#publishers — Public Fediverse posts

ICYMI: Digital Content Next says Google must now deliver ad tech fixes it promised: Kint argues auction data, not display revenue, was the prize. Publishers wait 14 days for the sealed opinion and 30 for a joint judgment. Will it be enforced? https://ppc.land/digital-content-next-says-google-must-now-deliver-ad-tech-fixes-it-promised/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #GoogleAds #Publishers #AuctionData

ICYMI: Digital Content Next says Google must now deliver ad tech fixes it promised: Kint argues auction data, not display revenue, was the prize. Publishers wait 14 days for the sealed opinion and 30 for a joint judgment. Will it be enforced? https://ppc.land/digital-content-next-says-google-must-now-deliver-ad-tech-fixes-it-promised/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #GoogleAds #Publishers #AuctionData

ICYMI: Digital Content Next says Google must now deliver ad tech fixes it promised: Kint argues auction data, not display revenue, was the prize. Publishers wait 14 days for the sealed opinion and 30 for a joint judgment. Will it be enforced? https://ppc.land/digital-content-next-says-google-must-now-deliver-ad-tech-fixes-it-promised/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #GoogleAds #Publishers #AuctionData

ICYMI: Digital Content Next says Google must now deliver ad tech fixes it promised: Kint argues auction data, not display revenue, was the prize. Publishers wait 14 days for the sealed opinion and 30 for a joint judgment. Will it be enforced? https://ppc.land/digital-content-next-says-google-must-now-deliver-ad-tech-fixes-it-promised/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #GoogleAds #Publishers #AuctionData

ICYMI: Digital Content Next says Google must now deliver ad tech fixes it promised: Kint argues auction data, not display revenue, was the prize. Publishers wait 14 days for the sealed opinion and 30 for a joint judgment. Will it be enforced? https://ppc.land/digital-content-next-says-google-must-now-deliver-ad-tech-fixes-it-promised/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #GoogleAds #Publishers #AuctionData

The Quad members are 7 experienced #editors: @scieditor, Sarah Grey, @ecbrenner, @lepoole, @AmyJSchneider, Lori Paximadis, and me. We offer expertise and services to support #publishers, #authors, and #organizations. https://quadlings.com/

Update. Another article made it through peer review (this time at #JAMA Network) asserting that the #NIH policy requires NIH-funded authors to pay #APCs.

"Cost of Article Processing Charges to Adhere to National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy."
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3463
(#paywalled)

The authors are actually confused and inconsistent on this point. On the one hand, they make clear that compliance through PubMed Central (#PMC) is free of charge. On the other, they say (in Table 1) that green OA articles needn't pay APCs to comply with the older NIH policy but must pay APCs to comply with the new NIH policy.

PS: Some publishers -- like Springer Nature and Taylor & Francis -- do charge APCs to NIH-funded authors to publish in their journals, and don't let those authors publish in their no-APC non-OA journals. They even frame those APC-based paths to publication as ways to comply with the NIH policy. But the NIH policy requires deposit in PMC (#GreenOA), which is free of charge. These publishers are charging APCs to publish in their journals, which is entirely optional and not required by any policy.

#Compliance #FunderPolicies #NelsonMemo #Publishers #OpenAccess #ScholComm

The Quad members are 7 experienced #editors: Adrienne Montgomerie, Sarah Grey, Erin Brenner, Laura Poole, Amy J. Schneider, Lori Paximadis, and me. We offer expertise and services to support #publishers, #authors, and #organizations. https://quadlings.com

The Quad members are 7 experienced editors: @ecbrenner, Adrienne Montgomerie, Sarah Grey, @lepoole, Lori Paximadis, @AmyJSchneider, & me. We offer expertise & services to support #publishers, #authors, & #organizations. https://quadlings.com/ (2/2)

