The Future of Print is Netpage

The Future of Print is Netpage

Newsweek has left the print for the internet and I said that was a mistake, because they should have gone to Netpage as Esquire has done with its 80-year old print title.
What does Netpage do?

Netpage is the app for paper that makes the entire surface of a magazine page interactive...so you can clip articles, play a video, and buy stuff, right from the page without any codes, watermarking or special printing process.


High Reader Engagement
Netpage enables publishers to offer 100% interactive magazines, transforming print from a static to a social experience. Every article, photo, and ad - anything the user wants -- on every page, can be clipped, saved, and shared instantly, through social media.

The Result:
is high reader engagement. Readers get exactly the kinds of interaction they most enjoy: being able to share, save, and engage with great content just the ways they like.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Leads ECOWAS Election Observer Mission to Ghana

FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO LEAD ECOWAS ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION TO GHANA

ABUJA, November 15, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Nigeria's former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will lead a 250-member ECOWAS Election Observer Mission to Ghana's general elections scheduled for 7th December 2012 within the context of the region's instrument for provision of support to Member States holding elections.

The ECOWAS team, comprising representatives of various segments of the West African society, will be in the country for nine days to observe the conduct of the Presidential, legislative and local elections, expected to contribute to the deepening of democratic culture in the country.

An ECOWAS assessment mission was in Ghana last October to review preparations for the elections during which the mission members met with various stakeholders, including representatives of political parties, civil society organizations and the national electoral commission, to discuss their perspectives on the preparations for the elections.

Through these missions, the region seeks to promote a culture of transparent and credible elections, consistent with best practices for the enhancement of regional peace and stability.



Source: Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)

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Happy 82 Birthday Chinua Achebe

Prof. Chinua Achebe (born 16 November 1930 as Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe) is the famous author of one of the greatest novels of all time, the classic Things Fall Apart (1958) and other books and the second most celebrated Nigerian writer after the Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka.

We wish you a beautiful happy 82nd Birthday and many wonderful returns of the day as we join all your well wishers all over the world to celebrate the awesome day our Almighty Father JEHOVAH brought you into the world to be a blessing to humankind.

Top Bestselling Books of Chinua Achebe

There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra

Things Fall Apart

Arrow of God  

The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)  

A Man of the People

Chike and the River

Anthills of the Savannah

Home and Exile

No Longer at Ease (Macmillan Readers)

The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays 
   
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How To Sell A President

The Selling of a President

~ By Jerry Bader (c) 2012

There are many things online businesses can learn from the recent American Presidential election and you don't have to be an American to appreciate their significance. Presidential elections are exercises in marketing big ideas, and big ideas are the key to marketing success. After all is said and done, the 2012 US Presidential election boiled down to, is there a place in government for governing? Put that way it really doesn't seem to make sense, but that was the big idea voters were asked to decide: should government be run by politicians looking out for 'the people' or should it be run by business executives looking out for the 'bottom line?'

CLICK HERE TO READ COMPLETE ARTICLE.

Filmmakers call it "the movie the White House doesn't want you to see." Apparently, they're right.



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Rwandan Journalist Sentenced To One Year in Jail

Stanley Gatera, editor of the Kinyarwandan-language paper Umusingi.

16 Nov 2012 07:02 Africa/Lagos

Rwandan journalist sentenced to one year in jail

NEW YORK, November 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An appellate court in Rwanda should overturn the prison sentence handed to the editor of a private weekly on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ also urges authorities to release Stanley Gatera, editor of the Kinyarwandan-language paper Umusingi, pending his planned appeal.


The Gasabo Intermediate Court in the capital, Kigali, sentenced Gatera, 22, to a one-year jail term and fines of 30,000 Rwandan francs (US$50) for inciting divisionism and gender discrimination in an opinion column he published in Umusingi in June, according to local journalists and news reports. The state prosecutor said in court that the article broke the country's laws about referring to ethnic identities, local journalists told CPJ. The Rwandan penal code includes crimes that carry prison terms for individuals who speak too provocatively about ethnicity, news reportssaid.

