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theguardian.com - Ben Quinn - Local media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers say
Local media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers say
The Guardian

Greater support for local media is needed to hold mayors and councils to account under Andy Burnham's plans for devolution, which would involve a massive transfer of power into local government, publishers have said. A range of figures involved…

bleedingcool.com - Rich Johnston - Marvel Closing The Gap: Comics Publisher Weekly Marketshare Chart
Marvel Closing The Gap: Comics Publisher Weekly Marketshare Chart
Bleeding Cool News

Marvel Comics is closing the gap ever so slightly in the Comics Publisher Weekly Marketshare Chart Marvel Comics weekly market share rose to 29.06%, narrowing the gap with DC as the publisher race tightened. DC Comics slipped from 40.6% to 37.91%…

thoughtcatalog.com - Nicole Stawiarski - Emma Roberts Married Cody John at His Family's Sun Valley Home, and Vogue Just Published the Photos
Emma Roberts Married Cody John at His Family's Sun Valley Home, and Vogue Just Published the Photos
Thought Catalog

Books connect our company's digital roots with our love of traditional book publishing. Our books are designed as beloved art pieces. We publish work we love. The couple exchanged vows along a creek on the Idaho property she calls their…

forbes.com - Boaz Sobrado - Why AI Chatbots Are Bad At Prediction Market Odds
Why AI Chatbots Are Bad At Prediction Market Odds
Forbes

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - FEBRUARY 25: In this photo illustration, An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on February 25, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Online prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on wide-ranging…

retractionwatch.com - Alicia Gallegos - Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges
Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges
Retraction Watch

A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges. The case, which became unsealed July 30, claims…

psychologytoday.com - Ilan Kelman Ph.D. - Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters
Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters
Psychology Today

Psychological first aid and mental health first aid can assist anyone experiencing difficulties, including post-disaster populations. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated around the world, such as in Bangladesh, with plenty of opportunities for…

forbes.com - John Hall - How To Automate Your Small Business Marketing - And 14 AI Tools
How To Automate Your Small Business Marketing - And 14 AI Tools
Forbes

Small business owner works a tablet and a laptop while sitting at a table in his artisanal shop. AI marketing tools can help with automating repetitive processes like scheduling or data collection. Marketing budgets for small businesses usually…

tmz.com - TMZ Staff - Maren Morris Gives Insight into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Vows
Maren Morris Gives Insight into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Vows
TMZ

Maren Morris just revealed some more details about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 's wedding vows! The country crooner told PEOPLE in an interview published Saturday that their vows gave 'a closer look into their love for each other and their sense…

nypost.com - Hailey Eber - How tradwives took over the book industry
How tradwives took over the book industry
New York Post

Tradwives abound not just on social media — baking up their own sourdough and homeschooling half a dozen children — but also at the bookstore, where titles about women Instagramming their supposedly traditional lives are filling up…

nypost.com - David Spector - Millions of Ukrainian books incinerated in Russian drone strike - as Putin looks to wipe out country's culture, identity
Millions of Ukrainian books incinerated in Russian drone strike - as Putin looks to wipe out country's culture, identity
New York Post

A Russian drone set fire to a Kharkiv publishing house warehouse, incinerating millions of books Saturday — part of a systematic book-burning campaign by Vladimir Putin to erase Ukrainian identity. One man was injured in the attack on one of…

wwd.com - Riley Jones - Brooks' Latest Retro Running Sneaker Is Getting a Limited-edition Collaboration for the First Time
Brooks' Latest Retro Running Sneaker Is Getting a Limited-edition Collaboration for the First Time
WWD

Brooks, the Seattle-based sports equipment company best known for its performance running shoes, continues to make impressive inroads in the lifestyle sneaker space. Its latest reissue of note is the Adrenaline GTS 10, an on-trend 2009 runner which…

polygon.com - Sam Nelson - XCOM and Gloomhaven's creators say video game and tabletop collabs can save the industry
XCOM and Gloomhaven's creators say video game and tabletop collabs can save the industry
Polygon.com

The gaming industry is in crisis. Layoffs at Xbox have led to still more layoffs from the studios Microsoft ditched. Bungie significantly reduced its staff right after releasing its final update for Destiny 2 and Epic Games cut 1,000 employees in…

pcgamer.com - Rick Lane - The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
PC Gamer

With videogame budgets ballooning and competition ever intensifying there's a huge amount riding on whether a modern videogame succeeds or fails. As such, publishers are increasingly turning to the safest bets possible, like sequels in proven…

bbc.co.uk - Max Matza - Nancy Guthrie ransom notes released in latest police bid to find kidnappers
Nancy Guthrie ransom notes released in latest police bid to find kidnappers
BBC

Police in Arizona have released two ransom notes in the hope the public can help identify whoever abducted the mother of US news presenter Savannah Guthrie. The first note, which is treated as apparently credible, demanded millions of dollars in…

seekingalpha.com - Political Comments - Politics And The Markets 08/01/26
Politics And The Markets 08/01/26
Seeking Alpha

This is the forum for daily political discussion on Seeking Alpha. A new version is published every market day. Please don't leave political comments on other articles or posts on the site. The comments below are not regulated with the same rigor…

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