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Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Acquires Big Yellow Dog Music; Big Loud Records Names Stacy Blythe and Jordan Pettit Co-Presidents
Sony Music Publishing Nashville today announced the acquisition of the long-running independent publishing and artist development company Big Yellow Dog Music, effective immediately. With the agreement, the company now owns and administers Big…
Occupied Territories Bill and military triple-lock legislation to be published before Easter
Controversial Bills to abolish the Republic's military triple lock and to ban goods, but not services, originating from illegal Israeli settlements will be published by Easter, Government Chief Whip Mary Butler has said. Ms Butler published the…
Sony Music Publishing Acquires Big Yellow Dog Music
Sony Music Publishing Nashville has acquired independent publishing and artist development company Big Yellow Dog Music. Sony now owns and administers Big Yellow Dog's catalog of songs and will serve as a full-service publisher for its roster of…
Publisher Nick Hern: New writing is in danger
Nick Hern at The Stage Awards 2026. Photo: Alex Brenner Leading publisher Nick Hern has warned that new work is in jeopardy, and has called for the industry to provide active encouragement and training for early-career playwrights Join over 100,000…
Phasmophobia creators launch indie publishing: Still focused on horror game's 1.0 release
In a bold move that expands its horizon beyond game development, Kinetic Games, the studio behind the hit game Phasmophobia, has announced its venture into the indie game publishing arena. The newly launched Kinetic Publishing is set to nurture…
The Winds of Winter Update: George RR Martin Reveals Publisher 'Snapped' And Threatened to Drop Him Over Delays
In the world of high fantasy, there are few things more mythical than a firm deadline for George RR Martin. For over a decade, fans have kept a weary vigil for The Winds of Winter, the penultimate chapter of the A Song of Ice and Fire saga. Yet…
Russia's Leading Publisher Shutters Queer-Interest YA Imprint Months After 'Extremism' Arrests
Russia's largest book publisher Eksmo has shut down its embattled young-adult literature subsidiary Popcorn Books, which became a primary target of the Kremlin's crackdown on so-called “LGBT extremism.” Eksmo told the Vedomosti…
Publisher's Platform: MAHA my Ass
Hepatitis A is a viral liver infection. It is extremely contagious and spreads through feces, often through contaminated food or close person-to-person contact. It can cause sudden liver failure or chronic liver inflammation. The CDC received…
Why game publishers are investing in K-pop agencies
Stagnant domestic gaming market pushes publishers toward globally scalable K-pop IP Krafton, the publisher of PUBG: Battlegrounds, is set to invest 100 billion won ($67.9 million) in The Black Label, according to a local media report Monday. The…
New publisher North House Press founded to 'engage in the culture of Scotland
A new publisher called North House Press has been founded by David Graham, formerly of BT Batsford, Pavilion and Canongate Books, and award-winning novelist Kirsty Gunn. The aim of the new publisher is to 'engage in the culture of Scotland in…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an indie game 'at heart,' even if its devs know it got a 'lot of support' from its publisher
Great though Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is, there's been some discourse over the game's positioning. Among the many plaudits it's received are nods for being an indie game, a distinction that's been contested due to the level of funding and…
Mohawk Industries Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Mohawk Industries Inc. MHK advanced 1.35% to $120.65 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.19% to 6,963.74 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…
Sam Eades and Sophie Wilson join S&S as publishers of new imprint in job share
L-R: Sam Eades and Sophie Wilson Sam Eades and Sophie Wilson have joined Simon & Schuster (S&S) UK as publishers in a job share, heading up new commercial fiction imprint Skylight. The imprint will sit under executive publisher Phoebe Morgan as…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. HII advanced 3.37% to $411.66 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.19% to 6,963.74 and Dow Jones Industrial…
Prof. Sengupta and Undergraduate Researcher Sarah Henry Publish in Scientific Journal | News
Saheli Sengupta, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, co-authored a peer-reviewed research article published in Scientific Reports (Vol. 16, 2026). The study examines the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying aggression and courtship in…
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