The article, called "Shangazi" (Dear Aunt), suggested that men may regret marrying a Tutsi woman solely for her beauty, according to CPJ's review of a translated copy of the article. Police released a statement saying they arrested Gatera on August 1 after receiving complaints from women's groups.

Gatera, who defended himself in court, said that the paper had run an apology from him in a subsequent issue, local journalists told CPJ. But police in the statement called it a "denial of wrongdoing."

The journalist is being held at Kimironko Prison in Kigali and plans to appeal the sentence, local journalists said.

"Readers may have been offended by this column, but that does not mean Stanley Gatera should be put in prison," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "We urge the courts to release him immediately pending appeal, and to overturn the disproportionate penalties against him."

Umusingi has been targeted in the past. In February 2011, the newspaper's website was temporarily blocked in Rwanda after it published an interview with a dissident Rwandan general in South Africa. The paper's founder and former managing director, Nelson Gatsimbazi, fled the country in August 2011 after being told of his impending arrest on charges of divisionism based on a complaint filed by another journalist in 2008, local journalists told CPJ. In December 2010, Gatsimbazi was accused by the presidential security adviser of working with "enemies of the state," according to news reports.

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

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IJE: The Journey Now Selling Fast On DVD

The most acclaimed and highest grossing Nigerian film at the box office IJÉ the Journey is now available on DVD. Just click on the title and movie poster to order for it.

About the Actor
Genevive Nnaji is the
Julia Roberts of Africa.


Featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show

episode Meet the Most Famous People in the World, Genevive is ranked #19 on Forbes 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa.
Product Description
IJÉ tells the tale of Chioma, a child growing up in the Nigerian countryside who warned her restless sister, Anya,
about the trappings of the American Dream. Ten years later, Anya is accused of killing three men in a Hollywood Hills mansion one of them her record-producer husband. Chioma
travels from Nigeria to Los Angeles, and with the help of a young attorney, discovers that the dark secret her sister wants to keep hidden might be the only thing that can win her freedom.

Highest grossing film in West Africa!
Most successful film in the history of Nollywood (Nigeria s film industry, and the world s second-largest film producer after India s Bollywood)

AWARDS INCLUDE
San Francisco Black Film Festival:
2010 Melvin Van Peebles Award

Canada International Film Festival:
Excellence in Filmmaking

Hawaii International Film Festival:
Excellence in Filmmaking

Arizona Black Film Showcase: Best Feature Film

Las Vegas International Film Festival:
2010 Golden Age Award

Swansea Bay Area Film Festival:
2010 Best International Student Film

Mexico International Film Festival: 2010 Silver Palm Award



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Vanessa Funmilola Invites You To Celebrity Salon Reality TV Show Auditions @ Goethe Institut Lagos

Vanessa Funmilola Oguntokun.

Celebrity Salon Reality TV SHOW, Nigeria
Celebrity salon model audition selection!!!

Date: 22nd and 23rd November 2012
Venue:Goethe-institute German Cultural Center,
Lagos City Hall,
Catholic Mission Street,
Opposite Holy Cross Cathedral, 
Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Time:9am
Opportunity is opened to models and prospective models(male/female) between ages 16-30.
For more info:contact Samantha(08035431645)

Vanessa Funmilola Oguntokun is one of the judges of Celebrity Salon Nigeria. She is the CEO of Vanadale Nigeria. A beauty company with over five years of experience in the beauty industry.she is a certified biochemist and nutritionist, however her love for colors, beauty and small business propelled her to start Vanadale. Today the company boasts of a team of young and vibrant persons and over 20 contract workers.

For more details, log on to CELEBRITY SALON NIGERIA REALITY TV SHOW

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Top French Cities

14 Nov 2012 18:53 Africa/Lagos

French Tourist Office Showcases Top French Cities



NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty seven French cities have come together to promote their many assets, plus offer a dream trip to a lucky winner.

