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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…
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Brands publish more content than ever-but is it growing their value?
Today, every business in the world is a publishing company. It may be an international firm, a developing startup, or even a local services firm, but all of them are publishing blogs, social media posts, newsletters, videos, podcasts, and emails in…
India publisher 'demands changes to Modi references' in Sonia Gandhi's memoir
The autobiography of Sonia Gandhi, the matriarch of India 's opposition Congress party, has become the subject of a controversy after its prospective publisher allegedly sought changes to passages about prime minister Narendra Modi. Belonging: A…
Reach Security Publishes New Report Proving the Scale and Impact of Configuration Drift as a Critical Cybersecurity Risk in the Age of AI
Twelve months of production telemetry reveals the scale, causes and security impact of configuration drift, pointing to firewall and EDR tool risk. San Francisco, CA. September 1st, 2026 – Reach Security – the…
Thrown shoes, sabotaged launches and exposed affairs: the drama of Australian political publishing
The most striking example of performance politics in Joshua Black's entertaining book comes when an audience member at a 2010 taping of the now-defunct ABC show Q&A throws a shoe at former prime minister John Howard. (It echoed a famous moment two…
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COMMENTS, POLLS, YOUR stories – we always want to gather our readers' perspectives on news stories here at The Journal. We also accept letters to the editor for publication. Your letters can be your view on a topic or of our journalism. Or…
Amazon launches children's book donation scheme with UK publishers
You Buy, We Donate initiative: launched by Amazon Amazon has launched a four-week You Buy, We Donate initiative with UK publishers in support of the National Year of Reading 2026. Join thousands of book industry professionals who rely on The…
Self-Publishing Partnership: Almost 100 authors affected by collapse
Sep 1, 2026by Matilda Battersby Almost 100 authors have been affected by the recent collapse of the Self-Publishing Partnership (SPP), with freelancers who provided editorial services owed thousands in unpaid invoices. Join thousands of book…
Google launches Expert Intelligence with more than 100k publisher titles
Google has launched Expert Intelligence, a new initiative allowing readers to use purchased e-books and other trusted sources directly within its AI products. Join thousands of book industry professionals who rely on The Bookseller for trusted…
The Production AI Checklist That Nobody Publishes.
I spend a lot of time in the AI space -- reading papers, building things, talking to engineers who are actually shipping. And there is a gap between what the demos show and what production systems actually look like that nobody is being fully…
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…
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…
Radar Trends to Watch: September 2026
Midway through each month, I think “The next Trends is going to be small. Not much is happening.” This is the first time that I've been right. Was everyone on vacation in August? Am I becoming jaded? There were many model releases…
Kalshi says it's a prediction market. The 9th Circuit says it's gambling.
'Kalshi has a gambling problem,' the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote last Friday, when it ruled that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) did not preempt Nevada from enforcing its gambling laws against prediction market Kalshi's sports-related event…
Ethan Nwaneri's Loan Move to Borussia Dortmund Offers Insight into Arsenal Future
Ethan Nwaneri has joined Borussia Dortmund from Arsenal on a season-long loan as the youngster searches for more regular minutes. The 19-year-old struggled for game time in north London last season, featuring just 12 times before joining Marseille…
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