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Mamdani's property tax dubbed 'dangerous' and 'a little weird' by comedians after published list
Comedians Dana Carvey and David Spade mocked the idea of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax on Sunday after the city published a searchable database of property owners. 'Well, Mamdani's going after billionaires in New…
Transparency row after council ordered to publish fraud report
Secrecy fears at City Hall have resurfaced as Bristol City Council was ordered to publish a fraud report looking into a company linked to the former deputy mayor. Council legal bosses initially told councillors they could not see the report, before…
OpenAI fires back at Apple, publishing private emails to counter trade-secret claims
OpenAI has come out swinging in its legal battle with Apple—and brought receipts. The AI lab published a response —along with a tranche of private emails and messages—pushing back on some of the claims in Apple's lawsuit filed…
'Madden' and 'Apex Legends' Publisher Is Now Officially Owned by Saudi Arabia
Electronic Arts is no longer a publicly traded company. The Madden maker was just purchased in a joint private equity deal by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and Silver Lake. The…
What Top Stories Inside AI Overviews Means For Publishers And Brands In 2026 And Beyond
John Shehata, CEO of NewzDash, found something in July that a lot of publishers threatening to block Google's AI don't realize is already happening underneath them. Google has started folding entire Top Stories carousels directly inside AI…
Beyond Frames Selling Off Publishing Rights To Combat Waffle's Games For $1M
Combat Waffle Studios' Ghosts of Tabor, Grim, and Silent North will soon have a new publisher as original publisher Beyond Frames is selling the publishing rights to a new company for $1 million. We cannot confirm who the new company is yet, but…
Boldwood Books acquired by audiobook publisher RBmedia
Amanda Ridout, founder and chief executive of Boldwood Books US audiobook giant RBmedia has bought Boldwood Books, the commercial fiction independent founded by a team led by CEO Amanda Ridout seven years ago. Create a free account to unlock 3…
Riley Sager Can't Put The Pen Down, Publishes Tenth Novel In 10 Years
RILEY SAGER'S STORY isn't one of overnight success. Rather, his ascent to becoming a New York Times bestselling author was long and arduous, peppered with changes to his pen name on early published work that didn't catch fire in the way his last 10…
The prisoner's dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Google AI deals
AI deals being offered to UK publishers by Google were described to Press Gazette by one well-placed industry source as a case of the “prisoner's dilemma”. At industry events publishers fume about the broken bargain with Google, which…
Moth Books to publish English translation of Olga Campofreda's Strega-nominated novel
Jennifer Panek © Matthew Kellett Translated fiction specialist, Moth Books, has acquired Olga Campofreda's Strega-nominated Dutiful Daughters (Ragazze Perbene). Create a free account to unlock 3 articles a month and receive tailored…
Reddit offers marketing insights for beauty brands
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Reddit published a new beauty trends report, which looks at how U.S. consumers are discussing beauty and fashion-related topics in the app. The report also examines how these…
As diesel futures markets plummet, benchmark retail price rises
Diesel consumers can be excused if they are exhausted from trying to project where the prices they pay at the pump will be going after the events of the past few days and weeks. The weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration…
I published ten articles in three days and measured what each platform did to them afterwards
You click publish, the page loads, your article is there. You check the link, it works. You move on. That verification is worth less than it looks. Over three days I published on four platforms and, because two of my articles quietly disappeared, I…
Strait of Hormuz disruption hits energy, fertilizer and industrial trade
Exports of natural gas dropped by a staggering 95 per cent. The finding comes in analysis published by the International Trade Centre (ITC), a multilateral agency that has a joint mandate with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UN trade and…
Sanyo Industries 1Q Net Y91.00M Vs Net Y93.00M
Sanyo Industries Ltd. (5958.TO) Japan 1st Quarter Ended June 30 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y5.72 bln Y5.81 bln Operating Profit Y90.00 mln Y98.00 mln Pretax Profit Y154.00 mln Y155.00 mln Net Profit Y91.00 mln Y93.00 mln Per share Earnings Y32.64…
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