Atout France – the France Tourism Development Agency, along with their Cities Promotion club, Air France and Rail Europe , has just launched a major media campaign called " Top French Cities: Map Your Way Through the Urban Gems of France " to highlight some of France's top regional cities.

The campaign includes a quiz that matches participants to different cities in France, ranging from the beautiful southern cities of Marseille, Montpellier and Nice to the bustling northern cities of Reims, Dijon and Nancy, where wine, gastronomy and culture are at its best. Participants will find out their city match after deciding if they prefer Riesling to Champagne, if they'd rather spend their evening at a museum or the theatre, and if they would rather be surrounded by Gothic or Art Deco architecture, among other questions. Participants will also get access to exclusive deals and insider tips from the cities themselves.

Consumers are invited to use #TopFrenchCities to be part of the conversation on Twitter.

The campaign will reach nearly four million people, including subscribers of The New York Times, Lonely Planet, Food & Wine, Luxury Travel Magazine and Saveur.

About Atout France-the France Tourism Development Agency

Atout France is a government agency whose role is to promote and develop France's tourism sector as a whole. As the French government's sole operator regarding the promotion of all aspects of tourism in France, Atout France provides information to the general public and services and events for tourism professionals. The agency works in partnership with public and private organizations and companies involved in the tourism industry, i.e. over 1100 members representing the whole spectrum of France's tourism sector. Its network is made up of 350 people working in 33 offices in 28 countries.

See our press corner for the latest news on travel to France.

SOURCE Atout France-the France Tourism Development Agency

CONTACT: Tiana Rakotoson-Gamez, Manager, Marketing and Promotions, +1-212-745-0959, Tiana.rakotoson-gamez@atout-france.fr

Web Site: http://us.rendezvousenfrance.com

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David Beckham Travels by Breitling

David Beckham Travels by Breitling

LONDON, November 14 /PRNewswire/ — Breitling has chosen David Beckham as the face of its Transocean Chronograph Unitime worldtimer watch. The new campaign establishes a long-term partnership between this innovative and historic Swiss brand and one of the world’s most celebrated icons.

Appropriately, given its long-established ties with aviation, the sky has always been the limit for Breitling. The brand has proved this throughout its history by creating a number of travel watches including the famous Unitime in the 1950s and 60s.

In the spring of 2012, Breitling added the Transocean Chronograph Unitime to the Transocean range. Equipped with the new Manufacture Breitling Caliber B05 featuring a patented mechanism, this worldtimer chronograph has asserted itself as the ultimate travel watch thanks to its double disk, which enables permanent readings of the time in all 24 timezones, and its ultra-user-friendly crown-operated correction system.

One of the world’s most successful sportsmen and style icons, David Beckham stars in the Breitling advertisement featuring a highly evocative visual shot by renowned American photographer Anthony Mandler. On the runway of the Mojave Air & Space Port in California, this striking image shows Beckham standing in front of a private jet wearing his Transocean Chronograph Unitime.

“I’ve always been a long-time admirer of Breitling,” said David Beckham. “As a company they create not only the highest-performance watches but also timeless designs that have inspired generations. It was a natural choice for me to partner with this fantastic brand.”

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3rd Eko International Film Festival Pulls More Crowds on Closing Day

3rd Eko International Film Festival Pulls More Crowds on Closing Day

Aloysius Onyejegbu, Nollywood actor and Festival Coordinator of Eko International Film Festival smiling beside Mr. Fidelis Duker, prolific Nollywood filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Abuja International Film Festival with President of Eko International Film Festival Mr. Hope Obioma Opara and Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Founder/Festival Director of Eko International Film Festival on the opening day at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Aloysius Onyejegbu, Nollywood actor and Festival Coordinator of Eko International Film Festival smiling beside Mr. Fidelis Duker, prolific Nollywood filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Abuja International Film Festival with film producer Tony Godson and Felix Omokagbo Jegede, Festival Coordinator, Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema. on the opening day at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

People at the atrium of the Silverbird Galleria on the opening day of the 3rd Eko International Film Festival Saturday evening November 5, 2012.

