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Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture—together with the KSE Foundation, the Ukrainian Book Institute, and the International Book Arsenal Festival—is developing a grant program to aid Ukrainian publis…

The Tow Center’s updated AI deals tracker reveals a complex landscape with striking geographic inequities.

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.

The deal is the latest sign that media buyers are moving closer to publishers to shorten supply paths and access audience data for training AI agents.

The changes to Google’s search engine have turned the online publishing industry upside down, with many outlets forced to contend with AI search summaries that are taking away traffic.

Microsoft warns publishers to replace the AppNexus ad connection before early 2027, with consent support, placement IDs and ad-server targeting to check.

AI companies are starting to pay for content that shows up in answers. The case for also paying for the library behind them is stronger than it looks.

Publishers Weekly has announced the 150 books that made their Top 10 and category lists for Best Books of 2026.

Star Trek Online exec producer Thomas Marrone has poured scorn on companies who close maturing teams in favour of "AAA veteran" start-ups and "magic beans".

Meta pushed its new business terms, which publishers say let it scrape their sites, to 20 November, a day after US publishers demanded it withdraw them.

Meta says it’s delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after legal experts said they could be used to freely scrape news sites.

People’s information habits are evolving quickly, and platforms and publishers of all sizes are navigating these changes. To help meet this moment, we’re evolving our partnerships as newsrooms adapt to these shifts in user preferences and new technology.…

“Myst” sold over 6 million copies in the ’90s. Its latest spinoff couldn’t shore up any funding, pointing to an existential crisis among double-A games.

A common thread among many new Google features is how they enable publishers to build loyal audiences across all Google surfaces.

Reuters and Time now block AI bots by default, allowing only approved crawlers through allowlists, as more publishers add friction to AI content scraping.

Digital Content Next sent Common Crawl a cease and desist letter demanding it stop scraping publisher content and remove protected material from its datasets.

Google tests AI visibility reports and an opt-out toggle as the UK requires new publisher controls for AI search features.

The UK's CMA has imposed a new conduct requirement on Google Search, letting publishers opt out of AI features and requiring clearer content attribution.