This is true of the arts in general. Independent publishers are being squeezed out of the market; publishing giants entice authors to pay to publish their own writing, & to amend it to vanilla ‘house’ styles. AI is also beginning to replace people in writing, film and art. We need to be more aware.

A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. Act now to stop that | Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict WongThe Paramount-Warner Bros merger is being fought on both sides of the Atlantic. Britain’s culture secretary knows the risks and can intervene. She should, say actors led by Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumb...www.theguardian.com