Inside the New-Look PEN America

The 95-year-old organization dedicated to free expression has recently rebranded and expanded. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two novelists have cut ties with PEN over its Mayim Bialik event and Gaza silence.

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‘I attacked Daniel Craig with a toasting fork’: inside the wild creation of Drop the Dead Donkey

Ahead of a new stage revival, the creators and cast of Channel 4’s classic 90s newsroom sitcom remember close encounters with future Bond stars, writing episodes at the last minute and the meaning between that mysterious titleWhen Drop the Dead Donkey debuted on Channel 4 on 9 August 1990, it... Continue reading at The Guardian

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OpenAI will pay to train its models on Business Insider and Politico articles

OpenAI will pay German publisher Axel Springer to use its news articles to train its AI models and show real-time information from Axel Springer's brands, which include Business Insider and Politico in the US and Bild and Welt in Europe, in ChatGPT’s responses. None of the companies disclosed... Continue reading at Engadget

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Inside Literary Prize Will Be Judged by Prison Inmates

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers

YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it'll simply stop serving you videos. If you want to get past the wall, that ad blocker will (probably) need to be turned off; and if you want an ad-free experience,... Continue reading at Engadget

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World Literature Today to Co-host Online “RESISTIR Latin America” Poetry Event and Call for Peace

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World Literature Today to Co-host Online “RESISTIR Latin America” Poetry Event

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From Asia to Latin America: Independent Comics Publishers in Frankfurt

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Why Tim O'Brien's first novel in 20 years is about America's 'mythomania'

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The Messenger Pens AI Partnership to Verify Its Reporting Quality

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Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2023 Insider Prize, Selected by Nickolas Butler

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