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What Now?The New Republic 11.02.22Writers Guild East: Justice Dept. Should Tackle Hollywood Mergers, TooThe Hollywood Reporter 11.01.22A Big Publishing Merger Was Blocked, but Brought the Industry Little ClarityThe New York Times 11.01.22‘Victory for authors’ as Penguin Random House purchase of Simon & Schuster haltedSky News 10.31.22Court Blocks Penguin Random House, S&S MergerPublishers Weekly 10.31.22Judge blocks Penguin Random House takeover of Simon & SchusterThe Los Angeles Times 10.31.22TikTok Blocks Z-Library Hashtag Pending Piracy InvestigationTorrentFreak 10.03.22Internet Archive Pandemic Library Provokes Broader Lending FightBloomberg Law 09.30.22Yesterday, Hundreds of Authors Signed a Public Letter Telling Publishers to Stop Attacking LibrariesWashington Post Book Club 09.29.22The Soul of WITThe Berkshire Eagle 09.23.22Amazon Tells The Authors Guild It’s Going to Restrict Ebook ReturnsPC Magazine 09.20.22Alexie, Evison, Hopkins Speak Up in Defense of Banned BooksPublishers Weekly 09.19.22Breaking into EnglishLos Angeles Review of Books 09.16.22Book Ban Efforts Surging in 2022, Library Association SaysAssociated Press 09.02.22Freedom of Press Triumphed in Virginia This WeekWashington Post Book Club 08.22.22The Future of Books in Limbo as Judge Decides Whether to Give the Nod to $2.2B Publishing MergerFortune 08.19.22Authors Guild And Others Blast Internet Archive’s Lending LibraryMedia Post 08.18.22Op-Ed: How an Antitrust Trial Could Reshape the Books We Read — and Who Writes ThemThe Los Angeles Times 08.07.22Authors and Bookstore Owners Worry a Big Publishing Merger Will Affect DiversityNPR’S Weekend Edition 08.02.22Stephen King Testifies Against Publishing’s Biggest MergerThe Los Angeles Times 07.18.22Amazon Self-Publishers Eye Emerging Legal Arena to Fight PiracyBloomberg Law 07.15.22Copyright CountsThe Bookseller 07.13.22The Authors Guild Presents the WIT (Words, Ideas & Thinkers) Festival at Shakespeare & CoWAMC (NPR) Poughkeepsie/Albany/Western MA 06.03.22Freelance Isn’t Free Act Passes in New York StatePublishers Weekly 06.02.22Censorship Roundup: Organizations Respond to Virginia Suit Against Barnes & NobleSchool Library Journal 05.12.22Librarians Push Back Against Book BanningSalon.com 05.06.22Penguin Random House, Authors Guild on Book BanningsPublishing Perspectives
