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X’s decline in engagement and its ability to drive traffic is the topic du jour, with several days of bad PR for the Elon Musk-owned social network. Over the weekend, X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, and data analyst Nate Silver, previously of FiveThirtyEight, feuded over whether or not X was still capable of sending…
Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google on Wednesday denied that’s the case, at least in aggregate. Instead, the search giant says that total organic click volume from its search engine to websites has been “relatively stable” year-over-year…
After months of beta testing, newsletter platform Ghost has shipped a new version of its software, Ghost 6, that allows its publishers to share their long-form content natively with the broader open social web. That means in addition to publishing their newsletters to the web, RSS, and sending them out via email, Ghost’s users can…
“Penguin Random House scraps $2.2B deal with Simon & Schuster” Penguin Random House, the world’s largest publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2 billion deal to merge, Penguin owner Bertelsmann said in a statement. Bertelsmann, a German media group, initially said it would appeal a US judge’s decision which said its bid to…
“World’s largest book published in Texas” This is one for the books. A Texas nonprofit, publishing house and a museum collaborated to break the Guinness World Record for largest published book, according to KHOU. The record-breaking title measured in at 7 feet tall and 11 feet wide. It’s a gigantic version of the tome “I Am…
“Judge blocks Penguin Random House from merging with Simon & Schuster” A federal judge has blocked the $2.18 billion merger between two book-publishing giants — Penguin Random House and rival Paramount Simon & Schuster — saying the mega-deal would unlawfully reduce competition. On Monday, US District Judge Florence Pan blocked the merger between Bertelsmann’s Penguin…
“Google paying over 300 EU publishers for news, more to come” Alphabet’s Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move followed the adoption of…
“#Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen inks book deal” The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal. Little, Brown and Co. announced Thursday that it had acquired a planned memoir, “offering…
“#Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, may test online law” Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world’s toughest online content law. The Conversation, which publishes current affairs commentary by academics, said…
“#Publisher of Cuomo’s COVID book stops promotion amid probe” A celebratory book Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote about his own coronavirus response has had its promotion paused by the publisher due to the federal probe into the state’s handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes, a report said. Crown Publishing Group additionally has no intention of…