The Quad members are 7 experienced editors: Adrienne Montgomerie, Sarah Grey, @ecbrenner, @AmyJSchneider, @lepoole, Lori Paximadis, and me. We offer #expertise and #services to support #publishers, #authors, and #organizations. https://quadlings.com/ (2/2)

The Quad members are 7 experienced editors: Adrienne Montgomerie, Sarah Grey, @ecbrenner, Lori Paximadis, @AmyJSchneider, @lepoole, & me. We offer expertise & services to support #publishers, #authors, & #organizations. https://quadlings.com/ (2/2)

Sunday, August 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/sunday-august-2-2026/

The Quad members are 7 experienced editors: Adrienne Montgomerie, Sarah Grey, Erin Brenner, Laura Poole, Paximadis, Amy J. Schneiter, & me. We offer expertise & services to support #publishers, #authors, & #organizations. https://quadlings.com/ (2/2)

Monday, July 27, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-27-2026/

As an #editor employed by 3 different #publishers in the 1980s & 1990s, I'm happy to learn that #employees of Univ. of Chicago Press & of Hachette Book Group voted to #unionize!🏆This is part of a #labor #movement across the #industry. https://lithub.com/both-university-of-chicago-press-and-hachette-book-group-have-voted-to-unionize/

ICYMI: UK publishers bill AI scrapers £500 per article using county courts: UK publishers launch Search-Only Contracts to bill OpenAI and Google £500 per scraped article, using county courts to enforce payment without IP litigation. https://ppc.land/uk-publishers-bill-ai-scrapers-500-per-article-using-county-courts/ #AIEthics #CopyrightLaw #Publishers #ArtificialIntelligence #LegalNews

European publishers sue Google for €640 million.

A group of over 20 European media companies is suing Google for 640 million euros in damages due to alleged violations of EU competition law in the advertising market.

The media groups refer to a fine imposed on Google by the European Commission for violations of competition law in the advertising market.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260606-european-publishers-sue-google-for-640-million?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Google #Publishers #Legal #Court #CompetitionLaw #EU #Advertising #Tech

Update. "#ThomsonReuters Shareholders Demand Investigation into #ICE Contracts."
https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-shareholders-demand-investigation-into-ice-contracts/

Thank you, shareholders. Please also demand the reinstatement of whistleblower Billie Long, and no reprisals for the other employees who expressed the same concerns that you are expressing now.

#Publishers #Surveillance #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #ThomsonReuters fired a senior attorney for her role in the employee letter protesting the company's allegedly illegal conduct.
https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-fired-worker-for-speaking-out-about-ice-former-employee-says/

Billie Little, the fired attorney, says she was fired for an "unspecified code of conduct violation." She believes she was singled out because she was the most visible leader behind the protest letter. She's suing for reinstatement and damages, and for firing her in violation of the Oregon #whistleblower statute. She maintains that the data the company sold to #ICE "circumvented and violated state sanctuary laws, privacy protections, and the Constitution.”

Also see Little's lawsuit against Thomson Reuters.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28045642-thomson-reuters-firing-complaint/?ref=404media.co

#Publishers #Surveillance #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone to read and share published academic research for free – is great in principle, but in practice has failed in important ways. That’s because traditional academic publishers have subverted the open access model to such an extent that the costs for research institutions of publishing in […]

FYI: Google AdSense to auto-enroll publishers in consent optimization: Google AdSense will auto-activate consent message optimization for EEA publishers on May 7, 2026, unless publishers opt out within the 30-day review window. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-to-auto-enroll-publishers-in-consent-optimization/ #GoogleAdSense #ConsentOptimization #Publishers #DigitalMarketing #EEA

ICYMI: Google AdSense to auto-enroll publishers in consent optimization: Google AdSense will auto-activate consent message optimization for EEA publishers on May 7, 2026, unless publishers opt out within the 30-day review window. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-to-auto-enroll-publishers-in-consent-optimization/ #GoogleAdSense #ConsentOptimization #Publishers #EEA #DigitalMarketing

