietly ferry 41 flights a week to the land of the free and the home of the brave. Click Read More below for more of the story.

Gannett Co., Inc. has closed a majority investment in Grateful Ventures, LLC (“Grateful”), an online media and publishing company which focuses on building lifestyle content and monetization strategies for high-influence food and cooking websites and bloggers. This investment will expand and diversify USA TODAY NETWORK’s portfolio and audience, and significantly increase the number of Gannett’s owned and operated digital sites. As a part of USA TODAY NETWORK, Grateful will launch in 2018 into several new personality-driven lifestyle categories with long-tail content, videos, live interactions, event integrations and passion topics to create deep, meaningful connections with readers across multiple platforms. These new initiatives with Grateful will increase USA TODAY NETWORK’s advertising offerings through influencer marketing, branded content and events sponsorships with consumers who are deeply engaged. Click Read More below for additional detail.