Publishing

Nearly 100 employees of Media Mulia, publisher of Utusan Malaysia, Kosmo!, put on paid leave

AI giants promise publishers new way to block some scraping

The announcement comes as publishers are facing a surge in bots that scrape their articles to feed AI models.

Major Japanese business magazine Diamond Weekly to end print edition and focus on digital platform

The publisher stressed that they are not abandoning print completely, as book publishing remains its largest business division.

NYT, Economist among publishers joining coalition to curb unpaid AI use

Publishers are stepping up legal efforts to prevent AI companies from using their content without permission to train large language models.

Google faces US$3.2 billion damage claims on ad-tech monopoly

Publishers are accusing Google of harm caused by monopolisation of advertisement technology markets.

Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, there’s worry about damaging the publishing industry

Publishers argue that the tech companies violated copyright law by scraping millions of their stories off the internet and other databases, and using the text, without approval or pay, to train advanced AI systems.

The Odyssey scholar Emily Wilson, a critic of the movie adaptation, is redoing her translation

Emily Wilson’s original interpretation of The Odyssey became a bestseller after it was released in 2017.

Forbes fired top editor after discovering he received secret $7.7 million payment

Forbe’s chief content officer Randall Lane was paid by RJ Shook, whose company, Shook Research, has partnered with Forbes since 2016 to publish rankings of wealth advisers.

Millions of burnt books show how 'war of endurance' is hurting Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Books burn at the site of a book warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, August 1, 2026. REUTERS/Volodymyr Pavlov/File Photo

Publisher Simon & Schuster defends Cambridge professor in plagiarism row

Jason Arday’s backstory, detailed in his memoir “Great and Unfortunate Things” set to be published in August by Simon & Schuster UK, has also attracted attention.

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