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nymag.com - Youngna Park - The Best New Books for Kids Published in 2025
The Best New Books for Kids Published in 2025
New York Magazine

This year brought another stellar array of children's books, which explore themes of friendship and family, adventure, inner lives and imagined worlds, and the full range of emotions of being a child and being around a child. The stories are often…

crooksandliars.com - Ed Scarce - Hegseth's 'Franklin The Turtle' Meme Condemned By Book's Author/Publisher
Hegseth's 'Franklin The Turtle' Meme Condemned By Book's Author/Publisher
Crooks and Liars

The drunken asshole that Trump named Secretary of Defense, and later stupidly confirmed by Senate Republicans, may have finally crossed the Rubicon when he posted a meme using a beloved children's book character. The publisher of “Franklin…

globalnews.ca - The Canadian Press - Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns Hegseth's 'violent' post - National
Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns Hegseth's 'violent' post - National
Global News

The publisher of the Franklin series of children's books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and violent. Hegseth shared on social media Sunday a…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - UK publisher Outright Games confirms layoffs
UK publisher Outright Games confirms layoffs
Game Developer

Outright Games is making 27 employees redundant. The Chicken Run: Eggstraction and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed publisher said the decision will enable it to adapt to shifting market conditions. 'After careful consideration and…

newswire.ca - Ziwig Endotest: Scientific Validation Published in NEJM Evidence
Ziwig Endotest: Scientific Validation Published in NEJM Evidence
CNW

LYON, France, Dec. 2, 2025 /CNW/ -- NEJM Evidence, a journal of the New England Journal of Medicine Group, has published an article titled 'Validation of a Saliva microRNA Signature for Endometriosis,' dedicated to the saliva-based diagnostic test…

newrepublic.com - Malcolm Ferguson - Franklin the Turtle Publisher Slams Hegseth for Sick Boat Strike Post
Franklin the Turtle Publisher Slams Hegseth for Sick Boat Strike Post
The New Republic

The publisher of Franklin the Turtle has completely denounced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's AI depiction of the children's character launching missiles at “drug boats,” which made light of his own potential war crime.

mediabrief.com - News Desk Team - S Chand Publishing launches NCF 2023 aligned learning series for future ready education
S Chand Publishing launches NCF 2023 aligned learning series for future ready education
MediaBrief

Reflecting on this vision, Jitendra Agnihotri, CEO, S Chand Publishing (School Education) said, “The Government, schools, teachers, and principals are the primary drivers of this vision – and the other important driver is the…

afr.com - Joyce Moullakis, Joanne Tran - ASX takes more than 24 hours to identify cause of publishing outage
ASX takes more than 24 hours to identify cause of publishing outage
Australian Financial Review

Market operator ASX took more than 24 hours to determine the root cause of an hours-long outage that disrupted trading and the posting of company announcements on Monday, causing further reputation damage to the nation's financial markets. The ASX…

nationalpost.com - Kenn Oliver - Pete Hegseth's use of 'beloved Canadian icon' Franklin the Turtle in a meme deemed 'violent' by publisher
Pete Hegseth's use of 'beloved Canadian icon' Franklin the Turtle in a meme deemed 'violent' by publisher
National Post

The Canadian publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children's book series condemned U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth's use of the normally friendly anthropomorphic animal's image in a “violent” meme posted to social media. On…

caltech.edu - Dana Murphy's Foremother Love is Published by Duke University Press
Dana Murphy's Foremother Love is Published by Duke University Press
California Institute of Technology

Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism, published by Duke University Press in July 2025 and authored by Dana Murphy, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and English, honors the writing of Phillis Wheatley (Peters)—a…

deadline.com - Dade Hayes - Publisher Of 'The Chronology Of Water', Adapted By Kristen Stewart In Directing Debut, Is Acquired By Catapult Book Group
Publisher Of 'The Chronology Of Water', Adapted By Kristen Stewart In Directing Debut, Is Acquired By Catapult Book Group
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Hawthorn Books & Literary Arts, the indie publisher of memoir The Chronology of Water, has been acquired by the Catapult Book Group. Chronology has gained attention recently due to Kristen Stewart ‘s film adaptation, her debut as…

portlandtribune.com - Kaelyn Cassidy - Scappoose city councilor publishes book co-authored by AI
Scappoose city councilor publishes book co-authored by AI
The Portland Tribune

In a new book, Scappoose City Councilor Joel Haugen explores a future shaped by artificial intelligence — told with the help of AI engines. In the speculative fiction novel “New Renaissance: Earth and Humanity 2025-2525,”…

pressgazette.co.uk - Dominic Ponsford - Politico journalists fight back over AI tools that published 'glaring errors
Politico journalists fight back over AI tools that published 'glaring errors
Home Page - Press Gazette

Journalists at Politico in the US have won a ruling over the rollout of AI tools as a nationwide News Not Slop campaign was launched. The journalists at Axel Springer -owned Politico and E&E News (Politico's energy and environment brand for…

forbes.com - Amir Hever - Responsible AI Must Drive the Future of Mobility
Responsible AI Must Drive the Future of Mobility
Forbes

Amir Hever is CEO and co-founder of UVeye. Autonomous vehicles, streamlined manufacturing, smart traffic management, supply chain operations, predictive maintenance and more. These are just a few of the ways AI has already begun to revolutionize…

forbes.com - William Arruda - Personal Branding Trends For 2026 - Part 1
Personal Branding Trends For 2026 - Part 1
Forbes

The concept of personal branding has been around since Tom Peters' now iconic 1997 Brand You Manifesto appeared in Fast Company. Back then, it was provocative. Today, it's essential. Professionals consider personal branding more important than…

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