Google AdSense to auto-enroll publishers in consent optimization: Google AdSense will auto-activate consent message optimization for EEA publishers on May 7, 2026, unless publishers opt out within the 30-day review window. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-to-auto-enroll-publishers-in-consent-optimization/ #GoogleAdSense #ConsentOptimization #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #Publishers

FYI: Google AdSense is reshuffling its ad tech partner list - what publishers need to know: Google today announced a two-phase experiment to update AdSense's commonly used ad technology partner list, with changes starting April 20 and a final update on or after June 5, 2026. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-is-reshuffling-its-ad-tech-partner-list-what-publishers-need-to-know/ #GoogleAdSense #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #OnlineAdvertising #Publishers

ICYMI: Google AdSense is reshuffling its ad tech partner list - what publishers need to know: Google today announced a two-phase experiment to update AdSense's commonly used ad technology partner list, with changes starting April 20 and a final update on or after June 5, 2026. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-is-reshuffling-its-ad-tech-partner-list-what-publishers-need-to-know/ #GoogleAdSense #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #Publishers #OnlineAdvertising

Google AdSense is reshuffling its ad tech partner list - what publishers need to know: Google today announced a two-phase experiment to update AdSense's commonly used ad technology partner list, with changes starting April 20 and a final update on or after June 5, 2026. https://ppc.land/google-adsense-is-reshuffling-its-ad-tech-partner-list-what-publishers-need-to-know/ #GoogleAdSense #AdTech #DigitalMarketing #Publishers #OnlineAdvertising

SSP vs DSP vs Ad Exchange | A Clear Comparison for Publishers & AdTech Teams

https://www.tuvoc.com/blog/ssp-vs-dsp-vs-ad-exchange/

Explore the differences between SSP, DSP, and Ad Exchange and how they function in programmatic advertising. Learn how these platforms connect publishers and advertisers to automate and optimize ad buying and selling.

#AdTech
#ProgrammaticAdvertising
#SSP
#DSP
#AdExchange
#DigitalAdvertising
#AdTechIndustry
#OnlineAdvertising
#Publishers
#MediaBuying

SSP vs DSP vs Ad Exchange | A Clear Comparison for Publishers & AdTech Teams

https://www.tuvoc.com/blog/ssp-vs-dsp-vs-ad-exchange/

Explore the differences between SSP, DSP, and Ad Exchange and how they function in programmatic advertising. Learn how these platforms connect publishers and advertisers to automate and optimize ad buying and selling.

#AdTech
#ProgrammaticAdvertising
#SSP
#DSP
#AdExchange
#DigitalAdvertising
#AdTechIndustry
#OnlineAdvertising
#Publishers
#MediaBuying

SSP vs DSP vs Ad Exchange | A Clear Comparison for Publishers & AdTech Teams

https://www.tuvoc.com/blog/ssp-vs-dsp-vs-ad-exchange/

Explore the differences between SSP, DSP, and Ad Exchange and how they function in programmatic advertising. Learn how these platforms connect publishers and advertisers to automate and optimize ad buying and selling.

#AdTech
#ProgrammaticAdvertising
#SSP
#DSP
#AdExchange
#DigitalAdvertising
#AdTechIndustry
#OnlineAdvertising
#Publishers
#MediaBuying

PressGazette: UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping. “Five major UK news organisations have banded together with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards…. Now the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have founded SPUR: the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition.”

PressGazette: UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping. “Five major UK news organisations have banded together with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards…. Now the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have founded SPUR: the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition.”

PressGazette: UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping. “Five major UK news organisations have banded together with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards…. Now the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have founded SPUR: the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition.”

PressGazette: UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping. “Five major UK news organisations have banded together with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards…. Now the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have founded SPUR: the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition.”

PressGazette: UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping. “Five major UK news organisations have banded together with the aim of developing shared AI licensing standards…. Now the FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have founded SPUR: the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition.”

