I can't see this working. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I haven't been here for a while, but I am popping on with this week's newsletter because I thought some of you would like to read it. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

I have come back here to retreat from Threads, which is insane right now.

I think they need MORE employees at Goodreads, not fewer. That site is a hot mess. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/a...

Call me crazy, but I don't think it's smart not to have a publishing person on their board. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

This is a good interview. I'm interested in the doc. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

End of an era. variety.com/2025/digital...

Here we go again. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

I didn’t dislike Sirens, but I’m also not sure what it’s actually about. Sisters? Rich vs Poor? Wealthy people’s summer homes? Josè was really the star of the show.

They are "fully embracing AI." Yikes. www.thewrap.com/business-ins...

Holy cow. www.voguebusiness.com/story/beauty...

Come ON. futurism.com/fantasy-nove...

Quite a read. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

A lil tidbit from the summer reading AI culprit in an interview w WashPost.

So basically the guy who created it for King Features used AI, packaged the content, and sold it as his own work. AI-generated summer reading list gets published in major newspapers www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

I wrote about the AI-generated Summer Reading list. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

So, it wasn't just the Chicago Sun-Times. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran the same AI-generated summer reading list, per Publishers Lunch. This is so demoralizing.

If the Chicago Sun-Times is going to use ChatGPT to come up with fake summer reading titles, but real authors, it is 100% doing a disservice to its readers and the authors. Like, who the hell made that decision?

This is so fucking depresssing.

My friend Katie Rosman did great reporting here. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/s...

What a mess over there. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

A little bit of everything in this week's newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

I am watching a lecture about Medieval Welsh and Tolkien for my grad school linguistics class + it's making me want to poke my eyes out.

All I want from the Celtics is a game 7.

It always amazes me how much money media CEOs make for doing largely uninspired work.

Between this and ESPN's DTC streamer being named...ESPN, there is just so much creativity in branding rn. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

This will not go over well with human narrators at all. www.thebookseller.com/news/audible...

I know it’s upfronts week, but I do not need to see a preview of a Christmas movie right now. Let us get to summer.

Pauline Chalamet (Timmy's sister) wrote an excellent op-ed: www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

This is a travesty. Trump names Todd Blanche Acting Librarian of Congress www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...

I don’t need a Mother’s Day brunch. I need the Celtics to win.

I want the Celtics to have a 30-point lead at all times in this game.

Let's hope the Celtics remember how to play basketball through this entire game.

Welcome to my world, Hollywood. www.thewrap.com/actors-insta...

This is so bad. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

I wanted a conclave cam, but I'll take this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqAH...

I wrote about the cost of publicity. Many people don't realize how much money publicists must spend to do their jobs. Low fees can feel like working for free, and that helps no one. I broke it down here + added some links to recent publishing news. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

From Breaker: Pamela Paul has joined the Wall Street Journal as writer at large. *Absolutely no surprise there.

This is awful. Just awful.

This is terrific. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...

I watched the Twitter docuseries on Max (I think it was also on CNN). What became abundantly clear about MAGA is that they (Trump, et al.) never shut up. There doesn't need to be an election--they just never shut up. And that is a weakness of the Dems. They are (with some exceptions) too quiet.

Mainstream media needs to understand that not only is independent journalism legitimate--it is necessary. I keep educating authors about this.

Here’s a link to a GoFundMe for the journalists who were laid off at the LA Times today: gofund.me/b4f67ab4

Big yikes. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Part two of the Belichick media train wreck. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

A little something I'm working on with Authors Equity. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Bill Belichick's book publicity campaign is a hot mess, and it's his fault. More here: open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

If you watch any docuseries about con artists, this is why they get away with it (until they're caught doing wire fraud). They are charming in person. 100% the #1 quality in grifters--that, and not having morals.

I must have been in a coma as I worked in publishing over the past 30 years when A LOT OF WHITE MEN ruled the literary roost. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-ind...

We quite literally do not need a prime time interview with him. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...