Canada considering legislation to require Google and Meta to pay for news featured on their platforms: https://pressgazette.co.uk/canada-online-news-act-google-meta-facebook/
Connecticut joins the state legislatures trying to regulate library costs with publishers: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88625-connecticut-introduces-library-e-book-bill.html
Great quote:
"Libraries regularly pay four to five times what consumers pay for the same e-books and then are forced to re-buy the same titles every year, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars over the life of a single e-book and making a robust e-book collection out of reach for many libraries."
Axios adding local journalism desks: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/business/media/axios-local.html
Business update: VC money in news is getting more and more cautious: https://pressgazette.co.uk/venture-capital-vc-funding-media/
The Tolkien site update:
New artttttt:
thebookseller.com/news/news/tolkien-estate-updates-website-with-previously-unseen-content
Related to our fanfic episode:
Strong language surrounding fanfic (they're not pro fanfic)
Heck yeah Sabrina! https://www.nytco.com/press/sabrina-tavernise-joins-the-daily-as-a-host/
Jamie Stockwell killin it at axios:
