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Warner Music Group Combines Music and Publishing Sync Operations
Warner Music Group has announced a plan to combine its global sync operations, bringing together its recorded music and publishing divisions into a single unit. The streamlined group will be led by industry vet Ron Broitman, who has been promoted…
CyberWell publishes guidelines to ensure AI safety standards, combat hate
CyberWell released new guidance for social media companies earlier this month on improving artificial intelligence content moderation to better target antisemitism while protecting free expression. The guidance was submitted as a public comment…
Ozuna Inks Publishing Deal With EMPIRE
Puerto Rican phenom Ozuna has signed a new deal with EMPIRE Publishing. Under the terms of the new agreement, the reggaeton artist will have all future works administered by EMPIRE worldwide. He will also receive other additional services from the…
Exclusive! Telegraf publishes new footage of Paris chaos: Demonstrators burn everything in their path
Vreme čitanja: oko 1 min. The protests in Paris that started last weekend are still the main topic among the residents of the French capital. Such a wave of violence and looting has not been seen in a city known for frequent demonstrations…
81 Tamil Nadu Prison Inmates Publish 85 Books Of Poems, Short Stories
The books are the outcome of an initiative by Ezhuthuga Iyakkam, or The Write Movement. Behind the walls of Cuddalore Central Prison in Tamil Nadu, 81 convicts have discovered a new identity - that of published authors. Their novels, poetry and…
Republican Candidate Publishes AI Prompt About Trump's Unpopularity
Minnesota GOP House candidate Eric Pratt accidentally left an artificial intelligence prompt up on his website that showed him asking the AI tool to avoid talking about President Trump due to his dismal approval ratings. “Residents want…
Yahoo CEO Warns AI Poses 'Existential' Threat to Publishers
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone warned Wednesday that artificial intelligence is threatening the survival of digital publishers by using their content to generate answers without sending readers back to their…
Here Are The Games EA Says It Will Still Make Amid Cancelations And 400 Layoffs: 'We're The Number One Publisher In Western HD Gaming
Two months after selling to Saudi Arabia in the biggest leveraged buyout in history, Electronic Arts is overhauling its gaming portfolio and laying off 400 people in its first wave of major post-sale cuts. A broad overview of the plan was shared…
NVIDIA Pushes Agent Enforcement Into the Silicon, and Publishes the Blueprint
NVIDIA announced the OpenShell Reference Architecture at GTC Berlin today, the third act in a fast sequence: the OpenShell runtime shipped September 16, the Open Agent Safety Platform followed September 28, and today's release turns that platform…
Canadian publisher says Thelyson Orelien used AI to write award-winning book, ends relationship
By Thomson Reuters Oct 21, 2026 | 1:43 PM PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Canadian publishing house Les Editions du Boreal said on Wednesday it had ended its professional relationship with Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien…
Thélyson Orélien row: publisher says AI used to write 'C'était ça ou mourir
The case has been shaking the French-language publishing world for weeks. On Wednesday 21 October, the Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal announced via a press release (source in French) that Thélyson Orélien had…
Anthropic, music publishers square off on 'fair use' defence in AI copyright case
SAN JOSE, California – Anthropic urged a judge in California on Oct 21 to rule that the AI company's use of millions of song lyrics to train its chatbot Claude is protected as “fair use” under US copyright law, as it seeks to…
Publishers want Brussels and London to stop Meta's new AI terms
“The Commission remains committed to ensure that Meta's practices fully comply with all applicable obligations under EU law, including competition rules and the Digital Markets Act,” Commission spokesperson Ricardo Cardoso told…
EA cancels unannounced The Sims project, trims the Skate team and plans to lay off 400 workers: 'We're the number one publisher in Western HD gaming'
Not only is EA closing down BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect - Electronic Arts has now announced a heap of drastic changes that include cutting 400 jobs across the company, pausing development on a project connected to The Sims, and…
SC extends time for publishing final list of candidates in AP urban local bodies' elections
The Supreme Court directed the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday to postpone the publication of the final list of candidates contesting urban local bodies' elections in the State. A Special Bench of Justices Joymalya…
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