The third Eko International Film Festival closed with an impressive audience Saturday night as Michael Oke’s white guy dating black girl love story ?Foreign Love and the world premiere of C.J. Obasi’s Jim & Joan attracted more people than the opening day as the crowd of movie lovers and others who came to the event left satisfied and commended the organizers, Supple Communications Limited.

President of Eko International Film Festival Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with Founder/Festival Director Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima and Festival Coordinator Aloysius Onyejegbu, aka 2MS.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, Aloysius Onyejegbu and associate Tony Godson.

From the inaugural edition in 2010 to the third edition, Eko International Film Festival has attracted top filmmakers from the host country Nigeria, the US and Europe such as the multiple awards winning documentary filmmaker and political rights activist Iara Lee, the Korean born Brazilian whose latest documentary film The Suffering Grasses on the current Syrian Crisis was seen in West Africa for the first time and rated as the best documentary feature of the film festival ahead of the multiple awards winning Project Happiness of Randy Taran and John Sorensen and other good documentaries in the official selection of the third Eko International Film Festival. The opening film Nicolas Wadimoff’s Operation Libertad was the most outstanding feature. Noel Gálvez’S Blue Sheep was rated as the most outstanding short documentary for its profound illustration of the triumph of the human spirit in spite of the challenges of survival in a hostile environment as shown in the magical story between a documentary and a fictional plot set in Villamayor de Campos in Zamora (Spain) where many neighbours are affected by Cancer, caused by an energy tower.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with C.J. Obasi, director of Jim & Joan.

Mr. Hope Obioma Opara with two Heineken hostesses.

A Nigerian actor Jean Abbey who played the role in Jim & Joan with Mr. Hope Obioma Opara and C.J. Obasi, director of Jim & Joan.

Niji Akanni’s Heroes & Zeroes was rated as the most outstanding Nigerian film and also the most entertaining for the audience ahead of Foreign Love by American based Nigerian filmmaker Michael Oke. CJ Obasi’s debut Jim & Joan was the most daring and scary film at the film festival with hints of Lars von Trier’s outrageous expressionism that the young Nigerian filmmaker said has influenced his themes.

What makes a successful film festival is the quality of the content and over ninety percent of the 22 films screened at the third edition of the film festival have been award winning films at other major international film festivals in Europe, US and Asia. But any film festival is not complete without film workshops and film markets for filmmakers, distributors and others and they have been missing at every edition of the Eko International Film Festival. And competitions have been excluded for now, because of lack of funds and inadequate logistics. The much publicized maiden Nollywood Divas Awards that would have been the high point of the third Eko International Film Festival was postponed until further notice, because the organizers did not receive the cooperation of the Actors Guild of Nigeria ((AGN) due to factional disagreements and petty rivalries among the members who have been boycotting the film festival after their attempts to dictate to the organizers failed.

One of the top nominees of the Nollywood Divas Awards Rita Dominic the best actress at the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and another nominee were seen at the 2012 Kuramo Conference same Saturday night at the Conference Centre of Eko Hotel & Suites International and they wondered how the organizers could launch the awards without any formal invitation given to the 20 nominees.
“The organizers have not done the right thing, that is why we cannot attend the film festival,” said one of them.

But Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, President of Eko International Film Festival said he actually invited everyone of them through a formal official letter of invitation addressed to Ibinabo Fiberisima, President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) which was the right thing to do. In fact, he also met with former president of the AGN, Ejike Asiegbu and Zik Zulu Okafor, President of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP) months ago, but internal disputes caused by different interest groups in the guilds have made him to postpone the Nollywood Divas Awards till 2013.

“We are still going to launch the maiden Nollywood Divas Awards sponsored as a separate event before the next Eko International Film Festival,” said Mr. Opara.
He thanked Heineken, Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird TV, Galaxy TV, National Mirror, Daily Sun, The Nation, The Guardian, Entertainment Express, Daily Champion, OnoBello and others for their cooperation and support to make the third Eko International Film Festival a successful event and increasing his determination to improve the standards in the future editions regardless of the challenges.


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