5/ A US federal district judge just dismissed the #antitrust case against six academic #publishers (Jan 30, 2026).
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/myvmqlljdvr/24-cv-06409-HG%20Uddin%20v.%20Elsevier%20B.V.%20et%20al.pdf

Article about the dismissal:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/academic-publishers-defeat-lawsuit-over-peer-review-pay-other-restrictions-2026-01-30/

"The four scholars, scientists and professors who filed the lawsuit in 2024 had not shown sufficient evidence of a conspiracy involving publishers Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Sage Publications, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wolters Kluwer."

#Monopoly #PriceFixing #USLaw

Denmark's struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-declared-war-against-big-tech-digital-sovereignty/
#ycombinator #Big_Tech #Buildings #Companies #Competition #Copyright #Critical_infrastructure #Data #Data_protection #Democracy #Denmark #digital #Education #Germany #Higher_education #Industry #Infrastructure #Insurance #Markets #Media #Negotiations #Payments #Privacy #Publishers #Safety #Services #Startups #Tariffs #Technology #United_States #Welfare

Walled Culture the book, three years on

Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) was launched just over three years ago. A few weeks afterwards, I talked with journalist and editor Maria Bustillos about the book and its background, as part of the Internet Archive’s Book Talk series. That interview has just been added to the Future Knowledge Podcast series in a shortened form, so this seems like a good moment to […]

#agcom #analogue #browsers #canada #cdn #collectiveLicensing #copyrightTerm #diamondOpenAccess #digital #digitalViolence #dns #ebooks #enforcement #eu #euCopyrightDirective #films #france #genai #generativeAi #germany #google #hostageWorks #humanRights #InternetArchive #interview #italy #levy #licensing #linkTax #MarrakeshTreaty #newspapers #openAccess #openai #piracyShield #podcast #portugal #publicDomain #publishers #routers #spain #streaming #tax #transparency #trueFans #tv #uk #uploadFilters #videoGames #vpn

https://walledculture.org/walled-culture-the-book-three-years-on/

From the #journal Nature, an excerpt from an article with the title “#AI Is Transforming Peer Review — and Many #Scientists Are #Worried”: “Some enthusiasts see the #automation of #peer #review as an #inevitability — but many #researchers, such as [ecologist Timothée] Poisot, as well as #journal #publishers, view it as a #disaster. …” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00894-7

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/12/09/ai-search-results-eu-opens-antitrust-probe-into-googles-use-of-publisher-content-xcxwbn/

AI Search Results: EU Opens Antitrust Probe into Google’s Use of Publisher Content

#AI #AISearch #Antitrust #Google #EU #Alphabet #BigTech #Regulation #OpenWeb #Publishers #GenAI #CompetitionLaw #TechPolicy #DigitalMarketsAct #GoogleSearch #YouTube #DataPrivacy

The long road to Marrakesh: 40 years of copyright obstruction to human rights and social justice

One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available), concerns the Marrakesh Treaty. A post on the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) site from 2017 has a good summary of what the treaty is about, and why it is important:

It sets out exceptions and limits to copyright rules so that […]

#argentina #bangladesh #blind #brazil #canada #caterpillar #eu #germany #humanRights #ifla #implementation #jamesLove #kei #marrakeshTreaty #publishers #socialJustice #southAfrica #unesco #visuallyImpaired #wipo

https://walledculture.org/the-long-road-to-marrakesh-40-years-of-copyright-obstruction-to-human-rights-and-social-justice/

Trump wants money from the BBC. Can he get it?  – POLITICO

Trump’s latest claim is the flipside of his $20 billion suit a…
#Israel #News #BOOKS #Britishpolitics #Budget #Cloud #courts #Culture #Digital #DonaldTrump #elections #feed #GeorgeFreeman #GerryAdams #Insurance #kamalaharris #keirstarmer #LisaNandy #media #mergers #Payments #PetroPoroshenko #privacy #publishers #rights #Services #tourism #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #wallstreet #war #Westminsterbubble
https://www.europesays.com/2565508/

