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☆ Sam Zell, Legendary Real-Estate Investor, Dies at 81
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Tali Arbel | Peter Grant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Winter Storm Will Bring Bitter Cold, Piles of Snow Across U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Joseph Pisani | Tali Arbel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Officials across the country are warning people to prepare for heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. A deep freeze will sweep across much of the U.S. this week, as a powerful winter storm brings a white—if dangerously cold—Christmas. Officials across the country are warning people to prepare for heavy snowfall, strong winds and freezing temperatures, as well as likely disruptions to their holiday travel plans.

☆ Eurovision Voting Goes Global, Giving U.S. Fans a Say on European Musical Contest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Tali Arbel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Americans will soon get a chance to vote in the Eurovision Song Contest, the musical competition that celebrates kitschy pop and helped launch the careers of ABBA and Celine Dion . Eurovision’s pomp and spectacle draw comparisons to the Olympics. It’s watched by about 160 million people on TV in Europe and Australia. It remains niche entertainment in the U.S., an oddity from across the globe with unknown performers in weird costumes belting ballads, electropop and the occasional rock or country song. Not everything’s sung in English.

☆ 'It's huge, beyond anything in my career': Publishing industry insiders explain how TikTok has sent book sales surging and how they're trying to tap into the BookTook phenomenon
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-01 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In 2020 and 2021, book sales surged, reaching a near 20-year peak, according to industry data. 2021 sales of Hoover's books were up 650% over 2020 sales, with 1.9 million copies sold, according to data from NPD BookScan, the largest book sales tracker in the US. Since mid-2020, TikTok has been the driving force of an unprecedented surge in book sales, industry insiders say. The strategy of marketers has always been to push and advertise newer books, industry experts said, and those usually sell better. Then, around Halloween 2021, sales rose steadily to about 2,000 copies a week.

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