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Books Council of Wales awarded additional £350k to support publishing industry
The Welsh government has awarded an additional £350,000 to the Books Council of Wales to support the publishing industry through Creative Wales as part of the £2.5m additional funding announced in December 2025. So far, £335,000…
Publishers Are Partnering With Prediction Markets. What Could Go Wrong?
This story was originally published in On Background with Mark Stenberg, a free, weekly newsletter that explores the key themes shaping the media industry. You can sign up for it here. In the last few weeks, a handful of premium publishers have…
DWP sets out key date for when it will publish WASPI decision
WASPI campaigners have fought for years to get DWP compensation The DWP has shared an update on when it will issue a decision on WASPI compensation. The WASPI campaign (Women Against State Pension Inequality), alongside other groups, has fought for…
Revved Digital, an AI SEO Agency, Publishes Definitive Guide to Ranking Factors for AI Search in 2026
As the internet continues shifting from traditional search listings to AI-generated answers, local businesses are left guessing what drives visibility. The problem? Not one single expert seems to agree where SEO ends and GEO (Generative Engine…
What's next for GOG? Publishing games, maybe, but its new owner isn't in any rush
Right at the end of last year, Cyberpunk and Witcher developer CD Projekt Red sold off its game distribution company to its original co-founder, Michał Kiciński (who is also the co-founder of CD Projekt itself, so, go figure). With this…
Google Seeks Dismissal of Publisher Lawsuit Over AI Search Summaries
Google and its parent company Alphabet have filed a motion to dismiss antitrust claims from Penske Media Corporation and its subsidiaries, saying that displaying AI-generated summaries on its search engine constitutes lawful product improvement…
Melrose Industries falls Wednesday, underperforms market
Shares of Melrose Industries PLC MRO shed 1.89% to £6.34 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.46% to 10,184.35. Melrose Industries PLC closed 10.41%…
X Sues Music Publishers, Big Copyright Ruling, Bad Bunny Voice Lawsuit & More Music Law
THE BIG STORY: For a while, it looked like the music publishers and Elon Musk's X might reach a settlement to resolve their long-running copyright dispute over songs on the site – the last major social media platform that doesn't pay for…
Reliance Industries advances Wednesday, outperforms market
Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd. 500325 inched up 0.48% to 1,458.45 Indian rupees Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the BSE SENSEX Index 1 falling 0.29% to 83,382.71. Reliance…
Google defends AI search summaries in Rolling Stone publisher's lawsuit
Google has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the publisher of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety magazines that accuses the tech giant of eroding traffic to media companies' websites by adding AI-generated summaries to…
The Day NY Publishing Lost Its Soul
Everybody can see there's a crisis in New York publishing. Even the hot new books feel lukewarm. Writers win the Pulitzer Prize and sell just few hundred copies. The big publishers rely on 50 or 100 proven authors —everything else is just…
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries slides Wednesday, underperforms market
Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 524715 slid 1.69% to 1,700.55 Indian rupees Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the BSE SENSEX Index 1 falling 0.29% to 83,382.71. Sun…
CCL Industries Inc. Cl B stock rises Wednesday, still underperforms market
Shares of CCL Industries Inc. Cl B CCL.B inched 0.08% higher to C$87.23 Wednesday, in what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 0.14% to 32,916.47. CCL…
'I'm not afraid of risk' - A newly independent GOG eyes indie game publishing, something it couldn't do under CD Projekt Red
Newly independent PC digital game shop GOG is interested in getting into publishing indie games - something it apparently couldn't do while part of CD Projekt Red. It's a notable change for a company that's focused primarily on restoring classic…
SEO has changed: The new metrics publishers should focus on
There have been so many changes to Google's search engine results pages (SERPs) in the last three years that publishers are still measuring SEO by keyword positions are using the wrong metrics for success. You can no longer simply use a ranking…
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