AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPublishing & Deals: BMG has acquired the publishing interests of Snap! co-founder Luca Anzilotti, aiming to consolidate the Snap! catalogue after earlier sound-recording purchases. Books & Culture: Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel Villa Coco is being pitched as a warm, sunlit antidote to today’s more cynical fiction. Literary Awards: Taiwan’s Yang Shuang-zi won the International Booker Prize, saying she wanted to show Taiwan’s “many different facets” through literature’s long endurance. Science & Heritage: New research on Ötzi the Iceman reports ancient yeasts surviving in his frozen body and used to make sourdough, while broader microbiome work frames him as a “dynamic ecosystem.” Health Research (Italy-linked): An Italian real-world study finds treat-to-target adherence for rheumatic diseases is suboptimal, with lower consistency in spondyloarthritis. Religion & Media: Pope Leo XIV appointed EWTN News chief Maria Montserrat Alvarado as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
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