Tag: Publishers

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.

Paul Hill · Mar 25, 2023 with 3 comments

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.

Hemant Saxena · Dec 6, 2022 with 2 comments

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.

Usama Jawad · May 18, 2021 with 0 comments

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.

Jay Bonggolto · Aug 11, 2020 with 19 comments

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.

Faheemmuddeen Patel · Jan 22, 2019 with 20 comments

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.

Paul Hill · Jan 30, 2018 · Hot! with 4 comments

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.

Usama Jawad · Jun 17, 2016 · Hot! with 14 comments

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.

Andy Weir · Jun 17, 2015 · Hot! with 39 comments

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.

Usama Jawad · Dec 18, 2014 · Hot! with 12 comments

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.

Usama Jawad · Dec 15, 2014 · Hot! with 18 comments

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.

Stephen Robinson · Mar 20, 2013 · Hot! with 1 comment

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.

Brad Sams · Oct 16, 2011 · Hot! with 34 comments

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,...

Tzvi Friedman · Apr 4, 2010 · Hot! with 39 comments

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...

Garrett Dodd · Mar 31, 2009 with 8 comments

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...

· Jun 11, 2007 with -1 comments

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...

· Jun 4, 2007 with -1 comments

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...

· Mar 23, 2007 · Hot! with 4 comments

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. ...

· Oct 22, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

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...

Todd Tanner · Jun 9, 2005 with -1 comments

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...

· Oct 18, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

· Jul 12, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

· Jun 15, 2004 with -1 comments

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...

· Sep 13, 2001 with -1 comments