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Aegon publishes agenda for EGM on redomiciliation to US
Schiphol, September 1, 2026 - Aegon today published the agenda for its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) scheduled for October 8, 2026. The purpose of the EGM is to seek shareholder approval for Aegon's redomiciliation to the US…
Why are NBA Player Salaries Published?
More than a decade ago, Andrew Bogut – then of the Golden State Warriors – spoke in an interview with an Australian newspaper about his dislike of the way in which NBA player salaries were so widely publicized. Bogut specifically…
'Wall Street Journal' Defends Decision To Publish Peggy Noonan-Generated Article
NEW YORK—Justifying the move as simply the next stage in journalism's continual evolution, The Wall Street Journal on Monday defended its decision to publish a Peggy Noonan–generated article. “No matter how much you want to…
Indie devs and publishers hit in Gamescom equipment thefts
A number of independent developers and publishers suffered a frustrating end to their Gamescom trips last week after arriving to the show floor on Friday and discovering thieves had stolen a number of locked-up laptops and Steam Decks from their…
Gaming devs and publishers reportedly have 'a lot of resentment' for Sony's handling of physical disc death
There are rumblings that third-party publishers are quite unhappy with PlayStation's announcement to end disc-based games in 2028, and those rumblings are getting louder. The rumors began recently and got louder in the wake of gamescom as it's been…
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Allege Anthropic Launched 'Brazen Campaign' to Illegally Train Claude on Copyrighted Songs in New Lawsuit
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic that claimed the AI giant's alleged theft of the companies' intellectual property marked “a brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and…
5 questions facing advertisers, publishers and creators heading into fall
In this week's Digiday Podcast episode, hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson recap the season's biggest developments in the media and marketing industries and the questions they raise for the final stretch of 2026. Here's a sample of what they…
South Park: The Stick of Truth Went Through Publisher Hell but Emerged as One of, if Not the Single Funniest Game Ever
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox's 25th…
Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today - Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you
National Food Safety Education Month begins today. It arrives one day after CDC's cyclosporiasis season formally closed on Aug. 31, and the closing numbers are these: 11,458 people in the multi-state outbreak tied to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg…
The Music Industry's New Lawsuit Against Anthropic Should Have Dario Amodei Shivering With Fear
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Dario Amodei's Anthropic is facing yet another massive legal challenge. Sony Music and Warner, both juggernauts in the music publishing industry, filed a major lawsuit against the AI…
I Published Every Flaw My Safety Tool Can't Catch. It Made It More Credible, Not Less.
This is a companion to the PlannerCritic series. Article 5 was about what happened when I tried to break my own engine. This one is about the three seams I know it can't close — and why I wrote them down before anyone else had to. An…
Music Industry Moves: Yoshiki Signs With BMG
Japanese superstar singer-songwriter Yoshiki has signed a global distribution and publishing administration agreement with BMG through his record label, Melodee. BMG will provide global distribution for Yoshiki's new releases, beginning with…
Meet the Google Exec Trying to Convince a Skeptical Gaming Industry to Love AI
In a gold rush, the people who get rich aren't the grubby prospectors digging for those nuggets in the muck; it's the men who sell the shovels. In that vein, Google, with generative tools like Genie, Veo, and Gemini, is competing to become the…
The craftsmanship revival we kept predicting might finally be real
In 2019, I published a book whose English title would be something like From Graft to Craft. I argued that craftsmanship isn't a sector but a model of work that could in principle apply to any job. The distinction I built the book around was…
Aurora Innovation: Built To Win With Less Than 1% Of The Market (NASDAQ:AUR)
Aurora Innovation's peers differ by freight class, road type, and commercial stage; those closest to its long-haul lane still trail it. AUR's lead rests on ~440,000 driverless miles, factory integration with Volvo and International, and no…
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