News: Anthropic Settlement Moves Forward, Spotify Clarifies Terms, L. J. Ross Shortlisted, TikTok Secures US Future

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports that the judge in the Anthropic case has approved the settlement process, confirming 482,000 eligible titles with payments split 50/50 between authors and publishers. He clarifies that Spotify's new terms do not affect creators, celebrates L. J. Ross's shortlist nomination at the UK Speakies audiobook awards, and notes that TikTok's US operations will move to a US-run consortium, securing BookTok's future.

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About the Host

Dan Holloway is a novelist, poet, and spoken word artist. He is the MC of the performance arts show The New Libertines, He competed at the National Poetry Slam final at the Royal Albert Hall. His latest collection, The Transparency of Sutures, is available on Kindle.