Publishers Newswire

Publishing NEWS: -- Soap Opera Magazine, a leading digital publication covering daytime television, today announced the nominees for the first annual Maggie Awards, a new honors program recognizing outstanding performances and storytelling across all five American daytime dramas. The Maggies celebrate work that aired during the 2025 calendar year, and every winner will be chosen by fan vote. Winners will be announced October 1, 2026.

Publishing NEWS: -- What does a child do when an entire Saturday stretches out ahead with endless possibilities? In "A Perfect Saturday.., almost" (ISBN: 978-0228802990, released by Tellwell Publishing), author and retired educator Dave Jones, PsyD, takes young readers on a lively journey through one child's ambitious plans for a bright springtime day and everything that does, and almost does, happen along the way.

REVIEW: Yes, it's true: Joseph Goebbels Helps today's GOP. Often considered the father of modern propaganda, Goebbels foreshadowed the GOP playbook in terms of distortion, deception, and dishonesty. Peter Longerich's "Goebbels: A Biography" (ISBN: 9781400067510) is excellent, appalling, and instructive.

REVIEW: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a tool for the forces of evil. Don't believe it? You can read about their anti-American and anti-humanity actions in "The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life" (ISBN: 9780812993288), an excellent modern-day piece of muckraking by Alyssa Katz.

Music and Performers NEWS: -- The Zoar View Foundation will hold its 5th Annual Sparks of Giving Community Celebration and Fundraiser on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at the Wilkshire Event Center, 474 Jeanne Anne Lane in Bolivar. The gates open at 3:00 p.m. and the night runs until 11:30 p.m., with live music, food, family activities, and a fireworks show that closes out the evening. Every bit of it benefits children and families across Tuscarawas County.

Music and Performers NEWS: -- Rising artist Liyah Bey is expanding her reach with the worldwide release of her emotionally powerful single "Abused" through a new partnership between her creative platform, Beyond Illusions, and Thump Records. The agreement provides global distribution through Virgin Music Group in association with Universal Music Group (UMG).

Software NEWS: -- Central Kansas United Youth Soccer (CKU) today announced it has selected Teams Elevated as the club's team management platform. The system now carries team rosters, scheduling, and club-wide communication for roughly 150 players ages 5 to 14 and 15 coaches across 16 teams, with about 100 player, coach, and administrator accounts already active.

Software NEWS: -- Secured Signing, a global leader in electronic signature and Remote Online Notarization (RON) technology, announced the launch of Outsource Notary Queue, a new feature that lets business, delegate overflow signings jobs to trusted signing services partners while staying fully in the loop from start to finish.