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A breakthrough in coronary bypass surgery: AMT Medical's SAFE-CAB results published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The first suture-less, beating-heart bypass connection, shown to be safe with promising early effectiveness in a peer-reviewed clinical trial. AMT Medical reports one-year results from the SAFE-CAB II prospective clinical trial in The Journal of…
I gathered the data on Jewish fiction publishing. The trends are alarming.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In early 2023, I wrote a novel that was Jewish in every possible way. The lovers called each other “ahuvati” and “neshama sheli” — Hebrew for my love and my soul. There…
Publishers Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training Data
Klaudia Radecka/Nurphoto Via Getty Images Hachette Book Group, other publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Google, accusing the tech giant of willful copyright infringement. The plaintiffs allege Google illegally bypassed scope-limited…
DOJ threatens criminal prosecution if publisher proceeds with Zachary Young spy memoir
FIRST ON FOX — The Department of Justice has threatened legal action and potential criminal prosecution if book giant HarperCollins proceeds with a planned spy memoir by Zachary Young, but the CIA-trained U.S. Navy veteran blasted the…
Authors, publishers sue Google over alleged AI copyright infringement
Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit against Google in a federal United States court in New York, alleging the Silicon Valley tech giant committed copyright infringement while training its…
Reservoir Acquires Catalogs of Latin Indie Label Nacional Records, Publisher Canciones Nacionales
Reservoir Media has acquired independent label Nacional Records and the publishing assets of its sister company, Canciones Nacionales, Billboard can exclusively announce Thursday (July 16). The new deal also includes a joint venture to sign and…
'The Implications Are Global': International Music Publishers Welcomes Australian Government's 'Landmark' Statement on AI
SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian prime minister's assurances that tech and AI companies can't use copyright-protected works including consent, credit and compensation has been warmly welcomed by the international music publishers…
Rumor: PlayStation's Disc Backlash is Upsetting Third-Party Publishers
Rumors suggest that some third-party publishers may be growing frustrated with Sony's social media strategy following its decision to discontinue PlayStation discs in 2028. Sony has been under fire since its July 1 announcement, with most of the…
Hutchinson Heinemann to publish two books by Tatiana Țîbuleac
Hutchinson Heinemann has acquired two novels by Moldovan writer Tatiana Țîbuleac. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and receive tailored newsletters with the latest from the book trade. Want full access? Subscribe today…
Media Briefing: AI visibility is becoming publishers' newest currency
This Media Briefing covers the latest in media trends for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → This week's Media Briefing looks at the rise of AI visibility as publishers' latest…
HarperCollins Children's Books promotes Tom Bonnick to fiction publishing director
HarperCollins Children's Books has promoted Tom Bonnick to fiction publishing director after his work on the launch of the Harper Fire YA imprint and the HarperCollins Children's Classics list. Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and…
European prosecutors publish first indictment of Greek MPs in farm scandal
Thursday's indictment is the latest chapter in the farm funds scandal saga that has convulsed Athens since last year. EPPO is investigating dozens of cases involving Greek farmers, or people posing as farmers, who improperly received subsidies for…
Web Push advertising in 2026: Market trends and challenges
Predictability is not the exact adjective we can apply to Push notifications. One day, they are at their all-time high; another, Google rolls out an update, and everything goes south very quickly. Changes in platform policies have taken many…
Police performance levels published for first time - How our forces ranked
New police performance tables have been published today. Every force in England and Wales has been been assigned a performance level by the policing inspectorate for the first time. The move by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &…
Tarik Skubal Trade Prediction Market Trending Down
What goes up must come down, and that is exactly what's happening to Tarik Skubal's trade market. Following Kalshi's confidence in Skubal being moved, the market has backed off, with his price now favoring him staying put. Skubal looked like a near…
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