Google introduces a 'Preferred Sources' button for publishers to embed on their websites, allowing readers to highlight trusted sources across Google Search, Discover, and News, aiming to mitigate traffic loss caused by AI-powered search features.
The gaming industry is seeing a shift as boutique publishers, founded by successful indie studios, emerge to support grassroots talent. This movement mirrors the 1990s independent film boom, offering a potential alternative to the consolidation and stagnation of major publishers.
Apple is negotiating with publishers to license their news content for an upcoming Siri AI upgrade, proposing a nine-figure budget using a variable pay-as-you-go compensation model.
Shopify reported strong second-quarter earnings, crediting AI search for tripling AI-driven traffic and orders year-over-year while enhancing merchant conversions through multidimensional product matching.
UK publishers advocate for greater local media support to ensure accountability under Andy Burnham's devolution plans, citing challenges from big tech, misinformation, and limited journalist access, despite a new £12m government fund to address "news deserts."
Prince Harry, Doreen Lawrence, Elton John, and four others face a potential £18.3m shortfall after losing their privacy case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), with their £16.2m insurance cover falling short of ANL's £34.5m costs.
A draft bill to amend the 2014 copyright law has been completed by the House of Representatives, proposing that AI-assisted works receive copyright protection only with human involvement. The bill also mandates compensation from tech platforms for using news content for aggregation, republishing, link-previewing, or AI training.
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X (formerly Twitter) and a group of music publishers, led by the NMPA, have dismissed their opposing lawsuits concerning copyright infringement and anticompetitive practices. The three-year legal battle concludes without disclosure of the settlement terms.
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Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested three publishers for books with 'inappropriate' content glorifying separatists. Two books were withdrawn, publishers blacklisted, and eight education employees suspended.
J&K police arrested three publishers on Sunday in connection with two books allegedly glorifying separatists and anti-national elements. The books were supplied to government school libraries before being withdrawn. The probe has widened, with potential for more arrests.
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe left a BBC interview after details of his personal finances were revealed. The episode was removed from iPlayer. Scammers are using fake news articles, including clones of The Guardian, to lure victims into fake investment platforms.
The New York Times and The Daily News allege OpenAI lied about its ability to search customer chat logs for copyrighted material, escalating a two-year copyright lawsuit. OpenAI previously claimed such searches were burdensome and raised privacy concerns, but a deposition revealed internal searches and a database of de-identified conversations were already in use.
Zhang Ning, founder of TopEdit, expressed strong disapproval of a US Congress proposal to ban collaborations with Chinese entities using federal funds, calling it "absurd" and "ridiculous" amid growing global irrationality.
Netflix is launching short-form video content from publishers like BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, and Variety starting August 3 in US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and NZ. This low-risk experiment tests audience appetite for web-native content as Netflix competes with YouTube and TikTok.
Prince Harry and other British celebrities lost their privacy lawsuits against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail. The High Court dismissed the claims, ruling that the claimants failed to prove information was obtained unlawfully.
A movement called Stop Killing Games is lobbying for legal protections to prevent publishers from shutting down online video games. The group advocates for "end-of-life plans" to keep games playable, proposing that companies allow players to operate private servers. While the European Commission cannot mandate this due to copyright laws, it will work on a code of conduct. In the US, California's "Protect Our Games" act, which requires advance notice before takedown and access for purchased games, has passed the Assembly.
The European Commission will not mandate video game companies to maintain online support for discontinued titles. Instead, it will work with the industry to develop voluntary standards for game preservation and raise consumer awareness of their rights.
The Stop Killing Games campaign, with 1.3 million signatures, challenges the practice of shutting down online game servers, rendering games unplayable. The EU is set to respond to the petition by July 27.
Google is launching dedicated Search profiles for major creators and publishers in the US, offering more control over their online presence. This feature requires a minimum of 100,000 followers on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, or X, or 300,000 on TikTok, and is aimed at providing an alternative to link-in-bio services.
Media leaders at the World Media Congress in Marseille announced 30 new members for the SPUR coalition, aiming to establish technical standards for AI usage of publisher content.
The UK has mandated Google to allow publishers to opt out of content aggregation for AI search features. Google announced compliance, introducing a toggle in Search Console, a move hailed as a 'world first' by the CMA to empower publishers in negotiating content deals.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will require Google to grant publishers more control over how their content is used in AI-generated search results, aiming for fair treatment and transparency.
