Industry

industry 1 sources · Aug 18

Researchers Build AI Tool That Flags Telegram Piracy Channels

The study maps how Telegram's piracy ecosystem is deliberately structured to resist takedown requests, with interconnected channels, bots, and backup accounts, and the researchers' open-source Anti-RIP tool offers a way to detect it in real time.

GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17

Kakao Entertainment to Merge 3 Story Content Subsidiaries

Kakao Entertainment is consolidating its webtoon and web novel production arms into a single company under the Samyang C&C name to strengthen its IP business and global pipeline.

Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17

HarperCollins Launches KAZÉ Manga Imprint for U.S. Market

The U.S. launch extends the KAZÉ brand that HarperCollins acquired from Crunchyroll's French and German manga operations in July 2025, bringing its European catalog to the American market.

Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17

Apple in Talks to Pay News Outlets for Siri News Access

The variable compensation model, paying per use rather than a fixed fee, would be an unusual departure from typical AI-news contracts and could set a precedent for how AI assistants license news content.

ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Aug 15

Anilink Portfolio Service Opens to Anime Industry

Anilink gives anime staff a self-managed record of their credits and work availability, addressing the difficulty of verifying staff rolls after broadcast and the burden of maintaining external databases.

GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 14

KADOKAWA Q1 Revenue Rises but Profit Falls as Game Segment Slips

The quarter shows KADOKAWA's game segment resetting after the ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launch year, with the publishing side carrying growth while the company absorbs production cost pressure and early retirement special losses.

Denfaminicogamer
industry 1 sources · Aug 14

Pacific Meta CEO Iwasaki Named Official Claude Ambassador

The appointment puts a blockchain-focused community leader in Anthropic's official ambassador program, with Iwasaki planning quarterly practitioner events starting in Tokyo this September.

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