And coming up its International Womens day a time to reflect on the achievements of women and progress towards gender equality. A Us Congressional Panel has approved a bill that would force tiktok s china based Parent Company to sell the app within six months or face a ban. Tiktok says the proposed legislation would hurt free speech and Small Businesses relying on the app, urging its users to call members of congress to voice their opposition. Lets speak to cbs correspondent, scott mcfarlane. Tell us more about this possible ban. ,. Tell us more about this possible ban. ,. ,. , ban. This proposal which is moving swiftly through ban. This proposal which is moving swiftly through a ban. This proposal which is moving swiftly through a congress ban. This proposal which is moving swiftly through a congress that ban. This proposal which is moving swiftly through a congress that is l swiftly through a congress that is otherwise gridlocked would require tiktok to have its Parent Company divest
boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write checks in a checkbook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convinced that iwill, still, continue to use ink on paper, physical books, for years to come? books remain, i think, by far and away the most pleasurable way, and most memorable way, to read most books. you can read on an e reader, of course, and that will have some advantages, particularly for some sorts of books. and millions and millions of people across the world. and millions of people happily do. and the numbers are growing. and the numbers are not growing, actually, within developed markets. in the uk, the us, for example, i think, pretty much, it reached a peak and then came down to a level and is now steadied out. lots of people enjoy d
of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write cheques in a chequebook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convince
Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction and books featured on cspans book tv. Well, over our 25 year plus history book. Tv has covered thousands of authors and hundreds of those authors have been published by simon and schuster. Jonathan karp is the president of simon and schuster. Mr. Karp, congratulations on celebrating 100 years in publishing. Who are some of the favorite authors that youve worked with over the years . Oh, my gosh. Well, i guess ill start with bob woodward, because i do think hes hes a classic simon and schuster author. And the funny thing is, i actually met bob years ago when i was a summer intern at the Washington Post and he came in and he talked to us and he told us a story about being published by Simon Schuster at the time. And he he actually told the head of Simon Schuster that he had an
On about books we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews. And well talk about the current nonfiction and books featured on cspans book tv. Well, over our 25 year plus history book. Tv has covered thousands of authors and hundreds of those authors have been published by simon and schuster. Jonathan karp is the president of simon and schuster. Mr. Karp, congratulations on celebrating 100 years in publishing. Who are some of the favorite authors that youve worked with over the years . Oh, my gosh. Well, i guess ill start with bob woodward, because i do think hes hes a classic simon and schuster author. And the funny thing is, i actually met bob years ago when i was a summer intern at the Washington Post and he came in and he talked to us and he told us a story about being published by Simon Schuster at the time.