AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPublishing & Books in Public Life: The Smithsonian Store hosted a Lower Manhattan conversation tied to American Indigenous Democracy: A Call for Interdependence, spotlighting the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace and its relevance to U.S. founding. Nonfiction Awards: Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling made the shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize, a major U.K. nonfiction payday. Labor & Newsroom Power: Daily Herald journalists voted 15-0 to form the Daily Herald News Guild after years of layoffs and pay cuts under Alden Global Capital/Tribune Publishing. AI & Copyright in Publishing: A Third Circuit ruling says training AI on a competitor’s proprietary, curated database for the same commercial purpose is copyright infringement, rejecting “just training data” fair use. Audiobooks & Rights Activism: Libro.fm and Silent Book Club are running a Banned Books Week Read-In with free audiobook picks and local bookstore/library events. YA-to-Screen Adaptations: Netflix is developing American Royals, based on Katharine McGee’s Alloy Entertainment YA series.
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