The Peer-to-Processor Review

Macmillan Publishers named its first-ever Chief Technology Officer and he'll keynote the AI@Media conference — a signal of how seriously major publishing houses are now institutionalizing AI strategy at the C-suite level.

A new peer-reviewed journal specifically at the intersection of AI and responsible business management is notable as a signal that the academic publishing infrastructure is formalizing around AI ethics as a distinct discipline.

A Scholarly Kitchen guest post laying out a strategic framework for how scholarly publishers can prepare for the AI era.

The frame shift from "AI as tool" to "AI as infrastructure" is the most important strategic concept in publishing right now, and this piece synthesizes it across eight major industry reports — a useful meta-analysis.

"Zero-click" is the defining threat of 2026: users getting answers from AI summaries without ever visiting the source.

Buried in Springer Nature's FY 2025 earnings release — between the headline revenue figure of €1.93 billion and the obligatory paragraph about open access growth — was a three-letter

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