Heritage Foundation President’s Book Delayed
DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT by Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, with a foreword by JD Vance–the book associated with the conservative organization’s Project 2025 policy agenda–has been moved to a publication date after the election. The book was slated to come out from Broadside on September 24; Edelweiss and major bookselling websites now list the pub date as November 12. Roberts told Real Clear Politics in a statement that he decided to move the book. “There’s a time for writing, reading, and book tours – and a time to put down the books and go fight like hell to take back our […]
Washington State University Stops Funding for WSU Press
Washington State University has eliminated funding for WSU Press, which would shut it down absent another solution. A cut of $300,000 will take effect at the end of December. The press is 96 years old and has a staff of three full-time employees and one part-time employee. Editor-in-chief Linda Bathgate said in an interview with KIRO Newsradio, “With the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1, 2024, Phillip Weiler, who’s our VP of university marketing and communications, had to make a 7.5% cut in the budget for the group, and he decided to cut the funding for the University […]
ProRata AI Promises Compensation and Credit for Content Owners
ProRata AI is another new player in the market to provide content creators and owners credit and compensation for the use of their work in AI chatbots. The company tells Axios they have raised $25 million in Series A financing, and their launch has the support of The Atlantic, Financial Times, Fortune, and Axel Springer. They also say they are “in advanced discussion with more than 100 noted authors.” Supporting authors already listed on their site include Adam Grant, Tony Robbins and Seth Godin. The company is “building its own, yet-to-be-named subscription AI chatbot that it plans to debut this […]
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Forthcoming: WAR by Bob Woodward
Simon & Schuster will publish WAR by Bob Woodward on October 15, which “tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency.” According to the AP, Woodward “has turned in a completed manuscript, but continues to report and may still revise ‘War’ before it goes to the printers.” “We have the capacity to react quickly if there’s a new development,” a spokesperson told the outlet.