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11-Bit Studios on succeeding at publishing - but missing out on Cult of the Lamb
Chris Wigley lives in Barbados and looks for cool indie games. As far as job descriptions go, it's hard to beat. He fell into the role almost by accident. Previously, he was a commercial pilot for the Caribbean-based Leeward Islands Air Transport…
Pinterest Publishes 2026 Trend Predictions Report
What will be the big trends to watch in 2026? Today, Pinterest has released its annual “Pinterest Predicts” report, which looks at all the big shifts that Pinterest is seeing, based on in-app activity and internal analysis. The report…
AI Platforms Are Paying (Some) Big Publishers, Leaving Smaller Ones Behind
An ideologically wide range of news outlets now stand to make some money off Meta's obsession with AI. CNN, Fox News, USA Today, The Daily Caller, People, Le Monde, and others have signed on to bring “real-time content on Meta AI.”…
Ubani Publishes First Volume of the Guide to Tbilisi Districts, Focusing on Kala
Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center has released 'Kala,' the first publication in its new Guide to Tbilisi Districts series, offering an in-depth look at one of the Georgian capital's oldest urban areas. As a non-profit organization…
EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Google's Use of Publishers' Content for AI
The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using web publishers' content for AI purposes without appropriate compensation. CNBC reports that the EU has launched an antitrust…
Publishers fight Big Tech with small local language models
As 2025 closes, referrals from social media and organic search are dead or dying, and generative AI is coming for facts. But 2026 may grant publishers an opportunity Silicon Valley has persistently ignored: local knowledge. Journalism and Big Tech…
Google Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Over Whether AI Summaries Are Hurting Publishers
The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into whether Google is violating competition rules with AI-generated summaries in its search results. In a statement on Tuesday, the European Commission said it would examine whether Google…
Odeal Signs Global Deal With Sony Music Publishing
Odeal is the latest addition to the Sony Music Publishing roster. Announced today, Dec. 8, the British-Nigerian singer and songwriter strikes a worldwide deal with the major music publisher, several weeks after the release of his album The Fall…
Public Library Advocates, Publishers Push Back Against State Book Review
On Nov. 25, PEN America — a nonprofit organization that works to “defend writers, artists, and journalists and protect free expression worldwide” — issued an open letter to Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett. The…
Europe to investigate Google over use of publisher content for AI
The European Commission has opened an investigation into Google over the use of publisher content for its AI products “without appropriate compensation”. The antitrust investigation will examine whether Google's use of publisher and…
Solar Stewardship Initiative publishes guide for solar supply chain
SSI has published its first Buyers Guide, a 54-page document designed for companies, project developers, investors, and public institutions to strengthen responsible procurement in the solar sector. The guide is structured in two parts. A public…
Perfect Dark leads hired for new studio from Borderlands and BioShock publisher 2K, after attempts to save canceled sequel from Xbox failed
A new Perfect Dark game may have been unceremoniously cancelled over the summer, but something is forming from the ashes of that project. Two key devs have been tapped to lead a studio at Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands owner Take-Two, though…
Enterprise Therapeutics publishes results of Phase 1 study of ETD001, a novel inhaled ENaC blocker for treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, in The Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd (Enterprise), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapies to improve the lives of people with respiratory diseases, today announced the publication of a peer reviewed study…
Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level
A growing number of websites are taking steps to ban AI bot traffic so that their work isn't used as training data and their servers aren't overwhelmed by non-human users. However, some companies are ignoring the bans and scraping anyway. Online…
Hutchinson Heinemann signs self-published Peter Grainger in five-way auction
Peter Grainger © Alice Zoo Hutchinson Heinemann has signed a deal with self-published author Peter Grainger following a five-way auction. Helen Conford, publisher at Hutchinson Heinemann, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Emma Parry at…
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