Trump wants money from the BBC. Can he get it?  – POLITICO

Trump’s latest claim is the flipside …
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #Books #Britishpolitics #Budget #cloud #Courts #Culture #digital #DonaldTrump #Elections #Feed #GB #GeorgeFreeman #gerry-adams #GreatBritain #Insurance #KamalaHarris #KeirStarmer #LisaNandy #Media #mergers #Payments #PetroPoroshenko #Privacy #Publishers #Rights #Services #Tourism #UK #UnitedStates #WallStreet #War #Westminsterbubble
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/259705/

Trump wants money from the BBC. Can he get it?  – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/1535580/ #Books #BritishPolitics #Budget #Cloud #Courts #culture #digital #DonaldTrump #Elections #Feed #GeorgeFreeman #GerryAdams #GreatBritain #insurance #KamalaHarris #KeirStarmer #LisaNandy #Media #mergers #Payments #PetroPoroshenko #Privacy #publishers #Rights #services #tourism #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #WallStreet #War #WestminsterBubble

The #AuthorsAlliance (@AuthorsAlliance) just updated its excellent FAQ on the new #NIH #OpenAccess policy.

Here's the original FAQ from June 6, 2025.
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/

Here's the update from July 18, 2025, answering several additional questions.
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/18/an-update-nih-and-publisher-guidance-what-authors-need-to-know-about-nihs-public-access-policy/

#NelsonMemo #OSTP #Publishers

The #NIH just announced that it will "cap how much #publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their research findings publicly accessible."
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-crack-down-excessive-publisher-fees-publicly-funded-research

We don't yet know the cap or how NIH will calculate or enforce it.

#APCs #DefendResearch #GoldOA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Many thanks to @AuthorsAlliance for launching this form to collect author experiences under the new federal #OpenAccess policies, including the #NIH policy.
https://www.authorsalliance.org/fedpublicaccess/

"We are particularly interested in learning about:
* Challenges with #publishers whose policies may disallow their uploading of articles to agency-designated #repositories;
* Common questions or points of confusion expressed by grantees;
* Confusion or questions about agency guidance;
* Other technical, legal, or practical barriers to depositing articles."

Note to #librarians: When you encounter authors facing any kind of problem with a fed OA policy (understanding, compliance, publishing), please refer them to this form. The more we document the problems, the more we can facilitate solutions.

#Monitoring #NelsonMemo #OSTP

Wonderful! Anna Abalkina & the #RetractionWatch blog‬ have put together the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker. This will help #publishers and #authors who don't want legitimate, high-quality #research #articles ending up in #hijacked #journals. https://retractionwatch.com/the-retraction-watch-hijacked-journal-checker/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ak985WGOgGbJRJbZFanoktAN_UFeExpE/edit#gid=364865985

The truth about copyright: even successful authors can’t live on the royalties publishers pay them

Copyright is built on a lie that most people seem to accept: artists can make a decent living from the current system of rewards that copyright provides. As Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) explores, all the data about artist remuneration shows that isn’t true. Alongside such dry statistics, it’s good to hear about the personal experiences of creators, and I […]

#authors #earnedOut #patronage #publishers #royalties #ubi #universalBasicIncome

https://walledculture.org/the-truth-about-copyright-even-successful-authors-cant-live-on-the-royalties-publishers-pay-them/

Another sign that gold open access was a mistake, and that diamond open access is the future

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the most influential funding bodies in the world. According to one ranking, it is the second largest charitable foundation, and as of 31 December 2023 had an endowment of around $75.2 billion. That makes a shift in its publishing policy hugely important.

An article in Chemical & Engineering […]

#apcs #coalitionS #diamondOa #funding #gatesFoundation #goldOa #peerReview #planS #preprints #publishers #unesco #verixiv

https://walledculture.org/another-sign-that-gold-open-access-was-a-mistake-and-that-diamond-open-access-is-the-future/