Webtoon/Publishing Deal: Naver’s WEBTOON parent took a strategic stake in Baobab Studios, with a new fantasy “Shine” launching as a WEBTOON digital webcomic plus a print graphic novel via First Second Books (Macmillan), showing how U.S. publishers keep tying books to global IP pipelines. AI & Copyright: Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic over alleged “brazen” scraping and training of Claude on copyrighted songs, escalating the music industry’s fight over AI training rights. Postal/Publishing Logistics: South Dakota saw only modest USPS delivery improvements, with rural delays still hurting newspapers and packages—an ongoing headache for readers and local publishers. Tech/Distribution: Google agreed to a £260M UK Play Store settlement with developers over commission and distribution controls, another reminder that platform rules shape what gets sold and how. Books & Community: A Portsmouth history piece revisits how 1960s “urban renewal” displaced families—useful context for publishers covering local culture and neighborhood change. Local Journalism/Access: Kalshi temporarily banned Ben Midgley for betting on his own race, part of the broader policy debate that can affect how media and publishing cover prediction markets.