Last fall, the University of Nevada Las Vegas announced that it would be closing The Believer this spring. Even though its original owner, McSweeney’s, wanted to buy it back, UNLV sold the magazine to Paradise Media. Paradise describes itself as “experts in disrupting—and dominating—the most cutthroat niches on the planet, including iGaming, finance, dating, and more.” Read a letter from The Believer’s founder about the matter.
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Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
