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AI search is pushing publishers toward a new business model
The economics of digital publishing are being rewritten at a pace few anticipated. In early 2026, Forbes reported that more than 60 percent of Google searches ended without a single click to an external website, according to various analyses. This…
Reebok Taps Cult London Publisher Idea for Glow-in-the-dark Club C 85
Reebok is teaming with cult London publisher and design studio Idea on a new take on the court shoe model Club C 85. Dubbed Reebok x Idea Club C 85, the project applied Idea's eye to the classic Reebok style. It comes with an Idea-designed upper in…
Mamdani's property tax dubbed 'dangerous' and 'a little weird' by comedians after published list
Comedians Dana Carvey and David Spade mocked the idea of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax on Sunday after the city published a searchable database of property owners. 'Well, Mamdani's going after billionaires in New…
ADWEEK Tech Advantage: Publishers Pull Back from Google AI Search, While Creators Push On
The future of brands gets decided here. Join the industry's top marketers at Brandweek for the ideas, insights, and connections shaping what's next. Get your ticket. ADWEEK Advantage is part of a series where every month, our top editors interpret…
Transparency row after council ordered to publish fraud report
Secrecy fears at City Hall have resurfaced as Bristol City Council was ordered to publish a fraud report looking into a company linked to the former deputy mayor. Council legal bosses initially told councillors they could not see the report, before…
EA's Saudi takeover will be 'a real waste' if it turns the publishers into a 'sequel-and-mega-franchise machine', Helldivers 2 studio boss says
Well, it's happened. EA's thumbs up from the European Commission, the $55 billion leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner-founded investment firm Affinity Partners has gone through. With the publishers now privately owned…
'Madden' and 'Apex Legends' Publisher Is Now Officially Owned by Saudi Arabia
Electronic Arts is no longer a publicly traded company. The Madden maker was just purchased in a joint private equity deal by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and Silver Lake. The…
What Top Stories Inside AI Overviews Means For Publishers And Brands In 2026 And Beyond
John Shehata, CEO of NewzDash, found something in July that a lot of publishers threatening to block Google's AI don't realize is already happening underneath them. Google has started folding entire Top Stories carousels directly inside AI…
Live blogging mastery: Tips for publishers from Guardian's Andrew Sparrow
Publishers looking to succeed in live blogs need to focus on “intensely newsy” topics and write with personality, according to The Guardian's Andrew Sparrow. The reporter has written a live blog on politics for the publisher since…
Beyond Frames Selling Off Publishing Rights To Combat Waffle's Games For $1M
Combat Waffle Studios' Ghosts of Tabor, Grim, and Silent North will soon have a new publisher as original publisher Beyond Frames is selling the publishing rights to a new company for $1 million. We cannot confirm who the new company is yet, but…
Boldwood Books acquired by audiobook publisher RBmedia
Amanda Ridout, founder and chief executive of Boldwood Books US audiobook giant RBmedia has bought Boldwood Books, the commercial fiction independent founded by a team led by CEO Amanda Ridout seven years ago. Create a free account to unlock 3…
Riley Sager Can't Put The Pen Down, Publishes Tenth Novel In 10 Years
RILEY SAGER'S STORY isn't one of overnight success. Rather, his ascent to becoming a New York Times bestselling author was long and arduous, peppered with changes to his pen name on early published work that didn't catch fire in the way his last 10…
Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in - New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC soon
A new report from The Verg e suggests Microsoft is working to bring an unprecedented level of backwards compatibility to its upcoming PC-console hybrid, the Xbox Helix. The outlet obtained leaked screenshots of an internal memo allegedly sent to…
92 of today's 100 fastest-growing Claude Code skills come from three publishers
I pulled the 100 fastest-growing Claude Code skills this morning (August 5 data, ranked by installs added in the last day). 92 of them belong to exactly three publishers. 54 rows are the Lark suite (published under open.feishu.cn and larksuite) 31…
Prediction market users wager millions on Maine elections
On June 10, Tom Hill was at his office in Sydney, Australia, when his phone pinged with a notification: the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race in Maine had been called. Before trading closed, Hill quickly bought stakes on the financial trading…
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