Neowin News Feed for: Publishers

Court rules against Internet Archive in favour of book publishers on digital lending

Paul Hill — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:06:01 +0000

A court has ruled in favour of several book publishers against Internet Archive and its Open Library service. The judge said that Internet Archive needed permission to share the books online. Read more...

Meta warns about stopping its News sharing in U.S. to protest publisher payment plan

Hemant Saxena — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:04:02 +0000

Threatening to stop sharing news in the U.S. to protest a publisher payment plan, Meta Policy Communications Director Andy Stone tweeted Facebook would consider removing news from its platform. Read more...

Google News Showcase is now live in India

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 May 2021 05:34:01 +0000

Google has announced the launch of News Showcase in India. By partnering with over 30 Indian publishers, the company hopes to increase audience reach with adequate financial compensation. Read more...

Facebook News will exclude U.S. publishers with ties to political entities

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:50:01 +0000

Ahead of the U.S. elections scheduled later this year, Facebook has introduced new limitations for publishers that are linked to political entities, including exclusion from the News tab. Read more...

Google might pull its news service from Europe

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:30:01 +0000

Google is considering ending its news service in Europe in response to the controversial European Union's Copyright Directive. The law would require platforms to pay publishers for use of excerpts. Read more...

Facebook alters algorithm to prioritise local news

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:00:01 +0000

Facebook has announced yet another change to its website in order to make you feel more connected on the site. This time, Facebook changed its algorithm in order to prioritise local news. Read more...

If your Windows Store app has not been updated with new age ratings, it will be removed soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has warned developers who haven't updated their apps with the new age rating system, cautioning them that if they don't comply, their apps will soon be removed from the Windows Store. Read more...

Apple criticized for requiring publishers who aren't interested in Apple News to opt out

Andy Weir — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:36:01 +0000

Apple has been inviting publishers to join its new Apple News service - but rather than ask them to agree to its terms and conditions, it's requiring those who aren't interested to opt out. Read more...

External traffic falls, internal traffic rises as Google News withdraws from Spain

Usama Jawad — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:08:01 +0000

With Google News now shut down in Spain, publishers in the country are experiencing a sharp decline in their sites' external traffic. However, the internal traffic has surprisingly increased. Read more...

Spanish news organizations want Google News back

Usama Jawad — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:24:01 +0000

Following the approval of amendments in the tax laws in Spain, Google announced that Google News would be shut down in the country as well. But now, the publishers are asking Google News to return. Read more...

Send to Kindle buttons now available to publishers

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:38:12 +0000

Amazon has released Send to Kindle buttons for Wordpress bloggers and web publishers that allow users to send an article directly to their Kindle devices for later or offline reading. Read more...

Amazon to bypass publishers, music industry should follow

Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:47:19 +0000

Amazon is taking a bold new step and is asking authors to bypass the traditional publisher. Amazon will be directly publishing 122 books this Fall in both in both eBook and physical form. Read more...

Amazon.com allows the selling of Wikipedia articles

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:38:13 +0000

If the title on this Amazon.com book (Culture of Pakistan: Culture of Pakistan. Pakistani literature, Urdu, Books and publishing in Pakistan, Pakistani poetry, List of Urdu language poets, Music of Pakistan) seems suspicious to you,... Read more...

Sony responds to rumors, 'no plans for PS3 price drop'

Garrett Dodd — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:07:16 +0000

As the big announcement (well, depends how you look at it) that the Sony's tried and tested Playstation 2 system is now $99.99 starting today, Sony didn't forget the about other rumour that has been... Read more...

Publishers testing e-books for young people

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:57:04 +0000

Two leading children's publishers, Scholastic, Inc., and Disney, will soon discover whether the laptop compares to the lap in the hearts of young readers. Scholastic is officially launching BookFlix, an educational Web site pairing short... Read more...

Google Offers Book Search to Publishers

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:38:31 +0000

Google is making its controversial engine available to publishers interested in putting it on their Web sites. This is the first time Google's Book Search service has been available outside of its main site in... Read more...

Music Publishers Sue XM Radio

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:38:19 +0000

The National Music Publishers' Association is suing XM Satellite Radio, saying that XM violates copyright laws with a service called "XM (plus) MP3". It enables users to store and replay songs on certain devices, something... Read more...

Major Book Publishers Sue Google

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:44:37 +0000

Thanks oddcrap. Google Inc. on Wednesday was sued by a major publishing association for digitizing library books without the permissions of copyright holders, the second such suit filed against the search engine giant. ... Read more...

Hollywood unions strike deal with video game publishers

Todd Tanner — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 17:50:52 +0000

After months of threats that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) would strike if a new deal was not made with game publishers, a settlement was announced... Read more...

Music Publishers Sign Huge Deal On Web Radio

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:34:34 +0000

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio Music License Committee to give stations the ability to legally stream their on-air content... Read more...

Sony touts new PSP publishers, 16-person wireless multiplaye

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:06:26 +0000

Press conference also reveals some new games and an innovative translation program for Sony's portable device. During its press conference today, Sony Computer Entertainment revealed that the number of third-party Japanese publishers... Read more...

Publishers Take Game-Copying Software To Court

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:06:40 +0000

321 Studios got a lot of attention with its popular DVD X Copy software earlier this year. DVD X Copy is used to make backups of DVDs. Now three game companies (Atari, Electronic... Read more...

Game Publishers Sign Tiger, Britney for New Games

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:48:08 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game publishers THQ Inc. THQI.O and Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS.O said on Tuesday that they had inked game deals with two popular stars, with EA re-signing golfer Tiger Woods and... Read more...