An opinion piece in #PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) suggests that to help the overwhelmed #PeerReview system in #science, a transparent universal credit system should be established to incentivize peer review: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2506681123.
Nah. Peer reviewers need to be paid #income for their work! And one associate professor says, in a comment on Bluesky, that for-profit #publishers should pay peer reviewers.
Reuters: Meta Loses Court Fight Over Compensation to Italian Publishers. “Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight against an Italian regulatory order that it should compensate publishers for using snippets of their news articles after Europe’s top court sided with the Italian telecoms watchdog.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/reuters-meta-loses-court-fight-over-compensation-to-italian-publishers/This prestigious magazine is accepting submissions o.n.l.y by post...
... Really?
Search Engine Land: Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic. “Condé Nast now plans its business ‘as if search is zero’ after years of Google algorithm updates and AI Overviews reducing visits to publisher websites. That’s according to CEO Roger Lynch, who was interviewed on TBPN, the tech media network that bills itself as ‘technology’s daily show’ and was […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/search-engine-land-conde-nast-expects-search-to-become-a-single-digit-of-its-traffic/From the Editors ~
"But seriously, 2026 is an opportunity like never before. The trouble is, the
fishgibbons and evildoers of this world are thinking the same thing and
licking their icky lips. Whether ChatGPT drinks one bottle of Evian or sips
a fraction of a teaspoon of Pure Life per prompt, pinky out, this year we
must take a stand against datacenters, and all things AI before drops in the
bucket turn into a wave of mutilation."
TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. The proposed order comes with an injunction that would compel more than twenty named international domain registries, hosts, and service providers, including Cloudflare and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/torrentfreak-publishers-seek-19-5-million-and-domain-takedown-order-against-annas-archive/
TorrentFreak: Publishers Seek $19.5 Million and Domain Takedown Order Against Anna’s Archive. “A group of high-profile publishing companies is seeking a $19.5 million default judgment against…
Publishers: Google’s Ebook Ad “Ban” Blocked Legitimate Sellers, Not Pirates
https://torrentfreak.com/publishers-googles-ebook-ad-ban-blocked-legitimate-sellers-not-pirates/
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