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We should be using some of our corporate tax bonanza to ensure our sovereign security

Former President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged Nigerian insurance companies to publicly disclose their claims settlement records and corporate governance performance to rebuild confidence in the industry. Read More: https://punchng.com/adesina-urges-insurers-to-publish-claims-governance-performance/

With the publication of the Melbourne author's final novel, Just Desserts, her partner David Greagg and close friends share memories of the whip-smart author who never expected to make it to 70.

A collection of Elvis Presley music rightsholders and the publisher of many of Eminem’s records have filed sprawling new federal lawsuits against the AI music generator Suno, with each party making separate allegations that add to the AI company’s legal challenges. The Presley lawsuit — brought by a group that includes Authentic Brands Group, Raleigh […]

The Duke of Sussex and other public figures lost a High Court case against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

Prince Harry and other household names are appealing a judge's decision dismissing their privacy lawsuit against a newspaper group.

Salon, one of the internet’s earliest publications, is shutting down nearly 31 years after its launch. The site announced Thursday in a farewell post that it would go dark later Thursday. Salon was founded in the wake of a strike at the San Francisco Examiner when one of the newspaper’s editors, David Talbot, started exploring […]

The government argues the change will help jobseekers and could help to prevent pay discrimination.

The U.S. tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram is pausing the implementation of a policy that concerned Canadian news publishers.

Documents were published in March and June - but others were withheld because they were part of a police investigation.

ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models.

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 PETALING JAYA, Nov 4 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government had previously stepped in...

Consultancy says it will correct report but blames ‘human error’ for problems

Google faced a setback today when an adviser to Europe's highest court backed a complaint by publishers against its Gemini chatbot's use of their copyrighted articles to respond to queries from internet users.

Ireland must aim to electrify all power, heat and transport, Climate Minister says

A well-known British man has lost his bid for an injunction against ITN and The Guardian to prevent the media outlets from publishing allegations of sexual misconduct. In a High Court judgment, the star’s claim for an injunction was denied, but a temporary order preventing the man (known as PPT in court proceedings) from being […]

An anonymous U.K. celebrity has lost his injunction bid to prevent two news organizations from publishing sexual misconduct allegations against him and therefore revealing his identity. Earlier this month, it was reported that an anonymous celebrity had applied for a permanent injunction at London’s High Court to try to stop ITN and The Guardian from […]

<p>Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing</p><p>All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a global climate summit.</p><p>Brazil, the host of <a hr

The US native explains how a fanciful Covid dream led to her becoming a leading Irish food publisher

A federal judge has once again dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation claims against the Wall Street Journal over a 2025 report by the paper that a 2003 birthday letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was purportedly written by Trump. Trump’s lawsuit “falls short of pleading actual malice,” wrote U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles […]

Experts, including renowned management scholars Allan Bird of Goa Institute of Management and Elizabeth L. Rose, Pro-Vice Chancellor and senior professor at ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, took part in the five-day Early Career Researchers’ Publishing Boot Camp at SRM University-A.P.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Frank Aigbogun, the publisher of BusinessDay newspaper, on his 70th birthday, praising his contributions to journal Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubu-congratulates-businessday-publisher-aigbogun-at-70/

Publishers currently have to implement multiple blocking commands for every bot that crawls the web to collect data, but the new proposed solution will allow them to enter a single, standardised instruction that's recognised and honoured.

Marvin R. Shanken, the longtime editor and publisher of Wine Spectator magazine who was instrumental in elevating the profile of American wine business, died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 83. Shanken started his career in 1972 when he bought a small industry newsletter named Impact, which became a key resource for the wine and spirits […]

Two days after Steam admitted it has an AI slop problem, Roblox basically bragged about the same thing.

He bought a struggling industry newsletter called Wine Spectator in 1979 and turned it into one of America’s leading tastemakers. He was 83.

Champions adjust.

Failure to publish latest figures is ‘further proof that the housing crisis is not a priority for this Government’, Social Democrats TD says

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The makers behind the Call of Duty video game apologi...

The Nigerian Guild of Editors has rejected allegations of partisanship over its decision to allow Peter Obi to address its 22nd conference in Enugu. Read More: https://punchng.com/dont-publish-please-nge-defends-obis-conference-participation-denies-partisanship/

Dyack believes that games like Subnautica 2 are "skewing player expectations" for early access games.

Good… new games?

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 Independent National Electoral Commission will publish an updated list of candidates for the 2027 general elections after a review to correct errors. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-inec-to-publish-updated-candidates-list-after-review/

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will publish an updated list of candidates for the 2027 general elections after its review process. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-inec-to-publish-updated-list-of-candidates-after-review/

Australian writers and publishers are calling for the government to intervene in the industry's "existential crisis" over the rise of artificial intelligence.

Sophia Bush didn’t hold back while writing her new memoir, “And I’ll Tell You Mine.” Although best known as an actress, Bush not only details the roles that made her famous, but also her childhood, her politics, her past and present personal relationships, and everything in between. “There were things that I knew were very […]

More than 99.32 lakh names have been knocked off the rolls as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka.

The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre and listed the case for detailed hearing on November 17

Coalition to argue 18-point plan will show it has not downgraded climate ambitions, as Opposition claims

The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the preliminary register of voters for the 2027 general elections online to promote transparenc Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-inec-publishes-preliminary-voters-register-online/

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member Chris Young has signed with UTA for global representation in all areas. The signing comes as Young approaches nearly two decades in the country music spotlight. In addition to his robust solo catalog, over the years he has performed with Miranda Lambert, Jon Pardi, Ashley McBryde and others. […]

Kenny MacPherson, a veteran publishing executive and artist manager who co-founded Big Deal Music Group, was formerly CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Group and worked with such acts as Radiohead, Supertramp, Ray LaMontagne, My Morning Jacket, the Blue Nile, St. Vincent and others, died on Friday in Los Angeles, according to Hits and other media reports. […]

The October 6 lawsuit, being ‌reported for the first time and due to be heard on October 27, 2026, is the most high-profile challenge to the government’s privacy ‌law

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Despite positive online reviews, authors have accused Patrick White Publishing of poor quality service and pushing them into removing negative comments.

Today, Oct. 24, 2026, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album. It would take at least a few years before anyone really thought of this as a monumental or transformative event — for country music, and then for pop, and then for pop culture as we knew and continue […]

Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the terms will go into effect on November 20th "to allow […]

When Justin Lothrop first came across Ursula Wills’ short story “The Wicker Husband” online in 2021, the Votiv Films producer immediately knew that it was material worth championing. The offbeat fantasy fable, which at its core explores themes of jealousy and the transformative power of love, was just the kind of unique IP that the […]

Kollam District Collector asks political parties to ensure appointment of Booth Level Agents at all polling stations and to take immediate steps to assign them where vacancies exist

The oral pronouncement in open court on October 21 had specifically dictated the time of stay as a week or seven days

<p>Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novel</p><p>The publisher of top-selling Haitian Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/25/thelyson-orelien-goncourt-prize-france">who was removed from France’s most prestigious literary prize

Les Éditions du Boréal said in a press release that analysis of some documents' metadata indicated AI was used while writing the book.

Publisher Boreal says investigations confirmed the Haitian-Canadian Thelyson Orelien used AI in his breakthrough novel.