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Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report
Apple is in talks to pay publishers to use their content to power the upcoming Siri AI, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The tech giant has reached out to publishers in recent months about using their content to provide Siri…
Remember the Publisher That Put Fake Writers in Sports Illustrated? It Just Rebranded as an AI Company
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The Arena Group — the media company which, in 2023, allowed a contractor called AdVon Commerce to publish AI-generated fake writers in the pages of Sports Illustrated and…
Meta publishes holiday marketing guides
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta published a series of blog posts on holiday campaign planning this week that outline how shopping journeys have evolved, and details how marketers can update their…
Only 1.1% of news publisher visits come directly from AI: Study
AI referrals accounted for just 1.1% of visits to news publishers after conversations with AI assistants, according to a new Scrunch study that tracked millions of searches, AI chats, and website visits. Most publisher visits came through direct…
Kinetic Publishing 2026 Showcase Roundup
Earlier this week, UK studio Kinetic Games (of Phasmophobia fame) showcased the first batch of titles to be released under their new indie publishing arm, Kinetic Publishing. From a whimsical wizarding life-sim to a metroidvania that takes place on…
Spotify has roped the indie publisher Kobalt into its AI platform for covers and remixes
Spotify has been teasing its upcoming AI tool that lets fans make covers and remixes for a while now, even unveiling a partnership with Universal Music Group. The streamer just announced another partner for the endeavor, the indie music publishing…
So Who Wants to Publish a 20,000-Word Essay on Great Anti-Communist Movies?
We are on the eve of the announcement of the lineup at the first annual Anti-Communist Film Festival. Our headline film is The Lives of Others, and I'd like to wait to reveal the others - although I'm not above dropping a hint. I've spent over a…
Apple Eyes 9-Figure Deals to Pay Publishers for AI Content
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Apple is in talks with publishers about paying for access to their content as the tech giant looks to bolster its artificial intelligence-powered Siri with current news and information. The iPhone…
Phasmophobia devs Kinetic Games mosey into publishing with a witchy delivery game, a parasitic Metroidvania, and more
Kinetic Games are keeping busy! You may have heard yesterday that the Phasmophobia developer is publishing the next game from Her Story and Immortality's Sam Barlow (who's roped in Brandon Cronenberg this time around). That's not all that was…
Mattel Game Studios Launches to Expand Self-Published Games Biz Across Hot Wheels, UNO and More IP (EXCLUSIVE)
Mattel is revamping its video game business with the launch of Mattel Game Studios, a division of the toy brand that will develop, publish and operate original interactive experiences inspired by Mattel IP. The debut of the new game developer…
Google backs publisher model as Apple considers price tag for news
Google said it backs the established system for paying news publishers, even as Apple considers a radically different model that would tie payments to how often its AI assistant uses journalism. The search giant considers itself the only major tech…
A war on words: why Russian strikes are targeting Ukrainian publishers
In a northern district of the city of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, the street leading to one of the country's largest book storage and distribution centres is quiet and green. From the outside, the scale of the devastation is invisible, save…
European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds
Here are the main findings from that report, based on TollBit's analysis identified AI bots from 40 scraping vendors across 3,906 publishers: Median AI scrapes per site were four-times higher on European sites compared to North American sites.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Pursues Multi-Year Publisher Deals To Bolster Siri's AI News Capabilities
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is exploring licensing agreements with multiple publishers that would give its artificial intelligence tools broader access to current news content, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company has approached several…
Publisher's Platform: Frank Yiannas Wants an Independent Board to Investigate Foodborne Outbreaks. Set the Airplanes Aside.
Frank Yiannas has been making an argument for the better part of a year that deserves more attention than it has received. In a STAT First Opinion piece last November, written after a Listeria outbreak in prepackaged pasta meals killed six people…
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