BIZARRE: Hachette - What They Never Told You

From radical transparency to a 48-hour rule: How Melinda French Gates, Ray Dalio, Satya Nadella and David Shelley approach employee feedback

Melinda French Gates follows a 48-hour rule for employee feedback, giving herself time to reflect before addressing concerns. While Ray Dalio advocates radical transparency and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promotes a learn-it-all culture, Hachette chief David Shelley stresses the importance of leaders communicating in their own words rather than relying…

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Should CEOs let AI write their emails? Hachette chief David Shelley explains what leaders risk losing

Hachette CEO David Shelley warns against relying on AI to write emails, arguing that CEOs and business leaders should draft their own messages to preserve independent thinking, empathy and authenticity. With 58% of leaders in the US and UK using AI to draft emails, Shelley cautions that outsourcing workplace communication…

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Hachette’s CEO says AI shortcuts are creating a ‘worse C-suite’

Executives are saving hours by letting AI summarize articles and write their emails. But some leaders fear delegating these tasks to AI could come with unforeseen consequences.

Fortune · Oct 13

Crisis at Grasset: Bolloré strikes back as 308 authors call for a 'conscience clause' in publishing

French billionaire Vincent Bolloré says Grasset "will go on" and has dismissed the "uproar of a small caste" after the mass exodus of authors from the famous publishing house on the rue des Saints-Pères in Paris.

Euronews · Apr 20

French media mogul Bolloré defiant as authors quit his publisher en masse

Vincent Bolloré, the conservative billionaire who has built up France's biggest media empire, says his Grasset publishing house will seek new talent after more than 150 of its authors quit in protest at what they claimed was interference with editorial independence.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 19

More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré

Tycoon’s media empire accused of pushing far-right ideas, as writers say: ‘We refuse to be hostages in ideological war’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16

Author ‘safety program’ launched after rise in harassment and threats

The group says it first noticed a rise in harassment against journalists a decade ago, around the time Trump was first elected president

The Independent UK · Apr 10

Who owns ideas in the AI age?

David Shelley, CEO of Hachette’s U.K. and U.S. operations, on taking on Big Tech, defending copyright, and why the future of human creativity is at stake.

Fortune · Apr 8

An AI company with an arsenal of spacecraft: what exactly is SpaceX?

Elon Musk’s company filed confidentially for an IPO last week – but SpaceX itself is a bizarre agglomeration

The Guardian - US · Apr 7

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29