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UK government drops plans to publish photos and names of offenders under community orders
Ministers have dropped controversial plans to photograph, name and shame offenders ordered to complete unpaid community work in the latest U-turn for Labour. The plans, first disclosed by the Guardian, would have seen people convicted of minor…
AdSense publishers report sudden revenue plunge - again
Google AdSense publishers are reporting sharp drops in earnings over the past 24 hours, with many seeing eCPM and RPM declines of 50–70%, according to widespread forum complaints. Why we care. For publishers that rely on AdSense to fund…
Kobalt Partners With India's Madverse to Expand Publishing Reach
Independent music publisher Kobalt has formed a worldwide partnership with Madverse Music Group, an India-based company serving the South Asian independent music sector with distribution, publishing and marketing services. Under the agreement…
Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
(Reuters) — Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to…
Book Publishers Seek Entry Into Google AI Copyright Fight
Major book publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group filed a motion Thursday to intervene in an existing class action lawsuit filed last year against Google, accusing the tech giant of orchestrating “historic copyright…
Jesse Cox Talks YouTube's Past and Future, the Algorithm, Game Publishing & More! - Character Select
In today's interview, we chat with Jesse Cox. He's been a YouTube pioneer for well over a decade with his main channel boasting over 1 million subscribers. Since then, he's also expanded into the world of podcasting, voice acting and even game…
The Student Loan Report the Trump Administration Didn't Want Published
The Trump administration's barely-alive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a heavily edited 20-page report on the state of student loans, after cutting nearly half of the original document. The published report is 15 pages shorter than…
Canongate to publish Dave Eggers' new novel
Canongate is set to publish Dave Eggers' new novel. Canongate's CEO Jamie Byng has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to Contrapposto, by the Pulitzer and National Book Award shortlisted author. Contrapposto will be published by…
Five US publishers sue Google over 'deceptive and manipulative' adtech practices
Five major US publishers have filed lawsuits against Google claiming its “deceptive and manipulative” adtech practices seriously limited their potential revenue. Rolling Stone owner Penske Media Corporation (plus its subsidiary She…
Mohawk Industries Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Mohawk Industries Inc. MHK rallied 3.28% to $123.68 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.26% to 6,944.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…
Hassett's Fed Chair Odds Drop in Prediction Markets, Warsh's Surge
On Kalshi, Hassett's chances fell to as low as 13% Friday morning, a drop of about 20 percentage points. Meanwhile, Polymarket users put Hassett's chance of being named Fed Chair at 17%, down from a high of 75% in December. The main beneficiary in…
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Publisher Has Just Decided, Actually, That Wasn't One Game, It Was Two
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy was one of 2025's most ambitious games. The title, the brainchild of Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Last Defense Academy, aimed to take players through 100 different narrative routes, each with a different…
Goldman's Solomon Says Bank Is Looking at Prediction Markets
Goldman Sachs Chief Executive David Solomon said on the bank's fourth quarter earnings call Thursday that he thinks prediction markets are 'super interesting.' He said he met with the leadership of the two big prediction companies in recent weeks…
Ocugen Inc. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market
Shares of Ocugen Inc. OCGN tumbled 13.83% to $1.62 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.26% to 6,944.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…
Zoom Communications Inc. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market
Shares of Zoom Communications Inc. ZM slipped 1.50% to $81.52 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 0.25% to 23,530.02 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
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